April 29th
1 Kings, 14
Ahijah
warns Jeroboam
1: At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2: And Jeroboam said to his wife,
Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife
of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold,
there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this
people. 3: And take with thee
ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell
thee what shall become of the child. 4:
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh,
and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were
set by reason of his age. 5:
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a
thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto
her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be
another woman. 6: And it was
so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, that he
said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another?
for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 7: Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my
people Israel, 8: And rent the
kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not
been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with
all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; 9: But hast done evil above all that
were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten
images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: 10: Therefore, behold, I will bring
evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that
pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will
take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till
it be all gone. 11: Him that
dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the
field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. 12: Arise thou therefore, get thee to
thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13: And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he
only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some
good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14: Moreover the LORD shall raise him
up a king over Israel,
who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15: For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he
shall root up Israel
out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them
beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to
anger. 16: And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who
did sin, and who made Israel
to sin. 17: And Jeroboam's wife
arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of
the door, the child died; 18:
And they buried him; and all Israel
mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand
of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Jeroboam
dies
19: And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and
how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
20: And the days which Jeroboam
reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with this fathers, and Nadab
his son reigned in his stead.
Rehoboam
king of Judah
21: And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam
was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did
choose out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22: And Judah did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had
committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23: For they also built them high places, and images, and
groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24: And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did
according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before
the children of Israel.
25: And it came to pass in the
fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem: 26: And he took away
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house;
he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon
had made. 27: And king Rehoboam
made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the
chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 28: And it was so, when the king went
into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back
into the guard chamber. 29: Now
the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30: And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their
days. 31: And Rehoboam slept
with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings, 15
Abijam
King of Judah
1: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of
Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2: Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3: And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had
done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the
heart of David his father. 4:
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5: Because David did that which was
right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he
commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite. 6: And there was war
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7: Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And
there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8: And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the
city of David:
and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Asa
King of Judah
9: And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10: And forty and one years reigned
he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11: And Asa did that which was right
in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12: And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
all the idols that his fathers had made. 13:
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she
had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the
brook Kidron. 14: But the high
places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all
his days. 15: And he brought in
the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had
dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16: And there was war between Asa and
Baasha king of Israel
all their days. 17: And Baasha
king of Israel went up
against Judah, and built
Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18: Then Asa took all the silver and
the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his
servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of
Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 19: There is a league between me and thee, and between my father
and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold;
come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from
me. 20: So Ben-hadad hearkened
unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the
cities of Israel, and smote
Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left
off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22: Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was
exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin,
and Mizpah. 23: The rest of all
the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which
he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24: And Asa slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat
his son reigned in his stead.
Nadab
King of Judah
25: And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two
years. 26: And he did evil in
the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel
to sin. 27: And Baasha the son
of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote
him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid
siege to Gibbethon. 28: Even in
the third year of Asa king of Judah
did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29: And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the
house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had
destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his
servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 30:
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin,
by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31: Now the rest of the acts of
Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
32: And there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel
all their days.
Baasha
King of Israel
33: In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign
over all Israel
in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34:
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings, 16
1: Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani
against Baasha, saying, 2:
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my
people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my
people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3: Behold, I will take away the
posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house
like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4: Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and
him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5: Now the rest of the acts of
Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6: So Baasha slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7: And also by the hand of the
prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and
against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD,
in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house
of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
Elah
King of Israel
8: In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over
Israel
in Tirzah, two years. 9: And
his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he
was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house
in Tirzah. 10: And Zimri went
in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of
Judah,
and reigned in his stead. 11:
And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne,
that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against
a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 12: Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13: For all the sins of Baasha, and
the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel
to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 14: Now the rest of the acts of Elah,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
Zimri
King of Israel
15: In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines. 16:
And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath
also slain the king: wherefore all Israel
made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17: And Omri went up from Gibbethon,
and all Israel
with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18:
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into
the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire,
and died, 19: For his sins
which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way
of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20: Now the rest of the acts of
Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Omri
King of Israel
21: Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half
of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half
followed Omri. 22: But the
people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the
son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 23: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve
years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 24:
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built
on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of
Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
25: But Omri wrought evil in
the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. 26: For he walked in all the way of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger
with their vanities. 27: Now
the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28: So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria:
and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
Ahab
King of Israel
29: And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria
twenty and two years. 30: And
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were
before him. 31: And it came to
pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32: And he reared up an altar for
Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33: And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD
God of Israel to anger than
all the kings of Israel
that were before him. 34: In
his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho:
he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates
thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he
spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
In
today’s Bible reading we have the warning of Ahijah and the death of Jeroboam
and then we have brief descriptions of four kings of Judah
and five kings of Israel.
But first we read of the interesting account of the warning of Ahijah to
Jeroboams wife. She was sent by her husband because his son was sick and he
sent her to ask what would happen to his son. She disguised herself but she
could not disguise herself to the Lord. Ahijah was blind but the Lord told
Ahijah who she was. The message from the Lord was going to be sad. The Lord
said l exalted you and made you prince over Israel and took the kingdom from
David and gave it to you, but you have not been like David – you have done evil
in my sight - you have served other gods. So l will bring evil on your house
and all male sons will be destroyed. He that dies of your family in the city
will be eaten of dogs and in the fields by the birds. So go back to the city
because when you enter the city your son will die and only he will be buried
because there was something good in him. When she returned the child died and
was buried and all Israel
mourned for him. Then Jeroboam died, he had reigned for 22 years. Nadab reigned
in his place. Rehoboam reigned in Judah
as king from 41 yrs of age and he reigned for 17 years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight
of the Lord. He allowed false religion and he also allowed sodomites to
continue their evil practise in the land. In Rehoboam’s 6th year,
the king of Egypt,
Shishak came and took the treasures of the House of the Lord. And he took the
gold shields of Solomon. Rehoboam made brass replicas to replace them. Then he
died. In his place Abijah reigned over Judah. He reigned for 3 yrs in Jerusalem. He did the
same evils as his father. When he died Asa reigned in Judah in his
place. He reigned for 41 yrs in Jerusalem.
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. He kicked out the sodomites
from the land and removed all the idols of his father. He prevented his mother
from being queen because she had made a grove for idol worship. He destroyed
her idol and burnt it by the brook Kidron. Asa did not manage to destroy all
the groves to idol worship but he did serve the Lord all his days. In his old
age his feet were bad and he died leaving a reformed Judah. Nadab took the throne of Israel in the
second year of Asa, but he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He
reigned for one year. Baasha took the throne of Israel. He also did evil in the
sight of the LORD. The nation was getting worse and worse. Jehu was sent by the
Lord to him yet he took no notice of the word of the Lord and died. Next we have Elah he reined over Israel in the
26th year of Asa. He was raised up by the Lord to execute all the
male offspring of Baasha. Zimri then took the throne of Israel he was
also an evil king and he committed suicide by burning his house down when he was
in it. Omri then took charge. At this time Israel itself was divided into two.
Half followed Timri and half Omri, but war broke out and Timri was killed. He
reigned for 6 yrs. He did worse than all the kings before him. He died and Ahab
reigned in his place. Ahab did evil in the sight of the Lord. His wife was
Jezebel who taught him to serve Baal. He did more to provoke the Lord to anger
than any king before him. Elijah was sent by the Lord to confront Ahab, but how
will he do it? We will see tomorrow.
Steve
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