In our reading today, we find David already fulfilling his duties as king. The Philistines attack the city of Keilah in Judah (23:1 – see Josh […]

Our reading today consists of four Psalms believed to have been written by David shortly after Saul’s slaughter of the priests of Nob. David is on […]

Our reading today begins with the assembling of David’s personal militia. His family joins him in hiding (22:1). Then, those who are disillusioned with life in […]

Our reading today begins with David on the run from Saul. As we saw in Psalms 11 and 59, David has committed no wrong, yet Saul […]

Our reading today begins with a description of the strong bond of friendship between David and Jonathan (18:1, 3). We read back in 17:15 that David […]

We begin today’s reading in chapter 16, where David is anointed king of Israel. We see the pattern repeated that we saw with Eli and Samuel […]

Our reading begins today two years into the reign of Saul (13:1).* We are introduced to Jonathan in verse 2, though it appears that the writer […]

We pick up where we left off yesterday: Samuel and Saul wait for Saul’s servant to get ahead of them, because Samuel has a prophetic message […]

We pick up today right where we left off yesterday. Israel sends the Ark away to Kiriath-jearim (in Judah on the border of Dan), and it […]

Our reading today begins with a statement that “the word of Samuel came to all Israel” (4:1). This sums up chapter 3, which began with the […]

Today we begin the book of 1 Samuel (1 and 2 Samuel are two of my favorite Old Testament books!). The book of Judges left us […]

Today we read the book of Ruth. It is a record of two women of great faith (one who was not even an Israelite!), a kinsman-redeemer, […]