Category Archives: Covenant

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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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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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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Running the Same River

Posted on January 21, 2015 by wamplerp

On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in … Continue reading →

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Eddying Out – Beaches

Posted on January 18, 2015 by wamplerp

Yesterday’s post marked the end of the book of 2 Kings so I thought this would be a good time to “eddy out” and reflect on 2 Kings and the tumultuous times it describes.  As I have prayed and reflected … Continue reading →

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Slaughter by the Well

Posted on January 12, 2015 by wamplerp

The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? Know, then, that not a word the … Continue reading →

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The One River

Posted on January 6, 2015 by wamplerp

The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”   As soon as the king of Israel read the … Continue reading →

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