John Hall

Read 1 Kings 5-7

“Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt,” 1 Kings 6:1 Chapter 5 begins the Story of King Solomon’s building of the Temple. We read how King Hiram of Tyre “had always been a friend of David” and had helped

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Appalachian Hymns

Our Daily Bread: Volume Thirteen This is the thirteenth of the Our Daily Bread Hymns series. As the Cover says, it is “Instrumental music to enhance your quiet moments with God”. I have uploaded this CD to YouTube and put it in a Playlist (see link below) so you can listen to the entire Album.

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Read 1 Kings 2-4

“Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh King of Egypt” 1 Kings 3:1a If you’ve noticed, as we ended 2nd Samuel and began 1st Kings, we end the Story of King David and begin the Story of King Solomon. The same holds true with Samuel. At the end of 1st Samuel we read the

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Read 2 Samuel 17-19

“For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.” 2 Samuel 17:14b As we read in Chapter 12, David’s Sin would have consequences. One of them was the promise that “the sword shall never depart from your house”. As time went on, we

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Read 2 Samuel 14-16

“The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God;” 2 Samuel 16:23 As we read through the Old Testament Stories, we are introduced to that Individual know as “Counselor”. We don’t know if it was an official position among the King’s Cabinet, if every

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