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This chapter has the sad details of the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. Zedekiah the King is captured and cruelly dealt with. Notice, however, that the chapter finishes with

Verses 7 to 9 remind us that the Israelites sinned against the Lord who brought them from Egypt and then worshipped and followed other gods. The rest of the chapter

This section is one of the most dramatic in the whole Bible. God ensures, through his prophet Elijah that there is the great victory over the prophets of Baal on

Having built the temple for the Lord, Solomon prays and in verses 8:26 to 27 acknowledges that the Lord, while promising to live with his people, could hardly be confined

Proverbs 1 vs 7 says ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.’ The writer of proverbs was Solomon and in today’s

There are three things that we see happening in these chapters that are significant for the rest of the teaching of the Bible. Firstly, we read in 5:3 that David

This is a very familiar story to many people. A key to understanding its significance comes in verses 45 to 47. There David expresses his confidence that the Lord will

Introduction: Saul had been made king, but it was to be in submission to the Lord. When he acted in disobedience to the Lord, we read in verses 10 and

As a church we looked at the book of 1 Samuel recently. Even now as I re-read verses 7 to 9 of chapter 8 I am still struck by the