“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you ¹  faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, ²  and how I have carried out your will.” ³  Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ 

These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. ¹ 

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.

Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ¹  the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ² 

He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

Drinks ¹  were served in golden containers, all of which differed from one another. Royal wine was available in abundance at the king’s expense.

“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you ¹  faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, ²  and how I have carried out your will.” ³  Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁴ 

The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah. ¹ 

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ¹  for many.”

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ¹  for many.”

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius ¹  called two of his personal servants ²  and a devout soldier from among those who served him, ³ 

For David, after he had served ¹  God’s purpose in his own generation, died, ²  was buried with his ancestors, ³  and experienced ⁴  decay,

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, ¹  because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. ² 

They ¹  exchanged the truth of God for a lie ²  and worshiped and served the creation ³  rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves ¹  and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. ²