Friday in Season after Pentecost

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.” 38Verse 38. Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. 39Verse 39. Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!” 40Verse 40. All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound. 41Verse 41. Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab. 42Verse 42. As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.” 43Verse 43. “Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44Verse 44. And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule. 45Verse 45. Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear. 46Verse 46. Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne. 47Verse 47. The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed, 48Verse 48. saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”

1Verse 1. Then Job answered: 2Verse 2. “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! 3Verse 3. But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4Verse 4. I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. 5Verse 5. The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. 6Verse 6. The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure — those who carry their god in their hands. 7Verse 7. But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. 8Verse 8. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. 9Verse 9. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? 10Verse 10. The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind. 11Verse 11. Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food? 12Verse 12. Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life. 13Verse 13. Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. 14Verse 14. What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. 15Verse 15. If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. 16Verse 16. True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His. 17Verse 17. He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges. 18Verse 18. He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists. 19Verse 19. He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established. 20Verse 20. He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. 21Verse 21. He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. 22Verse 22. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light. 23Verse 23. He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them. 24Verse 24. He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 25Verse 25. They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.[’’]