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

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

11/08/2023

1 Chronicles 20:1-8 The Israelites Fought with the Giant's Sons

 

The Israelites Fought with the Giant's Sons

1 Chronicles 20:1-8      1 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

It [happened in the spring,] at the time [when] kings go out to battle, Joab led [out the powerful] army & [destroyed] the country of the children [people] of Ammon & came & [attacked] Rabbah. But David [waited in] Jerusalem.

Joab [defeated] Rabbah & destroyed it. David took the crown off their [king's] head & found it [weighed 1 talent of gold.

[Also,] there were precious stones [on the crown.] It was [put] upon David's head & he also brought [lots of plunder] out of the city. And [David] brought out the people [who] were in the city & [put them to work with:] saws. [iron picks] & axes. 

And David [did the same] with all the cities of the [Ammonite people.] And David & all the people returned to Jerusalem. It [happened] after this, war at Gezer arose with the Philistines. At [that] time, Sibbechai, the Hushathite, [killed] Sippai, [who was a descendant] of the giant & [the Philistines] were [brought under control by force.] 

And there was [another] war with the Philistines & Elhanan, [Jair's] son, [killed] Lahmi, [Goliath's] brother, the Gitite, whose [rod of his] spear was like a weaver's beam. 

[After that,] there was [still another] war at Gath, where [there] was a [extremely tall] man [who had] 24 fingers, 6 on each hand & [24] toes, 6 on each foot. He also was a [descendant] of the giant. 

But when he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea [a.k.a. Shimei,] David's brother, [killed] him. These [were descendants from the giants] in Gath & they [died] by the hand of David & his servants.