II Kings 16:10-18 Why was King Ahaz so enamored with the altar in Damascus? What alterations did he make to the altar in the Temple, and why? Perhaps Ahaz was simply trying to please the Assyrian king, or could it be that he actually was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
II Kings 7:13-14. A very difficult passage. What is being proposed? The King of Israel (Jehoram) has just been informed that the Syrian camp, besieging Samaria for some time, to the point of awful starvation and even cannibalism, has abandoned...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
II Kings II Kings 4:31. Why do you think Elisha had to come personally to heal the child in this story? Several contradictory explanations are offered by the commentators. It is always a matter of controversy to explain why a person is not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Kings 16:34. Here, the prophecy of Joshua 6:26 is fulfilled. What does the prophecy mean, and how is it fulfilled? Joshua had never said that Jericho would not be rebuilt, only that the person who built it would suffer great loss. What God has...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Kings 12:8-15. It was of the Lord (v. 15) to give a major portion of the Kingdom to Jeroboam. Humanly speaking, what was it that motivated the young men to be so harsh, and Rehoboam to listen to them? The younger are characteristically not the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I KINGS I Kings 1:2. Why could none of the King’s many wives be called upon to be nurse and source of warmth? Unfortunately his wives were not that young either. David needed the warmth that only youth can provide. It is affirmed in every...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Samuel 15:1. How long has Absalom had to get bitter enough to rebel against his father? Two years passed between the rape and the murder of the rapist(13:23). Three years he stayed an exile in Geshur (13:38). Two years he lived in Jerusalem...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Samuel 11. Why? After all the victories, the success, the acceptance. Why the story of 2 Samuel 11? Everyone who has been a believer for even a little while knows the answer to this question. The human heart is deceitful above all things, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I SAMUEL concluded... 1. I Samuel 31 and II Samuel 1. How does the historian in I Samuel know the outcome of the story here, if both men died? Does the Amalekite (II Samuel 1) help finish Saul’s suicide? Or is he lying to impress David? Saul...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What did the witch of Endor really do? 1 Samuel 28:3-20, You all know the story, though we will go over it, a piece at a time. The question is, and it has been asked for centuries, Did this woman truly bring Samuel back from the dead, or was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
