Blogging the Bible – History 1

Joshua

• Joshua 1-3 – New chapter, new leader
• Joshua 4-6 – Stones of remembering
• Joshua 7-11 – The Sun stood still – the world doesn’t
• Joshua 12-17 – Where is my territory?
• Joshua 18-24 – As for me and my household…

Judges

• Judges 1:1-3:6 – History repeats itself
• Judges 3:7-5:31 – Jedi and Judges
• Judges 6-8 – A flawed hero
• Judges 9-12 – Remember who God is
• Judges 13-16 – A weak strongman
• Judges 17-21 – All the people did what was right in their own eyes

Ruth

• Ruth 1-2 – Your God shall be my God
• Ruth 3-4 – Duty and love

1 & 2 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1-3 – Risky prayer
• 1 Samuel 4-7 – God with a mind of his own
• 1 Samuel 8-12 – ‘That we might be like other nations’
• 1 Samuel 13-15 – Ruling under God’s authority
• 1 Samuel 16-17 – King in the wings
• 1 Samuel 18-20 – Jealousy and friendship
• i Samuel 21-24 – Remember who you are
• 1 Samuel 25-28 – Saul’s despair
• 1 Samuel 29-31 – The end of Saul
• 2 Samuel 1-4 – Forgiving your enemies
• 2 Samuel 5-7 – Our God is a consuming fire
• 2 Samuel 8-10 – Enduring friendship
• 2 Samuel 11-14 – History repeats itself (a bit)
• 2 Samuel 15-19 – Civil war and inner turmoil
• 2 Samuel 20-24 – The Lord my rock and deliverer

1 & 2 Kings

• 1 Kings 1-4 – Wisdom above all things
• 1 Kings 5-8 – Solomon’s Temple
• 1 Kings 9-11 – Solomon loses his way
• 1 Kings 12-16 – From bad to worse
• 1 Kings 17-19 – Elijah and Ahab
• 1 Kings 20-22 – Tame prophets?
• 2 Kings 1-7 – Similar name, different prophet
• 2 Kings 8-10 – Religion, power and force
• 2 Kings 11-13 – Religion and money
• 2 Kings 14-17 – Decline and fall
• 2 Kings 18-21 – Faithful but shortsighted
• 2 Kings 22-25 – Doing it by the book