Old Testament Readings & Devotionals: Volume 7
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Volume 7 features portions or all of 1 and 2 Kings, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, 2 Chronicles, Joel, Jonah, Amos, and Hosea. It begins with the latter years of King Solomon's reign. After King Solomon's death, the nation is divided into the kingdoms of Israel in the north and Judah in the south. The volume also includes the exciting tales of Elijah,
C.M.H. Koenig
C.M.H. Koenig (a pen name) is an adult missionary kid (MK) and third culture kid (TCK) who grew up overseas and in the United States. Koenig's family had regular devotions since she was a child, and she was encouraged to continue the practice as she grew older. Koenig has read and re-read a number of devotionals and Bible reading plans over the last few decades. The selection and arrangement of these devotions were made with a crucial spiritual goal in mind. "Hawker, Spurgeon, and Winslow provide solid, tasty meat, a veritable feast I wish to share with others. They were abundantly gifted writers."
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Old Testament Readings & Devotionals - C.M.H. Koenig
Old Testament Readings & Devotionals
Old Testament Readings & Devotionals
Volume 7
C.M.H. Koenig
Robert Hawker, Charles H. Spurgeon, Octavius Winslow
C.M.H. Koenig Books
C.M.H. Koenig Books
Copyright © 2021 by Heather L. Rautio
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ISBN 978-1-956475-08-1 (Paperback)
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Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked AKJV are from the Authorized (King James) Version. Rights in the Authorized Version in the United Kingdom are vested in the Crown. Reproduced by permission of the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press.
Cover design by H. L. Rautio.
Cover photograph by M. D. Rautio.
First Printing, 2021
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Contents
Preface
Compiler's Note
1 Reading: 1 Kings 9
2 Reading: Proverbs 25
3 Reading: Proverbs 26
4 Reading: Proverbs 27
5 Reading: Proverbs 28
6 Reading: Proverbs 29
7 Reading: Ecclesiastes 1
8 Reading: Ecclesiastes 2
9 Reading: Ecclesiastes 3
10 Reading: Ecclesiastes 4
11 Reading: Ecclesiastes 5
12 Reading: Ecclesiastes 6
13 Reading: Ecclesiastes 7
14 Reading: Ecclesiastes 8
15 Reading: Ecclesiastes 9
16 Reading: Ecclesiastes 10
17 Reading: Ecclesiastes 11
18 Reading: Ecclesiastes 12
19 Reading: 2 Chronicles 9, 1 Kings 10
20 Reading: 1 Kings 11
21 Reading: Proverbs 30
22 Reading: Proverbs 31
23 Reading: 2 Chronicles 10, 1 Kings 12
24 Reading: 1 Kings 13
25 Reading: 2 Chronicles 11
26 Reading: 1 Kings 14
27 Reading: 2 Chronicles 12
28 Reading: 2 Chronicles 13, 1 Kings 15:1-8
29 Reading: 2 Chronicles 14, 1 Kings 15:9-24
30 Reading: 2 Chronicles 15
31 Reading: 2 Chronicles 16
32 Reading: 1 Kings 15:25-16:34
33 Reading: 1 Kings 17
34 Reading: 1 Kings 18
35 Reading: 1 Kings 19
36 Reading: 1 Kings 20
37 Reading: 1 Kings 21, 1 Kings 22:1-40
38 Reading: 2 Chronicles 17
39 Reading: 2 Chronicles 18
40 Reading: 2 Chronicles 19
41 Reading: 2 Chronicles 20
42 Reading: 1 Kings 22:41-53
43 Reading: 2 Kings 1
44 Reading: 2 Kings 2
45 Reading: 2 Kings 3
46 Reading: 2 Kings 4
47 Reading: 2 Kings 5
48 Reading: 2 Kings 6
49 Reading: 2 Kings 7
50 Reading: 2 Kings 8
51 Reading: 2 Chronicles 21
52 Reading: 2 Chronicles 22:1-9, 2 Kings 9
53 Reading: 2 Kings 10
54 Reading: 2 Chronicles 22:10-15, 2 Kings 11
55 Reading: 2 Chronicles 23
56 Reading: 2 Chronicles 24, 2 Kings 12
57 Reading: Joel 1
58 Reading: Joel 2
59 Reading: Joel 3
60 Reading: 2 Kings 13
61 Reading: 2 Chronicles 25, 2 Kings 14
62 Reading: Jonah 1
63 Reading: Jonah 2
64 Reading: Jonah 3
65 Reading: Jonah 4
66 Reading: 2 Kings 15
67 Reading: Amos 1
68 Reading: Amos 2
69 Reading: Amos 3-4
70 Reading: Amos 5
71 Reading: Amos 6
72 Reading: Amos 7-8
73 Reading: Amos 9
74 Reading: Hosea 1-2
75 Reading: Hosea 3
76 Reading: Hosea 4-5
77 Reading: Hosea 6
78 Reading: Hosea 7-8
79 Reading: Hosea 9-10
80 Reading: Hosea 11
81 Reading: Hosea 12
82 Reading: Hosea 13
83 Reading: Hosea 14
Works Cited
About The Authors
C.M.H. Koenig Books
Preface
Old Testament Readings & Devotionals, Volume 7 features portions or all of 1 & 2 Kings, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, 2 Chronicles, Joel, Jonah, Amos, and Hosea. It begins with the latter years of King Solomon’s reign. After King Solomon’s death, the nation is divided into the kingdoms of Israel in the north and Judah in the south. The volume also includes the exciting tales of Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Amos and Hosea.
Estimated Timeline: 961/940 BC – 782 BC
About the series:
The readings and devotionals series compiled by C.M.H. Koenig consists of eleven (11) volumes for the Old Testament and three (3) volumes for the New Testament. They combine a chronological reading plan of the Bible with a related devotional for each reading.
Each reading is generally one chapter and the associated devotionals are excerpts from Robert Hawker (1753–1827), Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), or Octavius Winslow’s (1808-1878) works. The Psalms are interspersed throughout the Old Testament volumes.
The intent of the series is to help us savor the scriptures and, in the words of the Psalmist, to Taste and see that the LORD is good
(Psalm 34:8, CSB).
Charles Spurgeon commended Robert Hawker with these words:
Gentleman, if you want something full of marrow and fatness, cheering to your own hearts by way of comment, and likely to help you in giving your hearers rich expositions, buy Dr. Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary. … he sees Jesus, and that is a sacred gift, which is most precious whether the owner be a critic or no. There is always such a savor of the Lord Jesus Christ in Dr. Hawker that you cannot read him without profit.
Unless otherwise noted, the key verse(s) for each day (in italics) are from the Christian Standard Bible (CSB).
For more information, visit C.M.H. Koenig’s website at: www.cmhkoenigbooks.net.
Compiler's Note
Spelling & Grammar:
Some of the spelling has been standardized with modern or American English spelling, such as traveller
to traveler,
or neighbour
to neighbor.
All references to the Holy Ghost
have been standardized to the Holy Spirit.
Since these writings were taken directly from the authors’ original works, there may seem to be some grammatical errors by modern practice. By and large, the grammar remains unchanged from the original text in the cited works.
Scripture References:
The works in this compilation often refer to scripture other than the key verse(s) or scripture reading passage. Some are cited in the original works and others are not. Scripture reference citations contained in the original works as well as additional reference citations added by the compiler are listed at the end of each devotional, as needed, to facilitate cross-reference study. Scripture quoted within the devotionals are direct quotes or paraphrases from the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible, unless otherwise noted in the original text.
1
Reading: 1 Kings 9
Chiefly, and above everything related in this chapter, let my soul ponder over the wonderous condescension of God to Solomon, in what is here said of this second manifestation to him of his grace and love. And while I mark the tender mercy so shewn, let me not forget that such honor have all his saints. Yes! blessed Jesus, though not equally splendid, yet equally certain, equally gracious, are thy visits. For thou hast left it upon record as if to silence all doubts and unbelief, that he that loveth thee shall be loved of thy Father, and thou hast added in that assurance, I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.¹ Oh! wonderous love! oh! matchless grace! Lord how is it that thou dost manifest thyself unto thy people, and not unto the world!
We are not astonished, O ye carnal men, that you should gaze with such amazement as ye sometimes do at the followers of our Jesus! that we are (as David said) a wonder, to many is not so strange, since we are a wonder to ourselves. That we are born from above; that God condescends to acknowledge us for his children by adoption and by grace; that Jesus is not ashamed to call us his brethren; and the Holy Spirit makes our bodies his temple: when we think of these things, and consider our high calling; when we look within our hearts, and behold such coldness, deadness, and the want of affection, to him, who hath so loved us as to beget us by his glorious redemption and his Father’s grace to such an inheritance, oh! how passing in wonder must be the love of God which passeth knowledge!
My brother in Jesus! you I address, who profess to live in the hope and faith of these precious, these distinguished privileges! think, I charge you, (and while I charge you I desire to feel the full force of it upon my own heart) think, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness! Was the Lord thus gracious to Solomon? Did he appear to him twice? Did he solemnly charge him to flee from idolatry, and a breach of his holy covenant? Oh! then, let us consider the infinite importance of living to him who hath purchased our redemption with his blood; whose we are, and to whom we belong. If under the Old Testament dispensation of types and shadows, God was so jealous of his honor; can you suppose that now the whole is confirmed and sealed to us, as it is in the New Testament revelation of his blood, that he is less jealous of his honor, or that he will give his glory to graven images? Oh! my brother! if the Lord hath manifested himself to our hearts, and the grace of God hath appeared unto us, let us never forget what that grace teacheth, and what high claims are upon us; namely, that denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this