Monthly Archives: May 2012

2 Kings 4 opens with the wife of one of the company of prophets asking Elisha for help. Her husband has died and she cannot pay the creditors. She has a little oil and Elisha has her start pouring oil … Continue reading →

In 2 Kings 1 Ahab’s son Ahaziah follows in his father’s footsteps and worships Baal. He becomes injured and sends messengers to ask Baal if he will recover. Elijah intercepts the messengers and tells the king that because he is … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 22 King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the king of Israel want to take some property back from the king of Aram. Jehoshephat has the king of Israel ask God first. The king gathers 400 prophets together who … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 20 and 21 Ahab makes a series of bad decisions. He disobeys God’s commands regarding a battle and, bowing to pressure from his wife Jezebel, he kills a citizen to get his land against God’s wishes. Elijah … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 18 and 19 Jezebel had been killing off prophets of the Lord. Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace, hid the remaining prophets and fed them.  While Obadiah is out trying to find grass for the … Continue reading →

1 Kings 16 discusses the succession of kings Israel has during the time that Asa is king of Judah.  All of them including the last, Ahab, do what is evil in God’s sight. Ahab marries a foreign woman Jezebel and … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 14 Jeroboam who has built altars to other gods has a son who is ill. He decides to approach the Lord but not he himself, rather he has his wife go to the prophet Ahijah. Not only … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 12 and 13 Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, is made king. Jeroboam comes to him with the people of Israel. They plead for him to be kinder to them than his father was saying that if he is kinder … Continue reading →

1 Kings 10 describes all of the riches Solomon has attained. He is very wealthy because people from other lands come to him to hear his wisdom and bring gifts in return. Israel prospers because of their king. 1 Kings … Continue reading →

In 1 Kings 8 and 9 Solomon brings the Ark of the Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the house of the Lord. Solomon prays to God to make this the place where He metes out His mercy and forgiveness, … Continue reading →