Reading 1 - 1Ki 15:17 "Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 14 "The sin of Jeroboam was that he perverted the divine worship -- and not that he directly opposed it. He neutralised...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 13 "So he [the old prophet] said to his sons, 'Saddle the donkey for me.' And when they had saddled the donkey for him,...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 12:20-24 "When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 11:1-3 "King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter -- Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 10 The visit of the Queen of Sheba is typical of the peoples of the Millennium coming to worship Christ. She had heard...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 9:11-13 "King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 8:6-8 "The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 7:40-42 "So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the LORD: the two pillars;...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 6:7 "In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 3 An old proverb warns against "throwing out the baby with the bathwater". (In societies where almost everyone has a...

Reading 1 - 1Ki 1 When David is old and becomes unable to rule effectively, he delays in designating and installing Solomon as his...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 24:18-24 "On that day Gad went to David and said to him, 'Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 23:5 "Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 22:26 "To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless" (2Sa 22:26). This...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 19 "As we look back, David seems to stand out apart from all others in the history of Israel. Moses truly is a far more...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 18:29 "The king asked, 'Is the young man Absalom safe?' " (2Sa 18:29). This question has often been asked by loving...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 17 "The spirit of Judas against Christ is revealed in the wicked and treacherous action of Ahithophel against David....

Reading 1 - 2Sa 16:5 "As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul's family came out from there. His name was...

Reading 1 - 2Sa 15:17-21 "So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at a place some distance away. All his...