Bible Readings for December 4th 2 Chronicles 3–4 | 1 John 3 | Nahum 2 | Luke 18 In a previous meditation, we looked at the only story in 1 Chronicles that recorded David’s sin: the story of the census that he took.1 As we discussed, one of the reasons that story was...
Bible Readings for December 3rd 2 Chronicles 2 | 1 John 2 | Nahum 1 | Luke 17 Although the narratives of Solomon in the books of Chronicles undercut any idea that Solomon represents the pinnacle of Yahweh’s kingdom on earth, we still read that Solomon does important...
Bible Readings for December 2nd 2 Chronicles 1 | 1 John 1 | Micah 7 | Luke 16 As we studied 1 Chronicles, we noticed all the ways that the Chronicler put David front and center in the story of Israel. We might think, then, that we will find a similar expansion of...
Bible Readings for December 1st 1 Chronicles 29 | 2 Peter 3 | Micah 6 | Luke 15 We looked yesterday at ways these final chapters in 1 Chronicles portray David as a new Moses, and here in 1 Chronicles 29:6–9, we find yet one more story along those lines in the freewill...
Bible Readings for November 30th 1 Chronicles 28 | 2 Peter 2 | Micah 5 | Luke 14 As we come to the end of David’s life in 1 Chronicles, there is one question we have not yet addressed: Was David right to take such an active role in reshaping the worship in Israel in...
Bible Readings for November 29th 1 Chronicles 26–27 | 2 Peter 1 | Micah 4 | Luke 13 David assigns a group of the non-priestly Levites who were not called to the ministry of music to serve instead as gatekeepers in 1 Chronicles 26 (cf. 1 Chron. 9:17–32). While some of...
