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Day 13-14 With the Literary ESV

Submitted by tcblack on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 9:10am
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Kings and Prophets

The Great Coffee Disaster

I had to get up earlier than normal yesterday to help my wife and one of my daughters get out the door on a camping trip. Since it was 4:30 AM I figured I'd get plenty of Bible reading done and still have plenty of time to finish my other goals for the day. Wrong.

My coffee pot was dead - all the way dead in a way that makes it worthless dead. That meant I had no morning coffee and that is not a good thing. So once I got my wife out the door I tried to read and work until the other kids got up. I guess I'm not used to concentrating without my coffee. I didn't get very far.

So I made a trip to town and bought a new coffee pot - well a coffee press actually. I've been wanting one for quite awhile but didn't want to spend the money. Now that I was faced with purchasing a new coffee pot anyway I nabbed a press instead. Like most models this one doesn't use any electricity to heat up the water. That means I heat up the water in a large measuring cup in the microwave and once it's almost ready to boil I pour it in, cap it - let the brew steep for four minutes and then slowly press the grounds down to the bottom. The result? A really good cup of coffee.
Now, let's open the Bible and get some reading done.

I enjoyed starting with the Psalms first so much yesterday that I think I'll do it again.

Kings and Prophets

Submitted by tcblack on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 8:55am
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Kings and Prophets

This simple chart will help clear up a ton of Old Testament confusion.
From the top to bottom it is a time line starting with the kingship of Saul, David and Solomon. Then the kingdom splits. Judah's kingdom is represented on the left while Israel's 10 tribes are represented on the right.
Next to each king is the length of his reign. The darkened squares indicate kings who for good or evil greatly influenced the course of the nation.
Next to many of the kings you will see the names of the prophets - this is to indicate when and to which kingdom the prophet primarily served.
Finally on the right you see a continuum of the four historical books of the kings indicating in a very rough manner where the kings in question are discussed.

The genesis of this chart came from Paul Benware's Old Testament Survey class at Moody Bible Institute way back in 1992. Thanks Dr. Benware for clearing up the OT!

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