ESV: M'Cheyne Reading Plan
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Based on the M'Cheyne reading system, this plan features 4 different readings for use in both family and personal devotions. Each day has two passages from the Old Testament, one from the New Testament, and one from either the Psalms or the Gospels.
In one year, you’ll read the Old Testament once and the New Testament and Psalms twice.
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January 20: Genesis 21; Matthew 20; Nehemiah 10; Acts 20
January 20, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.9 MBWith family: Genesis 21; Matthew 20 Genesis 21 (Listen) The Birth of Isaac 21 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.1 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred y...
January 19: Genesis 20; Matthew 19; Nehemiah 9; Acts 19
January 19, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.51 MBWith family: Genesis 20; Matthew 19 Genesis 20 (Listen) Abraham and Abimelech 20 From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.”...
January 18: Genesis 19; Matthew 18; Nehemiah 8; Acts 18
January 18, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.02 MBWith family: Genesis 19; Matthew 18 Genesis 19 (Listen) God Rescues Lot 19 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth 2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.” 3 But he pre...
January 17: Genesis 18; Matthew 17; Nehemiah 7; Acts 17
January 17, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.66 MBWith family: Genesis 18; Matthew 17 Genesis 18 (Listen) 18 And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks1 of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth 3 and said, “O Lord,2 if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. 4 Let a little water be brought, and was...
January 16: Genesis 17; Matthew 16; Nehemiah 6; Acts 16
January 16, 2022 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.78 MBWith family: Genesis 17; Matthew 16 Genesis 17 (Listen) Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision 17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;1 walk before me, and be blameless, 2 that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer s...
January 15: Genesis 16; Matthew 15; Nehemiah 5; Acts 15
January 15, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.61 MBWith family: Genesis 16; Matthew 15 Genesis 16 (Listen) Sarai and Hagar 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children1 by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Ha...
January 14: Genesis 15; Matthew 14; Nehemiah 4; Acts 14
January 14, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.18 MBWith family: Genesis 15; Matthew 14 Genesis 15 (Listen) God’s Covenant with Abram 15 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue1 childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” 4 And behold, ...
January 13: Genesis 14; Matthew 13; Nehemiah 3; Acts 13
January 13, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 5.3 MBWith family: Genesis 14; Matthew 13 Genesis 14 (Listen) Abram Rescues Lot 14 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they had served Chedorlaome...
January 12: Genesis 13; Matthew 12; Nehemiah 2; Acts 12
January 12, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.66 MBWith family: Genesis 13; Matthew 12 Genesis 13 (Listen) Abram and Lot Separate 13 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name o...
January 11: Genesis 12; Matthew 11; Nehemiah 1; Acts 11
January 11, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - 2.8 MBWith family: Genesis 12; Matthew 11 Genesis 12 (Listen) The Call of Abram 12 Now the LORD said1 to Abram, “Go from your country2 and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”3 4 So Abram ...
January 10: Genesis 11; Matthew 10; Ezra 10; Acts 10
January 10, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 4.81 MBWith family: Genesis 11; Matthew 10 Genesis 11 (Listen) The Tower of Babel 11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, an...
January 9: Genesis 9–10; Matthew 9; Ezra 9; Acts 9
January 09, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 4.86 MBWith family: Genesis 9–10; Matthew 9 Genesis 9–10 (Listen) 9 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I gi...
January 8: Genesis 8; Matthew 8; Ezra 8; Acts 8
January 08, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.01 MBWith family: Genesis 8; Matthew 8 Genesis 8 (Listen) The Flood Subsides 8 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, 3 and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated, 4 and in the seventh mon...
January 7: Genesis 7; Matthew 7; Ezra 7; Acts 7
January 07, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.39 MBWith family: Genesis 7; Matthew 7 Genesis 7 (Listen) 7 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals,1 the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, 3 and seven pairs2 of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 F...
January 6: Genesis 6; Matthew 6; Ezra 6; Acts 6
January 06, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.18 MBWith family: Genesis 6; Matthew 6 Genesis 6 (Listen) Increasing Corruption on Earth 6 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in1 man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim2 were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the so...
January 5: Genesis 5; Matthew 5; Ezra 5; Acts 5
January 05, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.02 MBWith family: Genesis 5; Matthew 5 Genesis 5 (Listen) Adam’s Descendants to Noah 5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man1 when they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons ...
January 4: Genesis 4; Matthew 4; Ezra 4; Acts 4
January 04, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.52 MBWith family: Genesis 4; Matthew 4 Genesis 4 (Listen) Cain and Abel 4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten1 a man with the help of the LORD.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LO...
January 3: Genesis 3; Matthew 3; Ezra 3; Acts 3
January 03, 2022 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.86 MBWith family: Genesis 3; Matthew 3 Genesis 3 (Listen) The Fall 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You1 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest y...
January 2: Genesis 2; Matthew 2; Ezra 2; Acts 2
January 02, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.33 MBWith family: Genesis 2; Matthew 2 Genesis 2 (Listen) The Seventh Day, God Rests 2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. The Creation of Man and Woman 4 These are the generations...
January 1: Genesis 1; Matthew 1; Ezra 1; Acts 1
January 01, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.23 MBWith family: Genesis 1; Matthew 1 Genesis 1 (Listen) The Creation of the World 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkne...
December 31: 2 Chronicles 36; Revelation 22; Malachi 4; John 21
December 31, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.95 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 36; Revelation 22 2 Chronicles 36 (Listen) Judah’s Decline 36 The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent1 of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim ...
December 30: 2 Chronicles 35; Revelation 21; Malachi 3; John 20
December 30, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.96 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 35; Revelation 21 2 Chronicles 35 (Listen) Josiah Keeps the Passover 35 Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. 3 And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of Dav...
December 29: 2 Chronicles 34; Revelation 20; Malachi 2; John 19
December 29, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.14 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 34; Revelation 20 2 Chronicles 34 (Listen) Josiah Reigns in Judah 34 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twel...
December 28: 2 Chronicles 33; Revelation 19; Malachi 1; John 18
December 28, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.82 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 33; Revelation 19 2 Chronicles 33 (Listen) Manasseh Reigns in Judah 33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made Asher...
December 27: 2 Chronicles 32; Revelation 18; Zechariah 14; John 17
December 27, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.02 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 32; Revelation 18 2 Chronicles 32 (Listen) Sennacherib Invades Judah 32 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, 3 he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the ...
December 26: 2 Chronicles 31; Revelation 17; Zechariah 13:2–9; John 16
December 26, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 3.04 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 31; Revelation 17 2 Chronicles 31 (Listen) Hezekiah Organizes the Priests 31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his pos...
December 25: 2 Chronicles 30; Revelation 16; Zechariah 12–13:1; John 15
December 25, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.31 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 30; Revelation 16 2 Chronicles 30 (Listen) Passover Celebrated 30 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. 2 For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—3 for they could not keep it at that time because the pri...
December 24: 2 Chronicles 29; Revelation 15; Zechariah 11; John 14
December 24, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.41 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 29; Revelation 15 2 Chronicles 29 (Listen) Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 29 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah1 the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple 3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the...
December 23: 2 Chronicles 27–28; Revelation 14; Zechariah 10; John 13
December 23, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.96 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 27–28; Revelation 14 2 Chronicles 27–28 (Listen) Jotham Reigns in Judah 27 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices. 3 He built the uppe...
December 22: 2 Chronicles 26; Revelation 13; Zechariah 9; John 12
December 22, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.77 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 26; Revelation 13 2 Chronicles 26 (Listen) Uzziah Reigns in Judah 26 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did what was right in the...
December 21: 2 Chronicles 25; Revelation 12; Zechariah 8; John 11
December 21, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.26 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 25; Revelation 12 2 Chronicles 25 (Listen) Amaziah Reigns in Judah 25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. 3 And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. 4 But he did not put their child...
December 20: 2 Chronicles 24; Revelation 11; Zechariah 7; John 10
December 20, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.44 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 24; Revelation 11 2 Chronicles 24 (Listen) Joash Repairs the Temple 24 Joash1 was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters. 4 After this Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD. 5 And he gathered the ...
December 19: 2 Chronicles 22–23; Revelation 10; Zechariah 6; John 9
December 19, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.6 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 22–23; Revelation 10 2 Chronicles 22–23 (Listen) Ahaziah Reigns in Judah 22 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two1 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaug...
December 18: 2 Chronicles 21; Revelation 9; Zechariah 5; John 8
December 18, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.71 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 21; Revelation 9 2 Chronicles 21 (Listen) Jehoram Reigns in Judah 21 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.1 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, toget...
December 17: 2 Chronicles 19–20; Revelation 8; Zechariah 4; John 7
December 17, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.16 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 19–20; Revelation 8 2 Chronicles 19–20 (Listen) Jehoshaphat’s Reforms 19 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. 2 But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the LORD. 3 Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the...
December 16: 2 Chronicles 18; Revelation 7; Zechariah 3; John 6
December 16, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.3 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 18; Revelation 7 2 Chronicles 18 (Listen) Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab 18 Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab. 2 After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead. 3 Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilea...
December 15: 2 Chronicles 17; Revelation 6; Zechariah 2; John 5
December 15, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.93 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 17; Revelation 6 2 Chronicles 17 (Listen) Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah 17 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured. 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, 4 but sought t...
December 14: 2 Chronicles 16; Revelation 5; Zechariah 1; John 4
December 14, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.35 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 16; Revelation 5 2 Chronicles 16 (Listen) Asa’s Last Years 16 In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the LORD and the king’s house and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying, 3 “There is a covenant1 between me an...
December 13: 2 Chronicles 14–15; Revelation 4; Haggai 2; John 3
December 13, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.55 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 14–15; Revelation 4 2 Chronicles 14–15 (Listen) Asa Reigns in Judah 14 Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years. 2 1 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim 4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, t...
December 12: 2 Chronicles 13; Revelation 3; Haggai 1; John 2
December 12, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 2.91 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 13; Revelation 3 2 Chronicles 13 (Listen) Abijah Reigns in Judah 13 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah1 the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,0...
December 11: 2 Chronicles 11–12; Revelation 2; Zephaniah 3; John 1
December 11, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 4.49 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 11–12; Revelation 2 2 Chronicles 11–12 (Listen) Rehoboam Secures His Kingdom 11 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God: 3 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4 ‘Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or f...
December 10: 2 Chronicles 10; Revelation 1; Zephaniah 2; Luke 24
December 10, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.41 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 10; Revelation 1 2 Chronicles 10 (Listen) The Revolt Against Rehoboam 10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam, 4 “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten ...
December 9: 2 Chronicles 9; Jude; Zephaniah 1; Luke 23
December 09, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 4.2 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 9; Jude 2 Chronicles 9 (Listen) The Queen of Sheba 9 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. 2 And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her. 3 An...
December 8: 2 Chronicles 8; 3 John; Habakkuk 3; Luke 22
December 08, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.65 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 8; 3 John 2 Chronicles 8 (Listen) Solomon’s Accomplishments 8 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house, 2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. 5 He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon,...
December 7: 2 Chronicles 7; 2 John; Habakkuk 2; Luke 21
December 07, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 3.09 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 7; 2 John 2 Chronicles 7 (Listen) Fire from Heaven 7 As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’s house. 3 When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with t...
December 6: 2 Chronicles 6:12–42; 1 John 5; Habakkuk 1; Luke 20
December 06, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 3.77 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 6:12–42; 1 John 5 2 Chronicles 6:12–42 (Listen) Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication 12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits1 long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands...
December 5: 2 Chronicles 5–6:11; 1 John 4; Nahum 3; Luke 19
December 05, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.58 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 5–6:11; 1 John 4 2 Chronicles 5–6:11 (Listen) 5 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God. The Ark Brought to the Temple 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of...
December 4: 2 Chronicles 3–4; 1 John 3; Nahum 2; Luke 18
December 04, 2021 12:00 - 15 minutes - 3.71 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 3–4; 1 John 3 2 Chronicles 3–4 (Listen) Solomon Builds the Temple 3 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD1 had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon’s measurements2 for building the house of God: the length, in cubits3 o...
December 3: 2 Chronicles 2; 1 John 2; Nahum 1; Luke 17
December 03, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 3.32 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 2; 1 John 2 2 Chronicles 2 (Listen) Preparing to Build the Temple 2 Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal palace for himself. 1 2 And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to oversee them. 3 And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me. 4...
December 2: 2 Chronicles 1; 1 John 1; Micah 7; Luke 16
December 02, 2021 12:00 - 11 minutes - 2.82 MBWith family: 2 Chronicles 1; 1 John 1 2 Chronicles 1 (Listen) Solomon Worships at Gibeon 1 Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. 2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers’ houses. 3 And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for...