John Hall

“And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.” 1 Chronicles 23:2 David has just established Solomon as Israel’s new King. Starting here at Verse 2, and for the next several Chapters, he outlines the role that the Priests and the Levites will have in the future government. It […]

“Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.” 1 Chronicles 21:1 Last month, I commented on the sister passage of Today’s Verse found in 2 Samuel 24. I reflected how in our Bible Reading there are “some things hard to understand”. I’ve mentioned that several times in my Posts! In fact,

“Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?” 1 Chronicles 17:16 One of the most famous and well known characters in the Bible is David. From his story of fighting Goliath, to

“The anger of the Lord burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.” 1 Chronicles 13:10 Much earlier in our Journey through the Bible, we read of the Foolishness of Eli’s sons in taking the Ark from its home in

“All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king.” 1 Chronicles 12:38 This Verse summarizes the gathering of the Army, previously under

“The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.” 1 Chronicles 8:40 As I mentioned yesterday, 1st Chronicles has a lot of names; LOTS of Names! Most of you know I read through the Bible every year.

“Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;” 1 Chronicles 3:1 As we transition from Kings to Chronicles, you’ll notice many similarities between the two Books. Much of the same material is in

“and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.” 2 Kings 25:30 This is the last verse of 2nd Kings. Though much of the Book is devoted to Israel, the Northern Kingdom, their Immediate Plunge into Apostasy, and subsequent conquering