We give you an excerpt of our daily text to build your interest in the rest of the scheduled reading; so that you might read the rest of the events before and after. Today's reading is 2 Kings 11 through 13 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she …
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…Then open the door and run
Our reading of Scripture for today is 2 Kings 9 through 10. And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, "Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: and when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son …
When The Word Of God Is Spoken
When the word of God is spoken it will come to pass just as it has been spoken. Our reading for today is 2 Kings 5 through 8. Then Elisha said, "Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, 'To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold …
Only A Pot Of Oil
In our reading for today in 2 Kings 3 through 4 we read of Elisha, and the beginning work of God through him. One of those is... Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that …
What the LORD says, that will I speak
Reading today in 1 Kings 22 through 2 Kings 2. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that …
A Still Small Voice
Reading today in 1 Kings 19 through 21 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, "What doest thou here, Elijah?" And he said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children …
Asa Did Right In The Eyes Of The LORD
For our reading today you will read 1 Kings 14 through 16. The following excerpt is from chapter 15 and about King Asa. And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of …
Cut Off From The LORD
In our reading of 1 Kings 12 through 13 today we read of the evil heart of the new king of the divided kingdom. When reading the history of the kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel you will notice that not one of the kings does what is right in the eyes of the …
The Kingdom Divided
For our scheduled reading today please read 1 Kings 9 through 11. And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that …
The Dedication
The following excerpt is from our daily reading for the day which is 1 Kings chapter 8. Then spake Solomon, "The LORD said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for Thee to abide in for ever." And the king turned …
The House Built
Reading today in 1 Kings 5 through 7. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to …
Ask
For our reading to read 1 Kings 3 through 4. And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer …
Zealous King for Righteousness
In reading 2 Kings 23 through 25 (today's reading), you will read the following... Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped …
Dealing Faithfully
Our scheduled reading for today is 2 Kings 20 through 22. The following is found in chapter 22. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. And he did that which was …
Best known for other events
In your reading today of 2 Kings 14 through 16 you will read the following... In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. And he did that which was evil in …