Category: 2 Samuel

May 4, read through the Bible in a year.

Continuing with the Acts of the Apostles and three  chapters in 2 Samuel.

May 4: Acts 15, 2 Samuel 3, 2 Samuel 4, 2 Samuel 5 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Acts 15. Much ado about circumcision. Then came the Council at Jerusalem, which led to  the Jerusalem decree. (in short: Abstain from fornication and from blood). Barnabas and Paul argue about Mark, so they split up, and Paul took Silas and embarked on the second missionary journey.

2 Samuel 3 starts out with a genealogy of David’s Sons. Then Abner joined forces with David, Joab murdered Abner, and finally it records how David mourned Abner.

2 Samuel 4 records how Saul’s son Ishbosheth was Murdered.

2 Samuel 5. David Reigned over all Israel and captured Jerusalem. After Jerusalem is established as the City of David The Philistines are defeated.

 

 

May 3, read through the Bible in a year.

Continuing with the Acts of the Apostles and the first two chapters in 2 Samuel.

May 3: Acts 14, 2 Samuel 1, 2 Samuel 2 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Acts 14. Paul went to Iconium, preached the Gospel and they threatened to stone him, so he  fled to Lystra and they did. He and Barnabas escaped to Derbe. From there they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch where Paul strengthened the converts, after which they went back to Attalia and sailed back to Antioch where they gave a report on their first missionary journey.

2 Samuel 1, David got the report of Saul’s death. David lamented of the  death of Saul and his son, known as the Song of the Bow.

In 2 Samuel 2  David was Anointed King of Judah and Ishboseth, son of Saul was made King of Israel, which led Israel and Judah to go to war against each other.

2 Samuel 24, David’s Census of Israel and Judah, Judgment on David’s Sin, the Altar on the Threshing Floor.

2 Samuel 24, David’s Census of Israel and Judah, Judgment on David’s Sin, the Altar on the Threshing Floor.

2 Samuel 19, David Mourns for Absalom, David Returns to Jerusalem, David’s Mercy to Shimel, David and Mephibosheth Meet, David’s Kindness to Barzillai, the Quarrel about the King.

2 Samuel 19, David Mourns for Absalom, David Returns to Jerusalem, David’s Mercy to Shimel, David and Mephibosheth Meet, David’s Kindness to Barzillai, the Quarrel about the King.

2 Samuel 18, Absalom’s Defeat and Death, David Hears of Absalom’s Death, David Mourns for Absalom.

2 Samuel 18, Absalom’s Defeat and Death, David Hears of Absalom’s Death, David Mourns for Absalom.