2 Ki. 20:1-11 King Hezekiah became sick and the word of the LORD came to him, “Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover” (2 Ki. 20:1). How shocking it would have been for Hezekiah! Hezekiah faced the wall and then prayed to the LORD and beseeched the LORD to…
Mat. 21:12-13 After Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly, he went into the temple. My my, the temple had become a marketplace! Jesus overturned the tables and the seats of the shopkeepers inside the temple and scolded them. We have two important lessons to learn from this incident:
Matt. 21:3 As Jesus was to enter Jerusalem, he sent His disciples ahead, telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And…
Judges 8 Gideon and his 300 men were after the Midianites. As they crossed the Jordan, they were exhausted and famished. But they pressed on. On the way, the people of Succoth and Penuel taunted them and refused to feed Gideon and his men. But Gideon and his men were not distracted nor fazed, but…
Judges 7:16 The 300 with Gideon, about to fight the Midianites who were like the sands on the sea shore in numbers, had only trumpets, empty jars and torches with them. But as they fought “for the LORD and for Gideon” they blew their trumpets, shouted, broke their jars and lit their torches, their enemies…
Judges 7 Gideon was sent to fight against the Midianites. He called up his fellow Israelites from the tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun and Naphthali and amassed 32,000 men. Meanwhile, their enemy, the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east lay along the valley as thick as locusts; and their camels…
Jdg. 3:31 Shamgar is mentioned in only two places in the Bible – Judges 3:31 and 5:6. But he was a very important saviour of Israel. He killed 600 Philistines with his ox goad, which was not even a weapon, in the strict sense of the term. The Philistines were growing powerful during his time….
2 Ki. 10:29-36 What Jehu did for the LORD to remove the filth of Ahab and his progenies was absolutely commendable. He destroyed the lineage of Ahab and removed Baal worship from Israel. “But Jehu was not careful to follow the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn…
We humans have the tendency to try to justify ourselves when we are confronted with our mistakes or sins. In fact, we tend to retort with foolish questions to make ourselves more at ease. This was what the Israelites did. Let’s see what they had to say even when they were in the wrong and…
The kingdom of Israel had been completely engulfed in the sins of Ahab and his progenies. Ahab was succeeded by his son Ahazia who continued the sins of his father. Ahazia was succeded by his son Jehoram who continued the sins of Ahab and Jezebel. Israel was not the only victim. Judah was also greatly…