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.
- Make a list of the kings as they are recorded and notes on each king, such as character, achievements and whether he is righteous or unrighteous.
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