Choose your allies carefully
Ahaziah king of Israel/Samaria dies and snubs Elijah (and God); his son, Joram, forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat (of Judah) …
Category Archives: 1 Kings
Killed by a random arrow
Micaiah prophesies Ahab’s death in the coming battle against Aram and is gaoled for his efforts, but he was right: …
Ahab’s missed opportunity
Ahab kills Naboth and gets rebuked by God (through Elijah), then forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat to recover Ramoth-gilead from …
The siege of Samaria
Elijah starts a drought, gets fed by ravens, takes on Baal and wins, calls Elisha, enrages Jezebel and Ahab and …
God searches for the committed
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Shishak invades Judah
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
God averts a war
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 disobedience
Solomon’s wives lead him away from God, and he is told the consequences: 1 Kings 11:1−8; Psalm 73; 1 Kings …
Famous for wealth and wisdom
Solomon’s military and administrative achievements, and a visit from the Queen of Sheba: 2 Chronicles 8:1–18; 1 Kings 9:15–10:13; 2 …
The land divided
The Temple is dedicated to God, and He replies; Solomon hands over land to the King of Tyre: 1 Kings …
God moves into the Temple
The Ark moves into the Temple and so does God: 1 Kings 8; Chronicles 5–6 (with verses sorted into chronological order …
A new palace for a new king
Solomon builds himself a new palace and furnishes the Temple with the work of master craftsman Huram: 1 Kings 7:1–51; …
Solomon’s extravagant Temple
Solomon demonstrates his wisdom in judging disputes, then builds the Temple: 1 Kings 3:16–28; 1 Kings 5:1–18; 2 Chronicles 2:1–18; …
Solomon and tying up loose ends
Solomon becomes king, deals with Adonijah, Joab and Shimei, then asks for wisdom in a dream: 1 Chronicles 29:23–25; 2 Chronicles …
David was not an enforcer
David gives his last words and then dies; a collection of David’s psalms: 1 Kings 2:1–9; 2 Samuel 23:1–7; 1 Kings 2:10–12; …
Intrigue at court: Joab supports the wrong son
David and other leaders give gold and other valuables for the Temple, then David names Solomon as king (again); Adonijah’s attempt …
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