1 Ki. 14 Jeroboam did not repent even after he had been reprimanded and warned by the man of God who came from Judah. In fact, “even after this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who wanted to…
1 Ki. 18:17; Acts 17:6 Elijah had predicted a drought and there was drought throughout the land. After at least three years (cf. 1 Ki. 18:1), Elijah and king Ahab met. When Ahab saw Elijah, he exclaimed, “Is it you, you trouble of Israel?” (1 Ki. 18:17). Ahab never saw himself. The early church also…
Jos. 9 The Israelites had taken Jericho and Ai. Because of their victories, they had become widely known. They were so strong that no one could defeat or stop their onward march. The Hitties, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites gathered and planned to fight against Joshua and the Israelites. Meanwhile, the Gibeonites, by trickery, came…
Jos. 6-7 Joshua 6 tells us of the story of the taking and destruction of Jericho. The next chapter(Chapter 7) tells us of the defeat of the Israelites at the hands of the people of Ai, a small village. What had transpired to bring about this defeat in Ai when they took mighty Jericho relatively…
1 Ki. 12:25-33 The great king Solomon was dead. His son Rehoboam ruled. He was then approached by the Israelites to request him to ease their burdens. Rehoboam refused, taking the advice of the young men and ignoring the advice of the elders. Because of this, Israel revolted against him and made Jeroboam their king….
1 Ki. 11 We have seen the greatness of Solomon. He “loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women” (1 Ki.11:1). He had 700 wives and 300 concubines! The LORD had already warned the Israelites about these. In Exodus 34:16, the LORD said of the Canaanite…
1 Ki. 10:7 King Solomon was a great king. “The whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind” (1 Ki. 10:24). The queen of Sheba also heard of his wisdom and “she came to test him with hard wuestions” (1 Ki. 10:1). But “Solomon answered…
Jos. 3:13 Yesterday, we talked a bit about the preparation of the Israelites as they were about to cross the Jordan into Canaan. We will continue. Before they crossed the Jordan, Joshua commanded the Israelites, “Sanctify yourselves” (Jos. 3:5) and elaborated to them how the LORD had promised to give them the land and how…
Jos. 3:4 The Israelites were about to cross into Canaan. Joshua made arrangements about how they would cross the Jordan: The ark of the covenant of the LORD should be carried by the Levitical priests and they should be followed by the people. He said to the people, “When you see the ark of the…
Jos. 2 Joshua sent two of his men to spy on the land, especially Jericho. As they went, they came to the house of Rahab, a prostitute. But the people of Jericho heard that there were spies, they looked for them; but Rahab hid them. She also helped them to escape Jericho so that the…