FRIDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. xiv. AND the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy king, Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that Í may answer this people? And they spaketidings. unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and Ry. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii. Lesson II. answer them, and speak good words Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him. Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi. Lesson III. AND the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him: and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Ry. The LORD that. p. xxvii. LORD GOD of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; but hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back. Ry. Ye mountains. p. xxvii. Lesson III. THEREFORE, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat for the LORD hath spoken it. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii. SATURDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings. AND Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long_halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be GoD, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii. Lesson II. LET them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be GOD. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. AND Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. Rz. Hearken. p. xxix. EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. FIRST NOCTURN. Here beginneth the 2nd Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. i. THEN Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a GoD in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? Now there fore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi. Lesson II. AND Elijah departed. And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a GoD in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi. Lesson III. AND he said unto them, What came up to meet you, and told you these words? And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. Then the king sent unto him a captain manner of man was he which Lesson VI. FOR, not to speak of other things, we know the boundaries by which the kingdom of Solomon was limited; and yet we read in that psalm: His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end; which we see accomplished in CHRIST. For He began His kingdom from the flood, where, being baptized by John, and pointed out by him, He began to be acknowledged by the disciples, who called Him, not only Master, but Lord also. Ry. vi. I took thee. p. xxvii. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. x. had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. HAPPY are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and Ry. Hearken. p. xxviii. AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard ques-precious stones. tions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. Ry. Remember. p. xxviii. Lesson II. AND when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes TUESDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. ii. BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his GoD, as was the heart of David his father. Ry. LORD, if thy people. p. xxxiv. Fo Lesson II. OR Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. Ry. And it came to pass. p. xxxv. Lesson III. AND the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD GOD of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, and had commanded him concerning was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. Rz. I have sinned. p. xxviii. Lesson II. AND it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Je rusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: and Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: and he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. this thing, that he should not go after SOLOMON sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, other gods: but he kept not that and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak which the LORD commanded. Where-king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until fore the LORD said unto Solomon, the death of Solomon. And the rest Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake. Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii. WEDNESDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings.. Lesson I. Chap. ii. AND Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. Ry. Hearken. p. xxix. THURSDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. xii. AND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel Lesson VI. FOR, not to speak of other things, we know the boundaries by which the kingdom of Solomon was limited; and yet we read in that psalm: His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end; which we see accomplished in CHRIST. For He began His kingdom from the flood, where, being baptized by John, and pointed out by him, He began to be acknowledged by the disciples, who called Him, not only Master, but Lord also. Ry. vi. I took thee. p. xxvii. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. x. had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. HAPPY are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: be cause the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. And Ry. Hearken. p. xxviii. AND when the queen of Sheba the navy also of Hiram, that brought heard of the fame of Solomon gold from Ophir, brought in from concerning the name of the LORD, she Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and came to prove him with hard ques-precious stones. tions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. AND when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes TUESDAY. Of the 1st Book of Kings. Lesson I. Chap. ii. BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his GOD, as was the heart of David his father. Ry. LORD, if thy people. p. xxxiv. |