Bible in one year 6/10/ 2022 1 Kings Chapter 14-17 By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

 Bible in one year 6/10/ 2022 1 Kings Chapter 14-17

By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

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1Kings chapter 14 Jeroboam’s son became ill and Ahijah’s prophecy

            The reign of Jeroboam in Israel (931-910), at that time his son Abijah became ill, Jeroboam told his wife to ask the prophet Ahijah about his son, the Lord  instructed Ahijah to answer her, “ go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, “I raised you up from among the people and made you a leader over my my people Israel. I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart…you have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have provoked me to anger and thrust me behind your back. Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel slave or free…..Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country. (vv.7-11). Only the sick so Abijah, of all the male descendants of Jeroboam, would be buried; the others would suffer the indignity of having their bodies devoured by scavengers. When Jeroboam’s wife backed and stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. They buried him and all Israel mourned for him. (v.17-18) Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his fathers and Nadab his son succeeded him as king.    

The reign of Rehoboam in Judah (931-913). Rehoboam 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. There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. Abijah his son succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 15 The Reign of Abijah , Asa in Judah and Reign of Nadab in Israel

            In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. The Abijah of 2 Chron.13:1, who reigned 913-911 and was the son of Maacah, who was the granddaughter of Abishalom (=Absalom) whose daughter Tamar married Uriel. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah rest with his father and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king.(vv.6-8). In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, he expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made. He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole(vv.11-13). Ash’s war with Baasha (vv.18-20) to take the pressure off Baasha’s encroachment on Judah(by building Ramah), Asa entered into a foreign alliance with Aram(Syria), who, in turn, attacked towns in the Galilee area, causing Israel to stop fortifying Ramah.

 The reign of Nadab in Israel (910-909). Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two year. (v.25). He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar plotted against him, and killed him. Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king. As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonited because of the sins Jeroboam had commit and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger.(vv.27-30).

The Reign of Baasha in Israel (909-886). In the third year of Ash king Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, ad he reigned twenty –four years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of Jeroboam .

 

1 Kings Chapter 16 Reign of Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab in Israel

            Since Baasha chose to live in sin like Jeroboam, he would suffer the same ignominious fate of Jeroboam’s family (vv.11-12;14:10-13). Two dynasties (Jeroboam’s and Baasha’s) had risen and fallen in Israel in forty-six years(v.12).  The reign of Elah in Israel (886-885). The reign of Zimri in Israel (885). Zimri’s lasted only seven days (v.15). The reign of Omri in Israel (885-874). Omri is remembered for two things: he built Samaria, making it the capital and giving its name to the entire Northern Kingdom; and he became the most wicked king up to that time, though his son Ahab outdid him (v.33).Samaria, located about seven miles NW. of Shechem, became the center of idolatrous worship(16:32;HOs.8:5-6;Amos3:12-15;6:1-6;Mic.1:5-7). It fell to the Assyrians in 722 (2Kings 17:5). The Reign of Ahab in Israel (874-853). Ahab (vv.29-31) is remembered for two things: his wickedness and his marriage to Jezebel, who advanced Baal whorship into Israel. Asherah (v.33). The chief goddess of Tyre, and mother of Baal (Deut.7:5;Jer17:2). In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub. (v.34). Hiel tried to defy God’s curse on anyone who fortified Jericho (the setting up of gates showed that this was his intention) with the result that his tow sons died (either by being sacrificed in the process of building, or by direct divine judgment on them).

 

1 Kings Chapter 17 Elijah’s prediction of drought, provision, and raised a boy from  dead

 Now 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.”(v.1). Elijah means “Yahweh is God”, a significant name in a time when Baal worship threatened to extinguish the worship of Yahweh in Israel. The famine had extended this far north, and the widow was preparing her last meal. The oath shows that she worshiped the God of Israel. God sent Elijah to a Gentile widow to rebuke the apostasy of Israel (Luke4:24-26). Elijah said to her, “ Don’t be afraid. Go home and do  as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says, “ The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day of the Lord gives rain on the land.(vv.13-14). She did as Elijah said. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. Some time later, the her son was dead. The mother thought her son had died because of some sin she had committed.(v.18). Then Elijah stretched himself out on the the boy three times and cried to the Lord, “ O Lord may God, let this boy’s life return to him.” (v.21). The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him and he lived.  He gave him to his mother. Then the woman said, “ Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”(v.24).  

 

Bibliography,

 Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986