2 Chronicles 9-15 ...and also in Judah things went well.

2 Chronicles 9-15

"...and also in Judah things went well." Well, except for the enslavement to the Egyptians thing.


And Israel suffers a body count of 500,000 people at the hands of Judah.  I guess brotherly love doesn't kick in until Jesus shows up.


God helps Asa kill one million Ethiopians.


"They smote also the tents of cattle"  Wait.  What?  The Ethiopians kept their cattle in tents?


We finish up with God agreeing (thru a covenant) that all non-believers should be put to death.


Strange these Bible stories never made it to my sunday school classes.

1 Chronicles 8-13 Glory Days Revisited

1 Chronicles 8-13

We get to relive the glory days of David.  Until Uzza tries to be helpful.

I actually like this condensed version of King David.  It's taken all the filler out (although some of the filler was very interesting).
Do you think it's better then the Book of Kings version?

2 Kings 21-25 The King is Dead, Good Riddance

2 Kings 21-25

This stuff is getting old.  I'm dreading Chronicles. From what I've seen/heard, it's a rehash of past events from the point of view of the exiled.  Third person accounts always make for an accurate history <sarcasm>.

The second book of kings ends up pretty much how I expected it to.  God hates his chosen people and they end up screwed and out of the promised land.

Even when someone does good in the eyes of the LORD (King Josiah), the almighty says 'Nice, but no cigar.  Your relatives screwed up so YOU have to suffer the consequences.'

Loving god indeed.  The is the ultimate example of an abusive relationship IMHO.

These books would actually make for good reading as a historical drama if you took all the God did this, and God said that out of it.

Anyway, we'll. at least I will suffer through Chronicles.  Quickly.  I plan on doing 5 chapters a day for 11 days and my comments will be pretty sparse.

If you don't have the stomach for it, check back in later.