Jehoahaz prays under Aram’s oppression and God listens. Jehoash weeps over Elisha and learns that measured faith brings measured victory, while covenant mercy keeps Israel alive.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Jehoahaz prays under Aram’s oppression and God listens. Jehoash weeps over Elisha and learns that measured faith brings measured victory, while covenant mercy keeps Israel alive.
2 Kings 6 moves from a borrowed axhead to fiery hosts and a city under siege. God’s word protects, opens eyes, and calls desperate people to trust.
Ahab wins two God-given victories yet fails the test by freeing Ben-Hadad. 1 Kings 20 shows the Lord of hills and valleys and warns against trading obedience for advantage.
This study follows 2 Samuel 24 from a prideful census to a plague that stops at an altar. It explores leadership, repentance, and costly worship, and it shows how God’s mercy meets His people at a purchased place where prayers for the land are heard.
This study of 2 Samuel 19 follows David’s return across the Jordan and the riverbank encounters that test mercy, truth, and loyalty. It offers theological insight and practical guidance for leadership, forgiveness, and rebuilding unity after conflict.
Hunted and hungry, David finds holy bread at Nob and slips out of Gath by feigning madness. 1 Samuel 21 shows mercy over ritual and God’s quiet providence guiding the anointed through danger.
Nahash’s cruel terms threaten to shame Israel, but the Spirit rushes on Saul and the nation rallies as one. The rescue of Jabesh and the renewal at Gilgal show how God saves, steadies, and keeps the crown under his word.
Joshua 20 turns mercy into infrastructure by appointing cities of refuge where due process protects life. The chapter points beyond its gates to the greater High Priest, inviting communities to become reachable places of justice and shelter.
After the golden calf, God rewrites the tablets and restores the path. Deuteronomy 10 calls Israel to fear, love, and serve—and to love the outsider as God does.
Numbers 35 places Levites in towns across Israel and establishes cities of refuge with clear rules for murder and manslaughter. The result is a community where holiness informs justice and mercy is strong enough to protect life.
Korah’s coalition challenges God’s order and the earth answers; fire consumes presumptuous incense, and bronze plates warn future generations. The chapter ends with mercy as Aaron stands between the living and the dead and the plague stops.
Numbers 9 safeguards Passover for the hindered without lowering its standard and trains Israel to move only at God’s signal. Memory of redemption and daily guidance hold the camp together.
Leviticus 19 brings God’s holiness into ordinary life—wages, words, welcome, and worship. At its heart stands neighbor love, fulfilled in Christ and lived by the Spirit among God’s people today.
Exodus 23 weds courtroom truth to everyday mercy and sets rhythms of rest and worship for a pilgrim nation. The Lord sends His angel ahead, promising wise, patient victory and warning against snares along the way.
Exodus 22 translates holiness into courts, fields, and homes. It replaces revenge with restitution and binds power to mercy so foreigners, widows, and the poor are protected under God’s compassionate rule.