Hub Notes

Read Amos 8:1-14 Bad business! v 5.  You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over     and the religious festivals to end     so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures     and

Read Amos 5:18-27 The exile foretold. v 27.  So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.   There are several formative events in the history

Read Amos 3:1-15 Sin has consequences. v 11.  Therefore,” says the Sovereign Lord, “an enemy is coming! He will surround them and shatter their defences. Then he will plunder all their fortresses.” This is an unbroken and prominent thread woven into

AMOS We know very little about the background of these so-called ‘Minor Prophets’ tucked away at the end of the Old Testament. Of Amos, we know only that he came from Judah in about 760 BC (around 20 years before

Read 1 Kings 1:15-40 David kept his promise to Bathsheba and made sure that Solomon became the next King. vv 29-30.  And the king repeated his vow: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has rescued me from every danger, your son

Read 2 Samuel 21:15-22 David’s troops protected him in battle.  v 17.  But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why

Read 2 Samuel 19:18-39 David dealt kindly even with people who had opposed him. v 23.   Then, turning to Shimei, David vowed, “Your life will be spared.” The story of Shimei is a little-known episode in the life of David.

Read 2 Samuel 19:1-14 David was welcomed back as King after Absalom’s revolt. v 14.  Then Amasa convinced all the men of Judah, and they responded unanimously. They sent word to the king, “Return to us, and bring back all who

Preparing for Kingship – David The King to whom people were committed. Just about the most loyal and committed people I know are football fans! Whatever the weather, whoever the opponents, wherever the match is played, the real fans turn

Read 2 Samuel 10:1-19 David acted swiftly when threatened by his enemies. v 17.   When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and led the army to Helam. The threat to Israel was serious