Tag: bible
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Ahab and Jezebel
“I have found you,” he [Elijah] answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. 22I will make your house like that of Jeroboam…
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Is God Geographically Limited?
23Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their [Israel’s] gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they… …28The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This…
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Ahab’s Theology
13Meanwhile a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”–1 Kings 20
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Elijah, Ahab, and a Drought
1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”–1 Kings 17
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Influential Asa
11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done. 12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. 13He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive…
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Solomon’s Legacy of Evil
21Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. 22Judah did evil in the…
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A Disgusting Prophecy
1By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. 2By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will…
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Divided Kingdom
34“ ‘But I [God] will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. 35I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you [Jeroboam] ten…
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The Queen of Sheba
1When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions…3Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. …9Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of…
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Solomon’s Second Moment With God
4“As for you [Solomon], if you walk before me [God] faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to…
Joel M Bradshaw 