The Old Testament gets a bad rap, and probably deserves some of it. The weird laws in Leviticus, the nauseating censuses in Numbers, the explicit instructions for the Tabernacle and later the Temple.
But then you come across two of the more interesting chapters you will ever see back to back- 1 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 1. Both involve the ongoing struggles between prophets and their kings, both involve the kings getting prophetic words that they didn't care for too much, and both are colorful and downright entertaining (especially when read in the New Living Translation). It can be tempting to skim past the Old Testament, but doing so means you'll miss out on these gems.
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