#Book of First Kings

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

David’s instructions to Solomon

1 When David was about to die, he instructed his son Solomon, 2 “I’m about to leave this world. Be strong and mature. 3 Fulfill your duty to the Lord your God. Obey his directions, laws, commands, rules, and written instructions as they are recorded in Moses’ Teachings. Then you’ll succeed in everything you do wherever you may go. 4 You’ll succeed because the Lord will keep the promise he made to me: ‘If your descendants are faithful to me with all their hearts and lives, you will never fail to have an heir on the throne of Israel.’

5 “You know what Joab (Zeruiah’s son) did to me and to the two commanders of Israel’s army—Abner, son of Ner, and Amasa, son of Jether. Joab killed them. When there was peace, he shed blood as if it were wartime. With their blood he stained the belt around his waist and the shoes on his feet. 6 Use your wisdom. Don’t let that gray-haired, old man go to his grave peacefully.

7 “Be kind to the sons of Barzillai from Gilead. Let them eat at your table. They helped me when I was fleeing from your brother Absalom.

8 “Shimei, son of Gera from Bahurim in Benjamin, is still with you. He cursed me repeatedly when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came to meet me at the Jordan River, I took an oath by the Lord and said, ‘As long as I’m king, I won’t have you killed.’ 9 Now, don’t let him go unpunished. You are wise and know what to do to him: Put that gray-haired, old man into his grave by slaughtering him.”

10 David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11 He ruled as king of Israel for 40 years. He ruled for 7 years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem.

Solomon Establishes His Authority

12 Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his power was firmly established. — 1 Kings 2:1-12 | God’s Word Translation (GWT) The Holy Bible, GOD’S WORD® Translation Copyright 1995 by God’s Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 40:14; Genesis 47:29; Leviticus 8:35; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 31:7; Deuteronomy 31:14; Deuteronomy 31:23; 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 7:12-13; 2 Samuel 7:25; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Chronicles 29:26-27; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Matthew 3:4; Acts 2:29; Acts 13:36

#David #instructions #Solomon #authority #established #1 Kings 2:1-12 #Book of First Kings #Old Testament #GWT #God's Word Translation #Holy Bible #God's Word to the Nations

[suntails]

strength and nobility

#this vignette lives in my head rent fucking free. it haunts me something abt it reworks my brain chemistry #its not even a diasom vignette but it HITS its sat w me since i first saw it early on in playing the game. it ruins me. theres AUGHH #theres something so palpable in the energy of it. the confidence mal has in him as the king of heartslabyul #bestowing the rose so he exudes the majesty he already holds within. the unwavering belief in saving the group and mal's guards #AUGHHHH MY BRAIN MY BRAIN!!!!!!! looking at riddle's journey thru book 1 and seeing this as the next step of his char? RUINS ME #sorry. imemotional #twst #twisted wonderland #malleus draconia #riddle rosehearts #mallerido #suntails

[hualianschild]

saw this on my tl and oh op is so right

credits to @/melondenden on X

#I've been saying he's such an artist since I first read the book ?? #like please give me an ounce of that creative streak my king I'm suffering here #and the way i call the cave of thousand gods his secret studio lmao #paradise manor was just him being bored and silly to the point he decided to do an interior designing project #and i want to take him with me to go jewellery shopping #and asking for styling and makeup tips #gosh WHY ISN'T HE A REAL PERSON ??? #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #hua cheng #san lang #tian guan ci fu #mxtx

[chilledstrawberrysoda]

Say it with me kids

Andrew never thought he was hallucinating Neil

"you were supposed to be a side effect of the drugs"

His FEELINGS for Neil were supposed to be the side effect that would disappear once he was sober.

"I'm not a hallucination"

Andrew never thought he was, Neil misinterpreting this because Andrew speaks in riddles half the time is acceptable since he canonically has to have everything spelled out for him when it pertains to people's feelings toward him. I.e. being called a friend, thinking Andrew will choose Aaron over him, etc.

"you are a pipe dream"

This is both Andrew correcting Neil and a statement about his feelings toward Neil. A pipe dream is defined as an unrealistic and unattainable goal or an impossible hope. This sentence is as close to a confession of feelings as we get from Andrew. He WANTS.

This is the same scene, mind you, where Andrew says he hates Neil. And that's relevant because in order to hate something you have to care. This entire exchange happens in response to Neil expressing his desire to protect Andrew. When was the last time someone wanted to protect Andrew at their own expense? Insisted that Andrew was important?

"if it means losing you, then no"

Andrew knows Neil is real and here and he Wants him but Andrew is not delusional and knows that wanting things is pointless and only leads to pain.

"you are a pipe dream"

As much as this is a confession, it is also Andrew denying himself what he wants by declaring it impossible. Why hope for something when it's impossible anyway? When Neil finally finds out about Andrew's attraction to him he's shocked.

"you never said anything"

Why would he say anything to Neil or proposition him if it's impossible? Neil has said he doesn't swing and Andrew does not Want.

"nothing will come of it"

Andrew will not ask for something when he knows the answer is no. He's through being disappointed.

"I am self-destructive, not stupid"

For someone self destructive, this sure is an act of self preservation. Andrew won't pursue something pointless. He would rather pine and wait for it to pass than subject himself to trying to hold on to something he cares about. Not again. Never again.

"I know better"

#im so normal about these two #this relationship really fucks me up #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #Andrew minyard #theyre in love your honor #this scene is so pivotal to everything we know about them #if you didnt read the first two books i could see you misreading this scene #there is an insane amount of nuance in the dialogue #the kings men #andreil

[sweetvillainjude]

actually wild of holly black to write cardan’s arc so powerfully that I went from genuinely hating him and never believing I’d like him to thinking “ok so maybe he’s not awful ALL the time” to desperately rooting for him and furiously wanting him to be loved and happy over the span of three books. like tfota was WILD for doing that (and doing it so well)

#tfota #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #holly black #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the cruel prince spoilers #no bec i’m not the most forgiving person and i was thinking uh oh in the first book bec i seriously DID NOT like him at all #i thought he was awful #and then by the wicked king i was like…..oh???? So he’s actually…..i actually….like him? he might be good in his cardan way? #and then by the end of qon i was just enamored #like that’s my man cardan and he deserves nothing but love and happiness #and he loves jude soooo much and she loves him and they’re everything. #tfota was just insane for that.

[vashti-lives]

The new Martha Wells book-- Witch King-- is fucking delightful if you like slightly complex fantasy that doesn't hold your hand. This is a book that never ever commits the sin of explaining stuff to a character that should already know about it for the sake of the audience. Exposition only happens in ways that are natural and logical, which sometimes means stuff just isn't explained.

It's not as obviously accessible as The Murderbot Dairies is-- it's plot is a little more opaque, there's more moving pieces, it's less directly comedic-- but man I like it and Kai is in someways a similar protagonist to Murderbot. Powerful but vulnerable and often just a little out of his element. Lonely in the face of a lot of people who are afraid of him.

Its very much a found family story. Like, literally. The book goes back and forth between the past and the present. The parts of the narrative that are set in the past are about Kai meeting the people who become his family, and the parts of the narrative set in the present are about him going to find members of that family that have gone missing. Family is a theme that's always there.

In spite of the swap in narratives there was never a moment where I was listening to one half of these stories wishing I could get back to the other one-- they were woven together very well and I found them equally compelling.

Anyway I am very certain there are people who saw there was a new Martha Wells book, then saw it wasn't Murderbot and decided to peace out. Some people probably won't but I think it's worth trying. Tor released enough excerpts that you can get a feel for what it's like and decide if you'll like it or not. The mystery is fascinating and, like Murderbot, it's casually queer in a really good way. Martha Wells clearly loves her a lesbian power couple.

#i listened to the audibook and the narrator is also very good #martha wells #witch king by martha wells #witch king #god i hope this is the first in a trilogy #reviewing partially because i saw someone be shitty this isn't a murderbot book and this offended me #writers can and SHOULD do new things #deal with it

[gunsatthaphan]

#to each their own.

#only friends #only friends series #only friends the series #only friends cast #ofts #neo trai #force jiratchapong #first kanaphan #book kasidet #khaotung thanawat #mark pakin #gmmtv #JKDHFK LMAOO #the way i screamed at this gdfkkfg #neo you absolute gem lmao #maybe ill start putting that in my bag as well #seems very convenient #king of good ideas #kjsdhfjkd

[starrynightsxo]

*cardan coming out of his snakeskin with everything out*

the whole of elfhame:

jude:

the fandom:

cardan:

#like 💀💀💀 #first time I read i had to reread cos I was like how is this happening #the brain wasnt braining #lmaoooo #lmao #books #bookish #booklr #bookblr #booktok #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #tfota #jude duarte #cardan #jude #jurdan #judecardan #cardan x jude #jude x cardan #incorrect tfota #tfota memes #photos from pinterest #memes #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #the folk of the air #the folk of air #the stolen heir #the prisoners throne

[l3irdl3rain]

never before seen baby baby Duncan video. thinking about how mobile he was when I first brought him home. and also how his tail had to work double time to try to keep him upright

#my post #Duncan #in unrelated news I have almost finished my first book of the year #I am trying to read more this year #started with Firestarter by Stephen King and I love it so far

[yeehawdickthree]

sometimes trc seems like a story about three of gansey’s best friends trying to get along

#in trk when Adam and blue have a truce only cause Gansey is going to die #Adam tolerating ronan in the first two books #and whatever ronan and blue have going on #trc #the raven cycle #the raven boys #the dream thieves #blue lily lily blue #the raven king #richard campbell gansey iii #gansey #adam parrish #ronan lynch #blue sargent

[m-arnie-xx]

Coming back from the dead to remind y’all of this delightful, criminally underrated time in TTT where Lester-Apollo tells Zeus (in his head) to take his lightning bolt and shove it up his ass cloaca maxima

#truly one of my favourite moments in TTT #not only does it show Apollo’s growth from the first book #but it’s also f**king hilarious #marnie’s posts #trials of apollo #lester papadopoulos #pjo hoo toa #riordanverse #toa apollo

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

God Grants Wisdom, Riches, and Honor

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. — 1 Kings 3:13 | Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. Cross References: 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 9:22; Matthew 6:33; Ephesians 3:20

#God #riches #honor #wisdom #blessings #1 Kings 3:13 #Book of First Kings #Old Testament #LSB #Legacy Standard Bible #The Lockman Foundation #Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.

[xysidhequeen]

It’s getting late (for me that is) but what about Jason first meeting with the rest of the council (Frostbite, Clockwork, Pandora and etc)?

You mean: Abominable Snowman, Benjamin Button and Mommy-sorry Step On Me? (Jason's crush on Wonder Woman did in fact transfer to Pandora)

Jason generally likes all of the council, and all of the council likes him in turn because he makes Danny happy.

He met Frostbite first. Danny took him to the Far Frozen to get checked out and to be sure the Baby Ghost was healthy and stuff. Jason had been forewarned and honestly, by that point, yetis were just one of those 'yeah that tracks' moments for Jason. Jason asked Frostbite, as a joke, if he could give him a piggyback ride. Frostbite picked him up, plunked him on his shoulder and booked it. 10/10 Jason had the BEST time. Definitely his favorite doctor.

Clockwork he met next, and it basically went:

Clockwork: I see you found your knight young king.

Danny: Yeah, thanks for WARNING ME

Jason: Who the is this fucker?

Danny: imagine a grandpa given unlimited power over time but retaining the 'stay off my lawn' energy but towards the time stream.

Jason: Ah

Clockwork: Wonderful. Off you two go

He then yeeted (yote?) Them through a portal because a member of the Flash Fam had severely fucked the timestream doing speedster shit. Luckily CW had smashed a hat on Jason's head first and he was in human form so the Flash fam member didn't recognize him. They were a bit too occupied with Danny yelling at them for fucking up and ripping them out of the speed force. The Flash fam member bought them lunch. (This was not the first or last time CW sent Danny to deal with the Flashes. They knew of him, and were all more than a little frightened of Danny. They think he's like. A speedforce demon or something. Theyre glad he eats burgers and not their souls) it was fun, even if they were stuck in the 40s for a bit until they cleaned everything up and got the Flash fam member back in the proper timeline. (You can imagine this as any of the Flash fam)

Jason met Pandora when she came to spar with Danny. And he just. Instant puppy crush. He watched this Amazonian woman beat the snot out of Danny and it was the best day of his life. If Fright Knight hadn't already claimed him as a protégé he would've been begging Pandora to train him. She thinks Jason is cute and is always happy to spar with him when she's around.

#zee answers #dp x dc #danny phantom #dc x dp #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #the king and his red knight #the king and his red knight au #tkahrk #tkahrk au #jason todd #halfa jason todd #jasons pretty chill with most ghosts once Danny explained how they work #like. these people speak a language Jason intrinsically understands. fighting. and theyre all so wild and unapologetically themselves #they remind him of the nicer Gotham rogues so that helped him settle faster #he also love CWs fieldtrips. hes gotten to see so much of history and he loves it #hes also gotten to get literal first editions of his faborite books FROM THE TIME THEY WERE FIRST PRINTED #he also gets to fuck with the flash fam regulalry because they will not STOP FUCKING WITH TIME #like youre speedsters NOT TIME LORDS YOU SHITS #the flash fam is more scared of Jason now than Danny. jason yells at them more :( they want the fun guy who is distracted by science #not the angry tank man running after them so he can yell at them snd make them feel like misbehaving kids #also the flash fam literally never talks about the speedforce demons to anyone who isnt in the fam. #but sometimes they show up to work with this like. haunted af look to their faces and if anyone asks theyre just like 'flash things' #other people out here running from internal demons and the flash fam is running from their real demons(Jason and Danny)

[bisexualchaosdemon]

The very first thing Noah says in trc:

Gangsey after finding his body:

#i can't be the only one who knew he was dead right? #it is the first thing he said! #i didn't realise that none of them knew he was a ghost until this point #it's a book about clairvoyants and magic welsh kings #i assumed that i was meant to believe the boy with the cold hands when he said he was dead #i was just like “oh one of them is a ghost that's cool” and continued reading #their entire friendship is built around the supernatural and he told them that he was dead HOW DID NONE OF THEM FIGURE IT OUT?! #gansey was litrally brought back to life by the ley line just like ??? #noah czerny #gangsey #trc #the raven cycle #gansey #blue sargent #ronan lynch #adam parrish #the raven boys

[melmos-basement]

I never read anything Brandon Sanderson before and I picked up this copy of way of the kings out of curiosity. Why is it longer than the average copy of the bible .(/gen)

#Mad respect to authors cause I couldn't do this shit if I wanted to #Seriously how do they not go insane #brandon sanderson #books #I picked up the first volume of WoT last year in July and Im only on chapter 23 out 53 #Not because I'm a slow reader just lack of motivation #way of kings #The way of the kings #stormlight archive #not complaning tho #I like long books

[sxnbleachedfiles]

its so funny bc we see them sharing a bed, going to a pride parade and looking at each others with the most love struck gaze and then you remember that their last interaction was “no, not now”

#they are going to do a speedrun of friends to idk to lovers in the first book #and i say . thank god!! #i dont think im strong enough for any more pain #(watch them fight in the last ten pages of tlkof) #anyway my babies are happy and this is all that matters #even if im not sure about the roadtrip trope #and i’ll miss taller!ty #rip dru im so sorry babygirl but they are off on their honeymoon atm #ty blackthorn #the wicked powers #kit herondale #twp #the dark artifices #tda #shadowhunters #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tlkof #the last king of faerie