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 Chronicles 17:1-19 During Jehoshaphat’s Rule

 

During Jehoshaphat’s Rule

2 Chronicles 17:1-19                    2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

[Asa’s] son, Jehoshaphat [ruled] in his [place] & strengthened himself against Israel. He placed [troops] in all the fenced cities of Judah & put [military posts] in the land of Judah & the cities of Ephraim, which his father, Asa, had [captured.] 

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he first walked in the [paths] of David, [his forefather] & [didn’t turn to] Baalim. [Jehoshaphat] sought the Lord God of his father & [followed] His commandments & [didn’t follow the actions] of Israel. 

[1 Kings 12:28-29 [Upon this] the king took counsel & made 2 calves of gold & said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to worship the Lord God,] [See,] your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the Land of Egypt. And he [put] the one in BethEl & he put the other in Dan.] 

Therefore, the Lord [established] the kingdom in [Jehoshaphat's] hand. All Judah brought Jehoshaphat presents & he had an abundance of riches & honor. [Jehoshaphat’s] heart was [devoted to] the [paths] of the Lord. [Also,] he took away the high places & groves out of Judah. 

[1 Kings 13:33 After this thing, Jeroboam [didn’t] return from his evil [ways,] but made again the [lowliest] of people priests of the high places & whoever [wanted to,] he consecrated him & he became one of the priests of the high places.]

In the 3rd year Jehoshaphat [ruled,] he sent his princes, & even: BenHail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethaneel & Michaiah to teach [about the Lord] in the cities of Judah. [2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long [time,] Israel had been without the true God & without a teaching priest & without the Law.] 

He sent Levites with them: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah & Tob Adonijah, Levites. And with them priests: Elishama & Jehoram, priests. 

And they taught in Judah & had the book of the [Lord’s] Law with them. [They] went throughout all the cities of Judah & taught the people. The fear [respect] of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the land [around] Judah, so they [didn’t] make war [against] Jehoshaphat. 

Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents & silver as tribute. The Arabians brought him flocks with 7,700 rams & 7,700 goats. Jehoshaphat [grew] exceedingly great & he built castles & [storage] cities & had [many] businesses in [Judah’s] cities. 

The men of war, mighty men of valor were in Jerusalem. These are the numbers of [those] according to the [families] of their fathers. [From] Judah, the captains of 1,000’s; Adnah [was] the leader with 300,000 mighty men of valor with him. 

Next to him was Jehohanan, the [leader] & 280,000 with him. Next to him was Amasiah, [Zichri’s] son, who willingly offered himself to the Lord & with him [were] 200,000 mighty men of valor. 

And of Benjamin; Eliada, a mighty man of valor 200,000 men armed with bow & shield with him.

And next to him was Jehozabad & 180,000 ready [men,] prepared for war with him. These waited on the king, [in addition to] those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout Judah.