Showing posts with label Old Testament Kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Testament Kings. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2012

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1:10-12 – Solomon given wisdom, riches, wealth, and honor
2 Chronicles 3:2 – when Solomon began the house of the Lord
2 Chronicles 3:17 – he names the pillars
2 Chronicles 5:13-14 – the glory of the Lord
2 Chronicles 7:1-2 – the glory of the Lord filled the house
2 Chronicles 9:29-31 – Chronicles says nothing about Solomon following idols
2 Chronicles 11:6 – Rehoboam built Bethlehem
2 Chronicles 11:21 – Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines – begat 28 sons and 60 daughters
2 Chronicles 12:14 – why Rehoboam did evil
2 Chronicles 15:2-4 – seeking the Lord
2 Chronicles 18:26 – bread and water prison fare
2 Chronicles 21:20 – Jehoram was not a good king.  He was against the Lord…
2 Chronicles 24:1-2 – A good king…
2 Chronicles 24:15-22 – …who turned bad when Jehoiada the priest died.
2 Chronicles 24:25 – Joash killed in his bed
2 Chronicles 25:2 – But NOT WITH A PURE HEART
2 Chronicles 26:16-23 – Uzziah was good up until…
2 Chronicles 30:6-9 – Hezekiah was a good king
2 Chronicles 31:21 – With all his [Hezekiah’s) heart
2 Chronicles 32:7 – Be strong and courageous
2 Chronicles 33:6 – Manasseh – a very evil king
2 Chronicles 33:11-16 – Manasseh humbles himself before God
2 Chronicles 34:1-3 – A good king at age 8 – Josiah
2 Chronicles 34:22 – college
2 Chronicles 35:25 – Jeremiah lamented for Josiah – the Bible reference said Lamentations 4:20
2 Chronicles 36 – Jerusalem in bad shape

Sunday, December 11, 2011

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:12 – Philistines came out of Casluhim
1 Chronicles 1:27-28 – Abram – Abraham
1 Chronicles 1:32 – Abraham had a concubine?
1 Chronicles 1:34+ - after Isaac
1 Chronicles 2:1-2 – sons of Israel
1 Chronicles 2:3 – sons of Judah
1 Chronicles 2:6 – Ethan
1 Chronicles 2:11-12, 15 – Boaz, Jesse, and David
1 Chronicles 3:1-9 – David’s sons
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 – Jabez 
1 Chronicles 6:3 – Moses and Aaron – descendents of Levi
1 Chronicles 6:28 – Samuel (was a Levite)
1 Chronicles 7:2 – Valiant men of might
1 Chronicles 7:3 – Michael, Obadiah, and Joel – chief men
1 Chronicles 8:33 – Saul and Jonathan were from Benjamin
1 Chronicles 10 – The demise of Saul and his family
1 Chronicles 11:22 – lion in a pit in a snowy day
1 Chronicles 12:24-37 – 332,552 people came to see David crowned king
1 Chronicles 13:9-11 – Uzza killed because he touched the Ark
1 Chronicles 15:29 – Michal despises David
1 Chronicles 16:11 – seek the Lord
1 Chronicles 16:25 – Great is the Lord
1 Chronicles 16:29 – Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
1 Chronicles 17:20 – O Lord, there is none like thee
1 Chronicles 18:12 – Valley of salt
1 Chronicles 19:3-4 – Not a very nice reception
1 Chronicles 20:2-3 – Children of Ammon defeated
1 Chronicles 20:6 – Six-toed, six-fingered, son of a giant
1 Chronicles 21:1 – Satan against Israel
1 Chronicles 22:5 – Magnifical
1 Chronicles 22:8 – why David couldn’t build a house unto the Lord
1 Chronicles 28:9
1 Chronicles 28:20 – variation of Deuteronomy 31:8 (and Joshua ?)
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 – praise to God
1 Chronicles 29:26-30 – An interesting and nice way to end David’s story

Saturday, November 19, 2011

2 Kings (4 Kings)

2 Kings 1:8 – Elijah the Tishbite
2 Kings 1:10 – a consuming fire
2 Kings 1:12 – another consuming fire
2 Kings 2:1 – Elijah to be taken up into heaven by a whirlwind
2 Kings 2:8 – Elijah parts the Jordan
2 Kings 2:9-12 – Elijah taken up to heaven, Elisha sees it, receives a double portion of Elijah’s spirit
2 Kings 2:23-24 – children make fun of Elisha, he curses them and two she bears came and tore them up
2 Kings 3:22-26 – Moab beaten
2 Kings 3:27 – the king sacrifices his son
2 Kings 4:1-7 – Elisha and the oil
2 Kings 4:8-37 – Elisha and the Shunammite lady and her son – 2 Kings 4:34-35
2 Kings 5 – Naaman the leper
2 Kings 6:5-6 – Elisha makes and ax head float
2 Kings 6:15-19 – Elisha protected by horses and chariots of fire
2 Kings 6:28-33 – craziness
2 Kings 7:19 – windows in heaven
2 Kings 8:11 – Elisha wept because of…2 Kings 8:12
2 Kings 9:10 – Prophecy against Jezebel
2 Kings 9:22 – witchcrafts of Jezebel
2 Kings 9:30 – painted her face, tired her head
2 Kings 9:33-37 – the death of Jezebel
2 Kings 10:1 – Ahab had 70 sons
2 Kings 10:6-9 – heads
2 Kings 11:2-3 – hidden prince
2 Kings 11:10-11 – protecting him with David’s spears and shields
2 Kings 11:12 – made king
2 Kings 11:21 – 7 year old king, Jehoash
2 Kings 12:2 – Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days
2 Kings 12:20-21 – the king killed
2 Kings 13:14-20 – Elisha’s death
2 Kings 13:21 – touched the bones of Elisha
*2 Kings 14:5-6 – put to death for their own sin
2 Kings 15 – a lot of evil kings, a couple good kings
2 Kings 16 – More evil
2 Kings 17:13-18 – Israel in sin
*2 Kings 18:5 – a good king, Hezekiah
*2 Kings 18:6-7
2 Kings 19:5 – first mention of Isaiah
2 Kings 20:1 – Hezekiah sick and about to die
2 Kings 20:4-7 – God hears Hezekiah’s prayer and heals him
2 Kings 20:20 – different than usual
2 Kings 20:21 – Hezekiah dies, Manasseh in his stead
2 Kings 21:1 – Manasseh king at age 12
2 Kings 21:2 – an evil king
2 Kings 21:18 – Manasseh dies, Mon in his stead
2 Kings 21:22-23 – evil king, was murdered
2 Kings 21:24 – Josiah in his stead
2 Kings 22:1 – Josiah, king at age 8
2 Kings 22:2 – a good king!
2 Kings 23:23-25 – Josiah, a good king
2 Kings 23:30-32 – Josiah’s son Jehoahaz an evil king
2 Kings 25:7 – not very nice people

Saturday, October 29, 2011

1 Kings (3 Kings)

1 Kings 1:1 – David old – couldn’t stay warm
1 Kings 1:30 – Solomon to be king
1 Kings 2:10 – David dies
1 Kings 2:12 – Solomon’s kingdom established
1 Kings 2:34 – Joab killed
1 Kings 3:5-14 – Solomon given wisdom
1 Kings 3:16-28 – Solomon judges which mother the baby belongs to
1 Kings 4:20
1 Kings 4:25
1 Kings 4:29-34 – The Wisdom of Solomon
1 Kings 5:3-5 – Solomon can now build a house unto the name of the Lord
1 Kings 6:1 – the building began.  A very exact-ish description
1 Kings 6:2-38 – the temple was finished 7 years later
1 Kings 7:1-51 – Solomon’s own house and the house of the Lord
1 Kings 8:23 – Praise to God
1 Kings 8:57-58 – Praise
*1 Kings 8:60 – And there is none else
1 Kings 8:61 – let your heart be perfect
All of chapter 8 – Solomon dedicates the house of the Lord
1 Kings 9:26-27 – Solomon’s Navy
1 Kings 10:1-13 – The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon
1 Kings 10:23 – Solomon: the richest and the wisest
1 Kings 11:1-10 – Solomon’s many wives turn him to other gods
1 Kings 11:29-39 – God takes the kingdom from Solomon
1 Kings 11:41 – Solomon’s wisdom
1 Kings 11:42-43 – Solomon reigned for 40 years, his son reined in his stead
1 Kings 12:12-13, 19 – the new king messed up
1 Kings 13:1-10 – the man of God at the altar
1 Kings 13:14-32 – the man of God disobeyed Got and got killed by a lion
1 Kings 13:33-34 – Jeroboam still in his evil ways
1 Kings 14:10 – strange verse
1 Kings 14:17 – Tirzah
1 Kings 14:19 – reference to Chronicles
1 Kings 14:20 – Jeroboam was king 22 years, his son was king after he died
1 Kings 14:29 – more Chronicles
1 Kings 14:30 – war between Israel and Judah
1 Kings 15:11 – finally another good guy – Asa
1 Kings 15:23 – Chronicles and Asa diseased in his feet
1 Kings 15:24 – Jehoshaphat
1 Kings 16 – Tirzah mentioned a lot
1 Kings 17 – All about Elijah, a man of God – fed by ravens and miracles with a widow and her son
1 Kings 18:4 – a hundred phrophets hidden in a cave
1 Kings 18:21-39 – (Elijah) proving God is God of all on Mount Caramel
1 Kings 19:4 – Elijah wishes to die
1 Kings 19:19 – Elisha
1 Kings 20:16 – Benhadad drinking himself drunk
1 Kings 20:35-36 – another man killed by a lion because he disobeyed God
1 Kings 21:20 – sold thyself to do evil
1 Kings 22:11 – horns of iron
1 Kings 22:34-39 – Ahab, king of Israel, dies

Monday, October 24, 2011

2 Samuel (2 Kings)

2 Samuel 1:4 - David learns Saul and Jonathan are dead
2 Samuel 1:11-12 - David and his men mourn the dead
2 Samuel 1:18 - bow and arrow lessons
2 Samuel 1:19-27 - David’s lamentations over Saul and Jonathan, especially 2 Samuel 1:26
2 Samuel 2:4 - David anointed king
2 Samuel 2:9-10 - David was king of Judah, Ishbosheth king of Israel
2 Samuel 3:1 - war between David and Saul’s families
2 Samuel 3:2-5 - David has 6 sons - by David’s multiple wives
2 Samuel 3:15 - David gets his first wife, Michal, back
2 Samuel 4:4 - Jonathan’s lame five year old son
2 Samuel 4:6-7 - Ishosheth killed, David kills his killers
2 Samuel 5:3 - David king of Israel
2 Samuel 5:4 - David became king at age 30, reigned until 70
2 Samuel 5:13 - more wives and kids for David
2 Samuel 6:16 - Michal, David’s wife, despises him
2 Samuel 6:23 - Michal never had any kids because of the above incident
2 Samuel 7:9
2 Samuel 7:22 - no other God
2 Samuel 8:15 - David was a good king
2 Samuel 8:1 - David shows kindness and forgiveness
2 Samuel 9:3-13 - Jonathan’s son
2 Samuel 10:4 - another strange verse
2 Samuel 11 - story of David’s sin with Bathsheba
2 Samuel 11:24 - the shooters shot J
2 Samuel 12:1-15 - God sends Nathan to admonish David
2 Samuel 12:11-12
2 Samuel 12:18 - David’s son born of Bathsheba died
2 Samuel 12:24 - David and Bathsheba have another son, Solomon, whom the Lord loved
2 Samuel 12:15 - Jedidiah
2 Samuel 13:1-21 - Amnon and Tamar
2 Samuel 13:22 - Absalom has Amnon killed and runs away
2 Samuel 14:23-25 - Absalom returns
2 Samuel 14:27 - Abalom had 3 sons, 1 daughter
2 Samuel 14:33 - David and Absalom
2 Samuel 15:12 - Conspiracy
2 Samuel 16:5-8 - “bloody man”
2 Samuel 17:1-4 - Absalom ready to have his father killed
2 Samuel 18:9-10 - Absalom caught in an oak tree
2 Samuel 18:14 - Joab thrust 3 darts into Absalom, still alive
2 Samuel 18:15 - Joab’s men finally kill Absalom
2 Samuel 18:33 - David mourns for Absalom
2 Samuel 20:2 - against David
2 Samuel 20:22 - the head of Sheba
2 Samuel 20:24 - Jehoshaphat
2 Samuel 21:4-10 - Saul’s descendents hung by the Gibeonites
2 Samuel 21:12-24 - proper burial
2 Samuel 21:20-22 - Giants slain
2 Samuel 22:2-4 - the beginning of David’s song onto the Lord that goes to the end of the chapter
2 Samuel 22:17 - many waters
2 Samuel 22:29
2 Samuel 22:32-33
2 Samuel 22:37 - verse that goes with “The Hand of Jesus”
2 Samuel 22:47
2 Samuel 23:1-7 - David’s last words
2 Samuel 23:20 - snow!

Monday, October 10, 2011

1 Samuel (1 Kings)

1 Samuel 1:5 - Elkanah loved Hannah, but the Lord had shut up her womb
1 Samuel 1:11 - Hannah vows to God what she’ll do if he gives her a son
1 Samuel  1:13 - Eli thinks Hannah is drunk
1 Samuel 1:20 - birth of Samuel - “because I have asked him of the Lord”
1 Samuel 1:25-28 - Hannah gives Samuel to Eli to raise in the house of the Lord
1 Samuel 2:1-10 - Hannah’s praises unto the Lord
1 Samuel 2:12 - Eli’s sons did not know the Lord
1 Samuel 2:19 - Hannah brought Samuel a new coat each year
1 Samuel 2:21 - Hannah has five more kids, Samuel grew before the Lord
1 Samuel 2:26 - Samuel in the Lord’s and man’s favor
1 Samuel 2:31-33 - no old men in the house
1 Samuel 2:34 - Eli’s two sons will die
1 Samuel 3:1 - the word of the Lord was precious in those days
1 Samuel 3:4-10 - God calls Samuel four times before Samuel answers - he thinks it is Eli calling him
1 Samuel 3:11 - ears that hear shall tingle
1 Samuel 3:11-14 - God speaks to Samuel
1 Samuel 3:19 - the Lord was with Samuel
1 Samuel 3:20 - everyone knew Samuel was to be a prophet
1 Samuel 4:11 - the ark of God taken by the Philistines, Eli’s sons killed
1 Samuel 4:15 - Eli 98
1 Samuel 4:18 - Eli’s death
1 Samuel 5:4 - Dagon broken up before the ark
1 Samuel 6 - the Philistines return the ark to Israel
1 Samuel 7:3-6 - fasting, prayer, putting away of idols
1 Samuel 7:13 - the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel
1 Samuel 8:3 - Samuel’s sons walked not in his ways
1 Samuel 8:5 - the Israelites want a king
1 Samuel 8:19 - the Israelites refuse to hear
1 Samuel 9:2 - not a goodlier man than Saul
1 Samuel 9:9 - prophets used to be called a “Seer”
1 Samuel 10:1 - Saul anointed by Samuel
1 Samuel 10:26 - whose hearts God had touched
1 Samuel 11:15 - Saul made king of Israel
*1 Samuel 12:20-21 - Do not turn aside from the Lord
1 Samuel 12:22 - God is pleased to make you his people
1 Samuel 12:24 - fear the Lord and serve him in truth
1 Samuel 12:15 - do wicked and be consumed
1 Samuel 13:13-14 - Samuel rebukes Saul
1 Samuel 13:16 - Saul and Jonathan, his son
1 Samuel 14:23 - the Lord saved Israel
1 Samuel 14:45 - though Jonathan tasted honey, the Israelites rescued him from death
1 Samuel 14:49-51 - Saul’s family
1 Samuel 15:10-11 - Saul turned from following God
*1 Samuel 15:22 - To OBEY is better than SACRIFICE
*1 Samuel 15:23 - for REBELLION is as the sin of WITCHCRAFT…
1 Samuel 15:33 - Samuel hewed Agog to pieces
1 Samuel 15:35 - Samuel did not go to Saul again until the day of his death
1 Samuel 16:1 - a son of Jesse to be anointed as king
1 Samuel 16:7 - man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart
1 Samuel 16:13 - David anointed, the Spirit of the Lord upon him from that day forward
*1 Samuel 16:14 - the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul
1 Samuel 16:21-23 - David plays the harp to cause the evil spirit in Saul to depart from him
1 Samuel 17:4-9 - Goliath the Philistine
1 Samuel 17:37 - David has faith
1 Samuel 17:45 - how we should face troubles
1 Samuel 17:49-51 - David slays Goliath
1 Samuel 18:1 - David and Jonathan: Best Friends
1 Samuel 18:7-9 - Saul jealous of David
1 Samuel 18:10-11 - Saul tries to kill David
1 Samuel 18:12 - Saul afraid of David
1 Samuel 18:27-28 - David given Saul’s daughter
1 Samuel 19:2 - Jonathan warns David
1 Samuel 19:10 - again David escapes the javelin
1 Samuel 19:18 - David flees to Samuel
1 Samuel 19:42 - Saul prophesying naked
1 Samuel 20:3 - “a step between me and death”
1 Samuel 20:33 - Saul tried to kill Jonathan because he’s on David’s side
1 Samuel 20:41-42 - David and Jonathan part
1 Samuel 21:1-6 - David eats shewbread
1 Samuel 21:13 - David pretends to be crazy
1 Samuel 22:17-18 - Saul ordered the priests of the Lord slain because they helped David escape
1 Samuel 23:14 - Saul sought David every day, but God delivered him
1 Samuel 23:28 - David and Jonathan make a covenant
1 Samuel 24:4-15 - David spares Saul’s life
1 Samuel 24 - Saul and David make peace
1 Samuel 25:1 - Samuel dies
1 Samuel 25:34 - I’m surprised at this verse…
1 Samuel 25:37-38 - Nabal becomes as stone and dies
1 Samuel 25:42-43 - more wives for David
1 Samuel 25:44 - Saul gives David’s first wife, his daughter, to Phalti
1 Samuel 26 - David again spares Saul’s life, and they are reconciled to each other
1 Samuel 28:3 - wizards
1 Samuel 28:13 - gods ascending out of the earth
1 Samuel 28:14-19 - Samuel speaks to Saul because the woman with the familiar spirit (vs. 7) raised him; Samuel speaks of Saul’s death to come the next day
1 Samuel 30:5 - David’s two wives captured
1 Samuel 30:6 - David encouraged himself in the Lord his God
1 Samuel 30:18 - David rescues his wives
1 Samuel 31:2 - Jonathan dies
1 Samuel 31:4 - Saul kills himself (he told his armour-bearer to kill him)