Know the Story - May
Reading the chapters shown each day will keep you on schedule for finishing the entire Bible in one year. Clicking on the chapters will link to them in an on-line Bible in the version of your choice, where you can also listen to audio of the selected passage. If you get behind, don't give up! Do the reading for the current date, and keep going. For further study see Soniclight.com commentaries on 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Esther, Nehemiah, and Job.
| Date | Weekday | Reading | Daily Focus |
| 5/1 | Thursday | 2 Chronicles 7-9 | God's warning, Solomon's vanity |
| 5/2 | Friday | 2 Chronicles 10-12 | Rehoboam and covenant consequences |
| 5/3 | Saturday | 2 Chronicles 13-15 | Judah vs. Israel, covenant warnings |
| 5/4 | Sunday | 2 Chronicles 16-18 | Asa trusts alliance, not the Lord |
| 5/5 | Monday | 2 Chronicles 19-21 | Judah turns to the Lord and away |
| 5/6 | Tuesday | 2 Chronicles 22-24 | Judah wavers to and fro |
| 5/7 | Wednesday | 2 Chronicles 25-27 | Amaziah, Uzziah, and Jotham |
| 5/8 | Thursday | 2 Chronicles 28-30 | Wicked Ahaz, Hezekiah reforms |
| 5/9 | Friday | 2 Chronicles 31-33 | Hezekiah downhill to Amon |
| 5/10 | Saturday | 2 Chronicles 34-36 | Josiah's reforms, then exile and return |
| 5/11 | Sunday | Ezra 1-3 | Cyrus permits, some return to worship |
| 5/12 | Monday | Ezra 4-6 | Opposition, delay, and completion |
| 5/13 | Tuesday | Ezra 7-10 | More return, practices changed |
| 5/14 | Wednesday | Esther 1-3 | Esther prospers, Haman plots |
| 5/15 | Thursday | Esther 4-6 | Mordecai notes God will deliver |
| 5/16 | Friday | Esther 7-10 | God delivers the Jews again |
| 5/17 | Saturday | Nehemiah 1-3 | Mission to Jerusalem |
| 5/18 | Sunday | Nehemiah 4-6 | God's faithfulness to Jerusalem |
| 5/19 | Monday | Nehemiah 7-9 | The Law restored |
| 5/20 | Tuesday | Nehemiah 10-13 | Second Temple period begins |
| 5/21 | Wednesday | Job 1-3 | Satan accuses Job, God defends him |
| 5/22 | Thursday | Job 4-6 | Eliphaz wrong view of God |
| 5/23 | Friday | Job 7-9 | Job desires an arbitrator |
| 5/24 | Saturday | Job 10-12 | Job still defends God |
| 5/25 | Sunday | Job 13-15 | Job's faith and friends' folly |
| 5/26 | Monday | Job 16-18 | Bildad speaks the human view |
| 5/27 | Tuesday | Job 19-21 | In spite of all, my Redeemer lives |
| 5/28 | Wednesday | Job 22-24 | Job doesn't see God's purpose |
| 5/29 | Thursday | Job 25-27 | The greatness of God |
| 5/30 | Friday | Job 28-30 | Job's change in fortunes |
| 5/31 | Saturday | Job 31-33 | Elihu defends God |
