Bible Reading for August 01

2 Kings 20
[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine
house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. [2] Then he turned his
face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, [3] I beseech thee, O
LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a
perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah
wept sore.
[4] And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,
that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, [5] Turn again, and tell
Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David
thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will
heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
[6] And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and
this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this
city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. [7] And Isaiah
said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered.
[8] And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third
day? [9] And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the
LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forth ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees?
[10] And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down
ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. [11] And
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten
degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. [12] At
that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had
been sick.
[13] And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious
ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his
treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
[14] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,
What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah
said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. [15] And he
said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the
things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my
treasures that I have not shewed them. [16] And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah,
Hear the word of the LORD. [17] Behold, the days come, that all that is in
thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this
day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
[18] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king
of Babylon. [19] Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the
LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and
truth be in my days? [20] And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his
might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the
city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? [21] And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21
[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty
and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. [2] And
he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations
of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
[3] For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. [4]
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In
Jerusalem will I put my name.
[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the LORD.
[6] And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used
enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. [7] And he
set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the
LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in
Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my
name for ever:
[8] Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to
all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my
servant Moses commanded them.
[9] But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than
did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. [10]
And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, [11] Because
Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly
above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah
also to sin with his idols:
[12] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his
ears shall tingle.
[13] And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet
of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it, and turning it upside down.
[14] And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them
into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
all their enemies;
[15] Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt,
even unto this day.
[16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah
to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. [17] Now the
rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he
sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
[18] And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of
his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his
stead. [19] Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth,
the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
[20] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father
Manasseh did.
[21] And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the
idols that his father served, and worshipped them: [22] And he forsook the
LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
[23] And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in
his own house.
[24] And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his
stead. [25] Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [26] And he
was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead.

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