Daily Bible Reading 20 April 2022

Posted on April 20, 2022 by brucesbiblepage

Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 1-3

Book: 1 Kings

Author: Not stated and unknown; one early tradition claimed Jeremiah wrote 1 and 2 Kings.

Date: Covering events from about 970 to 850 BC. 1 Kings was probably written sometime after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

In ten words or less: Israel divides into rival northern and southern nations.

“From Know Your Bible, published by Barbour Publishing, Inc. Used by permission”

1 Kings 1:28-31 (NKJV) Then King David answered and said, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king. And the king took an oath and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress, just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so I certainly will do this day.” Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, paid homage to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”

1 Kings 3:27 (AMP) Then the king said, Give her [who pleads for his life] the living baby, and by no means slay him. She is the child’s mother.