Monthly Archives: July 2017

1 By the time Rehoboam had secured his kingdom and was strong again, he, and all Israel with him, had virtually abandonedGodand his ways. 2-4 In Rehoboam’s fifth year, because he and the people were unfaithful toGod, Shishak king of Egypt invaded as far as Jerusalem. He came with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand […]

King Abijah 1-2 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Jeroboam, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. 2-3 War broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah started out with 400,000 of his best soldiers; Jeroboam countered with […]

King Asa 1 Abijah died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Asa became the next king. For ten years into Asa’s reign the country was at peace. 2-6 Asa was a good king. He did things right inGod’s eyes. He cleaned house: got rid of the pagan altars […]

1-6 Then Azariah son of Obed, moved by the Spirit of God, went out to meet Asa. He said, “Listen carefully, Asa, and listen Judah and Benjamin:Godwill stick with you as long as you stick with him. If you look for him he will let himself be found; but if you leave him he’ll leave […]

1 But in the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel attacked. He started it by building a fort at Ramah and closing the border between Israel and Judah to keep Asa king of Judah from leaving or entering. 2-3 Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of The Temple ofGodand the […]

Jehoshaphat of Judah 1-6 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat was the next king; he started out by working on his defense system against Israel. He put troops in all the fortress cities of Judah and deployed garrisons throughout Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.Godwas on Jehoshaphat’s side because he stuck […]

1-3 But even though Jehoshaphat was very rich and much honored, he made a marriage alliance with Ahab of Israel. Some time later he paid a visit to Ahab at Samaria. Ahab celebrated his visit with a feast—a huge barbecue with all the lamb and beef you could eat. But Ahab had a hidden agenda; […]

1-3 But Jehoshaphat king of Judah got home safe and sound. Jehu, son of Hanani the seer, confronted King Jehoshaphat: “You have no business helping evil, cozying up toGod-haters. Because you did this,Godis good and angry with you. But you’re not all bad—you made a clean sweep of the polluting sex-and-religion shrines; and you were […]

1-2 Some time later the Moabites and Ammonites, accompanied by Meunites, joined forces to make war on Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat received this intelligence report: “A huge force is on its way from beyond the Dead Sea to fight you. There’s no time to waste—they’re already at Hazazon Tamar, the oasis of En Gedi.” 3-4 Shaken, Jehoshaphat […]

1 Jehoshaphat died and was buried in the family cemetery in the City of David. Jehoram his son was the next king. King Jehoram 2-4 Jehoram’s brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah—the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Their father had lavished them with gifts—silver, gold, and other valuables, plus the fortress […]