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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:17 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday April 26 >1 Chronicles 19-21 (The Message) > > 1 Chronicles 19 > 1-2 Some time after this Nahash king of the Ammonites died and his son > succeeded him as king. David > said, "I'd like to show some kindness to Hanun son of Nahash-treat him as > well and as kindly as his > father treated me." So David sent condolences about his father's death. > 2-3 But when David's servants arrived in Ammonite country and came to > Hanun to bring condolences, > the Ammonite leaders warned Hanun, "Do you for a minute suppose that David > is honoring your father > by sending you comforters? Don't you know that he's sent these men to > snoop around the city and size > it up so that he can capture it?" > > 4 So Hanun seized David's men, shaved them clean, cut off their robes half > way up their buttocks, > and sent them packing. > > 5 When this was all reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, for > they were seriously > humiliated. The king told them, "Stay in Jericho until your beards grow > out; only then come back." > > 6-7 When it dawned on the Ammonites that as far as David was concerned, > they stank to high heaven, > they hired, at a cost of a thousand talents of silver (thirty-seven and a > half tons!), chariots and > horsemen from the Arameans of Naharaim, Maacah, and Zobah-thirty-two > thousand chariots and drivers; > plus the king of Maacah with his troops who came and set up camp at > Medeba; the Ammonites, too, were > mobilized from their cities and got ready for battle. > > 8 When David heard this, he dispatched Joab with his strongest fighters in > full force. > > 9-13 The Ammonites marched out and spread out in battle formation at the > city gate; the kings who > had come as allies took up a position in the open fields. When Joab saw > that he had two fronts to > fight, before and behind, he took his pick of the best of Israel and > deployed them to confront the > Arameans. The rest of the army he put under the command of Abishai, his > brother, and deployed them > to deal with the Ammonites. Then he said, "If the Arameans are too much > for me, you help me; and if > the Ammonites prove too much for you, I'll come and help you. Courage! > We'll fight might and main > for our people and for the cities of our God. And God will do whatever he > sees needs doing!" > > 14-15 But when Joab and his soldiers moved in to fight the Arameans, they > ran off in full retreat. > Then the Ammonites, seeing the Arameans run for dear life, took to their > heels and ran from Abishai > into the city. > > So Joab withdrew from the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem. > > 16 When the Arameans saw how badly they'd been beaten by Israel, they > picked up the pieces and > regrouped; they sent for the Arameans who were across the river; Shophach, > commander of Hadadezer's > army, led them. > > 17-19 When all this was reported to David, he mustered all Israel, crossed > the Jordan, advanced, > and prepared to fight. The Arameans went into battle formation, ready for > David, and the fight was > on. But the Arameans again scattered before Israel. David killed seven > thousand chariot drivers and > forty thousand infantry. He also killed Shophach, the army commander. When > all the kings who were > vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made > peace with David and served > him. The Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites ever again. > > 1 Chronicles 20 > 1-3 That spring, the time when kings usually go off to war, Joab led the > army out and ravaged the > Ammonites. He then set siege to Rabbah. David meanwhile was back in > Jerusalem. Joab hit Rabbah hard > and left it in ruins. David took the crown off the head of their king. Its > weight was found to be a > talent of gold and set with a precious stone. It was placed on David's > head. He hauled great > quantities of loot from the city and put the people to hard labor with > saws and picks and axes. This > is what he did to all the Ammonites. Then David and his army returned to > Jerusalem. > 4-8 Later war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. That was the time > Sibbecai the Hushathite > killed Sippai of the clan of giants. The Philistines had to eat crow. In > another war with the > Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the > Gittite whose spear was > like a ship's boom. And then there was the war at Gath that featured a > hulking giant who had > twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and foot-yet another from > the clan of giants. When he > mocked Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. These > came from the clan of > giants and were killed by David and his men. > > 1 Chronicles 21 > David, Satan, and Araunah > 1-2Now Satan entered the scene and seduced David into taking a census of > Israel. David gave orders > to Joab and the army officers under him, "Canvass all the tribes of > Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, > and get a count of the population. I want to know the number." > 3 Joab resisted: "May God multiply his people by hundreds! Don't they all > belong to my master the > king? But why on earth would you do a thing like this-why risk getting > Israel into trouble with > God?" > > 4-7 But David wouldn't take no for an answer, so Joab went off and did it- > canvassed the country > and then came back to Jerusalem and reported the results of the census: > There were 1,100,000 > fighting men; of that total, Judah accounted for 470,000. Joab, disgusted > by the command-it, in > fact, turned his stomach!-protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of > the census-taking. And God, > offended by the whole thing, punished Israel. > > 8 Then David prayed, "I have sinned badly in what I have just done, > substituting statistics for > trust; forgive my sin-I've been really stupid." > > 9-10 God answered by speaking to Gad, David's pastor: "Go and give David > this message: 'God's word: > You have your choice of three punishments; choose one and I'll do the > rest.'" > > 11-12 Gad delivered the message to David: "Do you want three years of > famine, three months of > running from your enemies while they chase you down, or three days of the > sword of God-an epidemic > unleashed on the country by an angel of God? Think it over and make up > your mind. What shall I tell > the One who sent me?" > > 13 David told Gad, "They're all terrible! But I'd rather be punished by > God whose mercy is great, > than fall into human hands." > > 14-15 So God unleashed an epidemic in Israel-seventy thousand Israelites > died. God then sent the > angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he > compassionately changed his > mind and ordered the death angel, "Enough's enough! Pull back!" > > 15-16 The angel of God had just reached the threshing floor of Araunah the > Jebusite. David looked > up and saw the angel hovering between earth and sky, sword drawn and about > to strike Jerusalem. > David and the elders bowed in prayer and covered themselves with rough > burlap. > > 17 David prayed, "Please! I'm the one who sinned; I'm the one at fault. > But these sheep, what did > they do wrong? Punish me, not them, me and my family; don't take it out on > them." > > 18-19 The angel of God ordered Gad to tell David to go and build an altar > to God on the threshing > floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David did what Gad told him in obedience to > God's command. > > 20-21 Meanwhile Araunah had quit threshing the wheat and was watching the > angel; his four sons took > cover and hid. David came up to Araunah. When Araunah saw David, he left > the threshing floor and > bowed deeply before David, honoring the king. > > 22 David said to Araunah, "Give me the site of the threshing floor so I > can build an altar to God. > Charge me the market price; we're going to put an end to this disaster." > > 23 "O Master, my king," said Araunah, "just take it; do whatever you want > with it! Look, here's an > ox for the burnt offering and threshing paddles for the fuel and wheat for > the meal offering-it's > all yours!" > > 24-27 David replied to Araunah, "No. I'm buying it from you, and at the > full market price. I'm not > going to offer God sacrifices that are no sacrifice." So David bought the > place from Araunah for six > hundred shekels of gold. He built an altar to God there and sacrificed > Whole-Burnt-Offerings and > Peace-Offerings. He called out to God and God answered by striking the > altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering > with lightning. Then God told the angel to put his sword back into its > scabbard. > > 28 And that's the story of what happened when David saw that God answered > him on the threshing > floor of Araunah the Jebusite at the time he offered the sacrifice. > > > 29-30 At this time the Tabernacle that Moses had constructed in the > desert, and with it the Altar of > Burnt Offering, were set up at the worship center at Gibeon. But David, > terrified by the angel's > sword, wouldn't go there to > > 1 Chronicles 21 > 1 pray to God anymore. So David declared, "From now on, this is the site > for the worship of God; > this is the place for Israel's Altar of Burnt Offering." > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
