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In First Kings, chapter seventeen, verse one, Elijah was a prophet in the northern kingdom during the reigns of Ahab and his son Ahaziah. The name Elijah represents the unshakable conviction of Elijah’s life in chapter eighteen, verses twenty-one and thirty-nine, respectively. The principal narratives about his life are found in First Kings, chapters seventeen […]

In First Kings, chapter sixteen, verse thirty-one, Baal was the idol that the Zidonians worshipped, which they thought to be Hercules or false gods, for this name is common to all such. And this idolatry was much worse than that of the calves: because in the calves, they worshipped the true God, but in these,

In First Kings, chapter sixteen, verse thirty, sin and evil become progressively worse during the reign of King Ahab. Jezebel, Ahab’s wife, led the way in witchcraft and idolatry so that rebellion and hardness of heart against God would try to prevail in Israel. In the face of such apostasy, God sent the mighty profit

In First Kings, chapter sixteen, verse seven, Jehu did what God commanded in this matter, though it was not without apparent hazard to himself. Nadab, on the other hand, who thought he, was not expressed is sufficiently understood. But why is he punished for doing the work of God? Because, first, God appointed that the

In First Kings, chapter fifteen, verse nine, continues with Asa, king of Judah. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel reigned Asa for forty-and-one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. He took the sodomites out of the land, removed all the idols his father did, and dismissed

In First Kings, chapter fifteen, verse three begins with Abijam, king of Judah. So his reign began with Jeroboam’s eighteenth year, continued his whole nineteenth year, and ended within his twentieth year, equal three years. The son of his mother, Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom: walked in all the sins of his father. The not perfect heart

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