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 …

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The Glory Of The LORD Fills The House

"And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed …

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Like the Abominations of Evil

"Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: but did evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. For he built again the high places which Hezekiah …

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The Wall Fell Down Flat

"Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.  And the LORD said unto Joshua, 'See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king thereof, the mighty men of valor, and you shall compass the city, all men of war, go round about …

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All the People Heard

The prophet Jeremiah was faithful in preaching, in delivering the word the LORD had given to him.  It was not a popular word.  The destruction of the city of Jerusalem and the temple, the captivity of the people, and it lasting for 70 years was not what they wanted to hear.  They had hired prophets, …

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