Week 26 Review

And they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.

2 Kings 12:15 (ESV)

June 24 2 Kings 5:1-8:15

June 25 2 Kings 8:16-29; 2 Chronicles 21:1-22:9

June 26 2 Kings 9-11; 2 Chronicles 22:10-23:21

June 27 2 Kings 12-13; 2 Chronicles 24

June 28 2 Kings 14-15; 2 Chronicles 25-27

June 29 Jonah 1-4

We start the week with the healing of Naaman. He has a skin disease and asks Elisha to heal him. Naaman was expecting some kind of spell or potion, I think, because when Elisha tells him to wash in the Jordan River 7 times (a ritual cleansing), he wasn’t happy. He did it, of course, and was healed.

Week 26 Readings

June 24 2 Kings 5:1-8:15

June 25 2 Kings 8:16-29; 2 Chronicles 21:1-22:9

June 26 2 Kings 9-11; 2 Chronicles 22:10-23:21

June 27 2 Kings 12-13; 2 Chronicles 24

June 28 2 Kings 14-15; 2 Chronicles 25-27

June 29 Jonah 1-4

Week 25 Review

But you, take courage!

Do not let your hands be weak,

for your work shall be rewarded.

2 Chronicles 15:7 (ESV)

June 17 1 Kings 15:1-24; 2 Chronicles 13-16

June 18 1 Kings 15:25-16:34; 2 Chronicles 17

June 19 1 Kings 17-19

June 20 1 Kings 20-21

June 21 1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18-20

June 22 2 Kings 1-4

This week we read about the continuing sin of the Kings of Israel. It seems like each king was worse than the one before. Here are some “lowlights”.

Week 25 Readings

June 17 1 Kings 15:1-24; 2 Chronicles 13-16

June 18 1 Kings 15:25-16:34; 2 Chronicles 17

June 19 1 Kings 17-19

June 20 1 Kings 20-21

June 21 1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18-20

June 22 2 Kings 1-4

Week 24 Review

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good

as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil —this is God’s gift to man. 

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 (ESV)

June 10 Proverbs 27-29

June 11 Ecclesiastes 1-6

June 12 Ecclesiastes 7-12

June 13 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chronicles 9; Proverbs 30-31

June 14 1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10

June 15 1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chronicles 11-12

Let’s talk vanity. Not pride in physical beauty, but the vanity written about in Ecclesiastes. Vanity refers to the vaporous nature of everything under the sun. On the surface the writer, who was probably addressing a group of people outside of the temple, seems to feel that there’s no point in life. But upon closer reading, we see the underlying theme of God’s beautiful world (3:11), the blessing of the food, drink and human relationships God has given us (2:24-26; 3:12-13; 8:15 and elsewhere), and the most important blessing – the wisdom of the fear of God, whose work, love, and steadfastness endures forever (3:14). The bottom line here is that without God, all the “stuff” of the world is useless. When we look at the list of “vanities” from the perspective of how fleeting they are, they take on a whole new meaning.

Week 24 Readings

June 10 Proverbs 27-29

June 11 Ecclesiastes 1-6

June 12 Ecclesiastes 7-12

June 13 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chronicles 9; Proverbs 30-31

June 14 1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10

June 15 1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chronicles 11-12

Week 23 Review

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Prov 21:23 (ESV)

June 3 Proverbs 21-24

June 4 2 Chronicles 2-3; 1 Kings 5-6

June 5 1 Kings 7-8; Psalm 11

June 6 2 Chronicles 4-7; Psalms 134; 136

June 7 Psalms 146-150

June 8 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8; Proverbs 25-26

This week, we listen to 30 Sayings of the Wise in Proverbs 22-24. These sayings, all pointing to the One True God, show a similarity to an Egyptian wisdom text called Amenemope. We don’t know for sure who “the wise” are, but some think that they are scholars, sponsored by Solomon.