Proverbs 5:1-7:27~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today we read in Proverbs chapter 5 verse 6: “For she does not care about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t even realize where it leads.”  For some reason this year,…

Proverbs 1:1-4:27~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today we begin the book of Proverbs! The author of the majority of the Proverbs was King Solomon, the son of King David. This means that most of the Proverbs were written in the 10th century B.C.…

1 Kings 4:1-34; Psalm 72; Psalm 127~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ As we read 1 Kings 4 verses 29, 32 & 33 today, I am reminded that some say Solomon was the last person on earth (well besides Jesus of course) who knew…

2 Chronicles 8:1-18; 1 Kings 9:15-10:13; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12; 1 Kings 10:14-29; 2 Chronicles 9:13-28; 2 Chronicles 1:14-17~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Second Chronicles chapter 8 we learn that Solomon married the Egyptian Pharaoh’s daughter, which was not pleasing to God…

1 Kings 8:54-66; 2 Chronicles 7:1-10; 1 Kings 9:1-9; 2 Chronicles 7:11-22; 1 Kings 9:10-14~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today in Second Chronicles we read about Solomon’s dedication of the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!  I’d like to share an exterior and…

1 Kings 8:1-11; 2 Chronicles 5:1-14; 1 Kings 8:12-21; 2 Chronicles 6:1-11; 1 Kings 8:22-53; 2 Chronicles 6:12-42~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today we read about the Ark of the Covenant being brought into the Temple! In verses 10 & 11 we read:…

1 Kings 7:1-51; 2 Chronicles 3:15-4:22~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today we read about the building of King Solomon’s Palace! Here is an interesting note in Tyndale’s One Year Bible Companion on the Sea discussed in verse 23 – “Then Huram cast a…

1 Kings 3:16-28; 1 Kings 5:1-18; 2 Chronicles 2:1-18; 1 Kings 6:1-13; 2 Chronicles 3:1-14; 1 Kings 6:14-38~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Today read about Solomon’s wise judgment related to the two women and a baby.  This is certainly verification that God fulfilled…

Psalm 83; 1 Chronicles 29:23-25; 2 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Kings 2:13-3:4; 2 Chronicles 1:2-6; 1 Kings 3:5-15; 2 Chronicles 1:7-13~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Ever feel like the Psalmist in Psalm 83 verse 1 – “O God, don’t sit idly by, silent and…

Psalm 79-82~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV.org ~ Psalm 79 verse 13 stood out to me today – “Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.”  I like that imagery of…