Daily Devotion: The King of Kings

Bible Reading: Revelation 19

Key Verse: Verse 16- “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Key Words: KINGS OF KINGS

Daily Devotion: Esther (The Courageous Queen)

Bible Reading: Esther 4 and Esther 5:1-3

Key Verse: Verse Esther 5:2- “And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.”

Key Words: she obtained favour

Daily Devotion: Nehushta (The Queen Who Was a Bad Influence)

Bible Reading: II Kings 24:8-20

Key Verse: Verse 8 - “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem."

Key Words: And his mother's name was Nehushta

Daily Devotion: Athaliah

Bible Reading: II Kings 11

Key Verse: Verse 1 - “And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.”

Key Words: Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah

Daily Devotion: Jezebel

Bible Reading: I Kings 21:5-29

Key Verse: Verse 5 – “But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?”

Key Words: But Jezebel his wife came to him,

Daily Devotion: Rizpah (A Picture of a Mother’s Love)

Bible Reading: II Samuel 21:8-14

Key Verse: Verse 8 – “But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:”

Key Words: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah

Daily Devotion: Maachah (The Unrighteous Queen)

Bible Reading: II Chronicles 15

Key Verse: Verse 16 - “And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.”

Key Words: removed her from being queen

Daily Devotion: Bernice (The Queen with Uncontrolled Passions)

Bible Reading: Acts 25:13-27

Key Verse: Verse 13 – “And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.”

Key Words: king Agrippa and Bernice

Daily Devotion: Herodias (The Immoral, Impure Queen)

Bible Reading: Matthew 14:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 3 - “For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.”

Key Words: for Herodias’ sake

Daily Devotion: Tahpenes

Bible Reading: I Kings 11:1-20

Key Verse: Verse 20
- “And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.”

Key Words: whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house

Daily Devotion: Vashti

Bible Reading: Esther 1

Key Verse: Verse 12 – “But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.”

Key Words: But the queen Vashti refused

Daily Devotion: King Jehoshaphat

Bible Reading: I Kings 22:4-50

Key Verse: Verse 41 – “And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.”

Key Words: And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa

Daily Devotion: Asa

Bible Reading: I Kings 15:9-15

Key Verse: Verses 9 - “And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.”

Key Words: reigned Asa over Judah

Daily Devotion: King Rehoboam

Bible Reading: I Kings 14:21-31

Key Verse: Verses 21 – “And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.”

Key Words: And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah

Daily Devotion: King Solomon

Bible Reading: Psalm 72

Key Verse: Verse 1 - “Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.”

Key Words: Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son

Daily Devotion: King David

Bible Reading: I Samuel 16:1-13

Key Verse: Verse 13 – “Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.”

Key Words: and anointed him in the midst of his brethren

Daily Devotion: Ishbosheth

Bible Reading: II Samuel 2:8-12 and II Samuel 4

Key Verse: Verse II Samuel 4:5- “And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.”

Key Words: who lay on a bed at noon

Daily Devotion: King Saul

Bible Reading: I Samuel 18:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 8 - “And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?”

Key Words: and what can he have more but the kingdom

Daily Devotion: Herod Agrippa I

Bible Reading: Acts 12

Key Verse: Verse 1 – “Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.”

Key Words: to vex certain of the church

Daily Devotion: Herod Achelaus

Bible Reading: Luke 19:12-27

Key Verse: Verse 12 – “He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”

Key Words: A certain nobleman went into a far country

Daily Devotion: Herod the Great

Bible Reading: Luke 1:1-25 (Also read Matthew 2)

Key Verse: Verse Luke 1:5 – “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”

Key Words: There was in the days of Herod, the king

Daily Devotion: Antiochus Epiphanes (A Type of the Anti-Christ)

Bible Reading: Daniel 11:31-45

Key Verse: Verse 36 – “And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.”

Key Words: And the king shall do according to his will

Daily Devotion: Artaxerxes (The King Who Said Yes)

Bible Reading: Nehemiah 2

Key Verse: Verse 2 – “Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,”

Key Words: Wherefore the king said unto me

Daily Devotion: Ahasuerus (The Persian Monarch)

Bible Reading: Esther 1:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 1 – “Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)”

Key Words: Now it came to pass in the day of Ahasuerus

Daily Devotion: Belshazzar (The King Who Polluted the Vessels of God)

Bible Reading: Daniel 5:1-9

Key Verse: Verse 2 – “Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.”

Key Words: commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels

Daily Devotion: Shishak (The King Who Forgot His Purpose)

Bible Reading: II Chronicles 12

Key Verse: Verse 2 – “And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,”

Key Words: Shishak, king of Egypt

Daily Devotion: Pharaoh Hophra (The Pharaoh of Pride)

Bible Reading: Ezekiel 29

Key Verse: Verse 3 – “Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.”

Key Words: “My river is mine...”

Daily Devotion: Pharaoh Menephthah (The Pharaoh Who Knew Not Joseph)

Bible Reading: Exodus 1

Key Verse: Verse 8 –“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”

Key Words: which knew not Joseph

Daily Devotion: Pharaoh Apepi II (The Pharaoh Who Listened to the Man of God)

Bible Reading: Genesis 41:25-37

Key Verse: Verse 37 – "And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.”

Key Words: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh

Daily Devotion: Pharaoh Amenemha (The Pharaoh Who Rebuked Abraham)

Bible Reading: Genesis 12:10-20

Key Verse: Verse 18 – “And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?“

Key Words: And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Daily Devotion: Nimrod

Bible Reading: Genesis 10:1-14

Key Verse: Verse 8 - “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth."

Key Words: And Cush begat Nimrod

May 2019: Kings and Queens of the Bible

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