Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Ezra the priest came to Jerusalem with the blessing of King Artaxerxes, who provided abundant resources and who instructed his treasurers...

And so, under Ezra, the people returned. They reestablished the priests. They rebuilt the altar and sacrificed on it. And they began...

Cyrus has issued his famous edict, and now the people are preparing to return home from exile. The situation is reminiscent of the...

Hezekiah (a good king, cleansed the temple and restored right worship, he was delivered from the Assyrians and from sickness by the Lord)...

Such a mixed bag with these kings of Judah! Sometimes faithful, often unfaithful. In these chapters, a great deal of attention is given...

The stories of Joash and Amaziah and Uzziah, kings of Judah. Such a mixture of good and bad. From the stories, Amaziah, king of Judah...

“Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, ‘A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in...

The tensions between Judah and Israel continued with Basha of Israel besieging king Asa of Judah so that he was shut up and unable to go...

We know the story well. Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, rather than listening to wise counsel when responding to the northern tribes’...

“King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches” (9:22). However, wealth and riches (and, oh my, Solomon had those!) are not...

When asked what Solomon would have God grant him, Solomon did not ask for riches and such, but for wisdom. God said to the king, that...

Another census was taken, as told in chapter 27, but David apparently had learned his lesson and did not so presumptuously rely upon his...

Chapter 21 begins: “Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel” (21:1). “In all Israel there were 1,100,000...

The Lord made a covenant with David (see, also, 2 Samuel 7), and “King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, ‘Who am I, O Lord...

David sought to bring the ark into Jerusalem but, because it was not handled correctly, “the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah,...