Category Archives: 1 Kings

1-5 King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh’s daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite. He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of whichGodhad clearly warned Israel, “You must not marry them; they’ll seduce you into infatuations with their gods.” Solomon fell in love […]

Rehoboam 1-2 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon’s death he had come back. 3-4 Rehoboam assembled Jeroboam and all the people. They said to Rehoboam, “Your father […]

1-3 And then this happened: Just as Jeroboam was at the Altar, about to make an offering, a holy man came from Judah byGod’s command and preached (these wereGod’s orders) to the Altar: “Altar, Altar!God’s message! ‘A son will be born into David’s family named Josiah. The priests from the shrines who are making offerings […]

1-3 At about this time Jeroboam’s son Abijah came down sick. Jeroboam said to his wife, “Do something. Disguise yourself so no one will know you are the queen and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet lives there, the same Ahijah who told me I’d be king over this people. Take along ten loaves of […]

Abijah of Judah 1-6 In the eighteenth year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Absalom. He continued to sin just like his father before him. He was not truehearted toGodas his great-grandfather David had […]

1-4 The word ofGodcame to Jehu son of Hanani with this message for Baasha: “I took you from nothing—a complete nobody—and set you up as the leader of my people Israel, but you plodded along in the rut of Jeroboam, making my people Israel sin and making me seethe over their sin. And now the […]

1 And then this happened: Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, confronted Ahab: “As surely asGodlives, the God of Israel before whom I stand in obedient service, the next years are going to see a total drought—not a drop of dew or rain unless I say otherwise.” 2-4 Godthen told Elijah, “Get […]

1-2 A long time passed. ThenGod’s word came to Elijah. The drought was now in its third year. The message: “Go and present yourself to Ahab; I’m about to make it rain on the country.” Elijah set out to present himself to Ahab. The drought in Samaria at the time was most severe. 3-4 Ahab […]

Revenge from Jezebel 1-2 Ahab reported to Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, including the massacre of the prophets. Jezebel immediately sent a messenger to Elijah with her threat: “The gods will get you for this and I’ll get even with you! By this time tomorrow you’ll be as dead as any one of those […]

1-3 At about this same time Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his troops. He recruited in addition thirty-two local sheiks, all outfitted with horses and chariots. He set out in force and surrounded Samaria, ready to make war. He sent an envoy into the city to set his terms before Ahab king of Israel: “Ben-Hadad […]