GOD in the Old Testament - 1 - 2 Kings - Part 8

1 Kings 19:8 

So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by the food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

 

1 Kings 19:10  

    He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

 

1 Kings 19:14  

    He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

(see all 1 Kings 19)

 

1 Kings 20:28  

    The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD!" 

(see all 1 Kings 20) 

 

1 Kings 21:9-10  

In those letters she wrote:

        "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat

    Naboth in a prominent place among

    the people. But seat two scoundrels 

    opposite him and have them bring

    charges that he has cursed both God

    and the king. Then take him out and 

    stone him to death." 

 

1 Kings 21:13  

Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

(see all 1 Kings 21)

 

1 Kings 22:53  

He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

(see all 1 Kings 22)

 

2 Kings 1:3-4  

    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?' Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die.' " So Elijah went.

 

2 Kings 1:6  

    "A man came to meet us," they replied. "And he said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!" ' " 

 

2 Kings 1:9-12  

    Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, 'Come down!' "

    Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

    At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, "Man of God, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!' "

    "If I am a man of God, " Elijah replied, "may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

(2 Kings 1 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 7

1 Kings 17:1 

    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."

 

1 Kings 17:12  

    "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die."

 

1 Kings 17:14  

"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 the LORD sends rain on the land.' "

 

1 Kings 17:18  

She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"

 

1 Kings 17:20-21  

Then he cried out to the LORD, "LORD, my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?" Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, "LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!" 

 

1 Kings 17:24  

    Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth."

(see all 1 Kings 17)

 

1 Kings 18:10-11  

"As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. But now you tell me to go to my master and say, 'Elijah is here.' " 

 

1 Kings 18:21  

Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him."

    But the people said nothing.

 

1 Kings 18:24  

"Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire--he is God."

 

1 Kings 18:36-37  

    At the time of the sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning hearts back again."

 

1 Kings 18:39  

    When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD--he is God! The LORD--he is God!"

(see all 1 Kings 18) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 6

1 Kings 13:23-24

    When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

 

1 Kings 13:26  

    When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God who defied the word of the LORD. The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him."

 

1 Kings 13:29  

    So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

 

1 Kings 13:31  

    After burying him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones."

(see all 1 Kings 13)

 

1 Kings 14:7  

"Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: 'I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.' "

 

1 Kings 14:13  

"All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good."

(see all 1 Kings 14)

 

1 Kings 15:3-4  

    He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

 

1 Kings 15:29-30  

    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 Shilonite. This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit and because he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel.

(see all 1 Kings 15)

 

1 Kings 16:12-13  

So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu--because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

 

1 Kings 16:26  

He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols. 

 

1 Kings 16:33  

Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

(see all 1 Kings 16) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 5

1 Kings 13:1-3 

    By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. By the word of the LORD he cried out against the altar: "Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: 'A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.' " That same day the man of God gave a sign: "This is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out."

 

1 Kings 13:4-5  

    When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given to the man of God by the word of the LORD.

 

1 Kings 13:6-8  

    Then the king said to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before.

    The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me for a meal, and I will give you a gift."

    But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here."

 

1 Kings 13:11-14  

    Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"

    "I am," he replied.

 

1 Kings 13:16  

    The man of God said, "I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place."

 

1 Kings 13:19  

So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.

 

1 Kings 13:21  

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you."

(1 Kings 13 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 4

1 Kings 9:8-9

"This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why the LORD has brought disaster on them.' " 

(see all 1 Kings 9)

 

1 Kings 10:9  

"Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness." 

 

1 Kings 10:24  

The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

(see all 1 Kings 10)

 

1 Kings 11:4  

As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 

 

1 Kings 11:9  

    The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

 

1 Kings 11:23  

    And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.

 

1 Kings 11:29-31  

    About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes."

(see all 1 Kings 11) 

 

1 Kings 12:22-24  

    But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 'This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.' So they obeyed the word of the LORD and went home again, as the LORD had ordered.

(see all 1 Kings 12) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 3

1 Kings 8:15-17 

Then he said:

 

        "Praise be to the LORD, the God of 

    Israel, who with his own hand has

    fulfilled what he promised with his 

    own mouth to my father David. For

    he said, 'Since the day I brought my

    people out of Egypt I have not

    chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to

    have a temple built so that my Name

    might be there, but I have chosen

    David to rule my people Israel.'

        My father David had it in his 

    heart to build a temple for the Name

    of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:20  

        "The LORD has kept the promise

    he made: I have succeeded David

    my father and now I sit on the throne

    of Israel, just as the LORD promised,

    and I have built the temple for the

    Name of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:22-23  

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven and said:

        "LORD, the God of Israel, there is

    no God like you in heaven above or

    on earth below--you who keep your

    covenant of love with your servants

    who continue wholeheartedly in your

    way."

 

1 Kings 8:25-26  

        "Now LORD, the God of Israel,

    keep for your servant David my father

    the promises you made to him

    when you said, 'You shall never fail

    to have a successor to sit before me

    on the throne of Israel, if only your

    descendants are careful in all they do

    to walk before me faithfully as you

    have done.' And now, God of Israel,

    let your word that you promised your

    servant David my father come true."

 

1 Kings 8:27-28  

        "But will God really dwell on

    earth? The heavens, even the highest

    heavens, cannot contain you. How

    much less this temple I have built!

    Yet give attention to your servant's

    prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD

    my God. Hear the cry and the prayer

    that your servant is praying in your

    presence this day."

 

1 Kings 8:57  

        "May the LORD our God be with us as he

    was with our ancestors; may he never

    leave us or forsake us."

 

1 Kings 8:59-61  

        "And may these words of mine,

    which I have prayed before the

    LORD, be near to the LORD our God

    day and night, that he may uphold

    the cause of his servant and the cause

    of his people Israel according to each

    day's need, so that all the peoples

    of the earth may know that the LORD

    is God and that there is no other.

    And may your hearts be fully committed

    to the LORD our God, to live by his

    decrees and obey his commands, 

    as at this time."

 

1 Kings 8:65  

    So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, the people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

(see all 1 Kings 8) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 2

1 Kings 3:5 

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

 

1 Kings 3:7  

    "Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties."

 

1 Kings 3:10-12  

    The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be."

 

1 Kings 3:28  

    When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

(see all 1 Kings 3)

 

1 Kings 4:29-30  

    God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

(see all 1 Kings 4)

 

1 Kings 5:1-5  

    When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

 

    "You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD put his enemies under his feet. But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God, as the LORD told my father David, when he said, 'Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.' "

(see all 1 Kings 5 - 7) 

  

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