Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19
“you have filled your children with good hope”
Proper 11A
July 19, 2026
1 Samuel 4:2, 5-11, 19-22
“the ark of God was captured”
A Women’s Lectionary – Proper 10
July 12, 2026
Esther 7:1-10 & 9:1-2, 20-22, 29-32
“the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther”
Narrative Lectionary
1 Kings 2
“you will know what you ought to do to him, and you must bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol”
1 Kings 1
“let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be his attendant”
2 Samuel 24
“David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people”
2 Samuel 23
“the Israelites withdrew, but he stood his ground”
2 Samuel 21
“she did not allow the birds of the air to come on the bodies by day or the wild animals by night”
2 Samuel 18
“I saw Absalom hanging in an oak”
2 Samuel 17
“…I will set out and pursue David tonight. I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic”