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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 21, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 16.

OUR BIBLE BAND

Schedule for Week Ending May 1, 1909.

Day	Date	Morning	Evening
Su.	April 25	2 Sam. 21, 22	Luke 18:24-43
Mo.	“ 26	“ 23, 24	“ 19:1-27
Tu.	“ 27	1 Kings 1, 2	“ 19:28-48
We.	“ 28	“ 3, 4, 5	“ 20:1-26
Th.	“ 29	“ 6, 7	“ 20:27-47
Fri.	“ 30	“ 8, 9	“ 21:1-19
Sa.	May 1	“ 10, 11	“ 21:20-38

Suggestive Notes.

Our Old Testament lessons conclude the book of 2 Samuel and reach to the close of the 11th chapter of 1 Kings. Again the jealousy of Joab is aroused over rival officers which David prefers, and Amasa, Absalom’s captain, is murdered. The story of the famine, which came upon Israel, is given, and its cause; the psalm of thanksgiving in chapter 22, and another in chapter 23; the story of David’s mighty men. Chapter 24 records another sin by David, and that is the numbering of Israel. Evidently the motive lying back of it was the showing forth of David’s glory in noting the increase and prosperity of Israel during his reign. This was contrary to the plan of God, disagreeable to the gruff old captain Joab, and it brought upon the king the displeasure of the Lord.

The first book of Kings opens with the continuation of David’s reign, his appointment of Solomon as king, his charge to Solomon, and the bestowal of wisdom upon Solomon in harmony with the proverb afterward given through Solomon that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;” Solomon’s riches and wisdom, the building of his house and the building of the temple, the dedication of the temple, the wonderfully comprehensive prayer of Solomon, an account of the management of his kingdom and his great riches, closing with the account of his awful idolatry and death. Who it was that wrote the books of Kings we do not know. They were probably written at different times by the seers and prophets and priests, and brought together by Ezra at the time of the exile.

In the New Testament our lessons begin with Luke 18:24, closing with the 21st chapter. The principal events in this week’s reading are the foretelling of His death by our Saviour, the healing of the blind man, the call of Zacchaeus, the parable of the pounds, the riding into Jerusalem, the weeping over the city, parable of the husbandman, captious questions of the Pharisees and Sadducees, closing with the chapter on His discourse on the destruction of Jerusalem and His second coming.