ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: 1 & 2 Kings

by Anonymous

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journals pair the entirety of individual books of the Bible with a lightly dotted blank page opposite each page of Bible text, providing space to creatively engage with and reflect on the Word of God. Hand-lettered, gold-ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi are interspersed throughout the blank pages, inviting readers to add their own artwork or reflections to each page. These thin, portable notebooks have unique covers stamped with gold-foil and are great for art journaling, personal Bible reading and prayer, small-group Bible study, or taking notes through a sermon series.

Single-column format Thick, opaque, cream-colored paper Lightly dotted grid on blank pages opposite each page of Bible text Gold-ink illustrations by artist Dana Tanamachi Wide margins Lay-flat binding Unique covers stamped with gold-foil Packaging: Backer O-wrap

Genres: Old Testament, Christian

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

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Reviews

[Joelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a culturally timely study! Enjoyed studying 1 & 2 Kings using this beautiful resource!

[Lily Martinez-rios · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started out with details about the House of the Lord built by Solomon. Very boring. Judah split from Israel. Then stories started until the fall of Isreal and Judah.

[Karla Renee Goforth Abreu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume contains both 1 and 2 Kings, which originally they were one book. As I commented on the other volumes in the set. The reading of the books are much more than reading through a one volume Bible. If the reader takes time, the thought and journaling aspect makes the experience far more intense and time consuming, which is a good thing! The reader. In experiencing each book separately. Truly gets the feel of that. After all, the Bible is 66 individual books, rpwritten over many hundreds of years and narrating a history longer than that!
The writing begins with such great promise, the ending of King David's reign, but it ends with disaster, destruction, and captivity of the nation, and the called people of God.
Some readers do not understand the war and bloodshed. Yet, God had called out a people to represent him in complete purity and commitment, to be a witness and compass for all people. The evil surrounding them was so absolutely horrific, abhorrent, and an assault in the very precepts and character of Creator, that is was a necessary act to cleanse the land. It was a different time, the tactics seem brutal (they were) and unnecessary to the modern way of understanding. One must remember, this is the story of the history of God's calling of a people and the line of the promised Incarnate One, the Christ.
There is much that the reader can perceive symbolically for the people of the New Covenant. These were people of the Old Covenant, called to relationship through the system of the priesthood. Today, without delving deeper, believers are considered the "priesthood of believers", 1 Peter 2: 9. Then, Ezekiel 37 declares multi- layered prophetic pronouncements: "I will be their God, they shall be my people." The Church, the priesthood of believers, is the recipient of that covenant. The warfare, the bloody sacrifice, is complete in the crucifixion of Christ. Hebrews 9:22, "without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin."
I won't go further in Goodreads with this, but you may read this book with a view to the symbolism, for better understanding.
As stated in previous reviews, the two sets of individual volumes prove to be well worth the expensive price.

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not the Illuminated Scripture Journal. Just the plain one. The problem with study Bibles is that it seems that often they do not answer the question the reader is asking. These journals give the reader a place to record the results of their own research. Yes, I know you can do this with Bible study computer programs. But there is something peculiarly satisfying about doing it with paper and ink.

[Karoline · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many roads of the Old Testament lead through Kings. It's a whole age of Israel's history, spanning the death of the David and the reign of Solomon to the captivity of Judah. I've been surprised to hear that many Bible readers find this a hard, even boring and difficult book. Many dark pages, yes, but by its end only one prophecy is left, as it were hovering in the wings - the prophecy of an everlasting throne for David's son, who will be true temple, word, and king for a longing people.

[Tristany Corgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Oh, LORD, God of Israel, there is no God, like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart;” 1 Kings 8:23💜

[Alexis Hewitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a humbling picture of the sins of the father continuing down through the sons, but in it a display of the long-suffering nature of Yahweh.

[Benjamin Bartels · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m currently working on reading through the Bible in a year! Today I finished 1-2 Kings. This book is a collection of the Kings that followed David. We see how Solomon failed and led into the split of Israel and Judah. Most Kings end up doing wrong in the eyes of the Lord. The prophets in this time were raised up to point God’s people back to God. All in all this is a collection of stories how God’s people continue to reject Him, and it leads to the downfall of both the Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom. The story ends with a glimpse of Hope in the exile about the man in the line of David; Jehoiachin is welcomed to eat at the King’s table. I love how this gives a glimpse that God doesn’t give up on His people in the midst of exile.