1 Chronicles 21 – The Census
1 Chronicles 22 – Preparations For The Temple
1 Chronicles 23–26 – Organization Of The Temple Service
Dynastic Promise and Victories
1 Chronicles 17 – Dynastic Promise
1 Chronicles 18:1-13 – David’s Victories
1 Chronicles 18:14-17 – David’s Officials
1 Chronicles 19 – David Defeats the Ammonites
1 Chronicles 20:1-3 – The Capture of Rabbah
1 Chronicles 20:4-8 – War With the Philistines
Return Of The Ark and Establishment of David’s Kingdom
1 Chronicles 13:1-14 – Bringing Back the Ark
1 Chronicles 14:1-7 – David’s House and Family
1 Chronicles 14:8-17 – David Defeats the Philistines
1 Chronicles 15 – The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
1 Chronicles 16 – Ministering Before the Ark
Death of Saul and David’s Power Base
1 Chronicles 10 – Death Of Saul
1 Chronicles 11–12 – Capture Of Jerusalem; David’s Power Base
Genealogies: Creation To Restoration, Part 2
1 Chronicles 5 – Reuben, Gad And The Half-Tribe Of Manasseh
1 Chronicles 6 – Levi And Families
1 Chronicles 7–9 – Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim And Asher
Genealogies: Creation To Restoration, Part 1
1 Chronicles 1 – The Patriarchs
1 Chronicles 2:1–2 – The 12 Sons Of Jacob/Israel
1 Chronicles 2:3–4:23 – The Family Of Judah
1 Chronicles 4:24–43 – The Sons Of Simeon
Psalms 73 – 78
Psalm 73 – Instruction based on individual experience
Psalm 74 – Communal prayer: God has “rejected” his people
Psalm 75 – Praise to God: His “Name is near” and he cuts off the horns of the wicked but causes the “horns of the righteous” to be “lifed up”
Psalm 76 – Celebration: God’s “name is great” in Israel; he “breaks the spirit of [enemy] rulers”
Psalm 77 – Individual prayer: God has rejected him
Psalm 78 – Instruction based on communal experience
Book of Ruth, Part 2 (chapters 3 & 4)
Ruth 3:1-5 – Naomi Instructs Ruth
Ruth 3:6-15 – Boaz Pledges to Secure Redemption
Ruth 3:16-18 – Ruth Returns to Naomi Again
Ruth 4:1-12 – Boaz Arranges to Fulfill His Pledge
Ruth 4:13-22 – Conclusion: Naomi Filled, Geneology of David
Book of Ruth, Part 1 (chapters 1 & 2)
Ruth 1:1-5 – Naomi Emptied
Ruth 1:6-18 – Ruth Clings to Naomi
Ruth 1:19-22 – Ruth and Naomi Return to Bethlehem
Ruth 2:1-7 – Ruth Begins Work
Ruth 2:8-16 – Boaz Shows Kindness to Ruth
Ruth 2:17-23 – Ruth Returns to Naomi