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 * 1 Kings 21
   
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1 KINGS 21
















1 Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in
Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
2 One day Ahab said to Naboth, "Since your vineyard is so convenient to my
palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a
better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it."

3 But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance
that was passed down by my ancestors."

4 So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth's answer. The king went
to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!

5 "What's the matter?" his wife Jezebel asked him. "What's made you so upset
that you're not eating?"

6 "I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or trade it, but he refused!" Ahab
told her.

7 "Are you the king of Israel or not?" Jezebel demanded. "Get up and eat
something, and don't worry about it. I'll get you Naboth's vineyard!"

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them
to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.
9 In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and
prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.
10 And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing
God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."

11 So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had
written in the letters.
12 They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
13 Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused
Naboth before all the people, saying, "He cursed God and the king." So he was
dragged outside the town and stoned to death.
14 The town leaders then sent word to Jezebel, "Naboth has been stoned to
death."

15 When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, "You know the vineyard Naboth
wouldn't sell you? Well, you can have it now! He's dead!"
16 So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.

17 But the LORD said to Elijah,*
18 "Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at
Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself.
19 Give him this message: `This is what the LORD says: Wasn't it enough that you
killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick
your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!'"

20 "So, my enemy, you have found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.
  "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is
evil in the LORD's sight.
21 So now the LORD says, `I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will
destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in
Israel!
22 I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of
Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry
and have led Israel into sin.'

23 "And regarding Jezebel, the LORD says, `Dogs will eat Jezebel's body at the
plot of land in Jezreel.*'

24 "The members of Ahab's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and
those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures."

25 (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the LORD's sight
as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.
26 His worst outrage was worshiping idols* just as the Amorites had done—the
people whom the LORD had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)

27 But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap,
and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.

28 Then another message from the LORD came to Elijah:
29 "Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this,
I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I
will destroy his dynasty."







1 KINGS 22
















1 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.
2 Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab
of Israel.
3 During the visit, the king of Israel said to his officials, "Do you realize
that the town of Ramoth-gilead belongs to us? And yet we've done nothing to
recapture it from the king of Aram!"

4 Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, "Will you join me in battle to
recover Ramoth-gilead?"
  Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "Why, of course! You and I are as
one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses."
5 Then Jehoshaphat added, "But first let's find out what the LORD says."

6 So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked
them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?"
  They all replied, "Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory."

7 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not also a prophet of the LORD here? We
should ask him the same question."

8 The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "There is one more man who could
consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but
trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah."
  Jehoshaphat replied, "That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what
he has to say."

9 So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Quick! Bring
Micaiah son of Imlah."


10 King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, dressed in their royal
robes, were sitting on thrones at the threshing floor near the gate of Samaria.
All of Ahab's prophets were prophesying there in front of them.
11 One of them, Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, made some iron horns and proclaimed,
"This is what the LORD says: With these horns you will gore the Arameans to
death!"

12 All the other prophets agreed. "Yes," they said, "go up to Ramoth-gilead and
be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!"

13 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, "Look, all the
prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them
and promise success."

14 But Micaiah replied, "As surely as the LORD lives, I will say only what the
LORD tells me to say."

15 When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, "Micaiah, should we go
to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we hold back?"
  Micaiah replied sarcastically, "Yes, go up and be victorious, for the LORD
will give the king victory!"

16 But the king replied sharply, "How many times must I demand that you speak
only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?"

17 Then Micaiah told him, "In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, `Their master has
been killed.* Send them home in peace.'"

18 "Didn't I tell you?" the king of Israel exclaimed to Jehoshaphat. "He never
prophesies anything but trouble for me."

19 Then Micaiah continued, "Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting
on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his
left.
20 And the LORD said, `Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against
Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?'
  "There were many suggestions,
21 and finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, `I can do it!'

22 "`How will you do this?' the LORD asked.
  "And the spirit replied, `I will go out and inspire all of Ahab's prophets to
speak lies.'
  "`You will succeed,' said the LORD. `Go ahead and do it.'

23 "So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all your
prophets. For the LORD has pronounced your doom."

24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the
face. "Since when did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?" he
demanded.

25 And Micaiah replied, "You will find out soon enough when you are trying to
hide in some secret room!"

26 "Arrest him!" the king of Israel ordered. "Take him back to Amon, the
governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
27 Give them this order from the king: `Put this man in prison, and feed him
nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'"

28 But Micaiah replied, "If you return safely, it will mean that the LORD has
not spoken through me!" Then he added to those standing around, "Everyone mark
my words!"


29 So King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah led their armies against
Ramoth-gilead.
30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "As we go into battle, I will
disguise myself so no one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes." So
the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

31 Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his thirty-two chariot
commanders: "Attack only the king of Israel. Don't bother with anyone else!"
32 So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes,
they went after him. "There is the king of Israel!" they shouted. But when
Jehoshaphat called out,
33 the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, and they
stopped chasing him.

34 An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops
and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. "Turn the horses*
and get me out of here!" Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. "I'm badly
wounded!"

35 The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his
chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of
his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.
36 Just as the sun was setting, the cry ran through his troops: "We're done for!
Run for your lives!"

37 So the king died, and his body was taken to Samaria and buried there.
38 Then his chariot was washed beside the pool of Samaria, and dogs came and
licked his blood at the place where the prostitutes bathed,* just as the LORD
had promised.

39 The rest of the events in Ahab's reign and everything he did, including the
story of the ivory palace and the towns he built, are recorded in The Book of
the History of the Kings of Israel.
40 So Ahab died, and his son Ahaziah became the next king.


41 Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of King
Ahab's reign in Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in
Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did
what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. *During his reign, however, he failed to
remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned
incense there.
44 Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.

45 The rest of the events in Jehoshaphat's reign, the extent of his power, and
the wars he waged are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
46 He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes,
who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.

47 (There was no king in Edom at that time, only a deputy.)

48 Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships* to sail to Ophir for gold.
But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of
Ezion-geber.
49 At one time Ahaziah son of Ahab had proposed to Jehoshaphat, "Let my men sail
with your men in the ships." But Jehoshaphat refused the request.

50 When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.
Then his son Jehoram became the next king.


51 Ahaziah son of Ahab began to rule over Israel in the seventeenth year of King
Jehoshaphat's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years.
52 But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight, following the example of his
father and mother and the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel
to sin.
53 He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the LORD, the God of
Israel, just as his father had done.






LUKE 23:26-56
















1 Then the entire council took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor.
2 They began to state their case: "This man has been leading our people astray
by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming
he is the Messiah, a king."

3 So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
  Jesus replied, "You have said it."

4 Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find
nothing wrong with this man!"

5 Then they became insistent. "But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever
he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!"

6 "Oh, is he a Galilean?" Pilate asked.
7 When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee
was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the
time.

8 Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard
about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
9 He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
10 Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there
shouting their accusations.
11 Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they
put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
12 (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)

13 Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders,
along with the people,
14 and he announced his verdict. "You brought this man to me, accusing him of
leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence
and find him innocent.
15 Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man
has done calls for the death penalty.
16 So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him."*

18 Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted,
"Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!"
19 (Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem
against the government, and for murder.)
20 Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
21 But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

22 For the third time he demanded, "Why? What crime has he committed? I have
found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I
will release him."

23 But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and
their voices prevailed.
24 So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
25 As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for
insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.


26 As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene,* happened to
be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on
him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
28 But Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for
me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 For the days are coming when they will say, `Fortunate indeed are the women
who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that
have never nursed.'
30 People will beg the mountains, `Fall on us,' and plead with the hills, `Bury
us.'*
31 For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it
is dry?*"

32 Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.
33 When they came to a place called The Skull,* they nailed him to the cross.
And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.

34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."*
And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.*

35 The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. "He saved others," they said, "let
him save himself if he is really God's Messiah, the Chosen One."
36 The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
37 They called out to him, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
38 A sign was fastened above him with these words: "This is the King of the
Jews."

39 One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, "So you're the Messiah, are
you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you're at it!"

40 But the other criminal protested, "Don't you fear God even when you have been
sentenced to die?
41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn't done anything wrong."
42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."

43 And Jesus replied, "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise."


44 By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until
three o'clock.
45 The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary
of the Temple was torn down the middle.
46 Then Jesus shouted, "Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!"* And with
those words he breathed his last.

47 When the Roman officer* overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he
worshiped God and said, "Surely this man was innocent.*"
48 And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had
happened, they went home in deep sorrow.*
49 But Jesus' friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,
stood at a distance watching.


50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the
Jewish high council,
51 but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious
leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the
Kingdom of God to come.
52 He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of
linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.
54 This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation,* as the
Sabbath was about to begin.

55 As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb
where his body was placed.
56 Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But
by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required
by the law.


   
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DAVE

MAY 7, 2021 AT 5:51 AM

Thank you my
lord for your blessings. I pray for my son, amen.
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PETER FRANK SANTOVITO

MAY 6, 2020 AT 7:40 AM

''FAITH IS GREATER THAN FEAR!''

Trust in the name above ALL names, JESUS!! Amen."
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DAVE

MAY 6, 2020 AT 5:45 AM

Thank you my Lord, amen.
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MARIA

MAY 7, 2019 AT 12:46 PM

Luke 24:32 the disciples said,

?Didn?t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained
the Scriptures to us?? (NLT)
Heavenly Father Yahweh I glorify I praise and I honor your Holy Name! My Lord
and my Redeemer Jesus Christ I glorify I praise and and I honor your Holiness!
Thank you Jesus for your blessings, thank you for being there for me in my
lowest point, you lift me up! Jesus I received your anointing Holy Spirit, bless
my son and my husband, heal him right now that your power of healing has descend
upon my husband. Jesus May the glory of your Holiness manifest unto my husband
and to my son. Jesus, thank you for speaking to me, thank you for the peace,
comfort, love, joy and all the unconditional love you gave me. Jesus, live in me
always for I pray it amen and amen!
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PETER FRANK SANTOVITO

MAY 7, 2019 AT 9:24 AM

Jesus Still Heals Today. 'You say,yeah but Pete, I keep checking my blood daily,
and my readings for glucose (sugar) are high!?!
Everyday I keep believing I'm healed by the stripes of Jesus, yet the same
negative result...'
Jesus could only heal people who had Faith and Believed.
Keep on Believing.
Keep on telling satan, I AM HEALED BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS!
Jesus, my Creator, knows every thing about me and Jesus knows every thing about
each one of us.
Sometimes Miracles happen INSTANTLY. Sometimes Miracles take time. Sometimes 10,
20, 40, 50 years or longer to manifest.
DON'T GIVE UP! READ GOD'S WORD DAILY and REMIND ALMIGHTY GOD, LORD YOU PROMISED
ME...
''Please Jesus let Your Miracle-Working Power touch every person who needs You
Now, I pray. REMEMBER: The Tomb of Jesus IS EMPTY!
GOD's RESURRECTION POWER LIVES IN YOU, BELIEVER!!
Thank You Jesus, my King. Amen,''
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