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Psalm 132 & 2nd Samuel 6
Just like we have the same event covered in more than one Gospel, so we have the event of the moving of the Ark covered in more than one psalm and historical narrative. We have looked mostly at the failed attempt to move the Ark. In the 2nd Samuel passage we get more details about…
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Psalms: 96, 100, 101, 105
We continue with celebratory psalms… There is a LOT of content here today, so I’m actually only going to talk about Psalms 96 and 100. PSALM 96 This is another one of the “Enthronement Psalms” along with 47, 93, and 97-99. I grew up singing “Sing unto the Lord a new song” in that fun,…
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Psalms 68 & 89
PSALM 68 – A TALE of TWO MOUNTAINS This psalm of David is noted as being “A prayer at the removing of the Ark.” The opening line is significant: “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: Let them also that hate him flee before him.”Psalm 68:1 KJV Compare it with this verse at the…
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Psalms: 15, 22, 23, 24, 47
What a glorious quintet of psalms to begin the week! They build upon each other and, taken together, lay out the journey for those who would follow in Jesus’ footsteps. 👣 Let’s go! (It’s kinda a long journey. Might want to pack a travel mug of coffee.) PSALM 15 The summary of this psalm in…
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1 Chronicles 16, Psalms 1-2
The Tabernacle of David This tent that David set up is known as “The Tabernacle of David.” I’m going to put several pictures in this post of how artists think it may have looked. They all show the ark uncovered. It would probably have been covered with a blue cloth, (Num. 4:6). I could be…
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1st Chronicles 13-15
Restoring the Presence of Yahweh Chapters 13 and 15 give us the 2-part account of David bringing the Ark of the Covenant into the City of David. Chapter 14 covers the same material from 2nd Samuel 5; about the 2 battles with the Philistines after David becomes king. So I won’t touch on that other…
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Psalms 106 & 107
Today we have back-to-back psalms of praise that call us to consider the things God has done. 106 is all about Israel’s history with Yahweh while 107 is more general and maybe even a little prophetic in scope. Let’s see what treasures we can find. 💎 PSALM 106 First word: Hallelujah. Whenever you see “Praise…
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1 Chronicles 12, Psalm 133
You can’t become king without the loyalty of your army. And David had that in spades. 1st Chronicles 12 reaches all the way back to the time when David moved to Ziklag in Philistine Territory so that Saul would quit chasing him. Even back then, members of the military defected to David. And they were…
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2 Samuel 5, 1 Chronicles 11
📣 Ladies and Gentlemen, now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… That’s kind of how it feels to finally reach the moment where David becomes King of Israel. The text of 1st Chronicles 11:1-9 is nearly an exact copy of 2 Samuel 5:1-10. We get just a few different details in each account…
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Psalms 103 & 104
Both of these psalms are songs of praise. I know the schedule has 2 Samuel 5 in the plan for today. That’s the part where David becomes king of all Israel. I’ll cover that tomorrow along with 1 Chronicles 11. PSALM 103 The list of Yahweh’s benefits that starts the psalm is not exhaustive, but…
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1st Chronicles 10, Psalm 102
1st Chronicles 10 is on the death of King Saul and since we covered his death in an earlier post, I’m going to just focus on Psalm 102. This psalm has a rather said heading: “The prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.” We don’t know who wrote this psalm…
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1st Chronicles 8-9
Even if you are getting a bit cross-eyed 🤪reading all these names, you have to respect the ancient Israelites for keeping such meticulous records. How many of us could name our ancestors back through more than a couple generations? And they didn’t have Ancestry.com. There are a couple names I want to point out but…
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