Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the kingContinue reading “Matt 2: 1-6….Visitors from afar.”
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Matt 1: 18-25….Joseph visited by an angel…..
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.Continue reading “Matt 1: 18-25….Joseph visited by an angel…..”
1 Samuel 17: 50-54….An Israeli victory.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off hisContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 50-54….An Israeli victory.”
1 Samuel 17: 44-49….Something new enters Goliath’s head!
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in theContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 44-49….Something new enters Goliath’s head!”
1 Samuel 17: 38-43….Unequally armed for the fight.
Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail, and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these,Continue reading “1 Samuel 17: 38-43….Unequally armed for the fight.”
1 Samuel 17: 33-37….Royal authority granted.
And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion,Continue reading “1 Samuel 17: 33-37….Royal authority granted.”
1 Samuel 17: 28-32….Trusting or Rash?
Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down toContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 28-32….Trusting or Rash?”
1 Samuel 17: 19-27….David sees the giant!
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host wasContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 19-27….David sees the giant!”
1 Samuel 17: 12-18….David sent to the battle front.
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to theContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 12-18….David sent to the battle front.”
1 Samuel 17: 8-11…. Knocking knees!
He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, thenContinue reading “1 Samuel 17: 8-11…. Knocking knees!”
As I read it! 