Category Archives: I Kings

Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord 1 ButKing Solomon lovedmany foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,andHittites— 2 from the nations of whom theLordhad said to the children of Israel,“You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts […]

The Revolt Against Rehoboam 1 AndRehoboam went toShechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. 2 So it happened, whenJeroboam the son of Nebat heardit(he was still inEgypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt ), 3 that they sent and called […]

The Message of the Man of God 1 And behold,a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of theLord,and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 Then he cried out against the altar by the word of theLord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says theLord: ‘Behold, a child,Josiah […]

Judgment on the House of Jeroboam 1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophetisthere, who told me thatIwouldbeking over this people. […]

Abijam Reigns in Judah 1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem.His mother’s namewasMaachah the granddaughter ofAbishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him;his heart was not loyal to […]

1 Then the word of theLordcame toJehu the son ofHanani, againstBaasha, saying: 2 “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, andyou have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, 3 surely […]

Elijah Proclaims a Drought 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of theinhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab,“AstheLordGod of Israel lives,before whom I stand,there shall not be dew nor rainthese years, except at my word.” 2 Then the word of theLordcame to him, saying, 3 “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook […]

Elijah’s Message to Ahab 1 And it came to passaftermany days that the word of theLordcame to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, andI will send rain on the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; andtherewasa severe famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, […]

Elijah Escapes from Jezebel 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he hadexecuted all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying,“So let the gods dotome,and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow […]

Ahab Defeats the Syrians 1 NowBen-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kingswerewith him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besiegedSamaria, and made war against it. 2 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Thus says Ben-Hadad: 3 ‘Your […]