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Psalm 78
Story time with Prophet-Psalmist, Asaph. In this psalm Asaph takes the reader on a recap of Israel’s history with Yahweh. It’s like a highlight reel of a few key moments of their history from the Exodus to time at which Asaph is writing. That’s over 400 years of history. If you’ve been reading this blog…
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Psalms 73 & 77
Psalms of Asaph There is more than one Asaph in the OT. I will point them out as we go. And there is possibly more than one psalmist using that name. We won’t get to those other-Asaph psalms until December and April. The name Asaph means “collector” or “gatherer.” So it could be that besides…
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1st Chronicles 3-5
David had 20 children whose names we know. Plus more by his concubines whose names we do not know. And it is this area of his life – multiple wives and concubines – that will get him in trouble and be the undoing of his son and successor Solomon. Just because God doesn’t show up…
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Psalms 84, 85, and 87
PSALM 84 I love the imagery in verse 3 of the lowly sparrow being welcome to build her nest near the altar of Yahweh. My favorite bird is the white-throated sparrow. I loved it before I knew which bird it was because I fell in love with its song. I’m no expert on birds or…
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Psalms 43, 44, 45, and 49
We have some particularly lovely psalms in this group. Most are not psalms of David and we will look at who might’ve been involved in writing, or at least performing them at the Temple. I know we haven’t gotten to the building of the temple yet, but we will. PSALM 43 This short psalm is…
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1st Chronicles 1-2
The first 9 chapters of 1 Chronicles are genealogies. Thankfully, we will take them in bite-sized pieces. The author of the Chronicles is believed to be Ezra. The content is supplementary material to the books of Samuel and Kings so we will encounter repeat accounts of events similar to how the same event might appear…
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Psalms: 14, 16, 19, and 21
PSALM 14 “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.”Psalms 14:1 LEB I don’t know if this psalm has anything to do with the time that Nabal insulted David but it starts with his name. Nabal means fool. Let’s do…
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2nd Samuel 4, Psalms 6, 8-10
I’m not sure what it was about David but it seems like he often had people around him all fired up to kill someone for him. Maybe it was his legendary “giant-killer” reputation that made guys want to impress him by taking out an enemy for him. It kinda reminds me of boys in the…
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2nd Samuel 3
😅 Hi. (Ahem) Ummm… I’m here to talk about first Samuel chapter 3. 😑 Not first Samuel, dufus. Second Samuel. 😅 Oh yeah. Second Samuel chapter 3. Uh… David… well he uh… starts a wife collection. 🙄 😅 Well he did. What? 🙄 Nothing. Continue. 😅 Right. So uh he has some sons. And he’s…
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2nd Samuel 2, Psalm 18
“Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David. Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.”1 Chronicles 2:13-16 NLT Remember how the text said… “So…
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Psalms: 121, 123-125, 128-130
These psalms are all to be sung for the ascent to Jerusalem. Of these, only 124 was written by David and probably not until later in his life. I mean, he hasn’t even captured Jerusalem yet. We’ll take them one at a time, in order. PSALM 121 If you are on a trip to Jerusalem,…
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1 Samuel 31, 2nd Samuel 1
I’m going to veer just a smidge from the reading plan this week. Reasons: THE DEATH OF SAUL Now that we have a sense of location, let’s remember that Saul has just met with the Witch of Endor. Samuel appears from the grave and told Saul of his (and his sons’) impending death. I rather…
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