The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 100, is 1 Kings 3-5: The wisdom and prosperity of Solomon; plans for the Temple
The Judgement of Solomon, by Gaspard de Crayer (1620-1622)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 99, is 1 Kings 1-2: The king (David) is dead; long live the king (Solomon)!
Bathsheba makes an appeal to David, by Govert Flinck (1651)
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A complete animated overview from the Bible Project of 1-2 Kings.
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 98, is 2 Samuel 23-24: The song of David, the soldiers of David, the sin of David
David and Araunah making Offerings at the Altar, by an artist in the circle of Lambert Jacobsz (1598-1636)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 97, is 2 Samuel 20-23: Last things
David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (circa 1635-1640)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 96, is 2 Samuel 17-19: Absalom dies in battle and David returns to Jerusalem
Muerte de Absalón by Corrado Giaquinto (1817)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 95, is 2 Samuel 14-16: Absalom returns, rebels against David
David and Absalom, by Rembrandt
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 94, is 2 Samuel 12-13: Nathan confronts David; rape and revenge
“You’re the man! But not in a good way.” – Nathan
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 93, is 2 Samuel 8-11: God makes an unconditional covenant with David; David commits adultery with Bathsheba
(Rector’s reflection includes half of Day 94. Sorry.)
Susan Hayward as a rightfully skeptical Bathsheba to Gregory Peck’s King David (1951)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 92, is 2 Samuel 4-7: Judah wins; David anointed king over all Israel; captures Jerusalem and takes the Ark there
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
’cause your friends don’t dance
and if they don’t dance
then they’re no friends of mine
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