Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 6

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 7

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 8

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 9

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 10

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 11

Reading the Bible in Historical Sequence Part 12

Jesus Revealed Pt. 8 - What Do You See?

Jesus Revealed Pt. 11 - I AM The Resurrection And The Life

Jesus Revealed Pt. 13 - No Greater Love

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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            <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To humans belong the plans of the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">but from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes the proper answer of the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All a person&#8217;s ways seem pure to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">but motives are weighed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Commit to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> whatever you do,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">and he will establish your plans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works out everything to its proper end&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">even the wicked for a day of disaster.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests all the proud of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">through the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> evil is avoided.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes pleasure in anyone&#8217;s way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">he causes their enemies to make peace with them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">than much gain with injustice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In their hearts humans plan their course,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> establishes their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lips of a king speak as an oracle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">and his mouth does not betray justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Honest scales and balances belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">all the weights in the bag are of his making.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kings detest wrongdoing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">for a throne is established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Kings take pleasure in honest lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">they value the one who speaks what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath is a messenger of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">but the wise will appease it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When a king&#8217;s face brightens, it means life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How much better to get wisdom than gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">to get insight rather than silver!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The highway of the upright avoids evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">those who guard their ways preserve their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pride goes before destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">a haughty spirit before a fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">than to share plunder with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whoever speaks prudently finds what is good</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">and blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wise in heart are called discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">and gracious words promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">words make a person persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">but folly brings punishment to fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">and their lips promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent / and make their lips persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Gracious words are a honeycomb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The appetite of laborers works for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">their hunger drives them on.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A scoundrel plots evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A perverse person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">and a gossip separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A violent person entices their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">and leads them down a path that is not good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Gray hair is a crown of splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">it is attained in the way of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Better a patient person than a warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">one with self-control than one who takes a city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The lot is cast into the lap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="content">but its every decision is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">Probably Cilicia</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk2CH">
        <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="2CH.9.13+2CH.9.14+2CH.9.15+2CH.9.16+2CH.9.17+2CH.9.18+2CH.9.19+2CH.9.20+2CH.9.21+2CH.9.22+2CH.9.23+2CH.9.24+2CH.9.25+2CH.9.26+2CH.9.27+2CH.9.28">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of hammered gold went into each shield. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CH.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CH.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All King Solomon&#8217;s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon&#8217;s day. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The king had a fleet of trading ships</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">of ships that could go to Tarshish</span></span></span><span class="content"> manned by Hiram&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Huram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Hiram</span></span></span><span class="content"> servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CH.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2CH.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2CH.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift&#8212;articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2CH.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2CH.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2CH.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2CH.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2CH.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold went into each shield. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms; or perhaps reference is to double minas, that is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">All King Solomon&#8217;s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon&#8217;s days. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The king had a fleet of trading ships</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">of ships of Tarshish</span></span></span><span class="content"> at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift&#8212;articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:28 </span><span class="ft">Probably </span><span class="fqa">Cilicia</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:29 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">49</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 49</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">listen, all who live in this world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">both low and high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">rich and poor alike:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak words of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will turn my ear to a proverb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">with the harp I will expound my riddle:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why should I fear when evil days come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">when wicked deceivers surround me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who trust in their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">and boast of their great riches?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one can redeem the life of another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">or give to God a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the ransom for a life is costly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">no payment is ever enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">so that they should live on forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">and not see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For all can see that the wise die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">that the foolish and the senseless also perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">leaving their wealth to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Their tombs will remain their houses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">In their thoughts their houses will remain</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">their dwellings for endless generations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">though they had</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">generations, / for they have</span></span></span><span class="content"> named lands after themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People, despite their wealth, do not endure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">they are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">and of their followers, who approve their sayings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:13 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are like sheep and are destined to die;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">death will be their shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">Their forms will decay in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">far from their princely mansions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">he will surely take me to himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do not be overawed when others grow rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">when the splendor of their houses increases;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for they will take nothing with them when they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">their splendor will not descend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Though while they live they count themselves blessed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">and people praise you when you prosper&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">they will join those who have gone before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">who will never again see the light of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People who have wealth but lack understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="content">are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div>
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