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…

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:…

“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…

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 …

Then the Spirit clothed Amasa, chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. - 1 Chronicles 12:18 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 12 06:04 – Thoug…

Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’ ” - 1 Chronicles 11:1-2 This Episode’s …

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with Yahweh in that he did not keep the command of Yahweh, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. - 1 Chronicles 10:13 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 10 02:42 – Thoughts on the Reading 22:01 - This Lebanese woman started a war over the weekend by saying American…

So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith. Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. - 1 Chronicles 9:1-2 This Episode’s Links a…

Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. - 1 Chronicles 8:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 8 05:53 – Thoughts on the Reading 30:06 - Dune: Part Two – IMDb 54:59 – Dune by Frank Herbert – Goodreads 1:10:13 - ‘Dune: Part Two’: Cinematic Spectacle, Fait…

And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they hadmany wives and sons. - 1 Chronicles 7:4 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 7 07:31 – Thoughts on the Reading 37:29 - Keith Olbermann NEVER disappoints. The replies to this one are golden. – Harris…

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. - 1 Chronicles 6:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 6 08:34 – Thoughts on the Reading 33:05 – A Negative Review 59:06 – The Boring Parts of the Bible 1:03:15 – What is ‘The Spirituality of the Church’? 1:19:00 – Reaction to Woke Staff Sergeant Bronson Martial Law TikTok – Garre…

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war. - 1 Chronicles 5:18 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. - Proverbs 18:2 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever …

Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked. - 1 Chronicles 4:10 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 4 06:36 – Thoughts on the Reading …

All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister. - 1 Chronicles 3:9 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 3 3:40 – Thoughts on the Reading 38:02 – Why was David called a man after God’s own heart? 1:09:27 - Reaction to Woke Staff Sergeant Bronson Martial Law TikTok – Garrett Ashley Mul…

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. - 1 Chronicles 2:1 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Chronicles 1-2 13:13 – Thoughts on the Reading 29:39 - Reporter goes viral for attacking Christians who believe rights come from God — and the responses ar…

But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. - 2 Kings 25:12 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 24-25 09:49 – Thoughts on the Reading 34:52 - Russian geneticist fired after claiming humans lived to 900 years before biblical flood – John Knox, NTB 42:59 - Democrats Hold A Funeral…

Before him there was no king like him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him. - 2 Kings 23:25 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 23 08:26 – Thoughts on the Reading 34:34 - ‘This Is Sick’: British Hospitals Say ‘M…

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. - 2 Kings 22:1-2 This Episode’s Links …

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom Yahweh drove out before the people of Israel.- 2 Kings 21:1-2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – 2 Ki…

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh: Behold,the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says Yahweh. And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be…

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. - 2 Kings 19:20 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 19 07:08 – Thoughts on the Reading 45:19 - Teacher goes viral for teaching student to critically think about JK Rowling – J…

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.- 2 Kings 18:2-3 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – 2 Kings 1807:24 – Thoughts on the Readi…

But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in Yahweh their God. They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols sand became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh h…

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a model of the altar, and its pattern, exact in all its details. And Uriah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uriah the priest made it, befor…

He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high p…

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done. But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and mad…

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”- 2 Kings 13:14 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:00:24 – 2 Kings 1306:34 – Thoughts on the Reading31:06 - Does Jeremiah 29 call us to seek the …

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offering…

The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of Yahweh. And…

Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. - 2 Kings 10:28 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 10 07:02 – Thoughts on the Reading 35:25 - The largest religious group in the US? Pe…

When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.” And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, I anoint you king over Israel.’ ” Then in haste every ma…

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.” - 2 Kings 8:6 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 8 05:16 – Thoughts on the Reading 22:27 - Jamie Sarkonak: 'Barb…

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If Yahweh himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” - 2 Kings 7:2 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 7 04:43 – Thoughts on the Reading 20:22 – Barbie Search Res…

When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body—and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.” - 2 Kings 6:30-31 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00…

But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” - 2 Kings 5:8 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Kings 5 05:18 – Thoughts on the Reading 24:58 – She Explains Why Mo…

And he said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘I will make this drystreambed full of pools.’ For thus says Yahweh, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.’ This is a light thing in the sight of Yahweh. He will also give the Moabites into your hand, and you sha…

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. - 2 Kin…

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ” But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven an…

And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take himback to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace.” ’ ” And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, …

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh. Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.” - 1 Kings 21:20-21 This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 0…

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of Yahweh, “Strike me, please.” But the man refused to strike him. Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you have gone from me, a lion shall strike you down.” And as soon as he had departed from him, ma lion met him an…