From: "FamilyNet Direct" 

Bible Reading for July 01

2 Kings 15
[1] In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah
son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. [2] Sixteen years old was he when he
began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. [3] And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah
had done; [4] Save that the high places were not removed: the people
sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. [5] And the LORD
smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt
in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging
the people of the land. [6] And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all
that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? [7] So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his
stead. [8] In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did
Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. [9]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had
done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
[10] And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him
before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. [11] And the
rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. [12] This was the word of the LORD which
he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto
the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
[13] Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. [14]
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and
smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in
his stead.
[15] And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
[16] Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts
thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it;
and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. [17] In the
nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of
Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. [18] And he
did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his
days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
[19] And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave
Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to
confirm the kingdom in his hand.
[20] And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of
wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of
Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the
land. [21] And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [22]
And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his
stead.
[23] In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. [24]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. [25]
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and
Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
reigned in his room.
[26] And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. [27]
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of
Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
[28] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
[29] In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Jonoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria.
[30] And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of
Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. [31] And the rest of the acts
of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. [32] In the second year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to
reign. [33] Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the
daughter of Zadok.
[34] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done. [35] Howbeit the high
places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in
the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
[36] Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [37] In those
days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah. [38] And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son
reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 16
[1] In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of
Jotham king of Judah began to reign. [2] Twenty years old was Ahaz when he
began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that
which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
[3] But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son
to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. [4] And he
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
[5] Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came
up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
[6] At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave
the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto
this day.
[7] So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the
king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up
against me. [8] And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the
house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it
for a present to the king of Assyria.
[9] And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria
went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive
to Kir, and slew Rezin.
[10] And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to
Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,
according to all the workmanship thereof.
[11] And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came
from Damascus.
[12] And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and
the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. [13] and he burnt
his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering,
and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
[14] And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from
the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the
LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. [15] And king Ahaz
commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning
burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt
sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people
of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and
sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of
the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
[16] Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
[17] And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver
from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. [18] And the covert for the
sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without,
turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
[19] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [20] And Ahaz slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and
Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 17
[1] In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah
to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. [2] And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were
before him. [3] Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
became his servant, and gave him presents.
[4] And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut
him up, and bound him in prison.
[5] Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up
to Samaria, and besieged it three years. [6] In the ninth year of Hoshea
the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and
placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities
of the Medes. [7] For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned
against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of
Egypt, from under the hand of Pharoah king of Egypt, and had feared other
gods, [8] And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out
from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they
had made.
[9] And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. [10] And
they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every
green tree:
[11] And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the
heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things
to provoke the LORD to anger:
[12] For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall
not do this thing.
[13] Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and
keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the
prophets. [14] Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their
necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD
their God. [15] And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he
made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against
them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen
that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that
they should not do like them.
[16] And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all
the host of heaven, and served Baal.
[17] And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil
in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. [18] Therefore the LORD
was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was
none left but the tribe of Judah only. [19] Also Judah kept not the
commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel
which they made. [20] And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
cast them out of his sight.
[21] For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and
made them sin a great sin.
[22] For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he
did; they departed not from them;
[23] Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all
his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land
to Assyria unto this day.
[24] And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and
from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the
cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. [25] And so it was at the
beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore
the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
[26] Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which
thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and,
behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the
land.
[27] Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and
let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. [28] Then one of the
priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel,
and taught them how they should fear the LORD. [29] Howbeit every nation
made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which
the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
[30] And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made
Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, [31] And the Avites made Nibhaz
and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech
and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. [32] So they feared the LORD, and
made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places,
which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
[33] They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of
the nations whom they carried away from thence. [34] Unto this day they do
after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after
their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment
which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
[35] With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor
sacrifice to them:
[36] But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great
power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,
and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
[37] And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore;
and ye shall not fear other gods.
[38] And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods.
[39] But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of
the hand of all your enemies.
[40] Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
[41] So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both
their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do
they unto this day.

-+-

http://www.online-churches.org - a primer for putting your church online

http://mozyhome.ekklesia-online.com - Free 2 GB offsite backup for your PC or MAC.

http://www.family-topsites.com - Family Oriented Topsites

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5