January 2017

“Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law

“The king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of

“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord . . . He trusted in the Lord

“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord…He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so

“So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but

“Thus says Cyrus King of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me,

“Who among you of all His people? May his God be with him and let him go up to Jerusalem

“But the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah

“O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming

“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send