About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted

By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

9/06/2023

1 Kings 4:1-34 Those Solomon Puts in Charge

 

Those Solomon Puts in Charge

1 Kings 4:1-34                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

So, king Solomon was king over all [of] Israel. These were [his officials a.k.a. princes that] he had: Azariah, [Zadok’s] son, [was] the priest; Elihoreph & Ahiah, [Shisha’s] sons, [were] scribes; Jehoshaphat, [Ahilud’s] son, [was] the recorder.

And Benaiah, [Jehoiada’s] son, was over the [army;] Zadok & Abiathar were the priests. And Azariah, [Nathan’s] son, was over the officers. And Zabud, [Nathan’s] [other] son, was [the chief] officer, & the king's friend. 

And Ahishar was over the [king’s] household, & Adoniram, [Abda’s] son, was over the tribute, [a.k.a. forced labor.] And Solomon had 12 officers over all [of] Israel, [who] provided [food] for the king & his household.

Each man [was responsible for] his month, [during] a year, made, [a.k.a. prepared, food.] These are their names [& their regions:] 

The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim; the son of Dekar, in Makaz, & in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, & Elon Beth Hanan. The son of Hesed, in Aruboth & [also] Sochoh, & all the land of Hepher pertained to him. 

The son of Abinadab, [who married] Taphath, [Solomon’s] daughter [as his] wife, & [had] all the region of Dor. Baana, [Ahilud’s] son, [these regions] pertained to him: Taanach, Megiddo & all Beth Shean, [that] is by Zartanah, [below] Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, even [all the way] to the place that is beyond Jokneam.

The son of Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; & [these] pertained to him: the towns of Jair, [Manasseh’s] son, [that] are in Gilead; & also the region of Argob, [that] is in Bashan, [with] 60 [large] cities with walls, & [gates with] [brass] bars. 

Ahinadab, [Iddo’s] son, had Mahanaim; Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; & he also took Basmath, [Solomon’s other] daughter to [be his] wife. Baanah, [Hushai’s] son, was in: Asher & Aloth. Jehoshaphat, [Paruah’s] son, in Issachar; Shimei, [Elah’s] son, in Benjamin; 

Geber, [Uri’s] son, was in the country of Gilead, [that used to belong to] Sihon, the king of the Amorites, & Og, the king of Bashan. [Geber] was the only officer [who] was in the land. 

Judah & Israel [had] many [people,] [a] multitude, [like] the sand by the sea, [who were:] eating, drinking & making merry. And Solomon [ruled] over all kingdoms from the river [all the way] to the land of the Philistines, & to the border of Egypt.

They brought presents, & served Solomon all the days of his life. The [food] for [Solomon] & [his household] for 1 day was: 30 measures of fine flour, 60 measures of meal, 10 [fattened] oxen, 20 oxen [from] the pastures, & 100 sheep. 

[In addition] [were:] [deer, antelope, reddish deer & fattened poultry.] [Solomon] had dominion, [a.k.a. authority,] over all the region, & the kings on: this side [of] the [Euphrates] River, from Tiphsah even [all the way] to Azzah [a.k.a. Gaza.] 

And [king Solomon] had peace on all sides [all around] him. And Judah & Israel [lived] safely, every man under his [own:] vine & fig tree, from Dan even [all the way] to Beer Sheba, [throughout Solomon’s life.] 

And Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, & 12,000 horsemen. And those officers provided [food] for king Solomon, & for all [who] came to king Solomon’s table, [each one during] his month, [so] they lacked nothing. 

Also, they brought to the place where the officers were: barley & straw for the horses, & [swift steeds, each] according to his [responsibility.] 

And God gave Solomon [a large amount of:] wisdom, understanding, & [a large] heart, even [like] the sand on the seashore. And Solomon’s wisdom [exceeded] the wisdom of all the children, [a.k.a. people,] of [the countries] in the East, & all the wisdom of Egypt. 

For [Solomon] was wiser than all men, [even wiser] than Ethan, the Ezrahite; Heman, Charcoal, & Darda, [Mahol’s] sons. And [king Solomon’s] fame [had been spread] [all around] in all [the] nations.

And [king Solomon] spoke 3,000 proverbs, & [he wrote] 1,005 songs. He [spoke] of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop [tree] that [sprouts] out of the wall. 

He also [spoke] of: [animals, birds,] & things [that creep, [like insects,] & [about] [fish.] And all of the: people & kings of the earth, came there, to hear the wisdom of Solomon, [because they] had heard of [Solomon’s] wisdom.