2 Chronicles 17

• 1. Then Jehoshaphat, Asa's son, became the next king. He strengthened Judah to stand against any attack from Israel.
• 2. He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his father, Asa, had conquered.
• 3. The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early years and did not worship the images of Baal.
• 4. He sought his father's God and obeyed his commands instead of following the practices of the kingdom of Israel.
• 5. So the LORD established Jehoshaphat's control over the kingdom of Judah. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so he became very wealthy and highly esteemed.
• 6. He was committed to the ways of the LORD. He knocked down the pagan shrines and destroyed the Asherah poles.
• 7. In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent out his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.
• 8. He sent Levites along with them, including Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah. He also sent out the priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
• 9. They took copies of the Book of the Law of the LORD and traveled around through all the towns of Judah, teaching the people.
• 10. Then the fear of the LORD fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them declared war on Jehoshaphat.
• 11. Some of the Philistines brought him gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought seventy-seven hundred rams and seventy-seven hundred male goats.
• 12. So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and store cities throughout Judah.
• 13. He stored numerous supplies in Judah's towns and stationed an army of seasoned troops at Jerusalem.
• 14. His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans. From Judah, there were 300,000 troops organized in units of one thousand, under the command of Adnah.
• 15. Next in command was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 troops.
• 16. Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD's service, with 200,000 troops under his command.
• 17. From Benjamin, there were 200,000 troops equipped with bows and shields. They were under the command of Eliada, a veteran soldier.
• 18. Next in command was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 armed men.
• 19. These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

Revelation 6

• 1. As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then one of the four living beings called out with a voice that sounded like thunder, "Come!"
• 2. I looked up and saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory.
• 3. When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Come!"
• 4. And another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to remove peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere.
• 5. When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, "Come!" And I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
• 6. And a voice from among the four living beings said, "A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley for a day's pay. And don't waste the olive oil and wine."
• 7. And when the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, "Come!"
• 8. And I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green like a corpse. And Death was the name of its rider, who was followed around by the Grave. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals.
• 9. And when the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their witness.
• 10. They called loudly to the Lord and said, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge the people who belong to this world for what they have done to us? When will you avenge our blood against these people?"
• 11. Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters--their fellow servants of Jesus--had been martyred.
• 12. I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.
• 13. Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from trees shaken by mighty winds.
• 14. And the sky was rolled up like a scroll and taken away. And all of the mountains and all of the islands disappeared.
• 15. Then the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy people, the people with great power, and every slave and every free person--all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
• 16. And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
• 17. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who will be able to survive?"

Zechariah 2

• 1. When I looked around me again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
• 2. "Where are you going?" I asked. He replied, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
• 3. Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
• 4. The other angel said, "Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will be safe.
• 5. For I, myself, will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!'"
• 6. The LORD says, "Come away! Flee from the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
• 7. Come away! Escape to Jerusalem, you who are exiled in Babylon!"
• 8. "After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
• 9. I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.' Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me."
• 10. The LORD says, "Shout and rejoice, O Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
• 11. Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you.
• 12. The land of Judah will be the LORD's inheritance in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
• 13. Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling."

New Living Translation: 349 of 365 days.