1-5 King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh’s daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite. He took them from the…

Rehoboam 1-2 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when…

1-3 And then this happened: Just as Jeroboam was at the Altar, about to make an offering, a holy man came from Judah byGod’s command and preached (these wereGod’s orders)…

1-3 At about this time Jeroboam’s son Abijah came down sick. Jeroboam said to his wife, “Do something. Disguise yourself so no one will know you are the queen and…

Abijah of Judah 1-6 In the eighteenth year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah took over the throne of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His…

1-4 The word ofGodcame to Jehu son of Hanani with this message for Baasha: “I took you from nothing—a complete nobody—and set you up as the leader of my people…

1 And then this happened: Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, confronted Ahab: “As surely asGodlives, the God of Israel before whom I stand in obedient service,…

1-2 A long time passed. ThenGod’s word came to Elijah. The drought was now in its third year. The message: “Go and present yourself to Ahab; I’m about to make…

Revenge from Jezebel 1-2 Ahab reported to Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, including the massacre of the prophets. Jezebel immediately sent a messenger to Elijah with her threat: “The…

1-3 At about this same time Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his troops. He recruited in addition thirty-two local sheiks, all outfitted with horses and chariots. He set out in…