About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

2 Kings 24:1-20 Nebuchadnezzar Takes Judah Captive to Babylon

 

Nebuchadnezzar Takes Judah Captive to Babylon

2 Kings 24:1-20                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

[During the days of Jehoiakim's rule,] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up & invaded the land. Jehoiakim [a.k.a. Eliakim] became [Nebuchadnezzar's] servant for 3 years. Then, [Jehoiakim,] turned & rebelled against [Nebuchadnezzar]. 

The Lord sent bands [of rebels from] the Chaldees [a.k.a. Babylon,] Syrians, Moabites & the children [people] of Ammon against [Jehoiakim, in] Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of the Lord, [that] He spoke by HIs servants, the prophets. 

This surely came upon Judah at the command of the Lord to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of [king] Manasseh, according to all that he did [when he worshiped false gods & idols, used astrology & witchcraft.]

Also, for the blood [of the] innocent that Manasseh shed [that] filled Jerusalem, which the Lord [God wouldn't] pardon. [Aren't] the rest of the [actions] of Jehoiakim & all that he did, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

So, Jehoiakim [died] & slept with his [forefathers]. Jehoiachin, his son, [ruled] in his [place]. [Egypt's] king [didn't] come out of his land anymore: [since Babylon's] king had taken all the [territory,] from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River, that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] in Jerusalem 3 months. His mother's name was Hehushta, [Elnathan's] daughter, [from] Jerusalem. 

[Jehoiachin] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God,] according to all his [forefathers] had done. At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem & [surrounded] the city.

[When,] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem, his servants [were attacking] it. Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king, went out [with] his mother, [wives,] servants, princes & officers, to [Babylon's] king & in the 8th year [Nebuchadnezzar ruled, he captured] them. 

He carried out all the treasures of the [Lord's] house & cut into pieces all the gold vessels [that] Solomon [a previous] king of Israel made [for] the temple of the Lord, [like] the Lord had said. 

[Nebuchadnezzar] carried away [captive] all [of] Jerusalem, all the: [officers,] the 7,000 mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives & all [were able to go to] war & all the 1,000 craftsmen, 1,000 [black] smiths [went] into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon & none remained, [except for] the poorest people of the land.

And he carried away Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon [along with:] the king's mother, wives, officers & the mighty of the land [went] into captivity. And [Babylon's] king made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king [in his place] & changed his name to Zedekiah. 

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, [Jeremiah's] daughter, [from] Libnah. And [Zedekiah] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done [in worshiping false gods & idols].

[Because of] the anger of the Lord [& all the wickedness that happened] in Jerusalem & Judah & [Zedekiah's rebelling] against [Babylon's] king, [until the Lord God thrust] them out from His presence.