Archives for March 2026

“If you do, Adonai will fulfill what he promised me when he said, ‘If your children pay attention to how they live, conducting themselves before me honestly with all their heart and being, you will never lack a man on the throne of Israel.’”-1 Kings 1:4 I want you to notice something interesting when David […]

“The time came near for David to die; so he commissioned Shlomo his son as follows: ‘I am going the way of all the earth. Therefore, be strong; show yourself a man.’”-1 Kings 2:1-12 In the opening verse of Chapter 2 of 1st Kings, notice that David is no longer referred to as “king.” That’s […]

Today, we begin 1st Kings Chapter 2. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. Before we dive into our text study of Chapter 2, there are a couple of housekeeping items I wanna get outta the way. First, there are a lot of details about David’s life, Solomon’s […]

Solomon is now officially the King of Israel. No soul anywhere in the land could or would contest that fact. Yet, the former King David is still alive. But he is weak and bedridden. We shouldn’t forget that Solomon may never have become king had Nathan and Bathsheba not intervened. Why? Because David just didn’t […]

“Shlomo said, ‘If he will demonstrate that he is a worthy man, not a hair of his will fall to the earth. But if he is found making trouble, he will die.’  So King Shlomo sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and prostrated himself before King Shlomo; and Shlomo said […]