1 Chronicles 3

• 1. These were the sons who were born to David in Hebron: The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam of Jezreel. The second was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel.
• 2. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
• 3. The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.
• 4. These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven and a half years. Then David moved the capital to Jerusalem, where he reigned another thirty-three years.
• 5. The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel, was the mother of these sons.
• 6. David also had nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
• 7. Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
• 8. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
• 9. These were the sons of David, not including the sons of his concubines. David also had a daughter named Tamar.
• 10. The descendants of Solomon were Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat,
• 11. Jehoram, Ahaziah, Joash,
• 12. Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham,
• 13. Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh,
• 14. Amon, and Josiah.
• 15. The sons of Josiah were Johanan (the oldest), Jehoiakim (the second), Zedekiah (the third), and Jehoahaz (the fourth).
• 16. Jehoiakim was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin; he, in turn, was succeeded by his uncle Zedekiah.
• 17. The sons of Jehoiachin, who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians, were Shealtiel,
• 18. Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
• 19. The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. He also had a daughter named Shelomith.
• 20. His five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.
• 21. The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah's son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah's son was Arnan. Arnan's son was Obadiah. Obadiah's son was Shecaniah.
• 22. Shecaniah's descendants were Shemaiah and his sons, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat--six in all.
• 23. The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam--three in all.
• 24. The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani--seven in all.

1 Chronicles 4

• 1. Some of the descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
• 2. Shobal's son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
• 3. The descendants of Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, Hazzelelponi (his daughter),
• 4. Penuel (the father of Gedor), and Ezer (the father of Hushah). These were the descendants of Hur (the firstborn of Ephrathah), the ancestor of Bethlehem.
• 5. Ashhur (the father of Tekoa) had two wives, named Helah and Naarah.
• 6. Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
• 7. Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,
• 8. and Koz, who became the ancestor of Anub, Zobebah, and all the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
• 9. There was a man named Jabez who was more distinguished than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful.
• 10. He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and extend my lands! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!" And God granted him his request.
• 11. Kelub (the brother of Shuhah) was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
• 12. Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash. These were the descendants of Recah.
• 13. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai.
• 14. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen, so called because many craftsmen lived there.
• 15. The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
• 16. The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
• 17. The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married an Egyptian woman, who became the mother of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (the father of Eshtemoa).
• 18. Mered also married a woman of Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered's Egyptian wife was named Bithiah, and she was an Egyptian princess.
• 19. Hodiah's wife was the sister of Naham. One of her sons was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another was the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
• 20. The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
• 21. Shelah was one of Judah's sons. The descendants of Shelah were Er (the father of Lecah), Laadah (the father of Mareshah), the families of linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
• 22. Jokim, the people of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-lehem. These names all come from ancient records.
• 23. They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They all worked for the king.
• 24. The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
• 25. The descendants of Shaul were Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.
• 26. The descendants of Mishma were Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
• 27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon's tribe never became as large as the tribe of Judah.
• 28. They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
• 29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
• 30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
• 31. Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These towns were under their control until the time of King David.
• 32. Their descendants also lived in Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan--five towns
• 33. and their surrounding villages as far away as Baalath. This was their territory, and these names are recorded in their family genealogy.
• 34. Other descendants of Simeon included Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
• 35. Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
• 36. Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
• 37. and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
• 38. These were the names of some of the leaders of Simeon's wealthy clans,
• 39. who traveled to the region of Gedor, in the east part of the valley, seeking pastureland for their flocks.
• 40. They found lush pastures there, and the land was quiet and peaceful. Some of Ham's descendants had been living in the region of Gedor.
• 41. But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, the leaders of Simeon invaded it and completely destroyed the homes of the descendants of Ham and of the Meunites. They killed everyone who lived there and took the land for themselves, because they wanted its good pastureland for their flocks.
• 42. Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel--all sons of Ishi.
• 43. They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.

Hebrews 9

• 1. Now in that first covenant between God and Israel, there were regulations for worship and a sacred tent here on earth.
• 2. There were two rooms in this tent. In the first room were a lampstand, a table, and loaves of holy bread on the table. This was called the Holy Place.
• 3. Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room called the Most Holy Place.
• 4. In that room were a gold incense altar and a wooden chest called the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered with gold on all sides. Inside the Ark were a gold jar containing some manna, Aaron's staff that sprouted leaves, and the stone tablets of the covenant with the Ten Commandments written on them.
• 5. The glorious cherubim were above the Ark. Their wings were stretched out over the Ark's cover, the place of atonement. But we cannot explain all of these things now.
• 6. When these things were all in place, the priests went in and out of the first room regularly as they performed their religious duties.
• 7. But only the high priest goes into the Most Holy Place, and only once a year, and always with blood, which he offers to God to cover his own sins and the sins the people have committed in ignorance.
• 8. By these regulations the Holy Spirit revealed that the Most Holy Place was not open to the people as long as the first room and the entire system it represents were still in use.
• 9. This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.
• 10. For that old system deals only with food and drink and ritual washing--external regulations that are in effect only until their limitations can be corrected.
• 11. So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that great, perfect sanctuary in heaven, not made by human hands and not part of this created world.
• 12. Once for all time he took blood into that Most Holy Place, but not the blood of goats and calves. He took his own blood, and with it he secured our salvation forever.
• 13. Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people's bodies from ritual defilement.
• 14. Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our hearts from deeds that lead to death so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
• 15. That is why he is the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, so that all who are invited can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.
• 16. Now when someone dies and leaves a will, no one gets anything until it is proved that the person who wrote the will is dead.
• 17. The will goes into effect only after the death of the person who wrote it. While the person is still alive, no one can use the will to get any of the things promised to them.
• 18. That is why blood was required under the first covenant as a proof of death.
• 19. For after Moses had given the people all of God's laws, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, and sprinkled both the book of God's laws and all the people, using branches of hyssop bushes and scarlet wool.
• 20. Then he said, "This blood confirms the covenant God has made with you."
• 21. And in the same way, he sprinkled blood on the sacred tent and on everything used for worship.
• 22. In fact, we can say that according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified by sprinkling with blood. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.
• 23. That is why the earthly tent and everything in it--which were copies of things in heaven--had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.
• 24. For Christ has entered into heaven itself to appear now before God as our Advocate. He did not go into the earthly place of worship, for that was merely a copy of the real Temple in heaven.
• 25. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the earthly high priest who enters the Most Holy Place year after year to offer the blood of an animal.
• 26. If that had been necessary, he would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But no! He came once for all time, at the end of the age, to remove the power of sin forever by his sacrificial death for us.
• 27. And just as it is destined that each person dies only once and after that comes judgment,
• 28. so also Christ died only once as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again but not to deal with our sins again. This time he will bring salvation to all those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Amos 3

• 1. Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel and Judah--the entire family I rescued from Egypt:
• 2. "From among all the families on the earth, I chose you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins."
• 3. Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?
• 4. Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey?
• 5. Does a bird ever get caught in a trap that has no bait? Does a trap ever spring shut when there's nothing there to catch?
• 6. When the war trumpet blares, shouldn't the people be alarmed? When disaster comes to a city, isn't it because the LORD planned it?
• 7. "But always, first of all, I warn you through my servants the prophets. I, the Sovereign LORD, have now done this."
• 8. The lion has roared--tremble in fear! The Sovereign LORD has spoken--I dare not refuse to proclaim his message!
• 9. Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and Egypt: "Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the scandalous spectacle of all Israel's crimes."
• 10. "My people have forgotten what it means to do right," says the LORD. "Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.
• 11. Therefore," says the Sovereign LORD, "an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defenses. Then he will plunder all their fortresses."
• 12. This is what the LORD says: "A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth will recover only two legs and a piece of ear. So it will be when the Israelites in Samaria are rescued with only a broken chair and a tattered pillow.
• 13. Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel, "says the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
• 14. "On the very day I punish Israel for its sins, I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
• 15. And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy--their winter mansions and their summer houses, too--all their palaces filled with ivory. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

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