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with the Bible
J. R. Miller,
1910
Volume 4.
From Solomon--to Malachi
This eight volume set was published between 1908 and ...read |
| › Chapter 1 - Solomon Anointed King - 1 Kings 1:28-39
The life of David was troubled to its close. The tragic death of Absalom ended his rebellion against the king--but David found litt ...read |
| › Chapter 2 - Solomon's Wise Choice - 1 Kings 3
Solomon began well. He evidently desired to be a godly king, to perform faithfully the duties of his position, and to lift up his kingdom ...read |
| › Chapter 3 - Building the Temple - 1 Kings 5
The temple was David's thought. He was not permitted to build it, however, because his work was conquest, the establishing of the kingdom ...read |
| › Chapter 4 - The Temple Dedicated - 1 Kings 8:54-63
The temple was seven and a half years in being built. It rose silently. The stones were dressed in the quarries and all the timbers ...read |
| › Chapter 5 - God's Blessing upon Solomon - 1 Kings 9
There is a measure of moral safety in work. While Solomon was busy with all his great plans, he was in less danger of being led away from ...read |
| › Chapter 6 - The Fame of Solomon - 1 Kings 10
Solomon's fame spread widely. Everywhere flew the stories of the splendors of his kingdom, and his great wisdom. It was not the fame of ...read |
| › Chapter 7 - Solomon's Sin - 1 Kings 11
The religion of Solomon has been much discussed. It has been generally supposed that he was not as good a man as David. Yet David was no ...read |
| › Chapter 8 - The Kingdom Divided - 1 Kings 12
The golden age of Israel closed with the death of Solomon. His empire was great, extending over wide limits. His revenues were very larg ...read |
| › Chapter 9 - Jeroboam's Idolatry - 1 Kings 12
Jeroboam had a fine opportunity. He had come up from the ranks of the people through his own industry and efficiency. He was among the w ...read |
| › Chapter 10 - Omri and Ahab - 1 Kings 16:23-33
The story of Jeroboam's northern kingdom is terribly monotonous in its sin--and tragical in treasons, stratagems, and insurrection ...read |
| › Chapter 11 - God's Care of Elijah - 1 Kings 17:1-16
"Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab,--As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives--before whom I stand-- ...read |
| › Chapter 12 - Obadiah and Elijah - 1 Kings 18:5-16
There must have been a tender parting when the prophet ELIJAH went away from the widow's house. He had been there so long and his s ...read |
| › Chapter 13 - Elijah on Mount Carmel - 1 Kings 18
Elijah challenged Ahab to a test of Baal's power. He demanded that the question should be settled, whether the Lord or Baal was the true ...read |
| › Chapter 14 - Elijah Discouraged and Restored - 1 Kings 19:1-16
It is little wonder that Jezebel was furious, when she learned from Ahab--of the slaughter of her priests. She vowed vengeance upon ...read |
| › Chapter 15 - Naboth's Vineyard - 1 Kings 21
The work of Elijah went on after the Lord had dealt so gently with him, restoring his courage. Elisha is found at the plow, and is calle ...read |
| › Chapter 16 - Elijah Taken to Heaven - 2 Kings 2:1-11
Elijah's work was finished. The words of the record are very striking: "It came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whir ...read |
| › Chapter 17 - Elisha Succeeds Elijah - 2 Kings 2:12-22
No good man's work is ended--when the man himself is taken from the earth. Every influence of his life stays among men. No one does ...read |
| › Chapter 18 - The Widow's Oil Increased - 2 Kings 4:1-7
Elisha was greatly different from Elijah. We see him first plowing in the field. He was the son of a prosperous farmer. He must have ...read |
| › Chapter 19 - The Shunammite's Son - 2 Kings 5:1-14
The story of the great woman of Shunem is a delightful one. She was good to the prophet, showing him most kindly hospitality as he w ...read |
| › Chapter 20 - Naaman Healed of Leprosy - 2 Kings 5:1-14
The story of Naaman is interesting in several ways. It gives us a glimpse of the times. The country of Israel was subject to incursi ...read |
| › Chapter 21 - Elisha at Dothan - 2 Kings 6:8-23
Two gentlemen--one a clergyman, the other a prominent business man--were conversing together about foreign missions. They were speak ...read |
| › Chapter 22 - Saved from Famine - 2 Kings 7:1-16
The city of Samaria was besieged. The famine was great. The people were suffering. The king blamed it all on Elisha and sought to ki ...read |
| › Chapter 23 - The Boy Joash Made King - 2 Kings 11:1-12
It is interesting to study and think of the influences that combine in the making of any man. When we begin to go over the story of ...read |
| › Chapter 24 - Joash Repairs the Temple - 2 Kings 12:1-15
Joash was only seven years old when he was brought out from his place of concealment in the temple and crowned as king. It is evide ...read |
| › Chapter 25 - The Death of Elisha - 2 Kings 13:14-25
The story of Elisha has a fine charm about it. It contrasts with the story of Elijah. The men widely differed in their personal ch ...read |
| › Chapter 26 - Captivity of the Ten Northern Tribes - 2 Kings 17:6-18
The story of the ten tribes from the beginning, was a story of mistake and disloyalty. There was a divine promise to Jeroboam that ...read |
| › Chapter 27 - The Assyrian Invasion of Judah - 2 Kings 19:20-22, 28-37
In the opening portion of this chapter there is an interesting incident of a letter received by Hezekiah from his enemy, th ...read |
| › Chapter 28 - Returning from Captivity - Ezra 1:1-11
But little is known concerning the history of the people during the seventy years except what we gather from the allusions of the proph ...read |
| › Chapter 29 - Rebuilding the Temple - Ezra 3:10 to 4:5
The story of the rebuilding of the temple is very interesting. There was much enthusiasm in the hearts of the people as they began ...read |
| › Chapter 30 - Dedicating the Temple - Ezra 6:14-22
There was much delay in the building of the temple. There was bitter opposition from the inhabitants of Samaria. "The people of the la ...read |
| › Chapter 31 - Ezra's Journey to Jerusalem - Ezra 8:21-32
EZRA is an interesting character. He was a priest and scribe who was commissioned to return from Persia to Jerusalem, and so took an a ...read |
| › Chapter 32 - Nehemiah's Prayer - Nehemiah 1:1-11
Nehemiah was a captive. There is a tradition that he belonged to the royal family. Probably he had been educated in the land of cap ...read |
| › Chapter 33 - Reading the Law - Nehemiah 8:1-18
The work of Nehemiah had been well done. In spite of opposition and all hindrance the walls had been rebuilt and the city had come ...read |
| › Chapter 34 - Haman's Plot Against the Jews - Esther 3 and 4
The Book of Esther opens a window into Oriental life. It shows us also something of the sadness and debasement of woman's condition ...read |
| › Chapter 35 - Esther Pleading for Her People - Esther 8
There was great sorrow everywhere among the Jews. Mordecai rent his clothes and sat in the king's gate, clothed with sackcloth. He sent wo ...read |
| › Chapter 36 - Isaiah's Call to Service - Isaiah 6:1-13
Isaiah knew the very day and hour when he saw this wonderful vision. It was in the year that king Uzziah died. The vision had made su ...read |
| › Chapter 37 - The Suffering Savior - Isaiah 53
One picked up an old book--and found it fragrant. The secret was that a sweet flower had been put in among the leaves by someone, and its ...read |
| › Chapter 38 - The Gracious Invitation - Isaiah 55:1-13
The Bible seeks in every possible way--to make men know the divine love and mercy. A great novelist in one of his stories tells of a ...read |
| › Chapter 39 - Daniel's Principles - Daniel 1
There is something very noble in the picture of Daniel which we have in the first chapter of the Book of Daniel. He was only a lad. He had ...read |
| › Chapter 40 - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream - Daniel 2
Dreams have an important place in the Bible. There is no doubt that dreams were really means of divine communication, as in Jacob's ladder ...read |
| › Chapter 41 - The Fiery Furnace - Daniel 3:13-25
"As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music--you must fall down and worship ...read |
| › Chapter 42 - Daniel in the Den of Lions - Daniel 6:10-23
Daniel was a wise man, and his wisdom and faithfulness made him a very valuable man in the affairs of the empire. When the new king ...read |
| › Chapter 43 - Sin, the Cause of Sorrow - Hosea 10:1-15
Hosea was one of the prophets of the Ten Tribes, near the end of the Northern Kingdom. Most of his prophecies refer to the condition ...read |
| › Chapter 44 - Israel Often Reproved - Amos 4:4-13
Amos probably was a Judean. He was a small farmer and shepherd. He cultivated a few sycamore trees whose fruit was lightly esteemed. He ...read |
| › Chapter 45 - Jonah Sent to Nineveh - Jonah 1:1-4; 3:1-10
It was not by any means an easy task that was given to Jonah--his mission to Nineveh. There was no Board of Missions behind him ...read |
| › Chapter 46 - Joshua the High Priest - Zechariah 3:1-10
Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai. His prophetic career seems to have been brief. His mission was that of an encourager. The ...read |
| › Chapter 47 - Power Through the Spirit - Zechariah 4:1-14
The visions of Zechariah all have a meaning. This one is of a candlestick supplied by olive trees. "Then the angel who had been ta ...read |
| › Chapter 48 - Lessons in Giving - Malachi 1:6-11; 3:8-12
The prophet reproves the people for their lack of loyalty and faithfulness to Jehovah. He had treated them as a father--but ...read |
