In 1 Chronicles 4-5, the author will quickly take us through four minor tribes that had a smaller impact on Israel. They are Simeon and the 3 Transjordan Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half…

We’ve covered the who’s who in Abraham’s genealogy. Over the next several chapters, the Chronicler will introduce us to Judah, Levi, and Benjamin, and in 1 Chronicles 3-4 we begin with Judah. …

The author doesn’t waste any time jumping in with an old-school DNA tracking genealogy of God’s people in 1 Chronicles 1 and 1 Chronicles 2. As we mentioned in our intro to Chronicles, the…

The Bible is a collection of small stories that together tell a much larger story of our redemption, with Jesus as the ultimate hero. At first glance, 1 Chronicles and even 2 Chronicles may…

Judah will fall from God’s presence, but they won’t go down without a fight. It takes not one but three invasions to ultimately wipe them out. In 2 Kings 24, we begin with King…

King Josiah is the last of our good Kings of Israel and only eight years old when he takes the throne in 2 Kings 22. In the 18th year of his reign, he begins…

Our last episode was a cliffhanger as Hezekiah prays God will rescue Jerusalem. We read a lot about King Hezekiah in the Bible because he is among the top three best kings of the…