Jeremy Ewing The Bible has a great deal to say about children. This study gathers passages from across Scripture and sets them out for reading and reflection. What Scripture Says The subject of children appears throughout Scripture, and the verses gathered here show us its many dimensions. We first meet children in the sorrow of the fall: … Read more
Elika is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Elika was one of King David’s mighty warriors, a member of the select company of fighting men who supported David during his reign. He is listed among the “Thirty,” the distinguished group of soldiers named in … Read more
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 1-2 Key Verse Numbers 1:45 — “So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;” Devotional Thought It is the … Read more
Sharar is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Sharar is identified in Scripture only as the father of Ahiam, one of the mighty warriors who served King David. He appears in the roster of David’s valiant men recorded in 2 Samuel 23, a passage … Read more
Monday, June 30, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Leviticus 26-27 Secondary Reading: Psalms 75 Key Verse Leviticus 26:41 — “And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:” … Read more
Sunday, June 29, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Leviticus 24-25 Key Verse Leviticus 25:17 — “Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.” Devotional Thought Two things sit side by side in Leviticus 24, and the contrast is striking. First, the quiet, holy routine … Read more
Saturday, June 28, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Leviticus 21-23 Key Verse Leviticus 22:27 — “When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the … Read more
Jahaziah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jahaziah was a Levite who supported King Josiah’s religious reforms, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles. He appears in the account of the reforms carried out under Josiah’s reign, when the king set himself to purge … Read more
Friday, June 27, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Leviticus 19-20 Secondary Reading: Psalms 74 Key Verse Leviticus 19:33 — “And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.” Devotional Thought It is late June, and across the northern hemisphere the fields are beginning to whiten for harvest. It is … Read more
Jasiel is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jasiel was one of David’s mighty warriors, numbered among the elite soldiers who surrounded Israel’s king. He is listed in 1 Chronicles 11:47, where the chronicler names the men who came to David and gave him … Read more
Thursday, June 26, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Leviticus 17-18 Key Verse Leviticus 18:8 — “The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.” Devotional Thought Israel stands at the foot of Sinai, a nation newly freed from Egypt and newly bound to Yahweh by covenant. In Leviticus 17 … Read more
Joshaviah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Joshaviah was a man of the tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and he is known to us only through a genealogical record in the Old Testament. The source note identifies him … Read more