Jehu and ridding the land of Baal
Ahaziah rules Judah for a year Jehu kills him and Joram (king of Israel): 2 Kings 8:23−29; 2 Chronicles 22:1−7; …
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Naaman: healed for God’s glory
Elisha heals Naaman, knows about Gehazi’s greed, floats an axe head, forsees the outcome of yet another siege of Samaria …
Elisha feeds the multitudes
Elijah is taken up to heaven and Elisha gets his master’s gifts, then helps a widow, stays with a Shunemite woman, …
Jehoshaphat let God win the war
Ahaziah king of Israel/Samaria dies and snubs Elijah (and God); his son, Joram, forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat (of Judah) …
Micaiah’s courage
Micaiah prophesies Ahab’s death in the coming battle against Aram and is gaoled for his efforts, but he was right: …
The Elders’ complicity
Ahab kills Naboth and gets rebuked by God (through Elijah), then forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat to recover Ramoth-gilead from …
Elisha was no prosperity preacher
Elijah starts a drought, gets fed by ravens, takes on Baal and wins, calls Elisha, enrages Jezebel and Ahab and …
Abijam’s not-so-faithful reign
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Asaph’s psalms: I cry aloud to God
Asaph’s psalms: Psalm 77–78, 74, 79–80 Asaph was one of the musicians David appointed to lead the nation’s worship when he moved …
Judah followed Rehoboam into sin
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Jeroboam revives the golden calf
Solomon dies and Israel is split into two nations – Israel and Judah: 1 Kings 11:41−43; 2 Chronicles 9:29−31; 1 …
Solomon’s proverbs: Neither rejoice nor fret over enemies
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 22:17−24:34 Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and collected other wise sayings; some made it into the book of Proverbs. …
Solomon’s proverbs: on sleeping
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 19−22:16 Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and collected other wise sayings; some made it into the book of Proverbs. …
Solomon’s proverbs: how to win friends and influence people
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 16−18 Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and collected other wise sayings; some made it into the book of Proverbs. …
Solomon’s proverbs: sparing the rod
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 13−15 Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and collected other wise sayings; some made it into the book of Proverbs. …
Solomon’s proverbs: a wise child makes a glad father
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 10−12 Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and collected other wise sayings; some made it into the book of Proverbs. …
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