Archive for December, 2009

Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart

8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house [...]

four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: Moreover four thousand [...]

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1 As I was reading through 1 Chronicles I flipped (or more accurately clicked) to the next chapter and was slightly surprised to see “And Satan”. Over the last twenty one chapters I have been very much aware of the fact [...]

And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle:

And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 14:15 I know very little about mulberry trees and possibly even less [...]