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Out in the Wilderness Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 3/12/2019     Day 71 1 Samuel 25:1 - 28:25 Reflection: Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org David is running around the wilderness while he attempts to escape Saul. David is shown here with limited resources and Saul a mighty army but God is with David. David sneaks into Saul’s camp and does not kill him and takes his spear instead. Saul asks forgiveness but not really; he goes to a medium and tries to take with Samuel and does not hear what he wants to hear. David escapes to the Philistines. Meditation/Contemplate: What is God’s will for you that you are refusing to hear? 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 ...

Read |  Saturday | April 18 | 1 Samuel 26:1 – 27:7 | 1 Chronicles 12:1-7 | 1 Samuel 27:8 – 29:11 | 1 Chronicles 12:19 | Psalm 56 Date | ~ 1000 BC Reading | Saul and 6,000 go after David again; David sneeks into his camp with one of his generals and spares Saul life again; Saul repents again; David goes and lives with the Philistines; warriors from Saul's army leave and join David; Saul consults a medium - Samuel shows up and tells Saul that the Lord has departed Saul; Philistines kick David out of their country; Ps 56 tells this story. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Next |  Day 109 | Sunday | April 19 | 1 Samuel 30:1-31 | 1 Chronicles 12:20-22 | 1 Samuel 31:1-13 | 1 Chronicles 10:1-14 | 1 Chronicles 9:40-44 | 2 Samuel 4:4 | 2 Samuel 1:1-27 +++ Pray with the help of the Daily Office in English and Audion via Mission St Clare and the good people of the Episcopal Church of Garrett County ...

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...