II Chronicles 36:5: “Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.” Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah, king of Judah. Josiah was the last of the good kings.
Song of Solomon 3:3, “The watchmen that go about the city found me: Saw ye him who my soul loveth?” “Ich bin ein Berliner” John F. Kennedy, June 26. 1963. Translation, “I am a jelly filled donut.” There is an urban legend that popped up a number of years ago that was published
II Chronicles 34:33: “And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God, and all his days they departed not from following the Lord the God of their fathers.”
II Chronicles 19:3: “Nevertheless there are good things found in thee in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.” This passage is referring to the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was a Godly king who teamed up with the Godless king of
John 11:33, “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,” John 11:35, “Jesus wept.” Yesterday I caught a few minutes of the Glenn Beck radio program where he was discussing an organization that he was trying to raise
Esther 5:4, “And Esther answered, If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.” I have my PhD in Biblical Archaeology and I have spent many years studying the history and culture of the Persian Empire and I find
II Chronicles 12:7: “”And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah saying: they have humbled themselves, then I will not destroy them.” Solomon’s administrative policies developed some dangerous principles. His ambition for the magnificence and fame of Jerusalem had led him to inaugurate a system
I Samuel 19:20: “And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.” Saul sends out his goons to take care of David, but before finding
Psalms 147:1, “Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.” As one linguist once said, “Every English translation of the Bible is at best a paraphrase.” This is why you have so many different versions, none are mistranslations, just a
John 14:12 “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” This is an amazing promise and Jesus repeats it two times. In two consecutive verses Jesus promises that if we ask anything
