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1 Chronicles 9
Chapter 9
After the Exile
1 All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled(a) to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 The first(b) to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.(c)
3 These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:
4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant[a] of Perez son of Judah;
5 from the Shilonites:
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;
6 and from the sons of Zerah:
Jeuel and 690 of their relatives.
7 The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;
8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham;
Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri;
Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;
9 and 956(d) of their relatives according to their genealogical records. All these men were heads of their ancestral houses.
10 The priests:(e) Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;
11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official(f) of God's temple;
12 Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah;
Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;
13 and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God's temple.
14 The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;
15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;
16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun;
and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 The gatekeepers:(g) Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
Shallum was their chief;
18 he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side.(h) These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral household, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent.[b] Their ancestors had been assigned to the
Lord
's camp as guardians of the entrance.(i)
20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the
Lord
was with him.(j)
21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(k)
22 The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them(l) to their trusted positions. 23 So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the Lord 's temple, which had been the tent-temple. 24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. 25 Their relatives came from their villages(m) at fixed times to be with them seven days,(n) 26 but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God's temple.(o) 27 They spent the night in the vicinity of God's temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.(p)
28 Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out. 29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary,(q) as well as the fine flour,(r) wine, oil, incense, and spices. 30 Some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.(s) 31 A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.[c] 32 Some of the Kohathites' relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the bread of the Presence(t) every Sabbath.
33 The singers,(u) the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.(v) 34 These(w) were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.
Saul's Family
35 Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.
36 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their other relatives.
39 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
40 Jonathan's son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
41 Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.[d]
42 Ahaz fathered Jarah;
Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri;
Zimri fathered Moza.
43 Moza fathered Binea.
His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.
44 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.
Haggai 1-2
Chapter 1
Command to Rebuild the Temple
1 In the second year of King Darius,[a](a) on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai(b) the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,(c) the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:(d)
2 "The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt."(e)
3 The word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet: 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses,(f) while this house[b] lies in ruins?" 5 Now, the Lord of Hosts says this: "Think carefully(g) about[c] your ways:
6 You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it."(h)
7 The Lord of Hosts says this: "Think carefully about[d] your ways. 8 Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then I will be pleased with it and be glorified," says the Lord . 9 "You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined[e] it. Why?" This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. "Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
10 So on your account,[f]
the skies have withheld the dew
and the land its crops.(i)
11 I have summoned a drought
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, olive oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on man and beast,
and on all that your hands produce."
The People's Response
12 Then Zerubbabel(j) son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people(k) obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. So the people feared the Lord .(l)
13 Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, delivered the Lord 's message to the people, "I am with you"(m)—this is the Lord 's declaration.
14 The Lord stirred up the spirit(n) of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of Yahweh of Hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
Chapter 2
Encouragement and Promise
1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month,(a) the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet: 2 "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people: 3 Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn't it seem like nothing to you?[a](b) 4 Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel"—this is the Lord 's declaration.(c) "Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land"—this is the Lord 's declaration. "Work! For I am with you"(d)—the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. 5 "This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt,(e) and My Spirit is present among you; don't be afraid."
6 For the Lord of Hosts says this: "Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth,(f) the sea and the dry land.(g) 7 I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,"(h) says the Lord of Hosts. 8 "The silver and gold belong to Me"—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. 9 "The final glory of this house[b] will be greater than the first,"(i) says the Lord of Hosts. "I will provide peace in this place"(j)—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
From Deprivation to Blessing
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet: 11 "This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Ask the priests for a ruling.(k) 12 If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?"(l)
The priests answered, "No."
13 Then Haggai asked, "If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?"(m)
The priests answered, "It becomes defiled."
14 Then Haggai replied, "So is this people, and so is this nation before Me"—this is the Lord 's declaration. "And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.
15 "Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord 's temple, 16 what state were you in?[c] When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20. 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew,(n) and hail,(o) but you didn't turn to Me"—this is the Lord 's declaration. 18 "Consider carefully(p) from this day forward; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord 's temple was laid; consider it carefully. 19 Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you."(q)
Promise to Zerubbabel
20 The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.(r) 22 I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms.(s) I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother's sword. 23 On that day"—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—"I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, My servant"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"and make you like My signet ring,(t) for I have chosen you."(u) This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
John 1:35-51
Chapter 1
35 Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"
37 The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. 38 When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, "What are you looking for?"
They said to Him, "Rabbi"(bh) (which means "Teacher"), "where are You staying?"
39 "Come and you'll see," He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about 10 in the morning.[ab]
40 Andrew,(bi) Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Him. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!"[ac](bj) (which means "Anointed(bk) One"), 42 and he brought Simon to Jesus.
When Jesus saw him, He said, "You are Simon, son of John.[ad] You will be called Cephas" (bl) (which means "Rock").
Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day He[ae] decided to leave for Galilee. Jesus found Philip(bm) and told him, "Follow Me!"
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida,(bn) the hometown of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael[af](bo) and told him, "We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets(bp)): Jesus the son of Joseph,(bq) from Nazareth!"(br)
46 "Can anything good(bs) come out of Nazareth?" Nathanael asked him.
"Come and see," Philip answered.
47 Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, "Here is a true Israelite;(bt) no deceit is in him."
48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
"Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you," Jesus answered.
49 "Rabbi,"(bu) Nathanael replied, "You are the Son(bv) of God! You are the King of Israel!"(bw)
50 Jesus responded to him, "Do you believe only because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You[ag] will see greater things than this." 51 Then He said, "I assure you: You[ah] will see heaven opened and the angels of God(bx) ascending and descending (by) on the Son of Man." (bz)
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