Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2. And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3. This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4. And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5. The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. 6. And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7. He also overlaid the house––the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors––with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls. 8. And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. 9. The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold. 10. In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold. 11. The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub; 12. one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. 13. The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward. 14. And he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it. 15. Also he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty–five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16. He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork. 17. Then he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz.
1. Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height. 2. Then he made the Sea of cast bronze , ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3. And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 4. It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. 5. It was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It contained three thousand baths. 6. He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in. 7. And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. 8. He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold. 9. Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze. 10. He set the Sea on the right side, toward the southeast. 11. Then Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God: 12. the two pillars and the bowl–shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowl–shaped capitals which were on top of the pillars; 13. four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl–shaped capitals that were on the pillars); 14. he also made carts and the lavers on the carts; 15. one Sea and twelve oxen under it; 16. also the pots, the shovels, the forks––and all their articles Huram his master craftsman made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. 17. In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah. 18. And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined. 19. Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was the showbread; 20. the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary, 21. with the flowers and the lamps and the wick–trimmers of gold, of purest gold; 22. the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place , and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.
1. So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
1. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2. And He said, "Amos, what do you see?" So I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me: "The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. 3. And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day," Says the Lord GOD––"Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence." 4. Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail, 5. Saying: "When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit, 6. That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals––Even sell the bad wheat?" 7. The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8. Shall the land not tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside Like the River of Egypt. 9. "And it shall come to pass in that day," says the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight; 10. I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son , And its end like a bitter day. 11. "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD. 12. They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall not find it . 13. "In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst. 14. Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan!’ And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives!’ They shall fall and never rise again."
1. I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said: "Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake, And break them on the heads of them all. I will slay the last of them with the sword. He who flees from them shall not get away, And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered. 2. "Though they dig into hell, From there my hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down; 3. And though they hide themselves on top of Carmel, From there I will search and take them; Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea, From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them; 4. Though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword, And it shall slay them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good." 5. The Lord GOD of hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, And all who dwell there mourn; All of it shall swell like the River, And subside like the River of Egypt. 6. He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth––The LORD is His name. 7. " Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to Me, O children of Israel?" says the LORD. "Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, The Philistines from Caphtor, And the Syrians from Kir? 8. "Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," Says the LORD. 9. "For surely I will command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. 10. All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say, ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’ 11. "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12. That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name," Says the LORD who does this thing. 13. "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it . 14. I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them ; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15. I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God.
1. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world––our faith. 5. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6. This is He who came by water and blood––Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 14. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 16. If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 17. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. 18. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. 19. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.