Readings for April
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Readings for Apr 01:
Joshua 16:1-10 The Allotment to Ephraim
Joshua 17:1-18 The Allotment to Manasseh
Joshua 18:1-10 The Allotment of the rest of the Land
Joshua 18:11-28 Benjamin
Joshua 19:1-9 Simeon
Joshua 19:10-16 Zebulun
Joshua 19:17-23 Issachar
Joshua 19:24-31 Asher
Joshua 19:32-39 Naphtali
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Apr 02:
Joshua 19:40-48 Dan
Joshua 19:49-51 Joshua
Joshua 20:1-9 Cities of refuge
Joshua 21:1-42 The Levites
1Chronicles 6:1-30 The Sons of Levi and a look forward to the High Priests upto the Captivity
Total verses for today = 93
Readings for Apr 03:
1Chronicles 6:54-81 Their allocation of lands and towns
Joshua 21:43-45 The Lord fulfils His promise
Joshua 22:1-34 The 2 and a half Tribes return home, east of the Jordan
Joshua 23:1-16 Joshua’s last words c.1383 BC
Total verses for today = 81
Readings for Apr 04:
Joshua 24:1-28 Renewal of the Covenant
Joshua 24:29-33 Death of Joshua and Eleazar, and the burial of Joseph’s bones c.1382 BC
Judges 2:6-9 Death and burial of Joshua, death of the next generation, then apostasy
Judges 1:1-10 Judah fights the Canaanites
Joshua 15:14-19 Othniel’s story previewed
Judges 1:11-15 Othniel wins a victory and gets a bride and 2 springs of water
Judges 1:16-36 The rot starts to set in
Judges 2:1-5 The reason for the rot – disobedience
Judges 2:10-19 Viscious circles! A preview of the rest of the book
Total verses for today = 94
Readings for Apr 05:
Judges 2:20-23 The result of disobedience – the Lord stopped helping them
Judges 3:1-8 The result of disobedience – the Lord used the remaining nations to test them
Judges 3:9-11 Deliverer No. 1 – Othniel
Judges 3:12-14 Opression by Eglon, King of Moab for 18 years
Judges 3:15-30 Deliverer No. 2 – Ehud
Judges 3:31-31 Deliverer No. 3 – Shamgar
Judges 4:1-5 Oppression by Jabin, King of Canaan for 20 years
Judges 4:6-24 Deliverer No. 4 – Deborah, with Barak hiding behind her skirts
Judges 5:1-31 The Song of Deborah
Total verses for today = 90
Readings for Apr 06:
Judges 6:1-6 The oppression under the Midianites
Judges 6:7-24 The Calling of Gideon
Judges 6:25-32 Deliverer No. 5 – Gideon – Jerub-baal
Judges 6:33-40 Gideon’s fleece
Judges 7:1-25 What God can do with the few against the many
Judges 8:1-21 Faint yet pursuing
Total verses for today = 86
Readings for Apr 07:
Judges 8:22-31 Gideon’s downfall
Judges 8:32-35 Gideon’s death and the apostasy which followed
Judges 9:1-57 Gideon’s bequest
Judges 10:1-2 Deliverer No. 6 – Tola
Judges 10:3-5 Deliverer No. 7 – Jair (Num.32:41; 1 Chron. 2:22-23)
Judges 10:6-18 Apostasy & repentance, until the Lord could not bear His people’s misery
Total verses for today = 89
Readings for Apr 08:
Judges 11:1-40 Deliverer No. 8 – Jephthah
Judges 12:1-7 Brothers still fighting
Judges 12:8-15 Deliverers 9, 10 and 11 – Ibzan, Elon and Abdon
Judges 13:1-25 Deliverer No. 12 – Samson, the Nazirite
Total verses for today = 80
Readings for Apr 09:
Judges 14:1-20 Samson’s first Philistine wife
Judges 15:1-20 Samson’s vengeance on the Philistines
Judges 16:1-31 Samson’s downfall – his taste for Philistine women
Judges 17:1-13 No King in Israel – Micah, and his idol
Total verses for today = 84
Readings for Apr 10:
Judges 18:1-31 No King in Israel – the tribe of Dan move on and take Micah’s idol with them
Judges 19:1-30 No King in Israel – every one did what was right on his own eyes
Judges 20:1-48 No King in Israel – the tribe of Benjamin almost wiped out
Total verses for today = 109
Readings for Apr 11:
Judges 21:1-25 No King in Israel – wives for the Benjamites, and everybody went home.
Ruth 1:1-22 A light in the darkness of the time of the Judges – faith of a Moabitess
Ruth 2:1-23 Dedication of Ruth for Naomi
Ruth 3:1-18 The Kinsman-Redeemer – but will he be able?
Total verses for today = 88
Readings for Apr 12:
Ruth 4:1-22 The Nearer Kinsman declines, and another thread in Messiah’s line is woven
1Samuel 1:1-28 The Lord hears c.1127 BC
1Samuel 2:1-36 Hannah’s faith contrasted with Eli’s sons’ faithlessness c.1121 BC
Total verses for today = 86
Readings for Apr 13:
1Samuel 3:1-21 The call of Samuel
1Samuel 4:1-1 Samuel’s Word c.1087 BC
1Samuel 4:2-22 The Ark captured – the Glory has departed from Israel
1Samuel 5:1-12 But it’s not such a blessing to the Philistines!
1Samuel 6:1-21 The Ark sent home, but who can dwell in the Presence of the Lord? c.1096 BC
1Samuel 7:1-2 A temporary home
1Samuel 7:3-17 Samuel the Judge c.1076 BC
Total verses for today = 93
Readings for Apr 14:
1Samuel 8:1-22 The people want their own king, as Samuel’s sons didn?t walk in his ways c.1068 BC
1Chronicles 7:6-12 The Tribe of Benjamin
1Chronicles 8:1-40 Line of Saul from Benjamin
1Samuel 9:1-27 Saul is looking for donkeys c.1051 BC
Total verses for today = 96
Readings for Apr 15:
1Samuel 10:1-8 But God is looking for a King
1Samuel 10:9-27 Is Saul also among the prophets?
1Samuel 11:1-15 Saul – the deliverer
1Samuel 12:1-25 Samuel’s Farewell as leader
1Samuel 13:1-23 Saul – the man-pleaser c.1049 BC
Total verses for today = 90
Readings for Apr 16:
1Samuel 14:1-52 The new Royal Family c.1043 BC
1Samuel 15:1-35 To obey is better than sacrifice – Saul rejected as King c.1035 BC
Total verses for today = 87
Readings for Apr 17:
Psalm 23:1-6 Meanwhile, on a hill near Bethlehem . . .
1Samuel 16:1-13 So God rejects the Peoples’ man c.1019 BC
1Samuel 16:14-23 Saul – deserted by God’s Spirit
1Samuel 17:1-58 David – the giant-killer
Total verses for today = 87
Readings for Apr 18:
1Samuel 18:1-30 Saul – envious of David
1Samuel 19:1-10 Saul tries to kill David
Psalm 59:1-17 When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house to kill him
1Samuel 19:11-24 David flees from Saul and is protected by his wife, Saul’s daughter
Total verses for today = 71
Readings for Apr 19:
1Samuel 20:1-42 David & Jonathan, Saul’s son, make a covenant c.1018 BC
1Samuel 21:1-15 David flees to the Philistines via the Tabernacle
Psalm 34:1-22 When David pretended to be mad before Abimelech
Psalm 56:1-13 When the Philistines seized David in Gath
Total verses for today = 92
Readings for Apr 20:
1Samuel 22:1-2 David in a cave
Psalm 57:1-11 When David had fled from Saul into a cave
Psalm 108:1-5 When David had fled from Saul into a cave pp with Psa. 57
Psalm 142:1-7 When David was in the cave
1Samuel 22:3-23 Saul’s character revealed even more – he kills the Priests of the Lord
Psalm 52:1-9 When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul
1Samuel 23:1-29 Saul pursues David c.1017 BC
Total verses for today = 84
Readings for Apr 21:
Psalm 54:1-7 When the Ziphites betrayed David to Saul
1Samuel 24:1-22 David spares Saul’s life
Psalm 63:1-11 When David was in the wilderness of Judea (Engedi)
1Samuel 25:1-44 David & Abigail c.1016 BC
Total verses for today = 84
Readings for Apr 22:
1Samuel 26:1-25 David refuses to strike the Lord’s anointed king
1Samuel 27:1-12 David amongst the Philistines
1Chronicles 12:1-22 David’s army at Ziklag c.1014 BC
1Samuel 28:1-25 Saul defies his own decree and consults a spiritist medium c.1012 BC
1Samuel 29:1-11 The Philistines (rightly) do not trust David in battle against Saul
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Apr 23:
1Samuel 30:1-31 David avenges the destruction of Ziklag on the Amalekites
1Samuel 31:1-13 Saul meets his end
1Chronicles 10:1-14 Saul’s end as told by the Chronicler
1Chronicles 9:35-44 Saul’s descendants
2Samuel 1:1-27 David mourns for Saul and Jonathan
Total verses for today = 95
Readings for Apr 24:
2Samuel 2:1-7 David anointed king over Judah
2Samuel 2:8-32 Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and Abner vs. the sons of Zeruiah c.1011 BC
2Samuel 3:1-1 Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and Abner vs. the sons of Zeruiah c.1011 BC
2Samuel 3:2-5 The sons of David in Hebron
2Samuel 3:6-39 Abner goes over to David and is murdered by Joab c.1004 BC
2Samuel 4:1-12 Ish-Bosheth is murdered
2Samuel 5:1-5 David becomes king over all Israel; Summary of David’s reign
1Chronicles 11:1-3 David made king over all Israel as told by the Chronicler
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Apr 25:
1Chronicles 12:23-40 Those who joined David at Hebron to make him king over all Israel
2Samuel 5:6-10 David conquers Jerusalem
1Chronicles 11:4-9 David made king over all Israel as told by the Chronicler
2Samuel 5:11-16 David established as king c.999 BC
1Chronicles 14:1-7 As told by the Chronicler
1Chronicles 3:1-9 The sons of David
2Samuel 5:17-25 The Philistines attack the new kingdom and are routed!
1Chronicles 14:8-17 As told by the Chronicler
2Samuel 23:8-39 David’s mighty men
Total verses for today = 102
Readings for Apr 26:
1Chronicles 11:10-47 David’s mighty men
2Samuel 22:1-51 David’s song
Total verses for today = 89
Readings for Apr 27:
Psalm 18:1-50 David’s song – praise for God’s personal blessings
2Samuel 6:1-11 David wants to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, but, because he uses a Philistine method of transport, it ends up at the home of Obed-Edom the Gittite c.998 BC
1Chronicles 13:1-14 As told by the Chronicler
1Chronicles 15:1-29 David brings the Ark to Jerusalem as told by the Chronicler
Total verses for today = 104
Readings for Apr 28:
2Samuel 6:12-23 David brings the Ark to Jerusalem
1Chronicles 16:1-3 David blesses the people
1Chronicles 16:4-43 David establishes the worship of the Lord; his psalm of thanks
1Chronicles 6:31-53 The Levites and the High Priests up to Solomon’s time
Psalm 96:1-13 Part of David’s psalm of thanks
Total verses for today = 91
Readings for Apr 29:
Psalm 105:1-45 The expanded version of David’s psalm of thanks (not ascribed to David, but parallel 1 Chron 16:8-22)
Psalm 106:1-48 The expanded version of David’s psalm of thanks (not ascribed to David, but parallel 1 Chron 16:34-36)
Total verses for today = 93
Readings for Apr 30:
2Samuel 7:1-17 David wants to build God a house, but He promises to establish David’s house
1Chronicles 17:1-15 As told by the Chronicler
2Samuel 7:18-29 David’s response
1Chronicles 17:16-27 As told by the Chronicler
2Samuel 8:1-14 David’s victories c.996 BC
1Chronicles 18:1-13 As told by the Chronicler
2Samuel 8:15-18 David’s Officials
1Chronicles 18:14-17 As told by the Chronicler
Total verses for today = 91