Jeremy Ewing Tubal-cain is a name found in the King James Bible. Who This Was Tubal-cain appears in the Book of Genesis as a descendant of Cain. He is named among the line of Cain’s descendants, a genealogy that the text traces through Cain’s son Enoch and the generations that followed. In that line, Tubal-cain is identified … Read more
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Chronicles 9-13 Secondary Reading: Psalms 107 Key Verse 1 Chronicles 11:22 — “Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in … Read more
Jeziel is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jeziel was a descendant of Benjamin, named in the genealogies and military records of the tribe of Benjamin preserved in 1 Chronicles. He appears in a list of warriors who came to David while he was … Read more
Monday, September 14, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 1 Chronicles 3-8 Key Verse 1 Chronicles 6:35 — “The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,” Devotional Thought Most of us, given the choice, would rather read almost anything than a genealogy. Yet here we are on a … Read more
Sunday, September 13, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 23-25, 1 Chronicles 1-2 Secondary Reading: Psalms 106 Devotional Thought What do you do with a book that ends in ruin? Today’s reading carries us through the last chapters of 2 Kings, and the story does not end the way we would write it. Josiah, … Read more
This study considers a prophecy given in Scripture and the record of its fulfilment. The prophets spoke long before the events they described, and the account of fulfilment is part of why the text commands attention. The Prophecy The prophecy under consideration is Isaiah 28:16, spoken by the prophet Isaiah to the kingdom of Judah … Read more
Saturday, September 12, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 17-22 Key Verse 2 Kings 19:14 — “And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.” Devotional Thought What does it take for a … Read more
Salu is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Salu was an Israelite of the tribe of Simeon, identified in Scripture only as the father of Zimri. His sole appearance in the King James Bible comes in Numbers 25:14, where the text records the name … Read more
Friday, September 11, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 11-16 Secondary Reading: Psalms 105 Key Verse 2 Kings 14:11 — “But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.” Devotional Thought On … Read more
Shamma is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Shamma was a man of the tribe of Asher, listed among the descendants of that tribe in the genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. He is identified in the source note as a descendant of Asher, and … Read more
Thursday, September 10, 2026 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: 2 Kings 6-10 Key Verse 2 Kings 8:25 — “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.” Devotional Thought What do you do when the axe head is at the … Read more
Timaeus is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Timaeus was the father of Bartimaeus, the blind man whom Jesus healed near Jericho. He is mentioned only once in Scripture, in the Gospel of Mark, and only in connection with his son. The passage reads: … Read more