DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR SATURDAY APRIL 22:
WORD OF WISDOM
Be sure the detours in your life don't turn into destinations!
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DAILY DEVOTION
A Foolish Walk or a Wise Walk?
"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming
the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"
Ephesians 5:15-18
Timothy Treadwell loved wildlife. He spent summers in Alaska camping in the
wild. Treadwell especially loved grizzly bears. He believed that he had a
special connection and relationship with the bears, and ignored the warnings
of park rangers and others who tried to tell him that the wild animals were
dangerous. In 2003, Treadwell stayed in the Katmai National Park after the
summer ended despite the fact that bears become more dangerous in the fall.
In October, Treadwell was attacked and killed by a bear. He was confident
that he had made friends with the bears and that they would not harm him,
but he was tragically wrong.
The world is full of people who are living foolishly, and a number of them
are Christians. Rather than walking according to God's direction given in
the Bible, they choose to go their own way, ignoring the fact that we do not
have the necessary insight and wisdom to choose the right path on our own.
"O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps" (Jeremiah 10:23).
The wise walk is only available to those who are willing to walk in the
Spirit-to trust God's wisdom above their own and follow it. The will and
purpose of God for our lives is not hidden, but shown to us in the pages of
Scripture. Through the indwelling Holy Spirit, we have the ability to read
and apply the truths of God's Word to the daily decisions of life. We walk
wisely when we walk obediently.
If we are not walking in the Spirit, we will constantly stray into foolish
errors with negative consequences.
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DAILY BIBLE READING
1 Chronicles 7-9New King James Version (NKJV)
The Family of Issachar
7 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah,[a] Jashub, and Shimron-four in all.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel,
heads of their father's house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in
their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand
six hundred. 3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. 4 And
with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were
thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
5 Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of
valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.
The Family of Benjamin
6 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael-three in all. 7 The
sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri-five in all. They
were heads of their fathers' houses, and they were listed by their
genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.
8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth,
Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And they
were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their
fathers' houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10 The
son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin,
Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers' houses; there were
seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and
battle. 12 Shuppim and Huppim[b] were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the
son of Aher.
The Family of Naphtali
13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel,[c] Guni, Jezer, and Shallum,[d] the
sons of Bilhah.
The Family of Manasseh (West)
14 The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the
father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.[e] 15 Machir took as his wife the
sister of Huppim and Shuppim,[f] whose name was Maachah. The name of
Gilead's grandson[g] was Zelophehad,[h] but Zelophehad begot only daughters.
16 (Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh.
The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17
The son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
The Family of Ephraim
20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah
his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and
Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they
came down to take away their cattle. 22 Then Ephraim their father mourned
many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he
called his name Beriah,[i] because tragedy had come upon his house. 24 Now
his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen
Sheerah; 25 and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son,
Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27
Nun[j] his son, and Joshua his son.
28 Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to
the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns,
as far as Ayyah[k] and its towns; 29 and by the borders of the children of
Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and
its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son
of Israel.
The Family of Asher
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister
Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of
Birzaith.[l] 32 And Heber begot Japhlet, Shomer,[m] Hotham,[n] and their
sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These
were the children of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah,
Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna,
Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri,
Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Jithran,[o] and Beera. 38 The sons
of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla were Arah,
Haniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses,
choice men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by
genealogies among the army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six
thousand.
The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin
8 Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah[p] the
third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 The sons of Bela were
Addar,[q] Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and
Huram.
6 These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers' houses of
the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath: 7 Naaman,
Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Also Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away
Hushim and Baara his wives. 9 By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia,
Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of
their fathers' houses.
11 And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal were
Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns; 13 and
Beriah and Shema, who were heads of their fathers' houses of the inhabitants
of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. 14 Ahio, Shashak,
Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ispah, and Joha were the
sons of Beriah. 17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ishmerai,
Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20
Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons
of Shimei. 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah,
Elam, Antothijah, 25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. 26
Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the
sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers' houses by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 Now the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
30 And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, 31 Gedor,
Ahio, Zecher, 32 and Mikloth, who begot Shimeah.[r] They also dwelt
alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren. 33 Ner[s]
begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,[t] and Esh-Baal.[u] 34 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal,[v] and
Merib-Baal begot Micah. 35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea,
and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah;[w] Jehoaddah begot Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza. 37 Moza begot Binea, Raphah[x]
his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael,
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the
sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor-archers. They had many sons and
grandsons, one hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons of Benjamin.
9 So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they were inscribed
in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to
Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 And the first inhabitants who
dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests,
Levites, and the Nethinim.
Dwellers in Jerusalem
3 Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of
Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 4 Uthai the son of
Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
descendants of Perez, the son of Judah. 5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the
firstborn and his sons. 6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their
brethren-six hundred and ninety. 7 Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son
of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; 8 Ibneiah the son
of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of
Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 and their brethren,
according to their generations-nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men
were heads of a father's house in their fathers' houses.
The Priests at Jerusalem
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin; 11 Azariah the son of
Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the
son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God; 12 Adaiah the son of
Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel,
the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son
of Immer; 13 and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses-one
thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of
the service of the house of God.
The Levites at Jerusalem
14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son
of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and
Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah
the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the
Netophathites.
The Levite Gatekeepers
17 And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their
brethren. Shallum was the chief. 18 Until then they had been gatekeepers
for the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east.
19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work
of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been
keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord. 20 And Phinehas the son of
Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was keeper of the door of the tabernacle
of meeting.
22 All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were
recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer
had appointed them to their trusted office. 23 So they and their children
were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the
tabernacle, by assignment. 24 The gatekeepers were assigned to the four
directions: the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren in
their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days. 26
For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites.
And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
27 And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the
responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.
Other Levite Responsibilities
28 Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought
them in and took them out by count. 29 Some of them were appointed over the
furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine
flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. 30 And some
of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
31 Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the
trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans. 32 And some of
their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the
showbread for every Sabbath.
33 These are the singers, heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites, who
lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were
employed in that work day and night. 34 These heads of the fathers' houses
of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at
Jerusalem.
The Family of King Saul
35 Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah, dwelt at
Gibeon. 36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,[y] and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begot Shimeam.[z]
They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
39 Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. 40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and
Merib-Baal begot Micah. 41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech,
Tahrea,[aa] and Ahaz.[ab] 42 And Ahaz begot Jarah;[ac] Jarah begot Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza; 43 Moza begot Binea,
Rephaiah[ad] his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael,
Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.
Footnotes:
a.1 Chronicles 7:1 Spelled Puvah in Genesis 46:13
b.1 Chronicles 7:12 Called Hupham in Numbers 26:39
c.1 Chronicles 7:13 Spelled Jahzeel in Genesis 46:24
d.1 Chronicles 7:13 Spelled Shillem in Genesis 46:24
e.1 Chronicles 7:14 The son of Gilead (compare Numbers 26:30, 31)
f.1 Chronicles 7:15 Compare verse 12
g.1 Chronicles 7:15 Literally the second
h.1 Chronicles 7:15 Compare Numbers 26:30-33
i.1 Chronicles 7:23 Literally In Tragedy
j.1 Chronicles 7:27 Hebrew Non
k.1 Chronicles 7:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Bomberg, Septuagint, Targum,
and Vulgate read Gazza.
l.1 Chronicles 7:31 Or Birzavith or Birzoth
m.1 Chronicles 7:32 Spelled Shemer in verse 34
n.1 Chronicles 7:32 Spelled Helem in verse 35
o.1 Chronicles 7:37 Spelled Jether in verse 38
p.1 Chronicles 8:1 Spelled Ahiram in Numbers 26:38
q.1 Chronicles 8:3 Called Ard in Numbers 26:40
r.1 Chronicles 8:32 Spelled Shimeam in 9:38
s.1 Chronicles 8:33 Also the son of Gibeon (compare 9:36, 39)
t.1 Chronicles 8:33 Called Jishui in 1 Samuel 14:49
u.1 Chronicles 8:33 Called Ishbosheth in 2 Samuel 2:8 and elsewhere
v.1 Chronicles 8:34 Called Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 4:4
w.1 Chronicles 8:36 Spelled Jarah in 9:42
x.1 Chronicles 8:37 Spelled Rephaiah in 9:43
y.1 Chronicles 9:37 Called Zecher in 8:31
z.1 Chronicles 9:38 Spelled Shimeah in 8:32
aa.1 Chronicles 9:41 Spelled Tarea in 8:35
ab.1 Chronicles 9:41 Following Arabic, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate (compare
8:35); Masoretic Text and Septuagint omit and Ahaz.
ac.1 Chronicles 9:42 Spelled Jehoaddah in 8:36
ad.1 Chronicles 9:43 Spelled Raphah in 8:37
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James VersionR. Copyright C 1982 by Thomas
Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
