Category: Chronological Bible

This week our readings were found in 2 Samuel (chapters 6-21), 1 Chronicles (chapters 15-20) and also Psalms 3, 7, 51, 60, and 63. I offer this trailer as more of a tongue-in-cheek treatment of this story. People (e.g. Hollywood) tend to glamorize stories such as David and Bathsheba, Samson and Delilah, Adam and Eve... [...]

This week the readings included 1 Samuel (chapters 22-31), 2 Samuel (chapters 1-6), 1 Chronicles (chapters 9-16) and also Psalms 52, 54, 56, 57, and 142. The focus of these Bible passages were on the transfer of the kingship from Saul to David. Saul had rebelled against God and chose to follow his own heart, [...]

This week the readings came from 1 Samuel (chapters 1-21), and also included part of 1 Chronicles 9 and Psalms 34 and 59. The main focus of this week's Bible readings have been on the beginnings of the line of kings of Israel. The key passage to set this up comes in 1 Samuel 8:4-7. [...]

This week the readings completed Judges (chapters 7-21), the entire book of Ruth, 1 Chronicles 2 , 1 Chronicles 4, and the first 8 verses of 1 Samuel. For this blog post I'm going to focus on the events of Judges. Judges is a book that spans three to four hundred years in the history [...]

This week's readings completed Joshua (Chapters 12-24), followed by a related passage in 1 Chronicles 6:54-81, and then began Judges chapters 1-6. The latter part of Joshua details the dividing up and boundaries of the land of Canaan to the twelve tribes of Israel. Two and a half tribes were given land east of the [...]