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Bible Reading for June 27

2 Kings 14
[1] In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. [2] He was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
[4] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. [5] And it came to pass, as
soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants
which had slain the king his father. [6] But the children of the murderers
he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of
Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers;
but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
[7] He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by
war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. [8] Then Amaziah
sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. [9] And Jehoash
the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that
was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. [10] Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for
why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou,
and Judah with thee? [11] But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash
king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another
in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. [12] And Judah was
put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
[13] And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner
gate, four hundred cubits.
[14] And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and hostages, and returned to Samaria. [15] Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? [16] And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. [17]
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. [18] And the rest of the acts
of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? [19] Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he
fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
[20] And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
[21] And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old,
and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. [22] He built Elath, and
restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
[23] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and
reigned forty and one years.
[24] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
[25] He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the
sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,
which was of Gath-hepher.

Jonah 1
[1] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
[2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedness is come up before me.
[3] But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,
and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid
the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from
the presence of the LORD.
[4] But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. [5] Then the
mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the
wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah
was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
[6] So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O
sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us,
that we perish not.
[7] And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that
we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and
the lot fell upon Jonah.
[8] Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is
thy country? and of what people art thou? [9] And he said unto them, I am
an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea
and the dry land. [10] Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto
him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the
presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
[11] Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may
be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. [12] And he said
unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be
calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
[13] Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. [14]
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we
beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. [15] So
they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased
from her raging.
[16] Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto
the LORD, and made vows.
[17] Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah
was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 2
[1] Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, [2]
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard
me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. [3] For
thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods
compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. [4] Then
I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy
temple.
[5] The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. [6] I went down to the
bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever:
yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
[7] When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer
came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. [8] They that observe lying
vanities forsake their own mercy. [9] But I will sacrifice unto thee with
the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is
of the LORD. [10] And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out
Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 3
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, [2]
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching
that I bid thee.
[3] So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. [4]
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and
said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. [5] So the people of
Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them. [6] For word came unto the king
of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him,
and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd
nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: [8] But let
man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea,
let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in
their hands.
[9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, that we perish not?
[10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God
repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he
did it not.

Jonah 4
[1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. [2] And he
prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my
saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto
Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. [3] Therefore
now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me
to die than to live.
[4] Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? [5] So Jonah went out
of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a
booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become
of the city.
[6] And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah,
that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So
Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. [7] But God prepared a worm when the
morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
[8] And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a
vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he
fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die
than to live.
[9] And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And
he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. [10] Then said the LORD,
Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured,
neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
[11] And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and
their left hand; and also much cattle?

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