In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing. - Ezra 1:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 02:33 – Thoughts on the …

Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people, until there was no remedy. - 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 This Ep…

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him. - 2 Chronicles 35:20 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 05:59 – Thoughts on the Reading 29:21 - Trump Tells Voters The Real Question They Should Be Asking About Biden A…

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. - 2 Chronicles 34:1-2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 07:04 – Thought…

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. - 2 Chronicles 33:10 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 04:47 – Thoughts on the Reading 25:10 - 2020 PRRI Census of American Religion: County-Level Data on Religious Identity and Diversity – PRRI.org 1:14:44 - ‘The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis…

But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Yahweh did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah. – 2 Chronicles 32:26 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 8:26 – Thoughts on the Reading 32:11 - Watch — Scott Presler: If Every Christian Voted, ‘We…

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, …

So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes comm…

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as his father David had done, but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. - 2 Chronicles 28:1-2a Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jer…

In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to Yahweh—this same King Ahaz. - 2 Chronicles 28:22 “For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace." - Jeremiah…

So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God. - 2 Chronicles 27:6 In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. - Ecclesiastes 7:15 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 01:47…

But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to Yahweh his God and entered the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense. - 2 Chronicles 26:16 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 06:20 – Thoughts on the Reading 30:42 - ‘Pride Is Not A Virtue’: Jordan Peterson Says He Is ‘…

Therefore Yahweh was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that Go…

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 2 Chronicles 24:2 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable,gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants,…

Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, “Bring her out between the ranks, and anyone who follows her is to be put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Do not put her to death in the house of Yahweh.” - 2 Chronicles 23:14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 0…

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. - 2 Chronicles 21:20 There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that sh…

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for Yahweh. He is with you in giving judgment. Now then, let the fear of Yahweh be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with Yahweh our God, or partiality or taking b…

But a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.” And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. …

For the eyes of Yahweh run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.” Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties …

The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you while you are with him. if you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. - 2 Chronicles 15:1-2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Re…

And Asa scried to Yahweh his God, “O Yahweh, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” - 2 Chronicles 14:11 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Re…

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.” - 2 Chronicles 13:12 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 04:17 – Thoughts on the Reading 37:20 - Scandal E…

And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh. - 2 Chronicles 12:14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 03:11 – Thoughts on the Reading 27:36 - Is It Time For Red State Relocation? Thinking Biblically About The “Big Sort” – David Harris, TruthScript 50:09 - Avoiding Conquest's Law – Aaron M. Renn 1:00:12 - …

And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them. - 2 Chronicles 11:23 What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to wom…

So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that Yahweh might fulfill his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. - 2 Chronicles 10:15 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 05:09 – Thoughts on the Reading 26:12 - AOC: Prosecuting Trump Is Lik…

Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. - 2 Chronicles 9:22-23 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 05:26 – Thoughts on the Reading 44:03 - "No hyperbole: I genuinely thi…

Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of Yahweh has come are holy.” - 2 Chronicles 8:11 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husba…

When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of Yahweh on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.” - 2 Chronicles 7:3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 04:24 …

“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and …

[And] it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to Yahweh), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud, s…

So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and th…

He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.- 2 Chronicles 3:2-3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – Scripture Reading2:55 – Thoughts on the Reading13:33 – Conc…

And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.” - 2 Chronicles 2:3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 03:54 – Thoughts on the Reading 27:12 - Politico uncovers a terrifying plot of the Right: "MAKING BABIES" – P…

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. O Yahweh God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. …

Therefore David blessed Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and y…

Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.” - 1 Chronicles 28:20 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in th…

All these were stewards of King David’s property. - 1 Chronicles 27:31 These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. Whoever gives an…

As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. - 1 Chronicles 26:1 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? - 1 Corinthians 5:12 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or g…

David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. - 1 Chronicles 25:1a By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. - Proverbs 24:…

“When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priestsand the Levites.” - 1 Chronicles 23:1-2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 04:28 – Thoughts on the Reading --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-a…

“Now, my son, Yahweh be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you. Only, may Yahweh grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of Yahweh your God. Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rule…

But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for Yahweh what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”- 1 Chronicles 21:24 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – Scripture Reading05:49 – Thoughts on the Reading23:23 - More California fast food chains announce changes ahead of minim…

And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. - 1 Chronicles 20:2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – Scripture Reading 02:01 – Thoughts on the Reading 29:53 - …

So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away; and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.” - 1 Chronicles …

So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people. - 1 Chronicles 18:14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 18 03:09 – Thoughts on the Reading 32:43 – Co-opting That Day of Visibility --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message…

Then King David went in and sat before Yahweh and said, “Who am I, O Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O Yahweh God! - 1 Chronicles 17:16-17 This Episode’s L…

Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household. - 1 Chronicles 16:43 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 16 06:37 – Thoughts on the Reading 18:55 - Public Religion, Presbyterian Style – James R. Wood, Ad Fontes 29:40 - The Case for Christian Civilizationism – Andrew Beck, The America…

So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing. - 1 Chronicles 15:25 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 15 04:42 – Thoughts on the Reading 40:39 - Can someone explain to me why the newly announced "National Extreme…

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.- 1 Chronicles 14:8 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – 1 Chronicles 1402:33 – Thoughts on the Reading48:56 - ‘Up from Slavery’ by Booker T. Washington – Goodreads1:10…

So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had. 1 Chronicles 13:13-14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles …