April 22
Today’s Reading is from 1 Kings Chapters 5 and 6.
1 Kings Chapter 5
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
April 21
Today’s Reading is from 1 Kings Chapters 3 and 4.
1 Kings Chapter 3
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
April 20
Today’s Reading is from 1 Kings Chapters 1 and 2.
1 Kings Chapter 1
1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service.
April 19
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 23 and 24.
2 Samuel Chapter 23
1 Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.
April 18
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 21 and 22.
2 Samuel Chapter 21
1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord.
April 17
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 19 and 20.
2 Samuel Chapter 19
1 It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”
April 16
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 17 and 18.
2 Samuel Chapter 17
1 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee.
April 15
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 15 and 16.
2 Samuel Chapter 15
1 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate.
April 14
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 13 and 14.
2 Samuel Chapter 13
1 Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her. 2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
April 13
Today’s Reading is from 2 Samuel Chapters 10 to 12.
2 Samuel Chapter 10
1 After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 And David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.”