Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

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This week's theme: Salvation History

"I stood over him, and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord." (v. 10)

2 Samuel 1:1-12
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] head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.' (v. 10)
2 Samuel 1:1-12
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"Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did the same. 12They mourned and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword." (vv. 11-12)
2 Samuel 1:1-16
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Tell it not in Gath..." (v.19-20)
2 Samuel 1:1-27
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David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. (v. 17)
2 Samuel 1:17-27
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He said: "Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen!" (v. 19)

2 Samuel 1:17-27
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"David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan." (v. 17)
2 Samuel 1:17-27
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2 Samuel 1:17-27
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'How the mighty have fallen!' (v. 19)
2 Samuel 1:17-27
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For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you: "It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.” (v. 2)

2 Samuel 5:1-5
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King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David as king over Israel. (v. 3)
2 Samuel 5:1-5
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"So all the elders of Israel came to the King at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel." (v.3)
2 Samuel 5:1-5
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