Daily Readings - 09/02/2026

^8:1 Then Solomon called the elders of Israel together in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh up from the Citadel of David, which is Zion.

^8:2 All the men of Israel assembled round King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, at the time of the feast[*a] (that is, the seventh month),

^8:3 and the priests took up the ark

^8:4 and the Tent of Meeting with all the sacred vessels that were in it.

^8:5 In the presence of the ark, King Solomon and all Israel sacrificed sheep and oxen, countless, innumerable.

^8:6 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, in the Debir of the Temple, that is, in the Holy of Holies, under the cherubs’ wings.

^8:7 For there where the ark was placed the cherubs spread out their wings and sheltered the ark and its shafts.

^8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed in it at Horeb, the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh had made with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt;

^8:10 Now when the priests came out of the sanctuary, the cloud filled the Temple of Yahweh,

^8:11 and because of the cloud the priests could no longer perform their duties: the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh’s Temple.

^8:12 Then Solomon said: ‘Yahweh has chosen to dwell in the thick cloud.

^8:13 Yes, I have built you a dwelling, a place for you to live in for ever.’

^132:1 Yahweh, remember David and all the hardships he suffered,

^132:2 and the oath he swore to Yahweh, his vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

^132:3 not to enter tent or house, not to climb into bed,

^132:4 not to allow himself to sleep, not even to close his eyes,

^132:5 until he had found a place for Yahweh, a home for the Mighty One of Jacob!

^132:6 Listen: we heard it was in Ephrathah, we found it at Fields-of-the-Forest!

^132:7 Let us go where he is waiting and worship at his footstool.

^132:8 Yahweh, go up to your resting place, you and your ark of power.

^132:9 Your priests are vesting in virtue and your devout are shouting for joy.

^132:10 For the sake of your servant David, do not banish your anointed.

^132:11 Yahweh swore to David and will remain true to his word, ‘I promise that your own son shall succeed you on the throne.

^132:12 ‘If your sons observe my covenant, the decrees that I have taught them, their sons too shall succeed you on the throne for evermore.’

^132:13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion, desiring this to be his home,

^132:14 ‘Here I will stay for ever, this is the home I have chosen.

^132:15 ‘I will bless her virtuous with riches, provide her poor with food,

^132:16 vest her priests in salvation and her devout shall shout for joy.

^132:17 ‘Here, I will make a horn sprout for David, here, I will trim a lamp for my anointed,

^132:18 whose enemies I shall clothe in shame, while his crown bursts into flower.’

^6:53 Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and tied up.

^6:54 No sooner had they stepped out of the boat than people recognised him,

^6:55 and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was.

^6:56 And wherever he went, to village, or town, or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were cured.