September 22: 2 Samuel 18; 2 Corinthians 11; Psalm 73; Ezekiel 25
With family: 2 Samuel 18; 2 Corinthians 11 2 Samuel 18 (Listen)Absalom Killed18 Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2...
View ArticleSeptember 23: 2 Samuel 19; 2 Corinthians 12; Psalm 74; Ezekiel 26
With family: 2 Samuel 19; 2 Corinthians 12 2 Samuel 19 (Listen)Joab Rebukes David19 It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 So the victory that day was turned into...
View ArticleSeptember 24: 2 Samuel 20; 2 Corinthians 13; Psalms 75–76; Ezekiel 27
With family: 2 Samuel 20; 2 Corinthians 13 2 Samuel 20 (Listen)The Rebellion of Sheba20 Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he...
View ArticleSeptember 25: 2 Samuel 21; Galatians 1; Psalm 77; Ezekiel 28
With family: 2 Samuel 21; Galatians 1 2 Samuel 21 (Listen)David Avenges the Gibeonites21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the...
View ArticleSeptember 26: 2 Samuel 22; Galatians 2; Psalm 78:1–37; Ezekiel 29
With family: 2 Samuel 22; Galatians 2 2 Samuel 22 (Listen)David’s Song of Deliverance22 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all...
View ArticleSeptember 27: 2 Samuel 23; Galatians 3; Psalm 78:38–72; Ezekiel 30
With family: 2 Samuel 23; Galatians 3 2 Samuel 23 (Listen)The Last Words of David23 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was...
View ArticleSeptember 28: 2 Samuel 24; Galatians 4; Psalm 79; Ezekiel 31
With family: 2 Samuel 24; Galatians 4 2 Samuel 24 (Listen)David’s Census24 Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and...
View ArticleSeptember 29: 1 Kings 1; Galatians 5; Psalm 80; Ezekiel 32
With family: 1 Kings 1; Galatians 5 1 Kings 1 (Listen)David in His Old Age1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore...
View ArticleSeptember 30: 1 Kings 2; Galatians 6; Psalms 81–82; Ezekiel 33
With family: 1 Kings 2; Galatians 6 1 Kings 2 (Listen)David’s Instructions to Solomon2 When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am about to go the way of all the...
View ArticleOctober 1: 1 Kings 3; Ephesians 1; Psalms 83–84; Ezekiel 34
With family: 1 Kings 3; Ephesians 1 1 Kings 3 (Listen)Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom3 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city...
View ArticleOctober 2: 1 Kings 4–5; Ephesians 2; Psalm 85; Ezekiel 35
With family: 1 Kings 4–5; Ephesians 2 1 Kings 4–5 (Listen)Solomon’s Officials4 King Solomon was king over all Israel, 2 and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; 3...
View ArticleOctober 3: 1 Kings 6; Ephesians 3; Psalm 86; Ezekiel 36
With family: 1 Kings 6; Ephesians 3 1 Kings 6 (Listen)Solomon Builds the Temple6 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of...
View ArticleOctober 4: 1 Kings 7; Ephesians 4; Psalms 87–88; Ezekiel 37
With family: 1 Kings 7; Ephesians 4 1 Kings 7 (Listen)Solomon Builds His Palace7 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.2 He built the House of the Forest...
View ArticleOctober 5: 1 Kings 8; Ephesians 5; Psalm 89; Ezekiel 38
With family: 1 Kings 8; Ephesians 5 1 Kings 8 (Listen)The Ark Brought into the Temple8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses...
View ArticleOctober 6: 1 Kings 9; Ephesians 6; Psalm 90; Ezekiel 39
With family: 1 Kings 9; Ephesians 6 1 Kings 9 (Listen)The Lord Appears to Solomon9 As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all that Solomon desired to...
View ArticleOctober 7: 1 Kings 10; Philippians 1; Psalm 91; Ezekiel 40
With family: 1 Kings 10; Philippians 1 1 Kings 10 (Listen)The Queen of Sheba10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard...
View ArticleOctober 8: 1 Kings 11; Philippians 2; Psalms 92–93; Ezekiel 41
With family: 1 Kings 11; Philippians 2 1 Kings 11 (Listen)Solomon Turns from the Lord11 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite,...
View ArticleOctober 9: 1 Kings 12; Philippians 3; Psalm 94; Ezekiel 42
With family: 1 Kings 12; Philippians 3 1 Kings 12 (Listen)Rehoboam’s Folly12 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat...
View ArticleOctober 10: 1 Kings 13; Philippians 4; Psalms 95–96; Ezekiel 43
With family: 1 Kings 13; Philippians 4 1 Kings 13 (Listen)A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam13 And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the...
View ArticleOctober 11: 1 Kings 14; Colossians 1; Psalms 97–98; Ezekiel 44
With family: 1 Kings 14; Colossians 1 1 Kings 14 (Listen)Prophecy Against Jeroboam14 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself,...
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