Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2. And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and Abiathar, the priests; 5. Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king’s friend; 6. Ahishar, over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force. 7. And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year. 8. These are their names: Ben–Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim; 9. Ben–Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; 10. Ben–Hesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher; 11. Ben–Abinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife; 12. Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam; 13. Ben–Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan––sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate–bars; 14. Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15. Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife; 16. Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth; 17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18. Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin; 19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land. 20. Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing. 21. So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22. Now Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal, 23. ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24. For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him. 25. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 26. Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27. And these governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply. 28. They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge. 29. And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30. Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31. For he was wiser than all men––than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. 33. Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
1. I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 2. He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3. Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day. 4. He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones. 5. He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe. 6. He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago. 7. He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. 8. Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer. 9. He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. 10. He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush. 11. He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate. 12. He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow. 13. He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins. 14. I have become the ridicule of all my people––Their taunting song all the day. 15. He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood. 16. He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes. 17. You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. 18. And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD." 19. Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall. 20. My soul still remembers And sinks within me. 21. This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22. Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!" 25. The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. 26. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD. 27. It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth. 28. Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him; 29. Let him put his mouth in the dust––There may yet be hope. 30. Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach. 31. For the Lord will not cast off forever. 32. Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies. 33. For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.
36. Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you." 37. But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. 38. And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39. "Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." 40. When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41. But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?" 42. So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43. And He took it and ate in their presence. 44. Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." 45. And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. 46. Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47. "and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48. "And you are witnesses of these things. 49. "Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." 50. And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 52. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53. and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.