Formation Journal Reading Plan

3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

3:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

3:14 And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

3:16 And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.

3:17 For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.

3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

3:19 And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

3:21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:

3:23 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

3:25 And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

19:18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

19:19 A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

19:22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

19:23 The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life; And he that hath it shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

19:24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

19:25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

19:26 He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

19:27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

19:28 A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

19:29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

19:28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

19:29 There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

19:32 The soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:

19:33 but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

19:34 howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.

19:35 And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.

19:36 For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

19:38 And after these things Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

19:40 So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.

19:42 There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.