1 Chronicles 8

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The Genealogy of Saul the Benjamite^(A)

8 Benjamin^(B) was the father of Bela his firstborn,

Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third,

²Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth.

³The sons of Bela were:

Addar,^(C) Gera, Abihud,^[a] ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,^(D) ⁵Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

⁶These were the descendants of Ehud,^(E) who were heads of families of those living in Geba and were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who deported them and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families. ¹¹By Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono^(F) and Lod with its surrounding villages), ¹³and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon^(G) and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.^(H)

¹⁴Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸All these were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel^[b] the father^[c] of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.^(I)

His wife’s name was Maakah, ³⁰and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,^[d] Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zeker ³²and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³Ner^(J) was the father of Kish,^(K) Kish the father of Saul^(L), and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.^[e]^(M)

³⁴The son of Jonathan:^(N)

Merib-Baal,^[f]^(O) who was the father of Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz.

³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.

³⁸Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second son and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.^(P)

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 8:3 Or Gera the father of Ehud
1 Chronicles 8:29 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:35); Hebrew does not have Jeiel.
1 Chronicles 8:29 Father may mean civic leader or military leader.
1 Chronicles 8:30 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:36); Hebrew does not have Ner.
1 Chronicles 8:33 Also known as Ish-Bosheth
1 Chronicles 8:34 Also known as Mephibosheth

Jeremiah 45-46

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A Message to Baruch

45 When Baruch^(A) son of Neriah^(B) wrote on a scroll^(C) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(D) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: ²“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³You said, ‘Woe^(E) to me! The Lord has added sorrow^(F) to my pain;^(G) I am worn out with groaning^(H) and find no rest.’^(I) ⁴But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(J) what I have planted,^(K) throughout the earth.^(L) ⁵Should you then seek great^(M) things for yourself? Do not seek them.^(N) For I will bring disaster^(O) on all people,^(P) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape^(Q) with your life.’”^(R)

A Message About Egypt

46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:^(S)

²Concerning Egypt:^(T)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(U) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(V) on the Euphrates^(W) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(X) son of Josiah king of Judah:

³“Prepare your shields,^(Y) both large and small,
    and march out for battle!
⁴Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish^(Z) your spears,
    put on your armor!^(AA)
⁵What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(AB) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(AC) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
⁶“The swift cannot flee^(AD)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates^(AE)
    they stumble and fall.^(AF)

⁷“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(AG)
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,^(AH)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(AI)
⁹Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(AJ)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[a]^(AK) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(AL) who draw the bow.
¹⁰But that day^(AM) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
    a day of vengeance^(AN), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour^(AO) till it is satisfied,
    till it has quenched its thirst with blood.^(AP)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice^(AQ)
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.^(AR)

¹¹“Go up to Gilead and get balm,^(AS)
    Virgin^(AT) Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
    there is no healing^(AU) for you.
¹²The nations will hear of your shame;
    your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
    both will fall^(AV) down together.”

¹³This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(AW) to attack Egypt:^(AX)

¹⁴“Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis^(AY) and Tahpanhes:^(AZ)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours^(BA) those around you.’
¹⁵Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.^(BB)
¹⁶They will stumble^(BC) repeatedly;
    they will fall^(BD) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people^(BE) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’^(BF)
¹⁷There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;^(BG)
    he has missed his opportunity.^(BH)’

¹⁸“As surely as I live,” declares the King,^(BI)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor^(BJ) among the mountains,
    like Carmel^(BK) by the sea.
¹⁹Pack your belongings for exile,^(BL)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis^(BM) will be laid waste^(BN)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

²⁰“Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.^(BO)
²¹The mercenaries^(BP) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.^(BQ)
They too will turn and flee^(BR) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day^(BS) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time^(BT) for them to be punished.
²²Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.^(BU)
²³They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,^(BV)
    they cannot be counted.
²⁴Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.^(BW)”

²⁵The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,^(BX) on Pharaoh,^(BY) on Egypt and her gods^(BZ) and her kings, and on those who rely^(CA) on Pharaoh. ²⁶I will give them into the hands^(CB) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king^(CC) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited^(CD) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

²⁷“Do not be afraid,^(CE) Jacob^(CF) my servant;^(CG)
    do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.^(CH)
Jacob will again have peace and security,
    and no one will make him afraid.
²⁸Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
    for I am with you,”^(CI) declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy^(CJ) all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region

Colossians 3-4

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^(B) ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^(C) ³For you died,^(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your^[a] life,^(E) appears,^(F) then you also will appear with him in glory.^(G)

⁵Put to death,^(H) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:^(I) sexual immorality,^(J) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,^(K) which is idolatry.^(L) ⁶Because of these, the wrath of God^(M) is coming.^[b] ⁷You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.^(N) ⁸But now you must also rid yourselves^(O) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,^(P) and filthy language from your lips.^(Q) ⁹Do not lie to each other,^(R) since you have taken off your old self^(S) with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self,^(T) which is being renewed^(U) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^(V) ¹¹Here there is no Gentile or Jew,^(W) circumcised or uncircumcised,^(X) barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,^(Y) but Christ is all,^(Z) and is in all.

¹²Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves^(AA) with compassion, kindness, humility,^(AB) gentleness and patience.^(AC) ¹³Bear with each other^(AD) and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.^(AE) ¹⁴And over all these virtues put on love,^(AF) which binds them all together in perfect unity.^(AG)

¹⁵Let the peace of Christ^(AH) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body^(AI) you were called to peace.^(AJ) And be thankful. ¹⁶Let the message of Christ^(AK) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom^(AL) through psalms,^(AM) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.^(AN) ¹⁷And whatever you do,^(AO) whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks^(AP) to God the Father through him.

Instructions for Christian Households^(AQ)

¹⁸Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,^(AR) as is fitting in the Lord.

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

²¹Fathers,^[c] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

²²Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. ²³Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴since you know that you will receive an inheritance^(AS) from the Lord as a reward.^(AT) It is the Lord Christ you are serving. ²⁵Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.^(AU)

4 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,^(AV) because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Further Instructions

²Devote yourselves to prayer,^(AW) being watchful and thankful. ³And pray for us, too, that God may open a door^(AX) for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery^(AY) of Christ, for which I am in chains.^(AZ) ⁴Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. ⁵Be wise^(BA) in the way you act toward outsiders;^(BB) make the most of every opportunity.^(BC) ⁶Let your conversation be always full of grace,^(BD) seasoned with salt,^(BE) so that you may know how to answer everyone.^(BF)

Final Greetings

⁷Tychicus^(BG) will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant^[d]^(BH) in the Lord. ⁸I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our^[e] circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.^(BI) ⁹He is coming with Onesimus,^(BJ) our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.^(BK) They will tell you everything that is happening here.

¹⁰My fellow prisoner Aristarchus^(BL) sends you his greetings, as does Mark,^(BM) the cousin of Barnabas.^(BN) (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) ¹¹Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews^[f] among my co-workers^(BO) for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. ¹²Epaphras,^(BP) who is one of you^(BQ) and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,^(BR) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature^(BS) and fully assured. ¹³I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea^(BT) and Hierapolis. ¹⁴Our dear friend Luke,^(BU) the doctor, and Demas^(BV) send greetings. ¹⁵Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,^(BW) and to Nympha and the church in her house.^(BX)

¹⁶After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read^(BY) in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

¹⁷Tell Archippus:^(BZ) “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”^(CA)

¹⁸I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.^(CB) Remember^(CC) my chains.^(CD) Grace be with you.^(CE)

Footnotes

Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient
Colossians 3:21 Or Parents
Colossians 4:7 Or slave; also in verse 12
Colossians 4:8 Some manuscripts that he may know about your
Colossians 4:11 Greek only ones of the circumcision group

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A Message About Egypt

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Colossians 3-4

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Instructions for Christian Households^(AQ)

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Final Greetings

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