Date Readings Verses 01-Nov John 13:21-32 12 02-Nov John 13:33-14:14 20 03-Nov John 14:15-24 10 04-Nov John 14:25-15:8 15 05-Nov John 15:9-25 17 06-Nov John 15:26-16:15 17 07-Nov John 16:16-33 18 08-Nov John 17 #1 26 09-Nov John 17 #2 — 10-Nov John 18:1-27 27 11-Nov John 18:28-19:16 29 12-Nov John 19:17-37 21 13-Nov John …
Monthly Archives: October 2025
October 31 / John 13:1-20
John 13:1-20 Dear RTB’ers, Back to John’s gospel for the next few weeks. By way of reminder, John 11 was Jesus’ raising of Lazarus from the dead, then John 12 was Palm Sunday. Now we are in chapter 13, clearly in the last few days before Jesus’ Crucifixion. Now before the Feast of the Passover… …
October 30 / II Kings 24-25
II Kings 24-25 Dear RTB’ers, Today we close the Kings books – and what a dramatic close it is! Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon has overwhelmed Assyria and set his sights on Jerusalem and Judah. We see a first deportation in 597 BC (II Kings 24:10-16, esp. vv. 15-16), then a second deportation in 586 BC …
October 29 / II Kings 22-23
II Kings 22-23 Dear RTB’ers, Of the 57 verses that we read today, all but eight are the author’s account of Josiah’s reign, with most of those verses relating to his purge of evil from both Judah and Samaria. King Josiah and his sons… The contrast between father and sons is dramatic. Here’s the author’s …
October 28 / II Kings 20-21
II Kings 20-21 Dear RTB’ers, Today, three kings – Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon. As STS notes, the events in today’s first chapter (on Hezekiah’s illness and recovery and his hospitality to the envoys from Babylon) actually occurred before the invasion by the Assyrians that we read in yesterday’s readings. We might ask ourselves why Hezekiah …
October 27 / II Kings 19:8-37
II Kings 19:8-37 Dear RTB’ers, My Study Bible pointed out something interesting. We see Hezekiah praying to the Lord in verses 15 to 19; then in verse 20 he receives a note from Isaiah, a reply from the Lord, even though Scripture does not record any conversation between Hezekiah and Isaiah on this occasion. Note …
October 26 / II Kings 18:1-19:7
II Kings 18:1-19:7 Dear RTB’ers, We have four verses today repeating the downfall of the Northern Kingdom (vv. 18:9-12); after that the rest of II Kings covers only Judah, the Southern Kingdom, beginning with three chapters covering the reign of Hezekiah. [NOTE: II Chronicles 29-32 and Isaiah 36-39 cover Hezekiah’s reign in even greater detail.] …
October 25 / II Kings 17
II Kings 17 Dear RTB’ers, Samaria is mentioned nine times in today’s one chapter (II Kings 17:1,5,6,24,26,27,28,29 — twice in verse 24). It is both a city (see especially vv. 1,5,6) and a global word for all of the Northern Kingdom (see the rest of the verses noted above, especially v. 24 and 26, “the …
October 24 / II Kings 15-16
II Kings 15-16 Dear RTB’ers, Today we read the beginning of the fall of the Northern Kingdom: In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and … and deported the people to Assyria. (v. 15:29) This first deportation occurred in 732 BC; we will see the end of the Northern …
October 23 / II Kings 13-14
II Kings 13-14 Dear RTB’ers, Joash, Jehoahaz, Jeroboam, Jehoash, Joahaz… How to keep these kings and their names straight, especially when a king with the same name (Joash / Jehoash) rules in each kingdom at the same time! (See II Kings 13:10, 14:1.) We had not heard of Elisha for some time. My Study Bible …