The book of Hosea is an excellent example of a book that we often find difficult because we don’t understand “the manner of prophesying among the Jews” (2 Nephi 25.1). One of the most important of those ways of prophesying…
Category: SS Lesson – Old Testament
Sunday School Lesson 33: Jonah 1-4: Micah 2, 4-7
Sunday School Lesson 32: Job
Sunday School Lesson 31: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
Sunday School Lesson 30: 2 Chronicles 29-30; 32; 34
Sunday School Lesson 29: 2 Kngs 2, 5-6
Sunday School Lesson 28:1 Kings 17-19
Sunday School Lesson 27: 1 Kings 12-14; 2 Chronicles 17, 20
Sunday School Lesson 26: 1 Kings 3; 5-11
The Story This week’s lesson focuses on the construction of the first temple. Previously there had been many places for offering sacrifices and several buildings that we would call temples. But this is the first one built on the site…
Sunday School Lesson 25: Psalms
Sunday School Lesson 24: 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51
Old Testament Lesson 23 Study Notes: 1 Samuel 18-20, 23-24
Though the lesson doesn’t include chapters 12 and 14, the manual recommends them as supplemental reading and I agree. We need to read them to see the full story. There is quite a bit in this section, from the choice…
Old Testament Lesson 21 Study Notes: 1 Samuel 2-3; 8
One can reasonably argue that the book of Judges shows us the decline of Israel to a situation in which they have to have a king to lead them, and that the treatment of women that we see in Judges…