In First kings, chapter fourteen, verse twenty-six, God permitted Shishak, the King of Egypt, to invade the temple and carry away its treasures. The temple, where God had manifested His glory during Solomon’s early rule in chapter eight, verse eleven, became a scene of disgrace just five years after the death of Solomon, as God’s …
In First Kings, chapter fourteen, verse twenty-two, the tribe of Judah, ruled by Rehoboam, did little better than the ten tribes of Israel. They also followed their leader in forsaking the Lord and gave themselves to terrible sin. Before the fourth year of Rehoboam’s reign, the downfall occurred. However, in the first three years, Israel …
In First Kings, chapter fourteen, verse fifteen, Ahijah prophesied the captivity of Israel. The chapter begins with the prophecy against Jeroboam, the first king of Israel, the northern kingdom, after the division. He was young when his father, Nebat, died, and his widowed mother, Zeruah, raised him. Jeroboam’s son, Abijah, fell sick, and he tells …
In First Kings, chapter thirteen, verse twenty-four, speculation that the prophet received eternal punishment after he died should not be considered. His disobedience is in the same category as that of Moses. Why doth God punish a good man so severely for so meager an offense? His sin was not small, for it was gross …
In First Kings, chapter thirteen, verses twenty-one to twenty-two, the story of the unnamed disobedient prophet is an example and a warning to believers today, as in First Corinthians ten, verses one through thirteen. The scriptures stand for the believer’s highest obligation about God’s will for a believer’s life. The words and teachings of recognizable …
In First Kings, chapter thirteen, verse nine, the prophet, God’s spokesman, was under the highest obligation to follow the entire Word of the Lord. This prophet later failed to obey God’s instruction and paid with his life, as in verses eleven through twenty-four. Eat no bread, nor drink water, to wit, in that place, or …
In First Kings, chapter thirteen, verse two, the prophecy was made about three hundred years before Josiah was born. A man of God from Judah cries out at the altar with Jeroboam standing against all the worship performed. He directs his speech against the altar because the following signs would come. The future prophecy is the …
In First Kings, chapter twelve, verse thirty-one, Jeroboam appointed priests who were not qualified according to God’s standards in Numbers three, verses six through nine, and chapter eight, verses five through twenty, respectively. Under the new covenant, the Levitical priesthood no longer exists, but God has established particular essential qualifications for those ordained for pastoral …
In First Kings, chapter twelve, verse twenty-eight, Jeroboam of the northern kingdom established a counterfeit religious system by offering the people worship of their gods through idols, as in verses twenty-seven through thirty, and the warning stanza of Exodus twenty, three to four, after the pattern of the golden calf made by Aaron in Exodus …
In First Kings, chapter twelve, verse twenty-four, the Lord brought about the division of his people. He designed the existence of two nations as a punishment for idolatry, and as a means of preserving a faithful remnant through Judah, as in chapter eleven, verse thirteen. Though Israel departed from God, a leftover part of Judah …
