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TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-10:14. The writer of Chronicles takes us forward in history, giving us a list in Chapter 9 of the remnant from the tribe of Judah that are the first to return to Jerusalem after the seventy-year Babylonian...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 7:1-8:40 What we notice in the genealogies is that this chronicler is listing the tribal descendants that focus on the purpose of God in the Davidic covenant. The writer recognizes that King David must be a...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 5:18-6:81 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh were successful in battle because they cried out to the Lord (1 Chron 5:20). We are catching up with the apostasies among the descendants of Israel....

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 4:5-5:17 As the chronicler lists the genealogies of the tribe of Judah, we read of Jabez. 1 Chronicles 4:9 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 2:18-4:4 The genealogy continues, and we have many unfamiliar names mixed in with some whom we may recognize. There are a number of Hezrons and Calebs. The Hezron we read about in 1 Chronicles 2:18 is the son of...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- We start reading 1 Chronicles today. 1 and 2 Chronicles were originally one book, simply titled "The Book of Chronicles," and although it comes right after I and II Kings in our Bibles, it appears as the last book of the Hebrew...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 23:31-25:30 It is ironic that on July 4th, when in the USA we celebrate our country's birth and its cherished freedoms, we read of the God-birthed nation of Israel going into captivity in Babylon. The nation has lost its...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 22:3-23:30 We read of a brief spiritual reformation under the reign of Josiah before the southern kingdom of Judah is swept away into the Babylonian captivity that will end the Davidic line of kingship until the King of...

TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 20:1-22:2 In 701 BC, Hezekiah became deathly ill. Isaiah, the prophet, visits him to tell him to get his house in order because he is about to die.  We don't know the cause of his illness, but it happened at the time of...

Congratulations! We have reached the halfway point reading through the Bible in one year (with two trips through the Book of Psalms!). We are using the ONE YEAR BIBLE reading plan. You can get the Scripture portions online:...