Monthly Archives: January 2015

Stone by Stone

Posted on January 31, 2015 by wamplerp

The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon … Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Romping with a Purpose

Posted on January 30, 2015 by wamplerp

I went to Jerusalem, and after staying there three days I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no … Continue reading →

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Rain on their Parade

Posted on January 29, 2015 by wamplerp

A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem. Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance with the decision of the officials and elders, … Continue reading →

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Take Courage and Do It!

Posted on January 28, 2015 by wamplerp

While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly. Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of … Continue reading →

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Confident by the Canal

Posted on January 27, 2015 by wamplerp

I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there. So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, … Continue reading →

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Tears for the Temple

Posted on January 26, 2015 by wamplerp

In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Trail #8 – Chicken Chute

Posted on January 25, 2015 by wamplerp

I needed a break after finishing 1 & 2 Chronicles.  Working my way through these two books felt at times like a combination of television re-runs and a phone book.  There were a few hidden wells, but I have to admit I … Continue reading →

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Bronze Basins

Posted on January 24, 2015 by wamplerp

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.  He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line … Continue reading →

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Re-Rafted

Posted on January 23, 2015 by wamplerp

And Hiram added: “Praise be to the Lord , the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and … Continue reading →

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Tell me Who I am

Posted on January 22, 2015 by wamplerp

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.  He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had … Continue reading →

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