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Jonathan and David - wiki commons images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 3/10/2019     Day 69 1 Samuel 18:1 – 20:42 Reflection: Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org Saul gives David power as a general and wins tremendously; Saul become jealous; foreskins; marriage; Saul creates a plot against David and David flees; David and Jonathan become allies after an assassination attempt. Meditation/Contemplate: God protects all the God loves. Prayer: O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world: We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that, being guided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to the President of the United States, the Governor of this State (or Commonwealth), and to all in authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness, and mak...

Read | Wednes day |  April 15 | 1 Samuel 20:1 – 21:15 | Psalm 34 Date | ~ 1000 BC Reading | Jonathan and David form an alliance for David's protection; David escapes; Ps 34 is of David when he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away and he left. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Next |  Thursday | April 16 | 1 Samuel 22:1-22 | Psalms 57, 142 | 1 Chronicles 12:8-18 | 1 Samuel 22: 3 – 23 | Psalm 52 | 1 Samuel 23: 1-12 +++ Collect of the Day: The Second Sunday of Easter Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. For Mission O God and Father of all, whom the who...

Read  |    Sunday | April 12 | 1 Chronicles 9:35-39 | 1 Samuel 13:1-5, 19-22, 6-18 | 1 Samuel 13:23 – 14:52 Date  | 1050 B.C. - King Saul (Israel) Background |  Like the books of Samuel and Kings, Chronicles was originally one book that was divided into two by those who translated the original Hebrew manuscripts into Greek (the Septuagint). Chronicles is a history of Israel’s monarchy, much like the books of Samuel through Kings. The fact that Chronicles comes right after 2 Kings, however, is unfortunate. For many readers there hardly seems to be any sense in reading the long books of Samuel/Kings and then continuing right along and reading “the same thing” in Chronicles. But Chronicles is not merely a repetition of Samuel/Kings; rather, it tells Israel’s story very differently. More from the Center of Biblical Studies - Click here   Reading  |  Saul's linage; was 30 when began rule and ruled over Israel for 42 years; Philistines g...