Follow along as I read through the Bible in One Year and make a daily comment!
“But the sons of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.” Judges 20:13b This is the last story in the Book of Judges and one cannot read it without shaking the head in disbelief. An entire tribe refuses to turn over individuals guilty of gang rape and murder. […]
“In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 17:6 This is the Theme Verse of Judges. It is repeated in 21:25 and alluded to several times throughout the Book. As I’ve stated in earlier writings, Judges is a collection of Sad and Sordid
“Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.” Judges 14:1 Today’s Verse begins the sad and sorry tale of Samson, a man God chose to rule His People, but one of questionable character and virtue. He grew up during a time one could call
“Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.” Judges 10:14 As the Book of Judges continues, a pattern begins to develop that we see in our reading today. God raises up a Judge that keeps the People of God faithful to their
“Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us?”” Judges 6:13a So far in Judges, we’ve seen the Low and High Tides of Israel’s Faith. At Low Tide, Israel becomes Idolatrous, an Enemy conquers and takes over, and then Israel suffers under
“They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.” Judges 3:4 In Yesterday’s Reading, we saw Israel’s Disobedience; they did not drive out the Nations of Canaan as God had commanded! God in His Wisdom knew that these Nations
“but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.” Judges 1:19b Sandwiched between Deuteronomy and 1st Samuel is the very Interesting Book of Judges. Like Dickens “Tale of Two Cities”, it too could have begun with – “it was the best of times, it was the worst of
“When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war.” Joshua 22:12 Chapter 22 of Joshua should be titled, “Jumping to Conclusions”. If you remember the story back in Numbers, Israel had been attacked by Sihon, King of
“Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.” Joshua 21:45 If you have been reading through the Book of Joshua, you know this is Joshua’s summary statement regarding Israel and their conquest of Canaan. From the drying up of the Jordan River,
“Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah” Joshua 15:1a Chapter 15 describes the territory Judah was allotted, as well as all the cities it contained. There are 115 cities named here. They were not just empty cities, towns, and villages. At one time, they were filled with people; the Elderly, Moms