Ecclesiastes Along with the Book of Proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes is considered to be a part of the “wisdom” literature found in the Old Testament. And, along with Proverbs, Ecclesiastes is attributed to the pen of King Solomon, David’s son. Just consider the opening verse of the Book, “The

The Book of Proverbs is about gaining wisdom, that is, acquiring the knowledge and resources to live life wisely, or as some might say, “skillfully.” The problem we all face is trying to live a “godly” life in a “ungodly” world. That’s why the purpose of Proverbs is to provide

The Book of Psalms is the largest and probably the most widely read book in the Bible, comprising 150 chapters, or psalms. The psalms portray the full range of human experience and emotion in very personal and practical ways, ways in which each one of us can relate. The extent

If you are not familiar with the Bible, you might be thinking that this is a book about jobs, but in reality, it’s about a man named “Job.” In the New Testament, James mentions Job as an example of “patience in suffering” (Js. 5:11). Many scholars feel that Job is

You might be interested to know that the name of God is not mentioned one time in the Book of Esther, and yet His providential care is evident throughout. And, that same providential care is true for each one of us. Even though we may not always turn our eyes

Nehemiah was a contemporary of Ezra and served at the cupbearer to the King of Persia. He was the one who led the third and last wave of Israelites returning to Israel at the end of the Babylonian exile. While in Persia, he had heard that the exiles who had

The Book of Ezra continues the where 2 Chronicles leaves off by showing how God fulfills His promise to return His people to the land of promise after seventy years in exile. Ezra relates the story of two returns from Babylon, the first led by Zerubbabel to rebuild the Temple

The Book of 2 Chronicles follows the pattern of First and Second Kings except for the fact that 2 Chronicles virtually ignores the northern Kingdom of Israel. Why is this? It’s because of their idolatrous worship on pagan high places and with total abandonment of worshipping God at the Temple

Both 1st and 2nd Chronicles cover the same time period of Jewish history as that described in 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings. What’s different is the perspective from which these books were written. Rather than being repetitive, Chronicles provides an editorial from God’s perspective on the history of

I sincerely hope that you learned some things about King Solomon (King David’s son) as we took a look at the Book of 1 Kings. As I mentioned last week, Solomon’s divided heart led to a divided kingdom, and the history of this division can be found in the second