September 3 (2nd Samuel 17)

What did Ahithophel want to do with David?

Remember who Hushai the Archite was. What counsel did he give to Absalom?

To whom did Absalom listen and why?

September 4 (2nd Samuel 18)

This is now a time of civil war. What did David want to be done with Absalom?

What happened to Absalom during the battle?

When Joab found Absalom, what did he do?

September 5 (2nd Samuel 19)

How did David "shame the house of David"?

What advice did Joab give to David and did he take it?

What did David do to Shimei?

September 6 (2nd Samuel 20)

Tell the story of Sheba

What did Joab do to Amasa and why?

How was the matter with Sheba ended?

September 7 (2nd Samuel 21)

Why was there a famine in the land and how did David lean about its cause?

What did the Gibeonites want from David?

What did David do to honor Saul and his kin?

September 8 (2nd Samuel 22)

Describe God as seen in David's psalm. (This is similar in form to Psalm 18)

Why did David trust God?

What was David's response to the goodness of God?

September 9 (Psalm 76)

Where is God known?

Where is His tabernacle?

Who broke the arrow?

September 10 (2nd Samuel 23)

What characteristics should a leader have?

List the ``mighty men" of David

Why was it important for David to have "mighty men"?

September 11 (2nd Samuel 24)

Why didn't Joab want to complete the census?

Why was it a sin to take a census?

What was God's punishment and how was it offered?

September 12 (Ephesians 1)

How has God blessed us?

What does it mean that God has "chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world"?

What is Paul's prayer for the Ephesians in verse 17?

September 13 (Ephesians 2)

What does it mean to be quickened?

Why did we need to be quickened?

How are we saved?

September 14 (Ephesians 3)

What is the mystery talked about by Paul in verse 3?

What does it mean to be "fellow heirs and of the same body"?

Why did Paul consider himself to be less than the least of the saints?

September 15 (Ephesians 4)

What does it mean to "walk worthy'`?

How are we to walk worthy?

Who is the "some" in verse 11?

September 16 (Psalm 77)

What was the psalmist's problem? 

What did the psalmist believe God had done?

How did he change his attitude?

September 17 (Ephesians 5)

Paul tells us to be followers of God as dear children. What does he mean?

How should our speech be displayed? (verse 4)

What does it mean to walk as children of light?

September 18 (Ephesians 6)

What should the relationship be between children and parents?

How should fathers treat their children? What shouldn't they do?

What is the armor of God?

September 19 (1st Kings 1)

David is old and feeble. What did Adonijah do?

Who did God "appoint" as king?

What did Adonijah do when he leaned that Solomon was king and why?

September 20 (1st Kings 2)

What was David's charge to Solomon?

What did David tell Solomon to do with Shimei?

What did Solomon do with Shimei and was that "fair"?

September 21 (1st Kings 3)

What was Solomon's "greatest sin"?

What happened to Solomon in a dream?

What did Solomon ask God for?

September 22 (1st Kings 4)

Why does God list so many people as princes? What was their purpose?

 What was the extent of Solomon's kingdom?

What was the ultimate result of the "wisdom of Solomon"? (verse 34)

September 23 (Psalm 78)

Who should they set their hope in?

How should they be different than their fathers?

What had God done to "earn" their trust? Are there any lessons for us?

September 24 (1st Kings 5)

What gift did Hiram give to Solomon?

Recall 1 St Samuel 8: 10 and following. What did Samuel say that a king would do to the people?

What did Solomon do to the people?

September 25 (1st Kings 6)

Knowing when Solomon began to rule over Israel, how long was it between the Exodus and the building of the temple? Is this fact important?

What was God's promise to Solomon in verse 12?

How long did it take to build the temple?

September 26 (1st Kings 7)

What is the "key word" for the houses that Solomon built?

What did Solomon make the vessels in the temple of?

What did Solomon do with that which was left over?

September 27 (1st Kings 8)

What was currently in the ark? (verse 9) What had been in the ark earlier?

How did Solomon describe God in his two messages?

How long was the "festival" commemorating the temple?

September 28 (1st Kings 9)

When God appeared to Solomon the second time, what were His promises and His warnings?

How did Egypt provide safety between Israel and themselves?

Describe Solomon's navy and what they did.

September 29 (1st Kings 10)

What did Sheba find when she actually came to Jerusalem?

What was her assessment of the state of the people? (verse 8)

What was her response to what she had seen?

September 30 (Psalm 79)

What situation is Asaph describing?

What does Asaph believe is the ultimate cause of this situation?

What does he want God to do?