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Solomon's sins devastate the nation with an awful consequence. The kingdom splits, and the usurper Jeroboam is used by God to accomplish the division. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Kings 11-12. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping p...

Solomon leads Israel to a golden age, but turns away from God. He enriches himself, expands his cavalry, marries many foreign women, and forgets God's law. The wise becomes the fool.  Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Kings 9-11. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Fo...

Solomon finishes the great desire of David as he build the Temple in Jerusalem. God responds with fire from heaven as the people worship him.  Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Chronicles 2-7. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping people like...

David's son, Solomon, has become king over Israel. As king he seeks to honor his father's legacy, and he asks God for wisdom to lead the people of Israel. God grants Solomon wisdom and even more! Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Kings 3-4.  Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the...

David was a man after God's heart, Saul was a man after the heart of the people. The core difference between the two men? A life of faith. Read along with the story. Today we're reading Psalm 51, Psalm 32. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping people l...

David's life was full of ups and downs, but by the end of it, he had the great promises in the Davidic Covenant, and he was preparing his son Solomon for building the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem.  Read along with the story. Today we're review 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you b...

David prepares the materials and the people for the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. David commissions his son, Solomon to the project. Finally, the king shares his last words, an oracle from the Spirit about the coming Messiah. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Chronicles 22, 29, and 1 Samuel 23. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible...

David conducts an ill-conceived census of Israel's fighting men, and the angel of the Lord bring a plague upon the nation. But the plague stops at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite...a place with a monumental future. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21 Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is list...

Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 19-20.   David attempts to make peace among the tribes of Israel at Gilgal, but conflict festers before another rebellion begins. David moves quickly to stifle another war before it starts. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Founda...

Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 16-18.   Absalom takes bad advice from Hushai, before Ahithophel takes his own life. Battle commences between Absalom's army and David's forces, and Absalom gets stuck in a tree. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundat...

Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 13-16.   Absalom rises up against his father, King David. David flees Jerusalem, but leaves spies behind to see what Absalom will do. God uses all these events as more of his judgment upon the sins of David. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bib...

Read along with the story. Today we're reading Psalm 51, 2 Samuel 13.   David pleads for God's mercy. Amnon repeats the sexual sin of his father with his half-sister Tamar. Absalom murders Amnon for what he did to Tamar. David's house cracks under the weight of sin. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to y...

Apologies! This episode should have aired before the previous episode. Read along with the story. Today we're reading Psalm 23, Psalm 110, and Psalm 2.   David isn't only a king, he's also a prophet. Through David, God reveals that his Son will be a king like David, a priest like Melchizedek, and ruler over the whole world as he vanquishes his enemies. God's Messiah is coming,...

David isn't only a king, he's also a prophet. Through David, God reveals that his Son will be a king like David, a priest like Melchizedek, and ruler over the whole world as he vanquishes his enemies. God's Messiah is coming, and the world will never be the same.  Read along with the story. Today we're reading Psalm 23, Psalm 110, and Psalm 2. Thank you to our generous patrons...

Today we review the 4 major biblical covenants that we've seen so far on our Bible walk-through! Read along with the story. Today we're reading Genesis 8-9, Genesis 12-15, Deuteronomy 11, 2 Samuel 7. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping people like yo...

Sitting in his new cedar house, David desires to also build God a house. A house where the ark of the covenant would be kept.  But God responds to David's desire with the great Davidic Covenant...promises of a Dynasty, a Kingdom, and a King! Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 7. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listen...

David is finally anointed king over the 12 tribes of Israel. Soon he captures the city of Jerusalem from the Jebusites and brings the ark of the covenant into the city. Yet, on the way, all Israel learns a lesson about God's holiness. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 5-6. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-su...

David mourns the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, before being anointed king over Judah. Meanwhile, in the north, Ish-bosheth is made king over Israel by Abner. War breaks out among the tribes of Israel. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 2 Samuel 1-4. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible...

Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 29 - 2 Samuel 1.   The army of the Philistines approaches Saul's camp at Mount Gilboa while David returns to Ziklag. Soon however, David faces the Amalekites in battle while the Philistines attack Israel. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the B...

David spares Saul's life again and flees to the Philistines to escape Saul's further attempts on his life. The Philistine King Achish gains confidence with David at his side and launches an offensive against Israel. Saul fears the Philistine force that has come against Israel and he seeks a witch for help. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 25-28. Thank you to o...

Saul's rage spills over as he takes it out on the town of Nob, but soon at Engedi, David has a chance to have his vengeance on Saul.  Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 22-24. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping people like you l...

David flees from Saul, visiting the town of Nod before leaving Israel for the Land of the Philistines. Soon, however, he finds a resting place at the Cave of Adullam. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 20-21. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated...

Saul's jealousy of David makes him seek David's life, but God protects David though his friend Jonathan, his wife Michal, and the prophet Samuel.  Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 18-19. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy Foundation, dedicated to helping...

The giant Goliath defies the army of Israel inspiring fear in the camp, but the young shepherd from Israel hears of it and goes to meet him in battle - not with sword or spear, but in the name of Yahweh! Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 17. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bib...

Samuel anoints the young shepherd David as the next king of Israel. David enters the service of Saul as a musician. God shows that he looks not upon the outward appearance, but at the heart. Read along with the story. Today we're reading 1 Samuel 16. Thank you to our generous patrons who makes this show possible. The Bible Brief is listener-supported and brought to you by the Bible Literacy F...