Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 22, Year B (track one)
First Reading Job 1:1, 2:1-10 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. …… Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 21, Year B (track one)
First Reading Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 (omitted verses from ch. 7 in italics) So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 20, Year B (track one)
First Reading Proverbs 31:10–31 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 19, Year B (track one)
First Reading Proverbs 1:20–33 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 18, Year B (track one)
First Reading Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 (omitted verses in italics) A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 17, Year B
First Reading Song of Solomon 2:8–13 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 16, Year B (track one)
First Reading 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11], 22-30, 41-43 (optional verses in brackets, omitted verses in italics) [Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 15, Year B (track one)
First Reading 1 Kings 2:10–12, 3:3–14 Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 14, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom. So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 13, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 11:26–12:13a When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband. And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 12, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 11:1–15 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 11, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 7:1–14a Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” And Nathan said to the […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 10, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 6:1–5, 12b-19 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 9, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 5:1–5, 9-10 (omitted verses in italics) Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 8, Year B (track one)
First Reading 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 (omitted verses in italics) After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came […]
Divergence on the Lectionary – Proper 7, Year B (track one)
First Reading 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 (Optional verses in italics, omitted verses indented) Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the […]
