Today's Readings and Stuff -- Tuesday, 03 June 2014
quiet day for us. Dear Wife pretty well overdid it the last few days and was in a state of near-collapse last night. She didn't get too far from the horizontal most of the day and those occasions were mostly sitting ones. She sat on the deck for a few minutes this morning and actually heated up some leftover soup for lunch. Other than that, not much. Tomorrow afternoon she finally begins some physical therapy to attempt to address the injuries to her arm and shoulder that were caused a few years in two falls that resulted in broken ankles, and a work-related fall on a greasy wet floor at a restaurant where she was a manager. And never was correctly recompensed or treated. And has been in near-constant pain ever since, around six years now.
After we get done with the therapist, we "get" to go to nephew's house to "watch" their two kids while they attend calling hours for a family friend who passed away over the weekend. Then we are to transport the kids to nearby park for older kid to make the baseball game of the 7-year-olds. Great stuff. Nearly ended up also having next-door great-niece as well, but it appears other arrangements were found. The grandparents are not available, they are likely to be at the same calling hours. Or say they will be. Whatever.
I'm tired myself and expect to be even more so by this time tomorrow.
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The Old Testament reading is chapters 10, 11, and 12 of 2nd Chronicles. Solomon has died. His son, Reheboam, has succeeded him. And things go bad, very very fast. Solomon was wise, but wasn't holy and did many things that were not right. And did not do many things that he should have. One of which was properly raising his sons. Here is pretty clear evidence of that.
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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And
it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt,
whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that
Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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Thy
father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the
grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon
us, and we will serve thee.
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And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
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6
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And
king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me
to return answer to this people?
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And
they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please
them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
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But
he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel
with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
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And
he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to
this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke
that thy father did put upon us?
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And
the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us;
thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my
father's loins.
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For
whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your
yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
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12
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
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And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
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And
answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made
your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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15
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So
the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that
the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah
the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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And
when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we
have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O
Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to
their tents.
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But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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Then
king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children
of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made
speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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And
when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah
and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were
warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again
to Rehoboam.
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But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
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Thus
saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren:
return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they
obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
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He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
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And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
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And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
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And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
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And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
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For
the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah
and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
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And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
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16
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And
after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to
seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the
LORD God of their fathers.
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So
they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of
Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of
David and Solomon.
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And
Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to
wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
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Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
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And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
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And
Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and
his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
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And
he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the
countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave
them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
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And
it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel
with him.
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And
it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the LORD,
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With
twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the
people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims,
the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
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And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Then
came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I
also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
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And
when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
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So
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made.
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Instead
of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the
hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's
house.
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And
when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and
fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
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12
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And
when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he
would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
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13
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So
king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his
mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
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Now
the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book
of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?
And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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The New Testament reading is verses 18-38 from the 13th chapter in the Gospel of John. This is at the Last Supper. In a few hours, Jesus will be seized by His foes.
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I
speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel
against me.
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Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth
me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
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When
Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and
said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
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Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
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Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
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Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
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He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
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Jesus
answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of
Simon.
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And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
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Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
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For
some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said
unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or,
that he should give something to the poor.
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He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
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Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
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If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
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Little
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I
said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
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A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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Simon
Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,
Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me
afterwards.
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Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
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Jesus
answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me
thrice.
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