As with 1 Chronicles, a lot of the stories in this book can be found earlier on in the Bible, in the Samuel and Kings books. Although the bad kings of the north aren't mentioned, which means the narrative feels like there is much more balance, there is still war, threat, violence, and murder to [...]
1 and 2 Chronicles according to The Bible Project are essentially a glossy version of 1 and 2 Kings, which I have already read. The author of the Chronicles was a big fan of King David and some of his more questionable moments are not mentioned, take his encounter with Bathsheba, for example. It reminds [...]
There was always going to come a point when I got fed up with the history genre and seriously craved some nice parables or wisdom literature, and here I am. Anyway, I said I'd read the Bible cover to cover, so we'd best crack on. 2 Kings is another book full of drama, with hero [...]
If you needed reminding, I was inspired by a young person at our church to read the Bible in order. So here we are at book number 11, the first book of Kings. We start off with David as a very old man, firstly needing to be warmed in bed by a young woman (we [...]
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