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.

12/06/2023

2 Chronicles 19:1-11 King Jehoshaphat Returns from the War

 

King Jehoshaphat Returns from the War

2 Chronicles 19:1-11                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Jehoshaphat, [Judah’s] king, returned to his house in Jerusalem in peace. And Jehu, [Hanani’s] son, the seer went out to meet him. [1 Samuel 9:9 ([Before this time] in Israel, when a man went to [inquire] of God, he [said this,] Come & let’s go to the Seer: for he [who] is now called a Prophet, was [before this time] called a Seer.)]

[Hanani] said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly & love [those who] hate the Lord? Therefore, the [Lord’s anger] is upon you. [Still] there are good [qualities] found in you, in that you have taken away the groves out of the land.

[2 Chronicles 17:5-6 Therefore, the Lord [established] the kingdom in [Jehoshaphat’s] hand. And all [of] Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents & he had [an] abundance [of] riches & honor. And his heart was [uplifted] in the ways of the Lord. [Additionally, Jehoshaphat] took away the high places & the groves out of Judah.]  

And [you] prepared your heart to seek God. And Jehoshaphat [lived] in Jerusalem & he went [throughout] the people from BeerSheba to Mount Ephraim & brought them back to the Lord God of their [forefathers.] 

And [Jehoshaphat put] judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city. And [Jehoshaphat] said to the judges, [Be careful] what you do. For you [don’t] judge for man, but for the Lord, Who is with you in judgment. [For this reason,] let the fear [respect] of the Lord now be upon you.

[Pay attention] & do it. For the Lord our God [doesn’t sin,] nor respect [people’s status,] nor taking [bribes.] [Also,] when they returned to Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat [appointed] the Levites, priests & the [leaders of the forefathers’ families] of Israel, [as judges for] the Lord & for controversies.

And [Jehoshaphat] charged them [with this responsibility:] You shall do [this] in the fear [respect] of the Lord, faithfully & with a perfect heart. 

And you shall warn even [those of whatever type of case] shall come to you [from] your brethren, [who live] in their cities, between blood [relatives,] between Law & [commandments, mandates] & judgments, that they [shouldn’t sin] against the Lord, so [no anger comes] upon you & upon your brethren. 

Do this & you shall not [sin.] [Look,] Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all matters of the Lord. And Zebadiah, [Ishmael’s] son, [is] the ruler of the [family] of Judah, for all the king’s matters. Also, the Levites shall be officers before you. [Behave] courageously & the Lord shall be with the good.