In First Kings, chapter twenty-two, verse six, these four hundred prophets of Ahab were not men of the Lord but religionists who prophesied what the king wanted to hear. These are false prophets of Ahab, such as he had put together by rewards and promises, who knew how to suit his humor, flatter his vanity, …
In First Kings, chapter twenty-one, verse twenty-five, the goal of Ahab’s wicked wife was to uproot the worship of the Lord and to substitute the Baal of Tyre as the chief god of Israel, but she failed to do so. Instead, her name has become synonymous with wickedness, witchcraft, treachery, and spiritual seduction. Jezebel is …
In First Kings, chapter twenty-one, verse nineteen, this prophecy was fulfilled when Ahab fell in battle, and the dogs licked up the blood and washed from his chariot, as in chapter twenty-two, verses thirty-five and thirty-eight. The sons of Ahab also died violent deaths. Ahaziah received an injury and later died from a fall, as …
In First Kings, chapter twenty-one, verse seventeen, God hates injustice within the community of His people. Because of the death of the innocent Naboth, Elijah prophesied that Ahab and Jezebel would receive judgment specifically in the manner of their death, as in verses seventeen through twenty-nine. God’s principle of retribution and justice continues under the …
In First Kings, chapter twenty, verse thirty-five, these were students of the prophets who, in some sense, were discipled by older and more renowned prophets like Elisha as in Second Kings two, verses three, five, seven, fifteen, chapter four, verses one, thirty-eight, chapter five, verse twenty-two, chapter six, verse one, and chapter nine, verse one, …
In First Kings, chapter twenty, verse thirteen, despite the unfaithfulness of Ahab and the people of Israel, God showed them mercy and delivered Samaria from the Syrian army in verse twenty. A year later, God gave Israel a great victory over Syria east of the Jordan River, near Aphek, as in verses twenty-two through twenty-nine. …
In First Kings, chapter nineteen, verse eighteen, the seven thousand people who did not bow their knees to Baal are joined by the suffering faithful of all generations who overcome backsliding, compromise, and worldliness among God’s people and who persevere in love, faith, and obedience and His Word. They are those who refuse to be …
In First Kings, chapter nineteen, verse sixteen, God directed Elijah to anoint Elisha as his successor. Not only were priests and kings ordained to their respective offices, but prophets as well. Elisha was to minister to Elijah, help Hazael, King of Syria, and Jehu, King of Israel, defeat the enemies of God, and proclaim the …
In First Kings, chapter nineteen, verses eleven through twelve, to encourage and strengthen Elijah’s faith, God visited him on Mount Horeb near the area of Mount Sinai where the mountain of revelation occurred. The visitation received a great wind, earthquake, and fire, but the Lord was in none of those events. Instead, the telling of …
In First Kings, chapter nineteen, verse eight, some take this fast, along with the experiences of Moses in Exodus thirty- four, verse twenty-eight, and Christ in Matthew four, verse two, to be examples of extended fasts. However, these individuals did not factor in an ordinary sense. Moses was the presence of God in a cloud …
