Yesterday, I talked about how the words BO YIMMIM tell us that David’s life was filled with purpose and meaning. This was despite all of his wicked sins. Now, if this doesn’t give you hope, I don’t know what does. But this raises the question of how? How does one lead a life so that […]
1K1-3: The Hebrew Phrase Your English Bible Doesn’t Fully Capture
“King David grew old, The years took their toll, and he couldn’t get warm even when they covered him with bedclothes.” -1 Kings 1:1 I wanna share an interesting Hebrew expression with you. It is BO YIMMIM. Literally, it means, “He came with days.” This expression appears in the 1st verse of 1 Kings Chapter 1, […]
1K1-2: Why Some Age with Power… and Some Don’t
“King David grew old, the years took their toll, and he couldn’t get warm even when they covered him with bedclothes.” -1 Kings 1:1 Verse 1 tells us that David grew old. 2 Samuel 5:4 says David was 30 years old when he became king. He reigned for 40 years total. So when we do the […]
1K1-1: Self-Appointed vs. God-Anointed
Today, we begin 1st Kings, Chapter 1. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. Alrighty, today we’re gonna start diving into the text of Chapter One of the awesome Book of Kings. But before we do, there’s something I gotta make clear. So listen up. Sequentially speaking, 1st […]
1K-INTRO-22: Why the ‘Boring’ Parts of Scripture Might Save Your Faith
I gotta be honest with you. History was never one of my favorite classes in school. It was boring as all hell. I could’ve cared less about having to memorize a bunch of boring facts and dates about events that happened in the past. Why did I have to know the names of a bunch […]
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