Reading the Bible Through

1 Kings 9 - 13   I enjoy hearing of Solomon's wisdom and his visit from the Queen of Sheba. I also think how splendid and luxurious Solomon's palace and temple must have been.  It is beyond sad that Solomon falls away from the Lord for lusting after woman.  Here we first meet Jeroboam son of Nebat. If my memory serves me correctly, Jeroboam turns out to be a bad choice because he worships other gods and does evil.  Whatever happened to this book of The Acts of Solomon? Rehoboam starts off with a very bad decision: to be harsher than his father. This evening this reminds me of the "Great Resignation" and the desire for work/life balance.  Jeroboam son of Nebat starts out by making golden calves to worship. They've been tripping up Israel since they came out of Egypt.  Why does the old prophet lie? What is the point of this? Then the old prophet gets the body of the other prophet mourns him and buries him stating to be buried beside him? Why? What does this a...

1 Kings 3 - 5   As we read of Solomon's request for wisdom, and David had just told Solomon that he had wisdom, I'm now thinking that this happened prior to David's death. I might be wrong, but I do wonder.  I like these stories, nothing new comes to mind. 

2 Samuel 24 - 1 Kings 2   24:1, Lots of things I don't understand here. Why was the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel this time? Does the Lord incite people to do wrong in the Lord's eyes? That seems terrible. How did Joab know this was wrong? What convicted David's heart?  Then David basically has to chose his own punishment. I am always troubled by the number of people that died because of that. As I sit here typing this, I guess it would make David's census invalid. As I read on, it looks like David maybe thought the pestilence would be against his family not all the people of Israel.  So ends 2 Samuel.  Bathsheba goes to King David to report that Adonijah has made himself king. Nathan the prophet comes in to back up her story. Than David says to call Bathsheba to him. Where was she in the meantime?  What is the significance of Adonijah grabbing the horns of the altar? How do we keep God's testimonies? I don't understand what that means.  1 Kings ...