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1 Chronicles 2 - 3

Generations of David

These are the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, so He put him to death.
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Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.
Judah had five sons in all.
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The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara;
five of them in all.
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The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.
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The son of Ethan was Azariah.
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Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram became the father of Amminadab,
and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;
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Nahshon became the father of Salma,
Salma became the father of Boaz,
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Boaz became the father of Obed,
and Obed became the father of Jesse;
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and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.
And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
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Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Now Caleb the son of Hezron became a father by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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Then Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath as a wife, and she bore him Hur.
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Hur became the father of Uri,
and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as a wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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But Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
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After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.
And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
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The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.
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The son of Appaim was Ishi.
And the son of Ishi was Sheshan.
And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.
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The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai became the father of Nathan,
and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
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and Zabad became the father of Ephlal,
and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
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and Obed became the father of Jehu,
and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
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and Azariah became the father of Helez,
and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
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and Eleasah became the father of Sismai,
and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
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and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
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Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
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Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam;
and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
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The son of Shammai was Maon,
and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
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Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez;
and Haran became the father of Gazez.
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The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the sons of Caleb.
The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
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Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons:
Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
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and the families of Kiriath-jearim:
the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
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The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Sons of David

Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:
the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;
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the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
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the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital;
the sixth was Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
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Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
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These were born to him in Jerusalem:
Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
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and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
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Nogah, Nepheg, and Japhia,
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Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
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All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
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Now Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
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Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
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Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
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Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
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Amon his son, Josiah his son.
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The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
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The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were Shealtiel his son,
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and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
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The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei.
And the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;
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and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.
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The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
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The sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah,
and the sons of Shemaiah:
Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
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The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
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The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

Revelation 3

To the Church in Sardis

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: This is what He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
2 Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God. 3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Philadelphia

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: This is what He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:
8 ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have given before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 Behold, I am giving up those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says:
15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked. 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. 21 He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Ecclesiastes 7

Wisdom and Folly Contrasted

Better is a good name than good oil,
And better is the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
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Better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting
Because that is the end of all mankind,
And the living puts this in his heart.
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Better is vexation than laughter,
For when a face is sad a heart may be merry.
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the heart of fools is in the house of gladness.
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Better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
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For as the crackling sound of thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is vanity.
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For oppression gives a wise man over to madness,
And a bribe destroys the heart.
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Better is the end of a matter than its beginning;
Better is patience of spirit than haughtiness of spirit.
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Do not be eager in your spirit to be vexed,
For vexation rests in the bosom of fools.
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Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
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Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an advantage to those who see the sun.
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For wisdom is a shadow of protection as money is a shadow of protection,
And the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its masters.
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See the work of God,
For who is able to straighten what He has bent?
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In the day when there is good be of good cheer,
But in the day when there is evil see—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will not find out anything that will be after him.
15 I have seen everything during my days of vanity; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. 16 Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you make yourself desolate? 17 Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a simpleminded fool. Why should you die before your time? 18 It is good that you seize one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them. 19 Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten men with power who are in a city. 20 Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins. 21 Also, do not give your heart to all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your slave cursing you. 22 For your heart also knows that you likewise have many times cursed others. 23 I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me. 24 What has been is far away and exceedingly deep. Who can find it? 25 I turned my heart to know, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness and the simpleminded folly of madness. 26 And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is good before God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her. 27 “See, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “adding one thing to another to find an explanation, 28 which my soul still seeks but has not found. I have found one man out of a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. 29 See, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”