First Reading
1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
1And the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying:
2I am going the way of all flesh: take you courage, and show yourself a man.
3And keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and observe his ceremonies, and his instructions, and judgments, and teachings, as it is written in the law of Moses: that you may understand all you do, and whithersoever you shall turn yourself$1
4That the Lord may confirm his words, which he has said of me, saying: If your children shall take heed to their ways, and shall walk before me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.
10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11And the days that David reigned in Israel, were forty gears: in Hebron he reigned seven years, in Jerusalem thirty-three.
12And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.