29 Apr 20171 Kings 6–7 1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv (which is the second month), he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 The house which King Solomon built for the Lord had a length of sixty cubits, a width of twenty cubits, and a height of
28 Apr 20171 Kings 3–5 1 Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He married Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace, the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord. 3 Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father
27 Apr 20171 Kings 1–2 1 Now King David was old and advanced in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be found for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and care for him, and let her lie by your side so that my lord the king may keep warm.” 3 So they searched for
26 Apr 20172 Samuel 23–24 1 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the favorite psalmist of Israel: 2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: He who rules
25 Apr 20172 Samuel 21–22 1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not from the children of Israel. Instead they were a remnant of the Amorites.
24 Apr 20172 Samuel 19–20 1 It was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning over Absalom. 2 The victory that day was turned into mourning for all of the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.” 3 So the people entered the city by stealth that day, as a people who have been disgraced steal away when they flee from battle. 4 The king covered his
23 Apr 20172 Samuel 16–18 1 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of saddled donkeys carrying two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and one skin of wine. 2 The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the household of the king to ride. The bread and the