Category Archives: Bible commentary

A Peek Behind the Curtain — 1 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 1 Today, among other things, our reading includes a fascinating story that allows us to pull back the curtain of this physical world and look into the world … Continue reading →

What a wonderful time in the history of Israel that we are reading about in today’s reading. It was a time of unprecedented peace, prosperity, and religious awareness. Solomon’s intellectual powers and faithfulness were seemingly at their peak. The loosely … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s reading included this significant predictive punishment for David, “‘Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife’” (2 Samuel 12:10, … Continue reading →

(First of all, I hope you’ll excuse the brevity of this posting. I had a computer misfire (really a human error — but I digress), and had to write this all a second time.) Many of you may know that … Continue reading →

If you’ve been keeping up with your Bible reading up to this point, you are to be congratulated, and surely by this point you’ve come to understand the real benefit that this discipline is to your spiritual life and Bible … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s reading Saul and his battle-capable sons died in battle. It was a tragic end for such a promising beginning. But God has a new thing planned for His people, David’s kingdom. After David had recovered the women, children, … Continue reading →

Well, now that the king has been selected by God, today’s reading is about making the announcement and getting to see the king in action. The Spirit of God’s role in leadership in the Old Testament When Saul was anointed, … Continue reading →

Our readings have now taken us all the way to the times of change between the era of the judges and the era of the kings. Samuel is the last of the judges and it is Samuel who will anoint … Continue reading →