Deuteronomy Chapter 9
This chapter starts with Moses reminding the Israelites of their great enemies (vv1-6). Despite the fortifications of the Canaanite cities, and despite the gulf in physique between the Israelites and the Canaanites, Moses told them in a…
Luke Chapter 9
The chapter starts by saying that the twelve disciples were given “power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases” (1). Whereas the disciples had merely followed Jesus and witnessed Him performing miracles before this, they…
1 Kings Chapter 22
Three years before the incidents in this chapter, upon hearing the condemnation the Elijah had pronounced upon him, Ahab mourned his imminent death. He humbled himself enough that God then said He would not bring the pronounced…
1 Kings Chapter 14
This chapter records the end of the first kings of post-division Israel and Judah. One chapter ago, we have seen how a man of God was sent to speak against Jeroboam and his altar. Despite the sign…
1 Samuel Chapter 22
While everyone who was in distress, in debt, or discontented gathered to David, Saul witnessed how the support of his servants deserted him. With his spear in his hand – he was out to kill (cf 18:10-11)…
1 Samuel Chapter 10
Saul, the first king of Israel, is typically remembered today as one whom God rejected; we would find out how in the next few chapters. But no one would expect God to reject him later on, just…
Judges Chapter 17
After the death of Samson, the book of Judges no longer mentioned raising any other judge to deliver Israel (even though Samuel was Israel’s last judge – see 1Sam7:15-17). Instead, the focus turns towards the breakdown of…
Judges Chapter 6
This chapter marks the beginning of another cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance that the Israelites faced throughout the time of the Judges. It has been a mere 40 years since Jabin king of Canaan was…
Joshua Chapter 11
Upon hearing the defeat of the various Canaanite nations by the Israelites, all of the remaining Canaanite kings felt threatened. Being the head of all those kingdoms (v10), Jabin king of Hazor rallied the others to fight…
Jude Chapter 1
Throughout the New Testament, messages that are targeted at those who have believed tend to discuss the preservation of their faith in the face of heresies, deception, and the like, to some extent. Jude’s message here is…