Thursday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. 2Verse 2. He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well. 3Verse 3. When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well. 4Verse 4. “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered. 5Verse 5. “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied. 6Verse 6. “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.” 7Verse 7. “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.” 8Verse 8. But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

28Verse 28. Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him. 29Verse 29. And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, 30Verse 30. I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.” 31Verse 31. Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” 32Verse 32. Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. 33Verse 33. “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon. 34Verse 34. There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35Verse 35. Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.” 36Verse 36. “Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37Verse 37. Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”