The Robert Murray M‘Cheyne
Bible Reading Plan
December 8
Family Reading
2 Chronicles 8
Solomon’s Activities and
Accomplishments
1 Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built
the house of the Lord and his own house
2 that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons
of Israel there.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built
in Hamath.
5 He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with
walls, gates and bars;
6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities
for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon
to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
7 All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,
the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
8 namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the
sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this
day.
9 But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they
were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.
10 These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled
over the people.
11 Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to
the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell
in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark
of the Lord has entered.”
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord
which he had built before the porch;
13 and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the
commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts—the
Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths.
14 Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions
of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise
and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers
by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded.
15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and
Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.
16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation
of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord
was completed.
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land
of Edom.
18 And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and
they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred
and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
3 John 1
You Walk in the Truth
1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health,
just as your soul prospers.
3 For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is,
how you are walking in truth.
4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
5 Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren,
and especially when they are strangers;
6 and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to
send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
7 For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with
the truth.
9 I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among
them, does not accept what we say.
10 For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does,
unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself
does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do
so and puts them out of the church.
11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good
is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth
itself; and we add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.
13 I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you
with pen and ink;
14 but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.
15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)
