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History

Joshua through Esther. The long story of God with his people.

Days 51–100 50 days

The narrative arc from entering the land to the exile and return. Conquests, judges, kings, prophets, captivity, restoration.

How we'll read it
  • Representative narratives — not every chapter.
  • Embedded psalms where they connect to the story (Ps 51 with David, Ps 137 with the exile, Ps 90 with Moses).
  • Joshua (5) · Judges + Ruth (6) · 1–2 Sam (12) · 1–2 Kings (12) · 1–2 Chron (6) · Ezra-Neh-Esther (9).

The days

0 of 50 days available so far. New days added weekly as the plan rolls out.

  1. 51
    Be strong and courageous
    Joshua 1
    Coming soon
  2. 52
    Rahab and the walls of Jericho
    Joshua 2 + 6
    Coming soon
  3. 53
    Achan — hidden sin in the camp
    Joshua 7
    Coming soon
  4. 54
    The sun stands still
    Joshua 10:1–15
    Coming soon
  5. 55
    Choose this day whom you will serve
    Joshua 23 – 24
    Coming soon
  6. 56
    The cycle — apostasy and deliverance
    Judges 2
    Coming soon
  7. 57
    Deborah and Barak — the song of Deborah
    Judges 4 – 5
    Coming soon
  8. 58
    Gideon — fleece, three hundred, fear
    Judges 6 – 7
    Coming soon
  9. 59
    Samson — strength, weakness, redemption
    Judges 13 – 16
    Coming soon
  10. 60
    When there was no king — the chaos at the end
    Judges 17 – 21 (overview)
    Coming soon
  11. 61
    Ruth — chesed, redeemer, and a hidden lineage
    Ruth 1 – 4
    Coming soon
  12. 62
    Hannah's prayer and Samuel's call
    1 Samuel 1 – 3
    Coming soon
  13. 63
    Give us a king — Israel rejects God's kingship
    1 Samuel 8
    Coming soon
  14. 64
    Saul rejected — obedience over sacrifice
    1 Samuel 15
    Coming soon
  15. 65
    David anointed — the heart, not the height
    1 Samuel 16
    Coming soon
  16. 66
    David and Goliath
    1 Samuel 17
    Coming soon
  17. 67
    David spares Saul — and a psalm written in the cave
    1 Samuel 24 + Psalm 57
    Coming soon
  18. 68
    David takes Jerusalem and the ark dances home
    2 Samuel 5 – 6
    Coming soon
  19. 69
    The Davidic covenant — a house, a throne, forever
    2 Samuel 7
    Coming soon
  20. 70
    Bathsheba, Nathan, and the prayer of repentance
    2 Samuel 11 – 12 + Psalm 51
    Coming soon
  21. 71
    Absalom's rebellion — a father's grief
    2 Samuel 15 – 18
    Coming soon
  22. 72
    David's song of deliverance
    2 Samuel 22 + Psalm 18
    Coming soon
  23. 73
    David prepares for the temple — handing off the work
    1 Chronicles 22
    Coming soon
  24. 74
    Solomon's prayer for wisdom
    1 Kings 1 – 3
    Coming soon
  25. 75
    The temple built and dedicated
    1 Kings 6 – 8 (selective)
    Coming soon
  26. 76
    Solomon's slow drift
    1 Kings 9 – 11
    Coming soon
  27. 77
    The kingdom divides
    1 Kings 12
    Coming soon
  28. 78
    Elijah — drought, Carmel, and the still small voice
    1 Kings 17 – 19
    Coming soon
  29. 79
    Naboth's vineyard — power abused
    1 Kings 21
    Coming soon
  30. 80
    Elijah ascends, Elisha receives a double portion
    2 Kings 2
    Coming soon
  31. 81
    Naaman — the small thing that heals
    2 Kings 5
    Coming soon
  32. 82
    Israel falls to Assyria — the north is lost
    2 Kings 17
    Coming soon
  33. 83
    Hezekiah — prayer and reform
    2 Kings 18 – 20
    Coming soon
  34. 84
    Josiah — the book found and a kingdom turned
    2 Kings 22 – 23
    Coming soon
  35. 85
    Jerusalem falls — and a song from the rivers of Babylon
    2 Kings 25 + Psalm 137
    Coming soon
  36. 86
    David's psalm of thanks
    1 Chronicles 16 + Psalm 96
    Coming soon
  37. 87
    David's last charge — Solomon, the temple, the people
    1 Chronicles 28 – 29
    Coming soon
  38. 88
    The Davidic covenant retold
    1 Chronicles 17
    Coming soon
  39. 89
    Glory fills the temple
    2 Chronicles 5 – 7
    Coming soon
  40. 90
    Jehoshaphat's prayer — the battle is the LORD's
    2 Chronicles 20
    Coming soon
  41. 91
    The fall and the seventy years
    2 Chronicles 36
    Coming soon
  42. 92
    Return and the altar rebuilt
    Ezra 1 – 3
    Coming soon
  43. 93
    The temple completed
    Ezra 6
    Coming soon
  44. 94
    Confession and reform
    Ezra 9 – 10
    Coming soon
  45. 95
    Nehemiah's prayer and the king's hand
    Nehemiah 1 – 2
    Coming soon
  46. 96
    Building under threat — sword in one hand
    Nehemiah 4
    Coming soon
  47. 97
    The Word read aloud — a people weeping
    Nehemiah 8
    Coming soon
  48. 98
    Confession and the long retelling
    Nehemiah 9
    Coming soon
  49. 99
    Esther rises — for such a time as this
    Esther 1 – 5
    Coming soon
  50. 100
    Reversal — Purim and the people preserved
    Esther 6 – 10
    Coming soon