Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Chronicles 17:10 (New Living Translation) 10 Then the fear of the Lord fell over all the surrounding kingdoms so that none of them wanted to declare war on Jehoshaphat. This is part of the (hi)story of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. During a time of trouble (seems it was always a time of trouble), the […]

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2 Chronicles 12:12 (Christian Standard Bible) 12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah. King Rehoboam of Judah chose the path of unrighteousness. He forgot about God and went the way of the pagan idolaters. God was […]

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2 Samuel 14:25-26 (New Living Translation) 25 Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot. 26 He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds! In the […]

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1 Kings 8:59 (New Living Translation) 59 And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night, so that the Lord our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day’s needs. These words were spoken by King […]

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Deuteronomy 6:24 (New Living Translation) 24 And the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day. Moses is delivering the law from God to the people. (The prior chapter listed the […]

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1 Kings 21:7 (New Living Translation) 7 “Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!” Queen Jezebel is talking to her husband, King Ahab. King Ahab wanted a vineyard from a neighbor named Naboth. Naboth wouldn’t sell, so […]

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Numbers 27:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 One day the Lord said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel. 13 After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron, God is talking to Moses. Go do […]

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Judges 21:25 (New Living Translation) 25 In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. This sentence appears four times in the book of Judges. There are many explanations and interpretations of it. Some reflect good on the people while others reflect bad. There are times […]

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Numbers 14:17 (New Living Translation) 17 Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed… This is probably one of the stupidest things every said by any person at any time. It is part of the (hi)story of the people traveling the desert after escaping Egypt and entering the land promised […]

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Numbers 13:31 (New Living Translation) 31 But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!” This is part of the (hi)story of the people entering the land God promised them. Scouts surveyed the land and reported back to Moses and […]

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