Bible Readings for November 23rd 1 Chronicles 18 | James 5 | Jonah 2 | Luke 7 In many ways, Yahweh’s covenant with David that we read about yesterday in 1 Chronicles 17 is the heart of the theology of the books of Chronicles, but not only because Yahweh swears in this...
Bible Readings for November 22nd 1 Chronicles 17 | James 4 | Jonah 1 | Luke 6 As we have seen already in our study of the Chronicles, this retelling of Israel’s history centers on the person of David. The heavy emphasis on David does not suggest that David himself is...
Bible Readings for November 21st 1 Chronicles 16 | James 3 | Obadiah 1 | Luke 5 As the festivities in worship grow during the settling of the ark of the covenant in the city of Jerusalem, we learn more about Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, three men whose names we find...
Bible Readings for November 20th 1 Chronicles 15 | James 2 | Amos 9 | Luke 4 As we start getting deeper into 1 Chronicles, we begin to see the ways that the Chronicler writes about the events from the books of Samuel and Kings from a different perspective and with a...
Bible Readings for November 19th 1 Chronicles 13–14 | James 1 | Amos 8 | Luke 3 Thus far, the author of 1 Chronicles has not only reviewed the entire history of the people of Israel, but he has also reshaped it around the person of David—not to exalt David himself,...
Bible Readings for November 18th 1 Chronicles 11–12 | Hebrews 13 | Amos 7 | Luke 2 In today’s reading from 1 Chronicles 11 and 12, we arrive at the story of David himself. Everything up to this point has revisited the story leading up to David or has looked beyond...
