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“The Kingdom’s Fall”
“The Kingdom’s Fall” Read: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37 Listen: Lamentations of Jeremiah I (Thomas Tallis) Listen: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Louis Armstrong) View: The Flight of the Prisoners (1896) by James Tissot Read: 2 Kings 21; 23-25; 2 Chronicles 33; 36; Jeremiah 1-2; 4-5; 13; 21; Lamentations 1-3; 5; Ezekiel 1-2; 6-7; 36-37 Listen: Lamentations of Jeremiah I (Thomas Tallis) Listen: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Louis Armstrong) View: The Flight of the Prisoners (1896) by James Tissot
Week 16: “The Beginning of the End”
Week 16: “The Beginning of the End” Read: 2 Kings 17-19; Isaiah 3; 6; 13-14; 49; 54 View: Hezekiah vs. Sennacharib City of David: Pool of Siloam and tunnel built during time of King Hezekiah
Week 14: “A House Divided” & Week 15: “God’s Messengers”
We ek 14: “A House Divided” Read: 1 Kings 12-16 Week 15: “God’s Messengers” Read: 1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2; 4; 6; Hosea 4-5; 8-9; 14; Amos 1; 3-5; 9 Listen: Walter Brueggrman on the Prophetic Imagination View: Hosea , tempera on wood painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1309–1311. Monument to Elijah on Mt. Carmel, 2018 Approximate site of the defeat of the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel, looking toward Wadi Kishon Scenes from Megiddo, Israel archaeological site (built during the time of Omri/Ahab)
It's Good to be the King!
Week 13: “It’s Good to be the King” (Solomon) Read: 1 Kings 1-8; 10-11; 2 Chronicles 5-7; Proverbs 1-3; 6; 20-21 View: Recreation of Solomon's Temple Photos of the Temple Mount, February 2018
The Trials of a King
Week 12: The Trials of a King Read : 2 Samuel 11-12; 18-19; 1 Chronicles 22; 29; Psalms 23, 32; 51 Listen : Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen View : Traditional Site of David’s Tomb, Mt. Zion, Jerusalem
King David, a ruddy youth
Week 11 “David, a ruddy youth” Read: 1 Samuel 16-18; 24; 31; 2 Samuel 6; 22; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 57 Listen : Psalm 23 Chanted in Hebrew according to the traditional melody View : Samuel anoints David, Dura Europos, Syria, 3rd century AD