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Kingdom
of
Judah. |
Kingdom
of
Israel. |
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140.
Introduction:
Accession of
Rehoboam and
Revolt of the
Ten Tribes. |
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1Ki. 12:1-19.
1
Rehoboam went to
Shechem: for all
Israel had come
to Shechem to
make him king.
2
It happened,
when Jeroboam
the son of Nebat
heard of it (for
he was yet in
Egypt, where he
had fled from
the presence of
king Solomon,
and Jeroboam
lived in Egypt,
3
and they sent
and called him),
that Jeroboam
and all the
assembly of
Israel came, and
spoke to
Rehoboam,
saying,
4
“Your father
made our yoke
grievous: now
therefore make
you the grievous
service of your
father, and his
heavy yoke which
he put on us,
lighter, and we
will serve you.”
5
He said to them,
“Depart for
three days, then
come back to
me.”
The people
departed.
6
King Rehoboam
took counsel
with the old
men, who had
stood before
Solomon his
father while he
yet lived,
saying, “What
counsel do you
give me to
return answer to
this people?”
7
They spoke to
him, saying, “If
you will be a
servant to this
people this day,
and will serve
them, and answer
them, and speak
good words to
them, then they
will be your
servants
forever.”
8
But he forsook
the counsel of
the old men
which they had
given him, and
took counsel
with the young
men who had
grown up with
him, who stood
before him.
9
He said to them,
“What counsel do
you give, that
we may return
answer to this
people, who have
spoken to me,
saying, ‘Make
the yoke that
your father put
on us lighter?’”
10
The young men
who had grown up
with him spoke
to him, saying,
“Thus you shall
tell this people
who spoke to
you, saying,
‘Your father
made our yoke
heavy, but make
it lighter to
us;’ you shall
say to them, ‘My
little finger is
thicker than my
father’s waist.
11
Now whereas my
father burdened
you with a heavy
yoke, I will add
to your yoke: my
father chastised
you with whips,
but I will
chastise you
with
scorpions.’”
12
So Jeroboam and
all the people
came to Rehoboam
the third day,
as the king
asked, saying,
“Come to me
again the third
day.”
13
The king
answered the
people roughly,
and forsook the
counsel of the
old men which
they had given
him,
14
and spoke to
them according
to the counsel
of the young
men, saying, “My
father made your
yoke heavy, but
I will add to
your yoke. My
father chastised
you with whips,
but I will
chastise you
with scorpions.”
15
So the king
didn’t listen to
the people; for
it was a thing
brought about of
Yahweh, that he
might establish
his word, which
Yahweh spoke by
Ahijah the
Shilonite to
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
16
When all Israel
saw that the
king didn’t
listen to them,
the people
answered the
king, saying,
“What portion
have we in
David? Neither
do we have an
inheritance in
the son of
Jesse. To your
tents, Israel!
Now see to your
own house,
David.” So
Israel departed
to their tents.
17
But as for the
children of
Israel who lived
in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam
reigned over
them.
18
Then king
Rehoboam sent
Adoram, who was
over the men
subject to
forced labor;
and all Israel
stoned him to
death with
stones. King
Rehoboam made
speed to get him
up to his
chariot, to flee
to Jerusalem.
19
So Israel
rebelled against
the house of
David to this
day.
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2Ch. 10:1-19.
1
Rehoboam went to
Shechem; for all
Israel had come
to Shechem to
make him king.
2
It happened,
when Jeroboam
the son of Nebat
heard of it,
(for he was in
Egypt, where he
had fled from
the presence of
king Solomon),
that Jeroboam
returned out of
Egypt.
3
They sent and
called him; and
Jeroboam and all
Israel came, and
they spoke to
Rehoboam,
saying,
4
“Your father
made our yoke
grievous: now
therefore make
you the grievous
service of your
father, and his
heavy yoke which
he put on us,
lighter, and we
will serve you.”
5
He said to them,
“Come again to
me after three
days.”
The people
departed.
6
King Rehoboam
took counsel
with the old
men, who had
stood before
Solomon his
father while he
yet lived,
saying, “What
counsel do you
give me to
return answer to
this people?”
7
They spoke to
him, saying, “If
you are kind to
this people, and
please them, and
speak good words
to them, then
they will be
your servants
forever.”
8
But he forsook
the counsel of
the old men
which they had
given him, and
took counsel
with the young
men who had
grown up with
him, who stood
before him.
9
He said to them,
“What counsel do
you give, that
we may return
answer to this
people, who have
spoken to me,
saying, ‘Make
the yoke that
your father put
on us lighter?’”
10
The young men
who had grown up
with him spoke
to him, saying,
“Thus you shall
tell the people
who spoke to
you, saying,
‘Your father
made our yoke
heavy, but make
it lighter on
us;’ thus you
shall say to
them, ‘My little
finger is
thicker than my
father’s waist.
11
Now whereas my
father burdened
you with a heavy
yoke, I will add
to your yoke. My
father chastised
you with whips,
but I will
chastise you
with
scorpions.’”
12
So Jeroboam and
all the people
came to Rehoboam
the third day,
as the king
asked, saying,
“Come to me
again the third
day.”
13
The king
answered them
roughly; and
king Rehoboam
forsook the
counsel of the
old men,
14
and spoke to
them after the
counsel of the
young men,
saying, “My
father made your
yoke heavy, but
I will add to
it. My father
chastised you
with whips, but
I will chastise
you with
scorpions.”
15
So the king
didn’t listen to
the people; for
it was brought
about of God,
that Yahweh
might establish
his word, which
he spoke by
Ahijah the
Shilonite to
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
16
When all Israel
saw that the
king didn’t
listen to them,
the people
answered the
king, saying,
“What portion
have we in
David? Neither
have we
inheritance in
the son of
Jesse! Every man
to your tents,
Israel! Now see
to your own
house, David.”
So all Israel
departed to
their tents.
17
But as for the
children of
Israel who lived
in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam
reigned over
them.
18
Then king
Rehoboam sent
Hadoram, who was
over the men
subject to
forced labor;
and the children
of Israel stoned
him to death
with stones.
King Rehoboam
made speed to
get himself up
to his chariot,
to flee to
Jerusalem.
19
So Israel
rebelled against
the house of
David to this
day.
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141. The Reign
of Rehoboam.
(1) Rehoboam's
Plans against
Israel
frustrated by
the Prophet
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142. The Reign
of Jeroboam.
(1) Jeroboam is
made King over
Israel.
1Ki. 12:20.
20
It happened,
when all Israel
heard that
Jeroboam was
returned, that
they sent and
called him to
the
congregation,
and made him
king over all
Israel: there
was none who
followed the
house of David,
but the tribe of
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1Ki. 12:21-24.
21
When Rehoboam
had come to
Jerusalem, he
assembled all
the house of
Judah, and the
tribe of
Benjamin, a
hundred and
eighty thousand
chosen men, who
were warriors,
to fight against
the house of
Israel, to bring
the kingdom
again to
Rehoboam the son
of Solomon.
22
But the word of
God came to
Shemaiah the man
of God, saying,
23
“Speak to
Rehoboam the son
of Solomon, king
of Judah, and to
all the house of
Judah and
Benjamin, and to
the rest of the
people, saying,
24
‘Thus says
Yahweh, “You
shall not go up,
nor fight
against your
brothers, the
children of
Israel. Everyone
return to his
house; for this
thing is of
me.”’” So they
listened to the
word of Yahweh,
and returned and
went their way,
according to the
word of Yahweh.
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2Ch. 11:1-4.
1
When Rehoboam
had come to
Jerusalem, he
assembled the
house of Judah
and Benjamin,
one hundred
eighty thousand
chosen men, who
were warriors,
to fight against
Israel, to bring
the kingdom
again to
Rehoboam.
2
But the word of
Yahweh came to
Shemaiah the man
of God, saying,
3
“Speak to
Rehoboam the son
of Solomon, king
of Judah, and to
all Israel in
Judah and
Benjamin,
saying,
4
‘Thus says
Yahweh, “You
shall not go up,
nor fight
against your
brothers! Return
every man to his
house; for this
thing is of
me.”’” So they
listened to the
words of Yahweh,
and returned
from going
against
Jeroboam.
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(2)
Adherence of the
Levites in all
Israel to
Rehoboam.
2Ch. 11:13, 14.
13
The priests and
the Levites who
were in all
Israel resorted
to him out of
all their
border.
14
For the Levites
left their
suburbs and
their
possession, and
came to Judah
and Jerusalem:
for Jeroboam and
his sons cast
them off, that
they should not
execute the
priest’s office
to Yahweh;
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(2) Jeroboam
takes Measures
to establish his
Kingdom. |
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1Ki. 12:25-33.
25
Then Jeroboam
built Shechem in
the hill country
of Ephraim, and
lived in it; and
he went out from
there, and built
Penuel.
26
Jeroboam said in
his heart, “Now
the kingdom will
return to the
house of David.
27
If this people
goes up to offer
sacrifices in
the house of
Yahweh at
Jerusalem, then
the heart of
this people will
turn again to
their lord, even
to Rehoboam king
of Judah; and
they will kill
me, and return
to Rehoboam king
of Judah.”
28
Whereupon the
king took
counsel, and
made two calves
of gold; and he
said to them,
“It is too much
for you to go up
to Jerusalem.
Look and see
your gods,
Israel, which
brought you up
out of the land
of Egypt!”
29
He set the one
in Bethel, and
the other put he
in Dan.
30
This thing
became a sin;
for the people
went to worship
before the one,
even to Dan.
31
He made houses
of high places,
and made priests
from among all
the people, who
were not of the
sons of Levi.
32
Jeroboam
ordained a feast
in the eighth
month, on the
fifteenth day of
the month, like
the feast that
is in Judah, and
he went up to
the altar; he
did so in
Bethel,
sacrificing to
the calves that
he had made: and
he placed in
Bethel the
priests of the
high places that
he had made.
33
He went up to
the altar which
he had made in
Bethel on the
fifteenth day in
the eighth
month, even in
the month which
he had devised
of his own
heart: and he
ordained a feast
for the children
of Israel, and
went up to the
altar, to burn
incense.
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2Ch. 11:15.
15
and he appointed
him priests for
the high places,
and for the male
goats, and for
the calves which
he had made.
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(3) Rehoboam
is further
strengthened by
the Immigration
of other pious
Israelites.
2Ch. 11:16, 17.
16
After them, out
of all the
tribes of
Israel, such as
set their hearts
to seek Yahweh,
the God of
Israel, came to
Jerusalem to
sacrifice to
Yahweh, the God
of their
fathers.
17
So they
strengthened the
kingdom of
Judah, and made
Rehoboam the son
of Solomon
strong, three
years; for they
walked three
years in the way
of David and
Solomon.
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(3) The " Man
of God out of
Judah."
A. The Prophecy
against
Jeroboam's Altar
in Beth-el.
1Ki.
13:1-3.
1
Behold, there
came a man of
God out of Judah
by the word of
Yahweh to Beth
El: and Jeroboam
was standing by
the altar to
burn incense.
2
He cried against
the altar by the
word of Yahweh,
and said,
“Altar, altar,
thus says
Yahweh: ‘Behold,
a son shall be
born to the
house of David,
Josiah by name.
On you he shall
sacrifice the
priests of the
high places who
burn incense on
you, and they
will burn men’s
bones on you.’”
3
He gave a sign
the same day,
saying, “This is
the sign which
Yahweh has
spoken: Behold,
the altar will
be split apart,
and the ashes
that are on it
will be poured
out.”
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B.
The Withering
and Restoration
of Jeroboam's
Hand.
1Ki.
13:4-6.
4
It happened,
when the king
heard the saying
of the man of
God, which he
cried against
the altar in
Bethel, that
Jeroboam put out
his hand from
the altar,
saying, “Seize
him!” His hand,
which he put out
against him,
dried up, so
that he could
not draw it back
again to
himself.
5
The altar also
was split apart,
and the ashes
poured out from
the altar,
according to the
sign which the
man of God had
given by the
word of Yahweh.
6
The king
answered the man
of God, “Now
entreat the
favor of Yahweh
your God, and
pray for me,
that my hand may
be restored me
again.”
The man of God
entreated
Yahweh, and the
king’s hand was
restored him
again, and
became as it was
before.
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C.
The Disobedience
of the Man of
God.
1Ki.
13:7-22.
7
The king said to
the man of God,
“Come home with
me, and refresh
yourself, and I
will give you a
reward.”
8
The man of God
said to the
king, “Even if
you gave me half
of your house, I
would not go in
with you,
neither would I
eat bread nor
drink water in
this place;
9
for so was it
commanded me by
the word of
Yahweh, saying,
‘You shall eat
no bread, nor
drink water,
neither return
by the way that
you came.’”
10
So he went
another way, and
didn’t return by
the way that he
came to Bethel.
11
Now there lived
an old prophet
in Bethel; and
one of his sons
came and told
him all the
works that the
man of God had
done that day in
Bethel. They
also told their
father the words
which he had
spoken to the
king.
12
Their father
said to them,
“Which way did
he go?” Now his
sons had seen
which way the
man of God went,
who came from
Judah.
13
He said to his
sons, “Saddle
the donkey for
me.” So they
saddled the
donkey for him;
and he rode on
it.
14
He went after
the man of God,
and found him
sitting under an
oak. He said to
him, “Are you
the man of God
who came from
Judah?”
He said, “I am.”
15
Then he said to
him, “Come home
with me, and eat
bread.”
16
He said, “I may
not return with
you, nor go in
with you;
neither will I
eat bread nor
drink water with
you in this
place.
17
For it was said
to me by the
word of Yahweh,
‘You shall eat
no bread nor
drink water
there, nor turn
again to go by
the way that you
came.’”
18
He said to him,
“I also am a
prophet as you
are; and an
angel spoke to
me by the word
of Yahweh,
saying, ‘Bring
him back with
you into your
house, that he
may eat bread
and drink
water.’” He lied
to him.
19
So he went back
with him, and
ate bread in his
house, and drank
water.
20
It happened, as
they sat at the
table, that the
word of Yahweh
came to the
prophet who
brought him
back;
21
and he cried to
the man of God
who came from
Judah, saying,
“Thus says
Yahweh, ‘Because
you have been
disobedient to
the mouth of
Yahweh, and have
not kept the
commandment
which Yahweh
your God
commanded you,
22
but came back,
and have eaten
bread and drunk
water in the
place of which
he said to you,
“Eat no bread,
and drink no
water;” your
body shall not
come to the tomb
of your
fathers.’”
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D. The Man of
God is slain.
1Ki.
13:23. 24.
23
It happened,
after he had
eaten bread, and
after he had
drunk, that he
saddled the
donkey for the
prophet whom he
had brought
back.
24
When he had
gone, a lion met
him by the way,
and killed him.
His body was
cast in the way,
and the donkey
stood by it. The
lion also stood
by the body.
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E. The " Old
Prophet " buries
the Man of God,
and confirms his
Words.
1Ki.
13:25-32.
25
Behold, men
passed by, and
saw the body
cast in the way,
and the lion
standing by the
body; and they
came and told it
in the city
where the old
prophet lived.
26
When the prophet
who brought him
back from the
way heard of it,
he said, “It is
the man of God
who was
disobedient to
the mouth of
Yahweh.
Therefore Yahweh
has delivered
him to the lion,
which has mauled
him and slain
him, according
to the word of
Yahweh, which he
spoke to him.”
27
He spoke to his
sons, saying,
“Saddle the
donkey for me.”
They saddled it.
28
He went and
found his body
cast in the way,
and the donkey
and the lion
standing by the
body. The lion
had not eaten
the body, nor
mauled the
donkey.
29
The prophet took
up the body of
the man of God,
and laid it on
the donkey, and
brought it back.
He came to the
city of the old
prophet to
mourn, and to
bury him.
30
He laid his body
in his own
grave; and they
mourned over
him, saying,
“Alas, my
brother!”
31
It happened,
after he had
buried him, that
he spoke to his
sons, saying,
“When I am dead,
then bury me in
the tomb in
which the man of
God is buried.
Lay my bones
beside his
bones.
32
For the saying
which he cried
by the word of
Yahweh against
the altar in
Bethel, and
against all the
houses of the
high places
which are in the
cities of
Samaria, will
surely happen.”
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(4)
Jeroboam's
Persistence in
Evil.
1Ki. 13:33,
34.
33
After this thing
Jeroboam didn’t
return from his
evil way, but
again made
priests of the
high places from
among all the
people. Whoever
wanted to, he
consecrated him,
that there might
be priests of
the high places.
34
This thing
became sin to
the house of
Jeroboam, even
to cut it off,
and to destroy
it from off the
surface of the
earth.
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(5) Ahijah's
Prophecy against
the House and
Kingdom of
Jeroboam.
A. Jeroboam's
Inquiry
concerning his
sick Child.
1Ki.
14:1-4.
1
At that time
Abijah the son
of Jeroboam fell
sick.
2
Jeroboam said to
his wife,
“Please get up
and disguise
yourself, that
you won’t be
recognized as
the wife of
Jeroboam. Go to
Shiloh. Behold,
there is Ahijah
the prophet, who
spoke concerning
me that I should
be king over
this people.
3
Take with you
ten loaves, and
cakes, and a jar
of honey, and go
to him. He will
tell you what
will become of
the child.”
4
Jeroboam’s wife
did so, and
arose, and went
to Shiloh, and
came to the
house of Ahijah.
Now Ahijah could
not see; for his
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B. Ahijah's
Prophecy and its
partial
Fulfillment.
1Ki.
14:5-18.
5
Yahweh said to
Ahijah, “Behold,
the wife of
Jeroboam comes
to inquire of
you concerning
her son; for he
is sick. Thus
and thus you
shall tell her;
for it will be,
when she comes
in, that she
will pretend to
be another
woman.”
6
It was so, when
Ahijah heard the
sound of her
feet, as she
came in at the
door, that he
said, “Come in,
you wife of
Jeroboam! Why do
you pretend to
be another? For
I am sent to you
with heavy news.
7
Go, tell
Jeroboam, ‘Thus
says Yahweh, the
God of Israel:
“Because I
exalted you from
among the
people, and made
you prince over
my people
Israel,
8
and tore the
kingdom away
from the house
of David, and
gave it you; and
yet you have not
been as my
servant David,
who kept my
commandments,
and who followed
me with all his
heart, to do
that only which
was right in my
eyes,
9
but have done
evil above all
who were before
you, and have
gone and made
you other gods,
and molten
images, to
provoke me to
anger, and have
cast me behind
your back:
10
therefore,
behold, I will
bring evil on
the house of
Jeroboam, and
will cut off
from Jeroboam
everyone who
urinates on a
wall,1
he who is shut
up and he who is
left at large in
Israel, and will
utterly sweep
away the house
of Jeroboam, as
a man sweeps
away dung, until
it is all gone.
11
He who dies of
Jeroboam in the
city shall the
dogs eat; and he
who dies in the
field shall the
birds of the sky
eat: for Yahweh
has spoken it.”’
12
Arise therefore,
and go to your
house. When your
feet enter into
the city, the
child shall die.
13
All Israel shall
mourn for him,
and bury him;
for he only of
Jeroboam shall
come to the
grave, because
in him there is
found some good
thing toward
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, in
the house of
Jeroboam.
14
Moreover Yahweh
will raise him
up a king over
Israel, who
shall cut off
the house of
Jeroboam. This
is day! What?
Even now.
15
For Yahweh will
strike Israel,
as a reed is
shaken in the
water; and he
will root up
Israel out of
this good land
which he gave to
their fathers,
and will scatter
them beyond the
River, because
they have made
their Asherim,
provoking Yahweh
to anger.
16
He will give
Israel up
because of the
sins of
Jeroboam, which
he has sinned,
and with which
he has made
Israel to sin.”
17
Jeroboam’s wife
arose, and
departed, and
came to Tirzah.
As she came to
the threshold of
the house, the
child died.
18
All Israel
buried him, and
mourned for him,
according to the
word of Yahweh,
which he spoke
by his servant
Ahijah the
prophet.
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(4)
Rehoboam's
Fortifications.
2Ch.
11:5-12.
5
Rehoboam lived
in Jerusalem,
and built cities
for defense in
Judah.
6
He built
Bethlehem, and
Etam, and Tekoa,
7
Beth Zur, and
Soco, and
Adullam,
8
and Gath, and
Mareshah, and
Ziph,
9
and Adoraim, and
Lachish, and
Azekah,
10
and Zorah, and
Aijalon, and
Hebron, which
are in Judah and
in Benjamin,
fortified
cities.
11
He fortified the
strongholds, and
put captains in
them, and stores
of food, and oil
and wine.
12
He put shields
and spears in
every city, and
made them
exceeding
strong. Judah
and Benjamin
belonged to him.
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(5)
Rehoboam's
Family.
2Ch.
11:18-23.
18
Rehoboam took
him a wife,
Mahalath the
daughter of
Jerimoth the son
of David, and of
Abihail the
daughter of
Eliab the son of
Jesse;
19
and she bore him
sons: Jeush, and
Shemariah, and
Zaham.
20
After her he
took Maacah the
daughter of
Absalom; and she
bore him Abijah,
and Attai, and
Ziza, and
Shelomith.
21
Rehoboam loved
Maacah the
daughter of
Absalom above
all his wives
and his
concubines: (for
he took eighteen
wives, and sixty
concubines, and
became the
father of
twenty-eight
sons and sixty
daughters.)
22
Rehoboam
appointed Abijah
the son of
Maacah to be
chief, the
prince among his
brothers; for he
intended to make
him king.
23
He dealt wisely,
and dispersed of
all his sons
throughout all
the lands of
Judah and
Benjamin, to
every fortified
city: and he
gave them food
in abundance. He
sought for them
many wives.
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(6) Judah's
Apostasy under
Rehoboam. |
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1Ki. 14:22-24.
22
Judah did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, and they
provoked him to
jealousy with
their sins which
they committed,
above all that
their fathers
had done.
23
For they also
built them high
places, and
pillars, and
Asherim, on
every high hill,
and under every
green tree;
24
and there were
also sodomites
in the land:
they did
according to all
the abominations
of the nations
which Yahweh
drove out before
the children of
Israel.
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2Ch. 12:1, 14.
1
It happened,
when the kingdom
of Rehoboam was
established, and
he was strong,
that he forsook
the law of
Yahweh, and all
Israel with him.
14
He did that
which was evil,
because he
didn’t set his
heart to seek
Yahweh. |
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(7) The
Invasion of
Shishak. |
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1Ki. 14:25-28.
25
It happened in
the fifth year
of king Rehoboam,
that Shishak
king of Egypt
came up against
Jerusalem;
26
and he took away
the treasures of
the house of
Yahweh, and the
treasures of the
king’s house; he
even took away
all: and he took
away all the
shields of gold
which Solomon
had made.
27
King Rehoboam
made in their
place shields of
brass, and
committed them
to the hands of
the captains of
the guard, who
kept the door of
the king’s
house.
28
It was so, that
as often as the
king went into
the house of
Yahweh, the
guard bore them,
and brought them
back into the
guard room.
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2Ch. 12:2-12.
2
It happened in
the fifth year
of king Rehoboam,
that Shishak
king of Egypt
came up against
Jerusalem,
because they had
trespassed
against Yahweh,
3
with twelve
hundred
chariots, and
sixty thousand
horsemen. The
people were
without number
who came with
him out of
Egypt: the Lubim,
the Sukkiim, and
the Ethiopians.
4
He took the
fortified cities
which pertained
to Judah, and
came to
Jerusalem.
5
Now Shemaiah the
prophet came to
Rehoboam, and to
the princes of
Judah, who were
gathered
together to
Jerusalem
because of
Shishak, and
said to them,
“Thus says
Yahweh, ‘You
have forsaken
me, therefore
have I also left
you in the hand
of Shishak.’”
6
Then the princes
of Israel and
the king humbled
themselves; and
they said,
“Yahweh is
righteous.”
7
When Yahweh saw
that they
humbled
themselves, the
word of Yahweh
came to Shemaiah,
saying, “They
have humbled
themselves. I
will not destroy
them; but I will
grant them some
deliverance, and
my wrath shall
not be poured
out on Jerusalem
by the hand of
Shishak.
8
Nevertheless
they shall be
his servants,
that they may
know my service,
and the service
of the kingdoms
of the
countries.”
9
So Shishak king
of Egypt came up
against
Jerusalem, and
took away the
treasures of the
house of Yahweh,
and the
treasures of the
king’s house. He
took it all
away. He also
took away the
shields of gold
which Solomon
had made.
10
King Rehoboam
made in their
place shields of
brass, and
committed them
to the hands of
the captains of
the guard, who
kept the door of
the king’s
house.
11
It was so, that
as often as the
king entered
into the house
of Yahweh, the
guard came and
bore them, and
brought them
back into the
guard room.
12
When he humbled
himself, the
wrath of Yahweh
turned from him,
so as not to
destroy him
altogether: and
moreover in
Judah there were
good things
found. |
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(8) The
Constant Warfare
between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam.
(6) |
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1Ki. 14:30.
30
There was war
between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
continually.
31
Rehoboam slept
with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of David:
and his mother’s
name was Naamah
the Ammonitess.
Abijam his son
reigned in his
place.
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1Ki. 15:6.
6
Now there was
war between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the
days of his
life.
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2Ch. 12:15b.
15b
...There were
wars between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam
continually.
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(9) The Death
of Rehoboam. |
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1Ki. 14:21, 29,
31a.
21
Rehoboam the son
of Solomon
reigned in
Judah. Rehoboam
was forty-one
years old when
he began to
reign, and he
reigned
seventeen years
in Jerusalem,
the city which
Yahweh had
chosen out of
all the tribes
of Israel, to
put his name
there: and his
mother’s name
was Naamah the
Ammonitess.
29
Now the rest of
the acts of
Rehoboam, and
all that he did,
aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?
31a
Rehoboam slept
with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of David:
and his mother’s
name was Naamah
the Ammonitess... |
2Ch. 12:13, 15a,
16a.
13
So king Rehoboam
strengthened
himself in
Jerusalem, and
reigned: for
Rehoboam was
forty-one years
old when he
began to reign,
and he reigned
seventeen years
in Jerusalem,
the city which
Yahweh had
chosen out of
all the tribes
of Israel, to
put his name
there: and his
mother’s name
was Naamah the
Ammonitess
15a
Now the acts of
Rehoboam, first
and last, aren’t
they written in
the histories of
Shemaiah the
prophet and of
Iddo the seer,
after the way of
genealogies?...
16a
Rehoboam slept
with his
fathers, and was
buried in the
city of
David:...
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143. The Reign
of Abijah.
(1) Abijah's
Accession to the
Throne. |
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1Ki. 14:31b;
15:1,2.
31b
...Abijam his
son reigned in
his place.
1
Now in the
eighteenth year
of king Jeroboam
the son of Nebat
began Abijam to
reign over
Judah.
2
He reigned three
years in
Jerusalem: and
his mother’s
name was Maacah
the daughter of
Abishalom.
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2Ch. 12:16b;
13:1,2a.
16b
...and Abijah
his son reigned
in his place.
1
In the
eighteenth year
of king Jeroboam
began Abijah to
reign over
Judah.
2a
He reigned three
years in
Jerusalem: and
his mother’s
name was Micaiah
the daughter of
Uriel of Gibeah... |
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(2) The War
between Abijah
and Jeroboam.
(7) |
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1Ki. 15:7b.
7b
...There was war
between Abijam
and Jeroboam. |
2Ch. 13:2b-20a.
2b
...There was war
between Abijah
and Jeroboam.
3
Abijah joined
battle with an
army of valiant
men of war, even
four hundred
thousand chosen
men: and
Jeroboam set the
battle in array
against him with
eight hundred
thousand chosen
men, who were
mighty men of
valor.
4
Abijah stood up
on Mount
Zemaraim, which
is in the hill
country of
Ephraim, and
said, “Hear me,
Jeroboam and all
Israel:
5
Ought you not to
know that
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, gave
the kingdom over
Israel to David
forever, even to
him and to his
sons by a
covenant of
salt?
6
Yet Jeroboam the
son of Nebat,
the servant of
Solomon the son
of David, rose
up, and rebelled
against his
lord.
7
There were
gathered to him
worthless men,
base fellows,
who strengthened
themselves
against Rehoboam
the son of
Solomon, when
Rehoboam was
young and
tenderhearted,
and could not
withstand them.
8
“Now you think
to withstand the
kingdom of
Yahweh in the
hand of the sons
of David; and
you are a great
multitude, and
there are with
you the golden
calves which
Jeroboam made
you for gods.
9
Haven’t you
driven out the
priests of
Yahweh, the sons
of Aaron, and
the Levites, and
made priests for
yourselves after
the ways of the
peoples of other
lands? so that
whoever comes to
consecrate
himself with a
young bull and
seven rams, the
same may be a
priest of those
who are no gods.
10
“But as for us,
Yahweh is our
God, and we have
not forsaken
him; and we have
priests
ministering to
Yahweh, the sons
of Aaron, and
the Levites in
their work:
11
and they burn to
Yahweh every
morning and
every evening
burnt offerings
and sweet
incense. They
also set the
show bread in
order on the
pure table; and
the lampstand of
gold with its
lamps, to burn
every evening:
for we keep the
instruction of
Yahweh our God;
but you have
forsaken him.
12
Behold, God is
with us at our
head, and his
priests with the
trumpets of
alarm to sound
an alarm against
you. Children of
Israel, don’t
fight against
Yahweh, the God
of your fathers;
for you shall
not prosper.”
13
But Jeroboam
caused an ambush
to come about
behind them: so
they were before
Judah, and the
ambush was
behind them.
14
When Judah
looked back,
behold, the
battle was
before and
behind them; and
they cried to
Yahweh, and the
priests sounded
with the
trumpets.
15
Then the men of
Judah gave a
shout: and as
the men of Judah
shouted, it
happened, that
God struck
Jeroboam and all
Israel before
Abijah and
Judah.
16
The children of
Israel fled
before Judah;
and God
delivered them
into their hand.
17
Abijah and his
people killed
them with a
great slaughter:
so there fell
down slain of
Israel five
hundred thousand
chosen men.
18
Thus the
children of
Israel were
brought under at
that time, and
the children of
Judah prevailed,
because they
relied on
Yahweh, the God
of their
fathers.
19
Abijah pursued
after Jeroboam,
and took cities
from him, Bethel
with its towns,
and Jeshanah
with its towns,
and Ephron with
its towns.
20a
Jeroboam didn’t
recover strength
again in the
days of Abijah.... |
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(3) The
Family of Abijah.
2Ch. 13:21,
21
But Abijah grew
mighty, and took
to himself
fourteen wives,
and became the
father of
twenty-two sons,
and sixteen
daughters.
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(4) The
Character of
Abijah.
1Ki. 15:3-5.
3
He walked in all
the sins of his
father, which he
had done before
him; and his
heart was not
perfect with
Yahweh his God,
as the heart of
David his
father.
4
Nevertheless for
David’s sake,
Yahweh his God
gave him a lamp
in Jerusalem, to
set up his son
after him, and
to establish
Jerusalem;
5
because David
did that which
was right in the
eyes of Yahweh,
and didn’t turn
aside from
anything that he
commanded him
all the days of
his life, except
only in the
matter of Uriah
the Hittite.
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of Abijah. |
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1Ki. 15:7a, 8a.
7a
The rest of the
acts of Abijam,
and all that he
did, aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?...
8a
Abijam slept
with his
fathers; and
they buried him
in the city of
David:... |
2Ch. 13:22;
14:1a.
22
The rest of the
acts of Abijah,
and his ways,
and his sayings,
are written in
the commentary
of the prophet
Iddo.
1a
So Abijah slept
with his
fathers, and
they buried him
in the city of
David;... |
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144. The Reign
of Asa.
(1) Asa's
Accession to the
Throne. |
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1Ki. 15:8b-10.
8b
...and Asa his
son reigned in
his place.
9
In the twentieth
year of Jeroboam
king of Israel
began Asa to
reign over
Judah.
10
He reigned
forty-one years
in Jerusalem:
and his mother’s
name was Maacah
the daughter of
Abishalom.
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2Ch. 14:1b.
1b
...and Asa his
son reigned in
his place.... |
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(2) The
ten Years of
Peace.
2Ch. 14:1c.
1c
...In his days
the land was
quiet ten years.
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(3) The
Character of
Asa:His first
Reforms. |
(8) The
Death of
Jeroboam. |
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1Ki. 15:11.
11
Asa did that
which was right
in the eyes of
Yahweh, as did
David his
father. |
2Ch. 14:2-5.
2
Asa did that
which was good
and right in the
eyes of Yahweh
his God:
3
for he took away
the foreign
altars, and the
high places, and
broke down the
pillars, and cut
down the Asherim,
4
and commanded
Judah to seek
Yahweh, the God
of their
fathers, and to
do the law and
the commandment.
5
Also he took
away out of all
the cities of
Judah the high
places and the
sun images: and
the kingdom was
quiet before
him.
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1Ki. 14:19, 20a.
19
The rest of the
acts of
Jeroboam, how he
warred, and how
he reigned,
behold, they are
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel.
20
The days which
Jeroboam reigned
were two and
twenty years:
and he slept
with his
fathers,... |
2Ch. 13:20b.
20b
...Yahweh struck
him, and he
died.
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(4) Asa's
Policy of
Defense.
2Ch. 14:6-8.
6
He built
fortified cities
in Judah; for
the land was
quiet, and he
had no war in
those years,
because Yahweh
had given him
rest.
7
For he said to
Judah, “Let us
build these
cities, and make
walls around
them, with
towers, gates,
and bars. The
land is yet
before us,
because we have
sought Yahweh
our God; we have
sought him, and
he has given us
rest on every
side.” So they
built and
prospered.
8
Asa had an army
that bore
bucklers and
spears, out of
Judah three
hundred
thousand; and
out of Benjamin,
that bore
shields and drew
bows, two
hundred eighty
thousand: all
these were
mighty men of
valor.
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145. The Reign
of Nadab.
(1) Nadab's
Accession to the
Throne.
1Ki. 14:20b;
15:25.
20b
...and Nadab his
son reigned in
his place.
25
Nadab the son of
Jeroboam began
to reign over
Israel in the
second year of
Asa king of
Judah; and he
reigned over
Israel two
years.
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(2) The
Character of
Nadab.
1Ki. 15:26.
26
He did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, and
walked in the
way of his
father, and in
his sin with
which he made
Israel to sin.
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(3) The Death
of Nadab.
1Ki. 15:31.
27.
31
Now the rest of
the acts of
Nadab, and all
that he did,
aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
32
There was war
between Asa and
Baasha king of
Israel all their
days.
27
Baasha the son
of Ahijah, of
the house of
Issachar,
conspired
against him; and
Baasha struck
him at Gibbethon,
which belonged
to the
Philistines; for
Nadab and all
Israel were
laying siege to
Gibbethon.
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146. The- Reign
of Baasha.
(1) Baasha's
Accession to the
Throne.
1Ki.
15:28-30, 33,
34.
28
Even in the
third year of
Asa king of
Judah, Baasha
killed him, and
reigned in his
place.
29
It happened
that, as soon as
he was king, he
struck all the
house of
Jeroboam: he
didn’t leave to
Jeroboam any who
breathed, until
he had destroyed
him; according
to the saying of
Yahweh, which he
spoke by his
servant Ahijah
the Shilonite;
30
for the sins of
Jeroboam which
he sinned, and
with which he
made Israel to
sin, because of
his provocation
with which he
provoked Yahweh,
the God of
Israel, to
anger.
33
In the third
year of Asa king
of Judah, Baasha
the son of
Ahijah began to
reign over all
Israel in Tirzah
for twenty-four
years.
34
He did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, and
walked in the
way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin
with which he
made Israel to
sin.
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(5) Asa's
Victory over
Zerah the
Ethiopian.
2Ch.
14:9-15,
9
There came out
against them
Zerah the
Ethiopian with
an army of a
million troops,
and three
hundred
chariots; and he
came to Mareshah.
10
Then Asa went
out to meet him,
and they set the
battle in array
in the valley of
Zephathah at
Mareshah.
11
Asa cried to
Yahweh his God,
and said,
“Yahweh, there
is none besides
you to help,
between the
mighty and him
who has no
strength. Help
us, Yahweh our
God; for we rely
on you, and in
your name are we
come against
this multitude.
Yahweh, you are
our God. Don’t
let man prevail
against you.”
12
So Yahweh struck
the Ethiopians
before Asa, and
before Judah;
and the
Ethiopians fled.
13
Asa and the
people who were
with him pursued
them to Gerar:
and there fell
of the
Ethiopians so
many that they
could not
recover
themselves; for
they were
destroyed before
Yahweh, and
before his army;
and they carried
away very much
booty.
14
They struck all
the cities
around Gerar;
for the fear of
Yahweh came on
them: and they
despoiled all
the cities; for
there was much
spoil in them.
15
They struck also
the tents of
livestock, and
carried away
sheep in
abundance, and
camels, and
returned to
Jerusalem.
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(6) The
Warning of the
Prophet Azariah.
2Ch. 15:1-7.
1
The Spirit of
God came on
Azariah the son
of Oded:
2
and he went out
to meet Asa, and
said to him,
“Hear me, Asa,
and all Judah
and Benjamin!
Yahweh is with
you, while you
are with him;
and if you seek
him, he will be
found by you;
but if you
forsake him, he
will forsake
you.
3
Now for a long
time Israel was
without the true
God, and without
a teaching
priest, and
without law.
4
But when in
their distress
they turned to
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, and
sought him, he
was found by
them.
5
In those times
there was no
peace to him who
went out, nor to
him who came in;
but great
troubles were on
all the
inhabitants of
the lands.
6
They were broken
in pieces,
nation against
nation, and city
against city;
for God troubled
them with all
adversity.
7
But you be
strong, and
don’t let your
hands be slack;
for your work
shall be
rewarded.”
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(7) The
Second
Reformation
under Asa.
A. The four
Years of Peace.
2Ch.
15:19.
19
There was no
more war to the
five and
thirtieth year
of the reign of
Asa.
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B. The Reforms
in Worship. |
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1Ki. 15:12.
14, 15.
12
He put away the
sodomites out of
the land, and
removed all the
idols that his
fathers had
made.
14
But the high
places were not
taken away:
nevertheless the
heart of Asa was
perfect with
Yahweh all his
days.
15
He brought into
the house of
Yahweh the
things that his
father had
dedicated, and
the things that
himself had
dedicated,
silver, and
gold, and
vessels.
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2Ch. 15:8, 17,
18.
8
When Asa heard
these words, and
the prophecy of
Oded the
prophet, he took
courage, and put
away the
abominations out
of all the land
of Judah and
Benjamin, and
out of the
cities which he
had taken from
the hill country
of Ephraim; and
he renewed the
altar of Yahweh,
that was before
the porch of
Yahweh.
17
But the high
places were not
taken away out
of Israel:
nevertheless the
heart of Asa was
perfect all his
days.
18
He brought into
the house of God
the things that
his father had
dedicated, and
that he himself
had dedicated,
silver, and
gold, and
vessels.
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C.
The Renewal of
the Covenant.
2Ch.
15:9-15.
9
He gathered all
Judah and
Benjamin, and
those who lived
with them out of
Ephraim and
Manasseh, and
out of Simeon:
for they fell to
him out of
Israel in
abundance, when
they saw that
Yahweh his God
was with him.
10
So they gathered
themselves
together at
Jerusalem in the
third month, in
the fifteenth
year of the
reign of Asa.
11
They sacrificed
to Yahweh in
that day, of the
spoil which they
had brought,
seven hundred
head of cattle
and seven
thousand sheep.
12
They entered
into the
covenant to seek
Yahweh, the God
of their
fathers, with
all their heart
and with all
their soul;
13
and that whoever
would not seek
Yahweh, the God
of Israel,
should be put to
death, whether
small or great,
whether man or
woman.
14
They swore to
Yahweh with a
loud voice, and
with shouting,
and with
trumpets, and
with cornets.
15
All Judah
rejoiced at the
oath; for they
had sworn with
all their heart,
and sought him
with their whole
desire; and he
was found of
them: and Yahweh
gave them rest
all around.
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D. The Removal
of Maacah, the
Queen Mother. |
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1Ki. 15:13.
13
Also Maacah his
mother he
removed from
being queen,
because she had
made an
abominable image
for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down
her image, and
burnt it at the
brook Kidron.
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2Ch. 15:16.
16
Also Maacah, the
mother of Asa
the king, he
removed from
being queen,
because she had
made an
abominable image
for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down
her image, and
made dust of it,
and burnt it at
the brook Kidron.
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(8) The War
between Asa and
Baasha. (2) |
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16.
17
Baasha king of
Israel went up
against Judah,
and built Ramah,
that he might
not allow anyone
to go out or
come in to Asa
king of Judah.
18
Then Asa took
all the silver
and the gold
that were left
in the treasures
of the house of
Yahweh, and the
treasures of the
king’s house,
and delivered
them into the
hand of his
servants; and
king Asa sent
them to Ben
Hadad, the son
of Tabrimmon,
the son of
Hezion, king of
Syria, who lived
at Damascus,
saying,
19
“There is a
treaty between
me and you,
between my
father and your
father. Behold,
I have sent to
you a present of
silver and gold.
Go, break your
treaty with
Baasha king of
Israel, that he
may depart from
me.”
20
Ben Hadad
listened to king
Asa, and sent
the captains of
his armies
against the
cities of
Israel, and
struck Ijon, and
Dan, and Abel
Beth Maacah, and
all Chinneroth,
with all the
land of
Naphtali.
21
It happened,
when Baasha
heard of it,
that he left off
building Ramah,
and lived in
Tirzah.
22
Then king Asa
made a
proclamation to
all Judah; none
was exempted:
and they carried
away the stones
of Ramah, and
its timber, with
which Baasha had
built; and king
Asa built
therewith Geba
of Benjamin, and
Mizpah.
16
There was war
between Asa and
Baasha king of
Israel all their
days. |
1Ki. 15:32.
32
There was war
between Asa and
Baasha king of
Israel all their
days. |
2Ch. 16:1-6.
1
In the six and
thirtieth year
of the reign of
Asa, Baasha king
of Israel went
up against
Judah, and built
Ramah, that he
might not allow
anyone to go out
or come in to
Asa king of
Judah.
2
Then Asa brought
out silver and
gold out of the
treasures of the
house of Yahweh
and of the
king’s house,
and sent to Ben
Hadad king of
Syria, who lived
at Damascus,
saying,
3
“Let there be a
treaty between
me and you, as
there was
between my
father and your
father. Behold,
I have sent you
silver and gold.
Go, break your
treaty with
Baasha king of
Israel, that he
may depart from
me.”
4
Ben Hadad
listened to king
Asa, and sent
the captains of
his armies
against the
cities of
Israel; and they
struck Ijon, and
Dan, and Abel
Maim, and all
the storage
cities of
Naphtali.
5
It happened,
when Baasha
heard of it,
that he left off
building Ramah,
and let his work
cease.
6
Then Asa the
king took all
Judah; and they
carried away the
stones of Ramah,
and its timber,
with which
Baasha had
built; and he
built therewith
Geba and Mizpah. |
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(9) The
Warning of the
Prophet Hanani.
2Ch. 16:7-9.
7
At that time
Hanani the seer
came to Asa king
of Judah, and
said to him,
“Because you
have relied on
the king of
Syria, and have
not relied on
Yahweh your God,
therefore is the
army of the king
of Syria escaped
out of your
hand.
8
Weren’t the
Ethiopians and
the Lubim a huge
army, with
chariots and
horsemen
exceeding many?
Yet, because you
relied on
Yahweh, he
delivered them
into your hand.
9
For the eyes of
Yahweh run back
and forth
throughout the
whole earth, to
show himself
strong in the
behalf of them
whose heart is
perfect toward
him. Herein you
have done
foolishly; for
from henceforth
you shall have
wars.”
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(10) Asa's
Transgression.
2Ch. 16:10.
10
Then Asa was
angry with the
seer, and put
him in the
prison; for he
was in a rage
with him because
of this thing.
Asa oppressed
some of the
people at the
same time.
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(3) The
Prophecy of Jehu
against Baasha
and his House.
1Ki. 16:7,
1-4.
7
Moreover by the
prophet Jehu the
son of Hanani
came the word of
Yahweh against
Baasha, and
against his
house, both
because of all
the evil that he
did in the sight
of Yahweh, to
provoke him to
anger with the
work of his
hands, in being
like the house
of Jeroboam, and
because he
struck him.
1
The word of
Yahweh came to
Jehu the son of
Hanani against
Baasha, saying,
2
“Because I
exalted you out
of the dust, and
made you prince
over my people
Israel, and you
have walked in
the way of
Jeroboam, and
have made my
people Israel to
sin, to provoke
me to anger with
their sins;
3
behold, I will
utterly sweep
away Baasha and
his house; and I
will make your
house like the
house of
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
4
The dogs will
eat Baasha’s
descendants who
die in the city;
and he who dies
of his in the
field the birds
of the sky will
eat.”
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(4) The Death
of Baasha.
1Ki. 16:5,
6a.
5
Now the rest of
the acts of
Baasha, and what
he did, and his
might, aren’t
they written in
the book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
6a
Baasha slept
with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Tirzah;... |
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147. The Reign
of Elah.
1Ki. 16:6b,
8, 14, 9, 10.
6b
...and Elah his
son reigned in
his place.
8
In the
twenty-sixth
year of Asa king
of Judah, Elah
the son of
Baasha began to
reign over
Israel in Tirzah
for two years.
14
Now the rest of
the acts of Elah,
and all that he
did, aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
9
His servant
Zimri, captain
of half his
chariots,
conspired
against him. Now
he was in Tirzah,
drinking himself
drunk in the
house of Arza,
who was over the
household in
Tirzah:
10
and Zimri went
in and struck
him, and killed
him, in the
twenty-seventh
year of Asa king
of Judah, and
reigned in his
place.
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148. The Reign
of Zimri.
1Ki. 16:15a,
11-13, 20,
15b-19.
15a
In the
twenty-seventh
year of Asa king
of Judah, Zimri
reigned seven
days in Tirzah....
11
It happened,
when he began to
reign, as soon
as he sat on his
throne, that he
struck all the
house of Baasha:
he didn’t leave
him a single one
who urinates on
a wall,1
neither of his
relatives, nor
of his friends.
12
Thus Zimri
destroyed all
the house of
Baasha,
according to the
word of Yahweh,
which he spoke
against Baasha
by Jehu the
prophet,
13
for all the sins
of Baasha, and
the sins of Elah
his son, which
they sinned, and
with which they
made Israel to
sin, to provoke
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, to
anger with their
vanities.
20
Now the rest of
the acts of
Zimri, and his
treason that he
committed,
aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
15b
...Now the
people were
encamped against
Gibbethon, which
belonged to the
Philistines.
16
The people who
were encamped
heard say, Zimri
has conspired,
and has also
struck the king:
therefore all
Israel made Omri,
the captain of
the army, king
over Israel that
day in the camp.
17
Omri went up
from Gibbethon,
and all Israel
with him, and
they besieged
Tirzah.
18
It happened,
when Zimri saw
that the city
was taken, that
he went into the
castle of the
king’s house,
and burnt the
king’s house
over him with
fire, and died,
19
for his sins
which he sinned
in doing that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, in
walking in the
way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin
which he did, to
make Israel to
sin.
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149. The Reigns
of Tibni and
Omri.
(1) The Civil
War.
1Ki. 16:21.
21
Then were the
people of Israel
divided into two
parts: half of
the people
followed Tibni
the son of
Ginath, to make
him king; and
half followed
Omri.
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2) Omri
marries his Son
Ahab to Jezebel
of Zidon.
1Ki. 16:31a.
31a
It happened, as
if it had been a
light thing for
him to walk in
the sins of
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, that
he took as wife
Jezebel the
daughter of
Ethbaal king of
the Sidonians,... |
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(3) Omri
becomes sole
King.
1Ki. 16:22.
22
But the people
who followed
Omri prevailed
against the
people who
followed Tibni
the son of
Ginath: so Tibni
died, and Omri
reigned. |
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150. The Reign
of Omri.
(1) The first
six Years in
Tirzah.
1Ki. 16:23.
23
In the
thirty-first
year of Asa king
of Judah, Omri
began to reign
over Israel for
twelve years. He
reigned six
years in Tirzah. |
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(2) Omri
makes Samaria
his Capital.
1Ki. 16:24.
24
He bought the
hill Samaria of
Shemer for two
talents of
silver; and he
built on the
hill, and called
the name of the
city which he
built, after the
name of Shemer,
the owner of the
hill, Samaria.
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(3) The
Character of
Omri.
1Ki. 16:25,
26.
25
Omri did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, and
dealt wickedly
above all who
were before him.
26
For he walked in
all the way of
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and in
his sins with
which he made
Israel to sin,
to provoke
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, to
anger with their
vanities.
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(4) The Death
of Omri.
1Ki. 16:27,
28a.
27
Now the rest of
the acts of Omri
which he did,
and his might
that he showed,
aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
28a
So Omri slept
with his
fathers, and was
buried in
Samaria;... |
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151. The Reign
of Ahab.
(1) Ahab's
Accession to the
Throne.
1Ki. 16:28b,
29.
28b
...and Ahab his
son reigned in
his place.
29
In the
thirty-eighth
year of Asa king
of Judah began
Ahab the son of
Omri to reign
over Israel: and
Ahab the son of
Omri reigned
over Israel in
Samaria
twenty-two
years.
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Illness. |
(2) The
Character of
Aliab. |
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1Ki. 15:23b.
23b
...But in the
time of his old
age he was
diseased in his
feet.
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2Ch. 16:12.
12
In the
thirty-ninth
year of his
reign Asa was
diseased in his
feet; his
disease was
exceeding great:
yet in his
disease he
didn’t seek
Yahweh, but to
the physicians.
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1Ki. 16:30,
31b-33.
30
Ahab the son of
Omri did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh above all
that were before
him.
31b
...and went and
served Baal, and
worshiped him.
32
He reared up an
altar for Baal
in the house of
Baal, which he
had built in
Samaria.
33
Ahab made the
Asherah; and
Ahab did yet
more to provoke
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, to
anger than all
the kings of
Israel who were
before him.
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1Ki. 21:25, 26.
25
But there was
none like Ahab,
who sold himself
to do that which
was evil in the
sight of Yahweh,
whom Jezebel his
wife stirred up.
26
He did very
abominably in
following idols,
according to all
that the
Amorites did,
whom Yahweh cast
out before the
children of
Israel.
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The Death of
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(3) The
Rebuilding of
Jericho.
1Ki. 16:34.
34
In his days Hiel
the Bethelite
built Jericho:
he laid its
foundation with
the loss of
Abiram his
firstborn, and
set up its gates
with the loss of
his youngest son
Segub, according
to the word of
Yahweh, which he
spoke by Joshua
the son of Nun.
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24a.
23a
Now the rest of
all the acts of
Asa, and all his
might, and all
that he did, and
the cities which
he built, aren’t
they written in
the book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?...
24a
Asa slept with
his fathers, and
was buried with
his fathers in
the city of
David his
father;... |
2Ch. 16:11, 13,
14.
11
Behold, the acts
of Asa, first
and last,
behold, they are
written in the
book of the
kings of Judah
and Israel.
13
Asa slept with
his fathers, and
died in the one
and fortieth
year of his
reign.
14
They buried him
in his own
tombs, which he
had dug out for
himself in the
city of David,
and laid him in
the bed which
was filled with
sweet odors and
various kinds of
spices prepared
by the
perfumers’ art:
and they made a
very great
burning for him.
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152. The Reign
of Jehoshaphat.
(1)
Jehoshaphat's
Accession to the
Throne. |
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22:41, 42.
24b
...and
Jehoshaphat his
son reigned in
his place.
41
Jehoshaphat the
son of Asa began
to reign over
Judah in the
fourth year of
Ahab king of
Israel.
42
Jehoshaphat was
thirty-five
years old when
he began to
reign; and he
reigned
twenty-five
years in
Jerusalem. His
mother’s name
was Azubah the
daughter of
Shilhi.
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2Ch. 17:1a;
20:31.
1a
Jehoshaphat his
son reigned in
his place,...
31
Jehoshaphat
reigned over
Judah: he was
thirty-five
years old when
he began to
reign; and he
reigned
twenty-five
years in
Jerusalem: and
his mother’s
name was Azubah
the daughter of
Shilhi.
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Character of
Jehoshaphat. |
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1Ki. 22:43, 46.
43
He walked in all
the way of Asa
his father; He
didn’t turn
aside from it,
doing that which
was right in the
eyes of Yahweh:
however the high
places were not
taken away; the
people still
sacrificed and
burnt incense in
the high places.
46
The remnant of
the sodomites,
that remained in
the days of his
father Asa, he
put away out of
the land. |
2Ch. 20:32,33.
32
He walked in the
way of Asa his
father, and
didn’t turn
aside from it,
doing that which
was right in the
eyes of Yahweh.
33
However the high
places were not
taken away;
neither as yet
had the people
set their hearts
to the God of
their fathers.
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Jehoshaphat
strengthens his
Kingdom.
2Ch.
17:1b-6.
1b
...and
strengthened
himself against
Israel.
2
He placed forces
in all the
fortified cities
of Judah, and
set garrisons in
the land of
Judah, and in
the cities of
Ephraim, which
Asa his father
had taken.
3
Yahweh was with
Jehoshaphat,
because he
walked in the
first ways of
his father
David, and
didn’t seek the
Baals,
4
but sought to
the God of his
father, and
walked in his
commandments,
and not after
the doings of
Israel.
5
Therefore Yahweh
established the
kingdom in his
hand; and all
Judah brought to
Jehoshaphat
tribute; and he
had riches and
honor in
abundance.
6
His heart was
lifted up in the
ways of Yahweh:
and furthermore
he took away the
high places and
the Asherim out
of Judah. |
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Mission of the
Princes,
Levites, and
Priests.
2Ch. 17:7-9.
7
Also in the
third year of
his reign he
sent his
princes, even
Ben Hail, and
Obadiah, and
Zechariah, and
Nethanel, and
Micaiah, to
teach in the
cities of Judah;
8
and with them
the Levites,
even Shemaiah,
and Nethaniah,
and Zebadiah,
and Asahel, and
Shemiramoth, and
Jehonathan, and
Adonijah, and
Tobijah, and
Tobadonijah, the
Levites; and
with them
Elishama and
Jehoram, the
priests.
9
They taught in
Judah, having
the book of the
law of Yahweh
with them; and
they went about
throughout all
the cities of
Judah, and
taught among the
people.
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(5)
Jehoshaphat's
increasing
Power.
2Ch.
17:10-18:1a.
10
The fear of
Yahweh fell on
all the kingdoms
of the lands
that were around
Judah, so that
they made no war
against
Jehoshaphat.
11
Some of the
Philistines
brought
Jehoshaphat
presents, and
silver for
tribute; the
Arabians also
brought him
flocks, seven
thousand and
seven hundred
rams, and seven
thousand and
seven hundred
male goats.
12
Jehoshaphat grew
great
exceedingly; and
he built in
Judah castles
and cities of
store.
13
He had many
works in the
cities of Judah;
and men of war,
mighty men of
valor, in
Jerusalem.
14
This was the
numbering of
them according
to their
fathers’ houses:
Of Judah, the
captains of
thousands: Adnah
the captain, and
with him mighty
men of valor
three hundred
thousand;
15
and next to him
Jehohanan the
captain, and
with him two
hundred eighty
thousand;
16
and next to him
Amasiah the son
of Zichri, who
willingly
offered himself
to Yahweh; and
with him two
hundred thousand
mighty men of
valor.
17
Of Benjamin:
Eliada a mighty
man of valor,
and with him two
hundred thousand
armed with bow
and shield;
18
and next to him
Jehozabad and
with him one
hundred eighty
thousand ready
prepared for
war.
19
These were those
who waited on
the king,
besides those
whom the king
put in the
fortified cities
throughout all
Judah.
1
Now Jehoshaphat
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(6)
Jehoshaphat
marries his Son
Jehoram to
Athaliah,
Daughter of
Ahab. (4)
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1K. 22:44.
44
Jehoshaphat made
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2Ch. 18:1b.
1
...and he
[Jehoshaphat]
joined affinity
with Ahab.
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(5) The
Persecution of
the Prophets.
1Ki.
18:3b, 4.
3b
...(Now Obadiah
feared Yahweh
greatly:
4
for it was so,
when Jezebel cut
off the prophets
of Yahweh, that
Obadiah took one
hundred
prophets, and
hid them by
fifty in a cave,
and fed them
with bread and
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(6) Elijah
the Tishbite.
A. The Famine
foretold.
1Ki.
17:1.
1
Elijah the
Tishbite, who
was of the
foreigners of
Gilead, said to
Ahab, “As
Yahweh, the God
of Israel,
lives, before
whom I stand,
there shall not
be dew nor rain
these years, but
according to my
word.”
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B. Elijah hides
by the Brook
Cherith.
1Ki.
17:2-7.
2
The word of
Yahweh came to
him, saying,
3
“Go away from
here, turn
eastward, and
hide yourself by
the brook
Cherith, that is
before the
Jordan.
4
It shall be,
that you shall
drink of the
brook. I have
commanded the
ravens to feed
you there.”
5
So he went and
did according to
the word of
Yahweh; for he
went and lived
by the brook
Cherith, that is
before the
Jordan.
6
The ravens
brought him
bread and flesh
in the morning,
and bread and
flesh in the
evening; and he
drank of the
brook.
7
It happened
after a while,
that the brook
dried up,
because there
was no rain in
the land.
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C.
Elijah in
Zarephath.
1Ki.
17:8-16.
8
The word of
Yahweh came to
him, saying,
9
“Arise, go to
Zarephath, which
belongs to
Sidon, and stay
there. Behold, I
have commanded a
widow there to
sustain you.”
10
So he arose and
went to
Zarephath; and
when he came to
the gate of the
city, behold, a
widow was there
gathering
sticks: and he
called to her,
and said,
“Please get me a
little water in
a vessel, that I
may drink.”
11
As she was going
to get it, he
called to her,
and said,
“Please bring me
a morsel of
bread in your
hand.”
12
She said, “As
Yahweh your God
lives, I don’t
have a cake, but
a handful of
meal in the jar,
and a little oil
in the jar.
Behold, I am
gathering two
sticks, that I
may go in and
bake it for me
and my son, that
we may eat it,
and die.”
13
Elijah said to
her, “Don’t be
afraid. Go and
do as you have
said; but make
me of it a
little cake
first, and bring
it out to me,
and afterward
make some for
you and for your
son.
14
For thus says
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, ‘The
jar of meal
shall not empty,
neither shall
the jar of oil
fail, until the
day that Yahweh
sends rain on
the earth.’”
15
She went and did
according to the
saying of
Elijah: and she,
and he, and her
house, ate many
days.
16
The jar of meal
didn’t empty,
neither did the
jar of oil fail,
according to the
word of Yahweh,
which he spoke
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D. Elijah raises
the Widow's Son.
1Ki.
17:17-24.
17
It happened
after these
things, that the
son of the
woman, the
mistress of the
house, fell
sick; and his
sickness was so
severe, that
there was no
breath left in
him.
18
She said to
Elijah, “What
have I to do
with you, you
man of God? You
have come to me
to bring my sin
to memory, and
to kill my son!”
19
He said to her,
“Give me your
son.” He took
him out of her
bosom, and
carried him up
into the room
where he stayed,
and laid him on
his own bed.
20
He cried to
Yahweh, and
said, “Yahweh my
God, have you
also brought
evil on the
widow with whom
I stay, by
killing her
son?”
21
He stretched
himself on the
child three
times, and cried
to Yahweh, and
said, “Yahweh my
God, please let
this child’s
soul come into
him again.”
22
Yahweh listened
to the voice of
Elijah; and the
soul of the
child came into
him again, and
he revived.
23
Elijah took the
child, and
brought him down
out of the room
into the house,
and delivered
him to his
mother; and
Elijah said,
“Behold, your
son lives.”
24
The woman said
to Elijah, “Now
I know that you
are a man of
God, and that
the word of
Yahweh in your
mouth is truth.”
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E.
Elijah goes to
meet Ahab.
1Ki.
18:1-3a, 5-16.
1
It happened
after many days,
that the word of
Yahweh came to
Elijah, in the
third year,
saying, “Go,
show yourself to
Ahab; and I will
send rain on the
earth.”
2
Elijah went to
show himself to
Ahab. The famine
was severe in
Samaria.
3
Ahab called
Obadiah, who was
over the
household....
5
Ahab said to
Obadiah, “Go
through the
land, to all the
springs of
water, and to
all the brooks.
Perhaps we may
find grass and
save the horses
and mules alive,
that we not lose
all the
animals.”
6
So they divided
the land between
them to pass
throughout it:
Ahab went one
way by himself,
and Obadiah went
another way by
himself.
7
As Obadiah was
in the way,
behold, Elijah
met him: and he
recognized him,
and fell on his
face, and said,
“Is it you, my
lord Elijah?”
8
He answered him,
“It is I. Go,
tell your lord,
‘Behold, Elijah
is here!’”
9
He said,
“Wherein have I
sinned, that you
would deliver
your servant
into the hand of
Ahab, to kill
me?
10
As Yahweh your
God lives, there
is no nation or
kingdom, where
my lord has not
sent to seek
you. When they
said, ‘He is not
here,’ he took
an oath of the
kingdom and
nation, that
they didn’t find
you.
11
Now you say,
‘Go, tell your
lord, “Behold,
Elijah is
here.”’
12
It will happen,
as soon as I am
gone from you,
that the Spirit
of Yahweh will
carry you I
don’t know
where; and so
when I come and
tell Ahab, and
he can’t find
you, he will
kill me. But I,
your servant,
have feared
Yahweh from my
youth.
13
Wasn’t it told
my lord what I
did when Jezebel
killed the
prophets of
Yahweh, how I
hid one hundred
men of Yahweh’s
prophets with
fifty to a cave,
and fed them
with bread and
water?
14
Now you say,
‘Go, tell your
lord, “Behold,
Elijah is
here;”’ and he
will kill me.”
15
Elijah said, “As
Yahweh of Armies
lives, before
whom I stand, I
will surely show
myself to him
today.”
16
So Obadiah went
to meet Ahab,
and told him;
and Ahab went to
meet Elijah.
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F. Elijah's
Challenge.
1Ki.
18:17-24.
17
It happened,
when Ahab saw
Elijah, that
Ahab said to
him, “Is that
you, you
troubler of
Israel?”
18
He answered, “I
have not
troubled Israel;
but you, and
your father’s
house, in that
you have
forsaken the
commandments of
Yahweh, and you
have followed
the Baals.
19
Now therefore
send, and gather
to me all Israel
to Mount Carmel,
and four hundred
fifty of the
prophets of
Baal, and four
hundred of the
prophets of the
Asherah, who eat
at Jezebel’s
table.”
20
So Ahab sent to
all the children
of Israel, and
gathered the
prophets
together to
Mount Carmel.
21
Elijah came near
to all the
people, and
said, “How long
will you waver
between the two
sides? If Yahweh
is God, follow
him; but if
Baal, then
follow him.”
The people
answered him not
a word.
22
Then Elijah said
to the people,
“I, even I only,
am left a
prophet of
Yahweh; but
Baal’s prophets
are four hundred
fifty men.
23
Let them
therefore give
us two bulls;
and let them
choose one bull
for themselves,
and cut it in
pieces, and lay
it on the wood,
and put no fire
under; and I
will dress the
other bull, and
lay it on the
wood, and put no
fire under it.
24
You call on the
name of your
god, and I will
call on the name
of Yahweh. The
God who answers
by fire, let him
be God.”
All the people
answered, “It is
well said.”
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G. Jehovah
versus Baal.
1Ki.
18:25-39.
25
Elijah said to
the prophets of
Baal, “Choose
one bull for
yourselves, and
dress it first;
for you are
many; and call
on the name of
your god, but
put no fire
under it.”
26
They took the
bull which was
given them, and
they dressed it,
and called on
the name of Baal
from morning
even until noon,
saying, Baal,
hear us. But
there was no
voice, nor any
who answered.
They leaped
about the altar
which was made.
27
It happened at
noon, that
Elijah mocked
them, and said,
“Cry aloud; for
he is a god.
Either he is
musing, or he
has gone aside,
or he is on a
journey, or
perhaps he
sleeps and must
be awakened.”
28
They cried
aloud, and cut
themselves in
their way with
knives and
lances, until
the blood gushed
out on them.
29
It was so, when
midday was past,
that they
prophesied until
the time of the
offering of the
offering; but
there was
neither voice,
nor any to
answer, nor any
who regarded.
30
Elijah said to
all the people,
“Come near to
me;” and all the
people came near
to him. He
repaired the
altar of Yahweh
that was thrown
down.
31
Elijah took
twelve stones,
according to the
number of the
tribes of the
sons of Jacob,
to whom the word
of Yahweh came,
saying, “Israel
shall be your
name.”
32
With the stones
he built an
altar in the
name of Yahweh.
He made a trench
around the
altar, large
enough to
contain two
measures of
seed.
33
He put the wood
in order, and
cut the bull in
pieces, and laid
it on the wood.
He said, “Fill
four jars with
water, and pour
it on the burnt
offering, and on
the wood.”
34
He said, “Do it
a second time;”
and they did it
the second time.
He said, “Do it
a third time;”
and they did it
the third time.
35
The water ran
around the
altar; and he
also filled the
trench with
water.
36
It happened at
the time of the
offering of the
offering, that
Elijah the
prophet came
near, and said,
“Yahweh, the God
of Abraham, of
Isaac, and of
Israel, let it
be known this
day that you are
God in Israel,
and that I am
your servant,
and that I have
done all these
things at your
word.
37
Hear me, Yahweh,
hear me, that
this people may
know that you,
Yahweh, are God,
and that you
have turned
their heart back
again.”
38
Then the fire of
Yahweh fell, and
consumed the
burnt offering,
and the wood,
and the stones,
and the dust,
and licked up
the water that
was in the
trench.
39
When all the
people saw it,
they fell on
their faces.
They said,
“Yahweh, he is
God! Yahweh, he
is God!”
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H. Baal's
Priests are
slain.
1Ki.
18:40.
40
Elijah said to
them, “Seize the
prophets of
Baal! Don’t let
one of them
escape!”
They seized
them. Elijah
brought them
down to the
brook Kishon,
and killed them
there.
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I. The Promise
of Rain.
1Ki.
18:41-46.
41
Elijah said to
Ahab, “Get up,
eat and drink;
for there is the
sound of
abundance of
rain.”
42
So Ahab went up
to eat and to
drink. Elijah
went up to the
top of Carmel;
and he bowed
himself down on
the earth, and
put his face
between his
knees.
43
He said to his
servant, “Go up
now, look toward
the sea.”
He went up, and
looked, and
said, “There is
nothing.”
He said, “Go
again” seven
times.
44
It happened at
the seventh
time, that he
said, “Behold, a
small cloud,
like a man’s
hand, is rising
out of the sea.”
He said, “Go up,
tell Ahab, ‘Get
ready and go
down, so that
the rain doesn’t
stop you.’”
45
It happened in a
little while,
that the sky
grew black with
clouds and wind,
and there was a
great rain. Ahab
rode, and went
to Jezreel.
46
The hand of
Yahweh was on
Elijah; and he
tucked his cloak
into his belt
and ran before
Ahab to the
entrance of
Jezreel.
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J. Elijah's
Flight to Horeb.
1Ki.
19:1-8.
1
Ahab told
Jezebel all that
Elijah had done,
and how he had
killed all the
prophets with
the sword.
2
Then Jezebel
sent a messenger
to Elijah,
saying, “So let
the gods do to
me, and more
also, if I don’t
make your life
as the life of
one of them by
tomorrow about
this time!”
3
When he saw
that, he arose,
and went for his
life, and came
to Beersheba,
which belongs to
Judah, and left
his servant
there.
4
But he himself
went a day’s
journey into the
wilderness, and
came and sat
down under a
juniper tree:
and he requested
for himself that
he might die,
and said, “It is
enough. Now, O
Yahweh, take
away my life;
for I am not
better than my
fathers.”
5
He lay down and
slept under a
juniper tree;
and behold, an
angel touched
him, and said to
him, “Arise and
eat!”
6
He looked, and
behold, there
was at his head
a cake baked on
the coals, and a
jar of water. He
ate and drank,
and lay down
again.
7
The angel of
Yahweh came
again the second
time, and
touched him, and
said, “Arise and
eat, because the
journey is too
great for you.”
8
He arose, and
ate and drank,
and went in the
strength of that
food forty days
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K. God's
Revelation to
Elijah.
1Ki.
19:9-18.
9
He came there to
a cave, and
lodged there;
and behold, the
word of Yahweh
came to him, and
he said to him,
“What are you
doing here,
Elijah?”
10
He said, “I have
been very
jealous for
Yahweh, the God
of Armies; for
the children of
Israel have
forsaken your
covenant, thrown
down your
altars, and
slain your
prophets with
the sword. I,
even I only, am
left; and they
seek my life, to
take it away.”
11
He said, “Go
out, and stand
on the mountain
before Yahweh.”
Behold, Yahweh
passed by, and a
great and strong
wind tore the
mountains, and
broke in pieces
the rocks before
Yahweh; but
Yahweh was not
in the wind.
After the wind
an earthquake;
but Yahweh was
not in the
earthquake.
12
After the
earthquake a
fire passed; but
Yahweh was not
in the fire: and
after the fire a
still small
voice.
13
It was so, when
Elijah heard it,
that he wrapped
his face in his
mantle, and went
out, and stood
in the entrance
of the cave.
Behold, a voice
came to him, and
said, “What are
you doing here,
Elijah?”
14
He said, “I have
been very
jealous for
Yahweh, the God
of Armies; for
the children of
Israel have
forsaken your
covenant, thrown
down your
altars, and
slain your
prophets with
the sword. I,
even I only, am
left; and they
seek my life, to
take it away.”
15
Yahweh said to
him, “Go, return
on your way to
the wilderness
of Damascus.
When you arrive,
you shall anoint
Hazael to be
king over Syria.
16
You shall anoint
Jehu the son of
Nimshi to be
king over
Israel; and you
shall anoint
Elisha the son
of Shaphat of
Abel Meholah to
be prophet in
your place.
17
It shall happen,
that he who
escapes from the
sword of Hazael,
Jehu will kill;
and he who
escapes from the
sword of Jehu,
Elisha will
kill.
18
Yet will I leave
seven thousand
in Israel, all
the knees which
have not bowed
to Baal, and
every mouth
which has not
kissed him.”
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L.
The Call of
Elisha.
1Ki.
19:19-21.
19
So he departed
there, and found
Elisha the son
of Shaphat, who
was plowing,
with twelve yoke
of oxen before
him, and he with
the twelfth: and
Elijah passed
over to him, and
cast his mantle
on him.
20
He left the
oxen, and ran
after Elijah,
and said, “Let
me please kiss
my father and my
mother, and then
I will follow
you.”
He said to him,
“Go back again;
for what have I
done to you?”
21
He returned from
following him,
and took the
yoke of oxen,
and killed them,
and boiled their
flesh with the
instruments of
the oxen, and
gave to the
people, and they
ate. Then he
arose, and went
after Elijah,
and served him.
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(7) Ahab's
first Syrian
Campaign.
A. Ben-hadad
besieges
Samaria.
1Ki.
20:1.
1
Ben Hadad the
king of Syria
gathered all his
army together;
and there were
thirty-two kings
with him, and
horses and
chariots: and he
went up and
besieged
Samaria, and
fought against
it.
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B. Ben-hadad's
arrogant Claims.
1Ki.
20:2-12.
2
He sent
messengers to
Ahab king of
Israel, into the
city, and said
to him, “Thus
says Ben Hadad,
3
‘Your silver and
your gold is
mine. Your wives
also and your
children, even
the best, are
mine.’”
4
The king of
Israel answered,
“It is according
to your saying,
my lord, O king.
I am yours, and
all that I
have.”
5
The messengers
came again, and
said, “Ben Hadad
says, ‘I sent
indeed to you,
saying, “You
shall deliver me
your silver, and
your gold, and
your wives, and
your children;
6
but I will send
my servants to
you tomorrow
about this time,
and they shall
search your
house, and the
houses of your
servants; and it
shall be, that
whatever is
pleasant in your
eyes, they shall
put it in their
hand, and take
it away.”’”
7
Then the king of
Israel called
all the elders
of the land, and
said, “Please
notice how this
man seeks
mischief; for he
sent to me for
my wives, and
for my children,
and for my
silver, and for
my gold; and I
didn’t deny
him.”
8
All the elders
and all the
people said to
him, “Don’t
listen, neither
consent.”
9
Therefore he
said to the
messengers of
Ben Hadad, “Tell
my lord the
king, ‘All that
you sent for to
your servant at
the first I will
do; but this
thing I cannot
do.’”
The messengers
departed, and
brought him back
the message.
10
Ben Hadad sent
to him, and
said, “The gods
do so to me, and
more also, if
the dust of
Samaria shall
suffice for
handfuls for all
the people who
follow me.”
11
The king of
Israel answered,
“Tell him,
‘Don’t let him
who puts on his
armor brag like
he who takes it
off.’”
12
It happened,
when Ben Hadad
heard this
message, as he
was drinking, he
and the kings,
in the
pavilions, that
he said to his
servants,
“Prepare to
attack!” They
prepared to
attack the city.
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C.
God's Promise of
Victory.
1Ki.
20:13,14.
13
Behold, a
prophet came
near to Ahab
king of Israel,
and said, “Thus
says Yahweh,
‘Have you seen
all this great
multitude?
Behold, I will
deliver it into
your hand this
day; and you
shall know that
I am Yahweh.’”
14
Ahab said, “By
whom?”
He said, “Thus
says Yahweh, ‘By
the young men of
the princes of
the provinces.’”
Then he said,
“Who shall begin
the battle?”
He answered,
“You.”
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D.
Ahab's "Victory
over the
Syrians.
1Ki.
20:15-21.
15
Then he mustered
the young men of
the princes of
the provinces,
and they were
two hundred and
thirty-two.
After them, he
mustered all the
people, even all
the children of
Israel, being
seven thousand.
16
They went out at
noon. But Ben
Hadad was
drinking himself
drunk in the
pavilions, he
and the kings,
the thirty-two
kings who helped
him.
17
The young men of
the princes of
the provinces
went out first;
and Ben Hadad
sent out, and
they told him,
saying, “Men are
coming out from
Samaria.”
18
He said, “If
they have come
out for peace,
take them alive;
or if they have
come out for
war, take them
alive.”
19
So these went
out of the city,
the young men of
the princes of
the provinces,
and the army
which followed
them.
20
They each killed
his man. The
Syrians fled,
and Israel
pursued them.
Ben Hadad the
king of Syria
escaped on a
horse with
horsemen.
21
The king of
Israel went out,
and struck the
horses and
chariots, and
killed the
Syrians with a
great slaughter.
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(8) Ahab's
second Syrian
Campaign.
A. The Prophet's
Warning.
1Ki.
20:22.
22
The prophet came
near to the king
of Israel, and
said to him,
“Go, strengthen
yourself, and
mark, and see
what you do; for
at the return of
the year the
king of Syria
will come up
against you.”
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B. Ahab again
victorious.
1Ki.
20:23-30a
23
The servants of
the king of
Syria said to
him, “Their god
is a god of the
hills; therefore
they were
stronger than
we. But let us
fight against
them in the
plain, and
surely we shall
be stronger than
they.
24
Do this thing:
take the kings
away, every man
out of his
place, and put
captains in
their place.
25
Muster an army,
like the army
that you have
lost, horse for
horse, and
chariot for
chariot. We will
fight against
them in the
plain, and
surely we will
be stronger than
them.”
He listened to
their voice, and
did so.
26
It happened at
the return of
the year, that
Ben Hadad
mustered the
Syrians, and
went up to Aphek,
to fight against
Israel.
27
The children of
Israel were
mustered, and
were
provisioned, and
went against
them. The
children of
Israel encamped
before them like
two little
flocks of young
goats; but the
Syrians filled
the country.
28
A man of God
came near and
spoke to the
king of Israel,
and said, “Thus
says Yahweh,
‘Because the
Syrians have
said, “Yahweh is
a god of the
hills, but he is
not a god of the
valleys;”
therefore I will
deliver all this
great multitude
into your hand,
and you shall
know that I am
Yahweh.’”
29
They encamped
one over against
the other seven
days. So it was,
that in the
seventh day the
battle was
joined; and the
children of
Israel killed
one hundred
thousand footmen
of the Syrians
in one day.
30a
But the rest
fled to Aphek,
into the city;
and the wall
fell on
twenty-seven
thousand men who
were left. Ben
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C. Ahab spares
Ben-hadad.
1Ki.
20:30b-34.
30b
...Ben Hadad
fled, and came
into the city,
into an inner
room.
31
His servants
said to him,
“See now, we
have heard that
the kings of the
house of Israel
are merciful
kings. Please
let us put
sackcloth on our
bodies, and
ropes on our
heads, and go
out to the king
of Israel. Maybe
he will save
your life.”
32
So they put
sackcloth on
their bodies and
ropes on their
heads, and came
to the king of
Israel, and
said, “Your
servant Ben
Hadad says,
‘Please let me
live.’”
He said, “Is he
still alive? He
is my brother.”
33
Now the men
observed
diligently, and
hurried to take
this phrase; and
they said, “Your
brother Ben
Hadad.”
Then he said,
“Go, bring him.”
Then Ben Hadad
came out to him;
and he caused
him to come up
into the
chariot.
34
Ben Hadad said
to him, “The
cities which my
father took from
your father I
will restore.
You shall make
streets for
yourself in
Damascus, as my
father made in
Samaria.”
“I,” said Ahab,
“will let you go
with this
covenant.” So he
made a covenant
with him, and
let him go.
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D. The Prophet's
Rebuke.
1Ki.
20:35-43.
35
A certain man of
the sons of the
prophets said to
his fellow by
the word of
Yahweh, “Please
strike me!”
The man refused
to strike him.
36
Then he said to
him, “Because
you have not
obeyed the voice
of Yahweh,
behold, as soon
as you are
departed from
me, a lion shall
kill you.” As
soon as he was
departed from
him, a lion
found him, and
killed him.
37
Then he found
another man, and
said, “Please
strike me.”
The man struck
him, smiting and
wounding him.
38
So the prophet
departed, and
waited for the
king by the way,
and disguised
himself with his
headband over
his eyes.
39
As the king
passed by, he
cried to the
king; and he
said, “Your
servant went out
into the midst
of the battle;
and behold, a
man turned
aside, and
brought a man to
me, and said,
‘Guard this man!
If by any means
he be missing,
then your life
shall be for his
life, or else
you shall pay a
talent of
silver.’
40
As your servant
was busy here
and there, he
was gone.”
The king of
Israel said to
him, “So your
judgment shall
be; you yourself
have decided
it.”
41
He hurried, and
took the
headband away
from his eyes;
and the king of
Israel
recognized that
he was of the
prophets.
42
He said to him,
“Thus says
Yahweh, ‘Because
you have let go
out of your hand
the man whom I
had devoted to
destruction,
therefore your
life shall go
for his life,
and your people
for his
people.’”
43
The king of
Israel went to
his house sullen
and angry, and
came to Samaria.
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(9) The three
Years of Peace.
1Ki. 22:1.
1
They continued
three years
without war
between Syria
and Israel.
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(10) The
Story of Naboth.
A. Naboth 's
Vineyard is
coveted by Ahab.
1Ki.
21:1-3.
1
It happened
after these
things, that
Naboth the
Jezreelite had a
vineyard, which
was in Jezreel,
hard by the
palace of Ahab
king of Samaria.
2
Ahab spoke to
Naboth, saying,
“Give me your
vineyard, that I
may have it for
a garden of
herbs, because
it is near to my
house; and I
will give you
for it a better
vineyard than
it. Or, if it
seems good to
you, I will give
you its worth in
money.”
3
Naboth said to
Ahab, “May
Yahweh forbid
me, that I
should give the
inheritance of
my fathers to
you!”
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B. Jezebel
causes Naboth's
Death.
1Ki.
21:4-16.
4
Ahab came into
his house sullen
and angry
because of the
word which
Naboth the
Jezreelite had
spoken to him;
for he had said,
“I will not give
you the
inheritance of
my fathers.” He
laid himself
down on his bed,
and turned away
his face, and
would eat no
bread.
5
But Jezebel his
wife came to
him, and said to
him, “Why is
your spirit so
sad, that you
eat no bread?”
6
He said to her,
“Because I spoke
to Naboth the
Jezreelite, and
said to him,
‘Give me your
vineyard for
money; or else,
if it pleases
you, I will give
you another
vineyard for
it.’ He
answered, ‘I
will not give
you my
vineyard.’”
7
Jezebel his wife
said to him, “Do
you now govern
the kingdom of
Israel? Arise,
and eat bread,
and let your
heart be merry.
I will give you
the vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite.”
8
So she wrote
letters in
Ahab’s name, and
sealed them with
his seal, and
sent the letters
to the elders
and to the
nobles who were
in his city, who
lived with
Naboth.
9
She wrote in the
letters, saying,
“Proclaim a
fast, and set
Naboth on high
among the
people.
10
Set two men,
base fellows,
before him, and
let them testify
against him,
saying, ‘You
cursed God and
the king!’ Then
carry him out,
and stone him to
death.”
11
The men of his
city, even the
elders and the
nobles who lived
in his city, did
as Jezebel had
sent to them,
according as it
was written in
the letters
which she had
sent to them.
12
They proclaimed
a fast, and set
Naboth on high
among the
people.
13
The two men, the
base fellows,
came in and sat
before him. The
base fellows
testified
against him,
even against
Naboth, in the
presence of the
people, saying,
“Naboth cursed
God and the
king!” Then they
carried him out
of the city, and
stoned him to
death with
stones.
14
Then they sent
to Jezebel,
saying, “Naboth
has been stoned,
and is dead.”
15
It happened,
when Jezebel
heard that
Naboth was
stoned, and was
dead, that
Jezebel said to
Ahab, “Arise,
take possession
of the vineyard
of Naboth the
Jezreelite,
which he refused
to give you for
money; for
Naboth is not
alive, but
dead.”
16
It happened,
when Ahab heard
that Naboth was
dead, that Ahab
rose up to go
down to the
vineyard of
Naboth the
Jezreelite, to
take possession
of it.
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C. Ahab's Doom
pronounced by
Elijah.
1Ki.
21:17-24.
17
The word of
Yahweh came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
18
“Arise, go down
to meet Ahab
king of Israel,
who dwells in
Samaria. Behold,
he is in the
vineyard of
Naboth, where he
has gone down to
take possession
of it.
19
You shall speak
to him, saying,
‘Thus says
Yahweh, “Have
you killed and
also taken
possession?”’
You shall speak
to him, saying,
‘Thus says
Yahweh, “In the
place where dogs
licked the blood
of Naboth, dogs
will lick your
blood, even
yours.”’”
20
Ahab said to
Elijah, “Have
you found me, my
enemy?”
He answered, “I
have found you,
because you have
sold yourself to
do that which is
evil in the
sight of Yahweh.
21
Behold, I will
bring evil on
you, and will
utterly sweep
you away and
will cut off
from Ahab
everyone who
urinates against
a wall,1
and him who is
shut up and him
who is left at
large in Israel.
22
I will make your
house like the
house of
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and
like the house
of Baasha the
son of Ahijah
for the
provocation with
which you have
provoked me to
anger, and have
made Israel to
sin.”
23
Yahweh also
spoke of
Jezebel, saying,
“The dogs shall
eat Jezebel by
the rampart of
Jezreel.
24
The dogs will
eat he who dies
of Ahab in the
city; and the
birds of the sky
will eat he who
dies in the
field.”
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D. Ahab's
Repentance gains
him a Respite.
1Ki.
21:27-29.
27
It happened,
when Ahab heard
those words,
that he tore his
clothes, and put
sackcloth on his
flesh, and
fasted, and lay
in sackcloth,
and went softly.
28
The word of
Yahweh came to
Elijah the
Tishbite,
saying,
29
“See how Ahab
humbles himself
before me?
Because he
humbles himself
before me, I
will not bring
the evil in his
days; but in his
son’s days will
I bring the evil
on his house.”
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(11)
Ahaziah becomes
co-regnant with
Ahab.
1Ki. 22:51.
51
Ahaziah the son
of Ahab began to
reign over
Israel in
Samaria in the
seventeenth year
of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah,
and he reigned
two years over
Israel.
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Jehoshaphat
joins Ahab in
his third Syrian
Campaign. (12)
A. Ahab resolves
to recover
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1Ki. 22:2-4.
2
It happened in
the third year,
that Jehoshaphat
the king of
Judah came down
to the king of
Israel.
3
The king of
Israel said to
his servants,
“You know that
Ramoth Gilead is
ours, and we are
still, and don’t
take it out of
the hand of the
king of Syria?”
4
He said to
Jehoshaphat,
“Will you go
with me to
battle to Ramoth
Gilead?”
Jehoshaphat said
to the king of
Israel, “I am as
you are, my
people as your
people, my
horses as your
horses.”
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2Ch. 18:2, 3.
2
After certain
years he went
down to Ahab to
Samaria. Ahab
killed sheep and
cattle for him
in abundance,
and for the
people who were
with him, and
moved him to go
up with him to
Ramoth Gilead.
3
Ahab king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat king
of Judah, “Will
you go with me
to Ramoth
Gilead?”
He answered him,
“I am as you
are, and my
people as your
people. We will
be with you in
the war.”
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1Ki. 22:5, 6,
10-12.
5
Jehoshaphat said
to the king of
Israel, “Please
inquire first
for the word of
Yahweh.”
6
Then the king of
Israel gathered
the prophets
together, about
four hundred
men, and said to
them, “Shall I
go against
Ramoth Gilead to
battle, or shall
I forbear?”
They said, “Go
up; for the Lord
will deliver it
into the hand of
the king.”
10
Now the king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah
were sitting
each on his
throne, arrayed
in their robes,
in an open place
at the entrance
of the gate of
Samaria; and all
the prophets
were prophesying
before them.
11
Zedekiah the son
of Chenaanah
made him horns
of iron, and
said, “Thus says
Yahweh, ‘With
these you shall
push the
Syrians, until
they are
consumed.’”
12
All the prophets
prophesied so,
saying, “Go up
to Ramoth
Gilead, and
prosper; for
Yahweh will
deliver it into
the hand of the
king.”
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2Ch. 18:4, 5,
9-11.
4
Jehoshaphat said
to the king of
Israel, “Please
inquire first
for the word of
Yahweh.”
5
Then the king of
Israel gathered
the prophets
together, four
hundred men, and
said to them,
“Shall we go to
Ramoth Gilead to
battle, or shall
I forbear?”
They said, “Go
up; for God will
deliver it into
the hand of the
king.”
9
Now the king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah
sat each on his
throne, arrayed
in their robes,
and they were
sitting in an
open place at
the entrance of
the gate of
Samaria; and all
the prophets
were prophesying
before them.
10
Zedekiah the son
of Chenaanah
made him horns
of iron, and
said, “Thus says
Yahweh, ‘With
these you shall
push the
Syrians, until
they are
consumed.’”
11
All the prophets
prophesied so,
saying, “Go up
to Ramoth
Gilead, and
prosper; for
Yahweh will
deliver it into
the hand of the
king.”
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1Ki. 22:7-9,
13-28.
7
But Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there here a
prophet of
Yahweh, that we
may inquire of
him?”
8
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat,
“There is yet
one man by whom
we may inquire
of Yahweh,
Micaiah the son
of Imlah; but I
hate him; for he
does not
prophesy good
concerning me,
but evil.”
Jehoshaphat
said, “Don’t let
the king say
so.”
9
Then the king of
Israel called an
officer, and
said, “Quickly
get Micaiah the
son of Imlah.”
13
The messenger
who went to call
Micaiah spoke to
him, saying,
“See now, the
prophets declare
good to the king
with one mouth.
Please let your
word be like the
word of one of
them, and speak
good.”
14
Micaiah said,
“As Yahweh
lives, what
Yahweh says to
me, that I will
speak.”
15
When he had come
to the king, the
king said to
him, “Micaiah,
shall we go to
Ramoth Gilead to
battle, or shall
we forbear?”
He answered him,
“Go up and
prosper; and
Yahweh will
deliver it into
the hand of the
king.”
16
The king said to
him, “How many
times do I have
to adjure you
that you speak
to me nothing
but the truth in
the name of
Yahweh?”
17
He said, “I saw
all Israel
scattered on the
mountains, as
sheep that have
no shepherd.
Yahweh said,
‘These have no
master. Let them
each return to
his house in
peace.’”
18
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat,
“Didn’t I tell
you that he
would not
prophesy good
concerning me,
but evil?”
19
Micaiah said,
“Therefore hear
the word of
Yahweh. I saw
Yahweh sitting
on his throne,
and all the army
of heaven
standing by him
on his right
hand and on his
left.
20
Yahweh said,
‘Who shall
entice Ahab,
that he may go
up and fall at
Ramoth Gilead?’
One said one
thing; and
another said
another.
21
A spirit came
out and stood
before Yahweh,
and said, ‘I
will entice
him.’
22
Yahweh said to
him, ‘How?’ He
said, ‘I will go
out and will be
a lying spirit
in the mouth of
all his
prophets.’ He
said, ‘You will
entice him, and
will also
prevail. Go out
and do so.’
23
Now therefore,
behold, Yahweh
has put a lying
spirit in the
mouth of all
these your
prophets; and
Yahweh has
spoken evil
concerning you.”
24
Then Zedekiah
the son of
Chenaanah came
near, and struck
Micaiah on the
cheek, and said,
“Which way did
the Spirit of
Yahweh go from
me to speak to
you?”
25
Micaiah said,
“Behold, you
will see on that
day, when you go
into an inner
room to hide
yourself.”
26
The king of
Israel said,
“Take Micaiah,
and carry him
back to Amon the
governor of the
city, and to
Joash the king’s
son.
27
Say, ‘Thus says
the king, “Put
this fellow in
the prison, and
feed him with
bread of
affliction and
with water of
affliction,
until I come in
peace.”’”
28
Micaiah said,
“If you return
at all in peace,
Yahweh has not
spoken by me.”
He said,
“Listen, all you
people!”
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2Ch. 18:6-8,
12-27.
6
But Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there here a
prophet of
Yahweh besides,
that we may
inquire of him?”
7
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat,
“There is yet
one man by whom
we may inquire
of Yahweh; but I
hate him, for he
never prophesies
good concerning
me, but always
evil. He is
Micaiah the son
of Imla.”
Jehoshaphat
said, “Don’t let
the king say
so.”
8
Then the king of
Israel called an
officer, and
said, “Get
Micaiah the son
of Imla
quickly.”
12
The messenger
who went to call
Micaiah spoke to
him, saying,
“Behold, the
words of the
prophets declare
good to the king
with one mouth.
Let your word
therefore,
please be like
one of theirs,
and speak good.”
13
Micaiah said,
“As Yahweh
lives, what my
God says, that
will I speak.”
14
When he had come
to the king, the
king said to
him, “Micaiah,
shall we go to
Ramoth Gilead to
battle, or shall
I forbear?”
He said, “Go up,
and prosper.
They shall be
delivered into
your hand.”
15
The king said to
him, “How many
times shall I
adjure you that
you speak to me
nothing but the
truth in the
name of Yahweh?”
16
He said, “I saw
all Israel
scattered on the
mountains, as
sheep that have
no shepherd.
Yahweh said,
‘These have no
master. Let them
return every man
to his house in
peace.’”
17
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat,
“Didn’t I tell
you that he
would not
prophesy good
concerning me,
but evil?”
18
Micaiah said,
“Therefore hear
the word of
Yahweh: I saw
Yahweh sitting
on his throne,
and all the army
of heaven
standing on his
right hand and
on his left.
19
Yahweh said,
‘Who shall
entice Ahab king
of Israel, that
he may go up and
fall at Ramoth
Gilead?’ One
spoke saying in
this way, and
another saying
in that way.
20
A spirit came
out, stood
before Yahweh,
and said, ‘I
will entice
him.’
“Yahweh said to
him, ‘How?’
21
“He said, ‘I
will go forth,
and will be a
lying spirit in
the mouth of all
his prophets.’
“He said, ‘You
will entice him,
and will prevail
also. Go forth,
and do so.’
22
“Now therefore,
behold, Yahweh
has put a lying
spirit in the
mouth of these
your prophets;
and Yahweh has
spoken evil
concerning you.”
23
Then Zedekiah
the son of
Chenaanah came
near, and struck
Micaiah on the
cheek, and said,
“Which way did
the Spirit of
Yahweh go from
me to speak to
you?”
24
Micaiah said,
“Behold, you
shall see on
that day, when
you shall go
into an inner
room to hide
yourself.”
25
The king of
Israel said,
“Take Micaiah,
and carry him
back to Amon the
governor of the
city, and to
Joash the king’s
son;
26
and say, ‘Thus
says the king,
“Put this fellow
in the prison,
and feed him
with bread of
affliction and
with water of
affliction,
until I return
in peace.”’”
27
Micaiah said,
“If you return
at all in peace,
Yahweh has not
spoken by me.”
He said,
“Listen, you
peoples, all of
you!”
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D. The Battle of
Ramoth-gilead:Defeat
and Death of
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1Ki. 22:29-40a.
29
So the king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah
went up to
Ramoth Gilead.
30
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “I
will disguise
myself, and go
into the battle;
but you put on
your robes.” The
king of Israel
disguised
himself, and
went into the
battle.
31
Now the king of
Syria had
commanded the
thirty-two
captains of his
chariots,
saying, Fight
neither with
small nor great,
except only with
the king of
Israel.
32
It happened,
when the
captains of the
chariots saw
Jehoshaphat,
that they said,
“Surely that is
the king of
Israel!” and
they turned
aside to fight
against him.
Jehoshaphat
cried out.
33
It happened,
when the
captains of the
chariots saw
that it was not
the king of
Israel, that
they turned back
from pursuing
him.
34
A certain man
drew his bow at
random, and
struck the king
of Israel
between the
joints of the
armor. Therefore
he said to the
driver of his
chariot, “Turn
your hand, and
carry me out of
the battle; for
I am severely
wounded.”
35
The battle
increased that
day. The king
was propped up
in his chariot
facing the
Syrians, and
died at evening.
The blood ran
out of the wound
into the bottom
of the chariot.
36
A cry went
throughout the
army about the
going down of
the sun, saying,
“Every man to
his city, and
every man to his
country!”
37
So the king
died, and was
brought to
Samaria; and
they buried the
king in Samaria.
38
They washed the
chariot by the
pool of Samaria;
and the dogs
licked up his
blood where the
prostitutes
washed
themselves;
according to the
word of Yahweh
which he spoke.
39
Now the rest of
the acts of
Ahab, and all
that he did, and
the ivory house
which he built,
and all the
cities that he
built, aren’t
they written in
the book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
40a
So Ahab slept
with his
fathers;... |
2Ch. 18:28-34.
28
So the king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah
went up to
Ramoth Gilead.
29
The king of
Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “I
will disguise
myself, and go
into the battle;
but you put on
your robes.” So
the king of
Israel disguised
himself; and
they went into
the battle.
30
Now the king of
Syria had
commanded the
captains of his
chariots,
saying, “Fight
neither with
small nor great,
except only with
the king of
Israel.”
31
It happened,
when the
captains of the
chariots saw
Jehoshaphat,
that they said,
“It is the king
of Israel!”
Therefore they
turned around to
fight against
him. But
Jehoshaphat
cried out, and
Yahweh helped
him; and God
moved them to
depart from him.
32
It happened,
when the
captains of the
chariots saw
that it was not
the king of
Israel, that
they turned back
from pursuing
him.
33
A certain man
drew his bow at
random, and
struck the king
of Israel
between the
joints of the
armor. Therefore
he said to the
driver of the
chariot, “Turn
your hand, and
carry me out of
the army; for I
am severely
wounded.”
34
The battle
increased that
day. However the
king of Israel
propped himself
up in his
chariot against
the Syrians
until the
evening; and
about the time
of the going
down of the sun,
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(8) The
Prophet Jehu's
Judgment on
Jehoshaphat.
2Ch. 19:1-3.
1
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah
returned to his
house in peace
to Jerusalem.
2
Jehu the son of
Hanani the seer
went out to meet
him, and said to
king
Jehoshaphat,
“Should you help
the wicked, and
love those who
hate Yahweh?
Because of this,
wrath is on you
from before
Yahweh.
3
Nevertheless
there are good
things found in
you, in that you
have put away
the Asheroth out
of the land, and
have set your
heart to seek
God.”
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(2) The
Character of
Ahaziah.
1Ki. 22:52,
53.
52
He did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, and
walked in the
way of his
father, and in
the way of his
mother, and in
the way of
Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, in
which he made
Israel to sin.
53
He served Baal,
and worshiped
him, and
provoked to
anger Yahweh,
the God of
Israel,
according to all
that his father
had done.
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(9)
Jehoshaphat's
further Reforms
in Worship and
Law.
2Ch.
19:4-11.
4
Jehoshaphat
lived at
Jerusalem: and
he went out
again among the
people from
Beersheba to the
hill country of
Ephraim, and
brought them
back to Yahweh,
the God of their
fathers.
5
He set judges in
the land
throughout all
the fortified
cities of Judah,
city by city,
6
and said to the
judges,
“Consider what
you do: for you
don’t judge for
man, but for
Yahweh; and he
is with you in
the judgment.
7
Now therefore
let the fear of
Yahweh be on
you. Take heed
and do it: for
there is no
iniquity with
Yahweh our God,
nor respect of
persons, nor
taking of
bribes.”
8
Moreover in
Jerusalem
Jehoshaphat
appointed
Levites and
priests, and of
the heads of the
fathers’
households of
Israel, for the
judgment of
Yahweh, and for
controversies.
They returned to
Jerusalem.
9
He commanded
them, saying,
“Thus you shall
do in the fear
of Yahweh,
faithfully, and
with a perfect
heart.
10
Whenever any
controversy
shall come to
you from your
brothers who
dwell in their
cities, between
blood and blood,
between law and
commandment,
statutes and
ordinances, you
shall warn them,
that they not be
guilty towards
Yahweh, and so
wrath come on
you and on your
brothers. Do
this, and you
shall not be
guilty.
11
Behold, Amariah
the chief priest
is over you in
all matters of
Yahweh; and
Zebadiah the son
of Ishmael, the
ruler of the
house of Judah,
in all the
king’s matters:
also the Levites
shall be
officers before
you. Deal
courageously,
and may Yahweh
be with the
good.”
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(3) The
Revolt of Moab. |
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2Ki. 1:1.
1
Moab rebelled
against Israel
after the death
of Ahab. |
2Ki. 3:4, 5.
4
Now Mesha king
of Moab was a
sheep breeder;
and he rendered
to the king of
Israel the wool
of one hundred
thousand lambs,
and of one
hundred thousand
rams.
5
But it happened,
when Ahab was
dead, that the
king of Moab
rebelled against
the king of
Israel. |
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(10) The
wondrous
Deliverance from
the Children of
Moab and Ammon
and Mount Seir.
A. The Invasion.
2Ch.
20:1, 2.
1
It happened
after this, that
the children of
Moab, and the
children of
Ammon, and with
them some of the
Ammonites, came
against
Jehoshaphat to
battle.
2
Then some came
who told
Jehoshaphat,
saying, “A great
multitude is
coming against
you from beyond
the sea from
Syria. Behold,
they are in
Hazazon Tamar”
(that is, En
Gedi). |
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B. Jehoshaphat's
Prayer.
2Ch.
20:3-12.
3
Jehoshaphat was
alarmed, and set
himself to seek
to Yahweh. He
proclaimed a
fast throughout
all Judah.
4
Judah gathered
themselves
together, to
seek help from
Yahweh. They
came out of all
the cities of
Judah to seek
Yahweh.
5
Jehoshaphat
stood in the
assembly of
Judah and
Jerusalem, in
the house of
Yahweh, before
the new court;
6
and he said,
“Yahweh, the God
of our fathers,
aren’t you God
in heaven?
Aren’t you ruler
over all the
kingdoms of the
nations? Power
and might are in
your hand, so
that no one is
able to
withstand you.
7
Didn’t you, our
God, drive out
the inhabitants
of this land
before your
people Israel,
and give it to
the seed of
Abraham your
friend forever?
8
They lived in
it, and have
built you a
sanctuary in it
for your name,
saying,
9
‘If evil comes
on us—the sword,
judgment,
pestilence, or
famine—we will
stand before
this house, and
before you, (for
your name is in
this house), and
cry to you in
our affliction,
and you will
hear and save.’
10
Now, behold, the
children of
Ammon and Moab
and Mount Seir,
whom you would
not let Israel
invade, when
they came out of
the land of
Egypt, but they
turned aside
from them, and
didn’t destroy
them;
11
behold, how they
reward us, to
come to cast us
out of your
possession,
which you have
given us to
inherit.
12
Our God, will
you not judge
them? For we
have no might
against this
great company
that comes
against us;
neither know we
what to do, but
our eyes are on
you.”
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C. Jehovah's
Answer through
Jahaziel.
2Ch.
20:13-19.
13
All Judah stood
before Yahweh,
with their
little ones,
their wives, and
their children.
14
Then the Spirit
of Yahweh came
on Jahaziel the
son of
Zechariah, the
son of Benaiah,
the son of Jeiel,
the son of
Mattaniah, the
Levite, of the
sons of Asaph,
in the midst of
the assembly;
15
and he said,
“Listen, all
Judah, and you
inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and
you king
Jehoshaphat.
Thus says Yahweh
to you, ‘Don’t
be afraid,
neither be
dismayed by
reason of this
great multitude;
for the battle
is not yours,
but God’s.
16
Tomorrow go down
against them.
Behold, they are
coming up by the
ascent of Ziz.
You shall find
them at the end
of the valley,
before the
wilderness of
Jeruel.
17
You will not
need to fight
this battle. Set
yourselves,
stand still, and
see the
salvation of
Yahweh with you,
O Judah and
Jerusalem. Don’t
be afraid, nor
be dismayed. Go
out against them
tomorrow, for
Yahweh is with
you.’”
18
Jehoshaphat
bowed his head
with his face to
the ground; and
all Judah and
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
fell down before
Yahweh,
worshipping
Yahweh.
19
The Levites, of
the children of
the Kohathites
and of the
children of the
Korahites, stood
up to praise
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, with
an exceeding
loud voice.
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D. The
Annihilation of
the Invading
Armies.
2Ch.
20:20-24.
20
They rose early
in the morning,
and went forth
into the
wilderness of
Tekoa: and as
they went forth,
Jehoshaphat
stood and said,
“Listen to me,
Judah, and you
inhabitants of
Jerusalem!
Believe in
Yahweh your God,
so you shall be
established!
Believe his
prophets, so you
shall prosper.”
21
When he had
taken counsel
with the people,
he appointed
those who should
sing to Yahweh,
and give praise
in holy array,
as they went out
before the army,
and say, Give
thanks to
Yahweh; for his
loving kindness
endures forever.
22
When they began
to sing and to
praise, Yahweh
set ambushers
against the
children of
Ammon, Moab, and
Mount Seir, who
had come against
Judah; and they
were struck.
23
For the children
of Ammon and
Moab stood up
against the
inhabitants of
Mount Seir,
utterly to kill
and destroy
them: and when
they had made an
end of the
inhabitants of
Seir, everyone
helped to
destroy another.
24
When Judah came
to the place
overlooking the
wilderness, they
looked at the
multitude; and
behold, they
were dead bodies
fallen to the
earth, and there
were none who
escaped. |
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E. The Spoil.
2Ch.
20:25.
25
When Jehoshaphat
and his people
came to take
their spoil,
they found among
them in
abundance both
riches and dead
bodies, and
precious jewels,
which they
stripped off for
themselves, more
than they could
carry away: and
they were three
days in taking
the spoil, it
was so much.
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F. The
triumphant
Return to
Jerusalem.
2Ch.
20:26-30.
26
On the fourth
day they
assembled
themselves in
the valley of
Beracah; for
there they
blessed Yahweh:
therefore the
name of that
place was called
The valley of
Beracah to this
day.
27
Then they
returned, every
man of Judah and
Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat in
their forefront,
to go again to
Jerusalem with
joy; for Yahweh
had made them to
rejoice over
their enemies.
28
They came to
Jerusalem with
stringed
instruments and
harps and
trumpets to the
house of Yahweh.
29
The fear of God
was on all the
kingdoms of the
countries, when
they heard that
Yahweh fought
against the
enemies of
Israel.
30
So the realm of
Jehoshaphat was
quiet; for his
God gave him
rest all around.
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(11)
Jehoshaphat's
Shipping
Alliance with
Ahaziah. (4) |
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1Ki. 22:48, 47,
49.
48
Jehoshaphat made
ships of
Tarshish to go
to Ophir for
gold: but they
didn’t go; for
the ships were
broken at Ezion
Geber.
47
There was no
king in Edom: a
deputy was king.
49
Then Ahaziah the
son of Ahab said
to Jehoshaphat,
“Let my servants
go with your
servants in the
ships.” But
Jehoshaphat
would not. |
2Ch. 20:35-37.
35
After this
Jehoshaphat king
of Judah joined
himself with
Ahaziah king of
Israel. The same
did very
wickedly:
36
and he joined
himself with him
to make ships to
go to Tarshish;
and they made
the ships in
Ezion Geber.
37
Then Eliezer the
son of Dodavahu
of Mareshah
prophesied
against
Jehoshaphat,
saying, “Because
you have joined
yourself with
Ahaziah, Yahweh
has destroyed
your works.” The
ships were
broken, so that
they were not
able to go to
Tarshish.
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(5)
Ahaziah's
Illness.
2Ki. 1:2.
2
Ahaziah fell
down through the
lattice in his
upper room that
was in Samaria,
and was sick. So
he sent
messengers, and
said to them,
“Go, inquire of
Baal Zebub, the
god of Ekron,
whether I will
recover of this
sickness.”
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(6) Jehovah's
Message by
Elijah.
2Ki. 1:3-16.
3
But the angel of
Yahweh
said to Elijah
the Tishbite,
“Arise, go up to
meet the
messengers of
the king of
Samaria, and
tell them, ‘Is
it because there
is no God
in Israel, that
you go to
inquire of Baal
Zebub, the god
of Ekron?
4
Now therefore
thus says
Yahweh, “You
shall not come
down from the
bed where you
have gone up,
but shall surely
die.”’” Elijah
departed.
5
The messengers
returned to him,
and he said to
them, “Why is it
that you have
returned?”
6
They said to
him, “A man came
up to meet us,
and said to us,
‘Go, return to
the king who
sent you, and
tell him, “Thus
says Yahweh, ‘Is
it because there
is no God in
Israel, that you
send to inquire
of Baal Zebub,
the god of Ekron?
Therefore you
shall not come
down from the
bed where you
have gone up,
but shall surely
die.’”’”
7
He said to them,
“What kind of
man was he who
came up to meet
you, and told
you these
words?”
8
They answered
him, “He was a
hairy man, and
wearing a
leather belt
around his
waist.”
He said, “It is
Elijah the
Tishbite.”
9
Then the king
sent a captain
of fifty with
his fifty to
him. He went up
to him; and
behold, he was
sitting on the
top of the hill.
He said to him,
“Man of God, the
king has said,
‘Come down!’”
10
Elijah answered
to the captain
of fifty, “If I
am a man of God,
let fire come
down from the
sky, and consume
you and your
fifty!” Fire
came down from
the sky, and
consumed him and
his fifty.
11
Again he sent to
him another
captain of fifty
and his fifty.
He answered him,
“Man of God, the
king has said,
‘Come down
quickly!’”
12
Elijah answered
them, “If I am a
man of God, let
fire come down
from the sky,
and consume you
and your fifty!”
The fire of God
came down from
the sky, and
consumed him and
his fifty.
13
Again he sent
the captain of a
third fifty with
his fifty. The
third captain of
fifty went up,
and came and
fell on his
knees before
Elijah, and
begged him, and
said to him,
“Man of God,
please let my
life, and the
life of these
fifty your
servants, be
precious in your
sight.
14
Behold, fire
came down from
the sky, and
consumed the two
former captains
of fifty with
their fifties.
But now let my
life be precious
in your sight.”
15
The angel of
Yahweh said to
Elijah, “Go down
with him. Don’t
be afraid of
him.”
He arose, and
went down with
him to the king.
16
He said to him,
“Thus says
Yahweh, ‘Because
you have sent
messengers to
inquire of Baal
Zebub, the god
of Ekron, is it
because there is
no God in Israel
to inquire of
his word?
Therefore you
shall not come
down from the
bed where you
have gone up,
but shall surely
die.’”
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(7) The Death
of Ahaziah.
2Ki. 1:17a,
18.
17a
So he died
according to the
word of Yahweh
which Elijah had
spoken....
18
Now the rest of
the acts of
Ahaziah which he
did, aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Israel?
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154. The Reign
of Jehoram.
(1) Jehoram's
Accession to the
Throne. |
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2Ki. 1:17b.
17
...Jehoram began
to reign in his
place in the
second year of
Jehoram the son
of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah;
because he had
no son. |
2Ki. 3:1.
1
Now Jehoram the
son of Ahab
began to reign
over Israel in
Samaria in the
eighteenth year
of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah,
and reigned
twelve years. |
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(2) The
Character of
Jehoram.
2Ki. 3:2, 3.
2
He did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, but not
like his father,
and like his
mother; for he
put away the
pillar of Baal
that his father
had made.
3
Nevertheless he
held to the sins
of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat,
with which he
made Israel to
sin; he didn’t
depart from it. |
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(3) Elisha
the Son of
Shaphat.
A. The
Translation of
Elijah.
2Ki.
2:1-11.
1
It happened,
when Yahweh
would take up
Elijah by a
whirlwind into
heaven, that
Elijah went with
Elisha from
Gilgal.
2
Elijah said to
Elisha, “Please
wait here, for
Yahweh has sent
me as far as
Bethel.”
Elisha said, “As
Yahweh lives,
and as your soul
lives, I will
not leave you.”
So they went
down to Bethel.
3
The sons of the
prophets who
were at Bethel
came out to
Elisha, and said
to him, “Do you
know that Yahweh
will take away
your master from
your head
today?”
He said, “Yes, I
know it; hold
your peace.”
4
Elijah said to
him, “Elisha,
please wait
here, for Yahweh
has sent me to
Jericho.”
He said, “As
Yahweh lives,
and as your soul
lives, I will
not leave you.”
So they came to
Jericho.
5
The sons of the
prophets who
were at Jericho
came near to
Elisha, and said
to him, “Do you
know that Yahweh
will take away
your master from
your head
today?”
He answered,
“Yes, I know it.
Hold your
peace.”
6
Elijah said to
him, “Please
wait here, for
Yahweh has sent
me to the
Jordan.”
He said, “As
Yahweh lives,
and as your soul
lives, I will
not leave you.”
They both went
on.
7
Fifty men of the
sons of the
prophets went,
and stood
opposite them at
a distance; and
they both stood
by the Jordan.
8
Elijah took his
mantle, and
wrapped it
together, and
struck the
waters, and they
were divided
here and there,
so that they two
went over on dry
ground.
9
It happened,
when they had
gone over, that
Elijah said to
Elisha, “Ask
what I shall do
for you, before
I am taken from
you.”
Elisha said,
“Please let a
double portion
of your spirit
be on me.”
10
He said, “You
have asked a
hard thing. If
you see me when
I am taken from
you, it shall be
so for you; but
if not, it shall
not be so.”
11
It happened, as
they still went
on, and talked,
that behold, a
chariot of fire
and horses of
fire separated
them; and Elijah
went up by a
whirlwind into
heaven.
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B. Elijah's
Spirit rests
upon Elisha.
2Ki.
2:12-18.
12
Elisha saw it,
and he cried,
“My father, my
father, the
chariots of
Israel and its
horsemen!”
He saw him no
more: and he
took hold of his
own clothes, and
tore them in two
pieces.
13
He took up also
the mantle of
Elijah that fell
from him, and
went back, and
stood by the
bank of the
Jordan.
14
He took the
mantle of Elijah
that fell from
him, and struck
the waters, and
said, “Where is
Yahweh, the God
of Elijah?” When
he also had
struck the
waters, they
were divided
here and there;
and Elisha went
over.
15
When the sons of
the prophets who
were at Jericho
over against him
saw him, they
said, “The
spirit of Elijah
rests on
Elisha.” They
came to meet
him, and bowed
themselves to
the ground
before him.
16
They said to
him, “See now,
there are with
your servants
fifty strong
men. Please let
them go and seek
your master.
Perhaps the
Spirit of Yahweh
has taken him
up, and put him
on some
mountain, or
into some
valley.
He said, “You
shall not send
them.”
17
When they urged
him until he was
ashamed, he
said, “Send
them.”
They sent
therefore fifty
men; and they
searched for
three days, but
didn’t find him.
18
They came back
to him, while he
stayed at
Jericho; and he
said to them,
“Didn’t I tell
you, ‘Don’t
go?’”
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C. Elisha heals
the noxious
Waters at
Jericho.
2Ki.
2:19-22.
19
The men of the
city said to
Elisha, “Behold,
please, the
situation of
this city is
pleasant, as my
lord sees; but
the water is
bad, and the
land
miscarries.”
20
He said, “Bring
me a new jar,
and put salt in
it.” They
brought it to
him.
21
He went out to
the spring of
the waters, and
threw salt into
it, and said,
“Thus says
Yahweh, ‘I have
healed these
waters. There
shall not be
from there any
more death or
miscarrying.’”
22
So the waters
were healed to
this day,
according to the
word of Elisha
which he spoke.
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D.
The Cursing of
the Children.
2Ki.
2:23, 24.
23
He went up from
there to Bethel.
As he was going
up by the way,
some youths came
out of the city
and mocked him,
and said to him,
“Go up, you
baldy! Go up,
you baldhead!”
24
He looked behind
him and saw
them, and cursed
them in the name
of Yahweh. Two
female bears
came out of the
woods, and
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E. Elisha's
Journeying.
2Ki.
2:25.
25
He went from
there to Mount
Carmel, and from
there he
returned to
Samaria.
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F. The Increase
of the Widow's
Oil.
2Ki.
4:1-7.
1
Now there cried
a certain woman
of the wives of
the sons of the
prophets to
Elisha, saying,
“Your servant my
husband is dead.
You know that
your servant
feared Yahweh.
Now the creditor
has come to take
for himself my
two children to
be slaves.”
2
Elisha said to
her, “What shall
I do for you?
Tell me: what do
you have in the
house?”
She said, “Your
handmaid has
nothing in the
house, except a
pot of oil.”
3
Then he said,
“Go, borrow
containers from
of all your
neighbors, even
empty
containers.
Don’t borrow
just a few.
4
You shall go in,
and shut the
door on you and
on your sons,
and pour out
into all those
containers; and
you shall set
aside that which
is full.”
5
So she went from
him, and shut
the door on her
and on her sons;
they brought the
containers to
her, and she
poured out.
6
It happened,
when the
containers were
full, that she
said to her son,
“Bring me
another
container.”
He said to her,
“There isn’t
another
container.” The
oil stopped
flowing.
7
Then she came
and told the man
of God. He said,
“Go, sell the
oil, and pay
your debt; and
you and your
sons live on the
rest.”
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G. Elisha
promises a Son
to the
hospitable
Shunammite.
2Ki. 4:8-17.
8
It fell on a
day, that Elisha
passed to Shunem,
where there was
a prominent
woman; and she
persuaded him to
eat bread. So it
was, that as
often as he
passed by, he
turned in there
to eat bread.
9
She said to her
husband, “See
now, I perceive
that this is a
holy man of God,
that passes by
us continually.
10
Please let us
make a little
room on the
wall. Let us set
for him there a
bed, a table, a
chair, and a
lamp stand. It
shall be, when
he comes to us,
that he shall
turn in there.”
11
One day he came
there, and he
turned into the
room and lay
there.
12
He said to
Gehazi his
servant, “Call
this Shunammite.”
When he had
called her, she
stood before
him.
13
He said to him,
“Say now to her,
‘Behold, you
have cared for
us with all this
care. What is to
be done for you?
Would you like
to be spoken for
to the king, or
to the captain
of the army?’”
She answered, “I
dwell among my
own people.”
14
He said, “What
then is to be
done for her?”
Gehazi answered,
“Most certainly
she has no son,
and her husband
is old.”
15
He said, “Call
her.” When he
had called her,
she stood in the
door.
16
He said, “At
this season,
when the time
comes around,
you will embrace
a son.”
She said, “No,
my lord, you man
of God, do not
lie to your
handmaid.”
17
The woman
conceived, and
bore a son at
that season,
when the time
came around, as
Elisha had said
to her.
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H. Elisha heals
the noxious
Pottage at
Gilgal.
2Ki.
4:38-41.
38
Elisha came
again to Gilgal.
There was a
famine in the
land; and the
sons of the
prophets were
sitting before
him; and he said
to his servant,
“Set on the
great pot, and
boil stew for
the sons of the
prophets.”
39
One went out
into the field
to gather herbs,
and found a wild
vine, and
gathered of it
wild gourds his
lap full, and
came and shred
them into the
pot of stew; for
they didn’t
recognize them.
40
So they poured
out for the men
to eat. It
happened, as
they were eating
of the stew,
that they cried
out, and said,
“Man of God,
there is death
in the pot!”
They could not
eat of it.
41
But he said,
“Then bring
meal.” He cast
it into the pot;
and he said,
“Pour out for
the people, that
they may eat.”
There was no
harm in the pot.
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I. Elisha feeds
one hundred Men
with twenty
Loaves.
2Ki.
4:42-44.
42
A man from Baal
Shalishah came,
and brought the
man of God bread
of the first
fruits, twenty
loaves of
barley, and
fresh ears of
grain in his
sack. He said,
“Give to the
people, that
they may eat.”
43
His servant
said, “What,
should I set
this before a
hundred men?”
But he said,
“Give the
people, that
they may eat;
for thus says
Yahweh, ‘They
will eat, and
will have some
left over.’”
44
So he set it
before them, and
they ate, and
left some of it,
according to the
word of Yahweh.
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J.
Elisha restores
the Life of the
Shunammite's
Son.
2Ki.
4:18-37.
18
When the child
was grown, it
happened one day
that he went out
to his father to
the reapers.
19
He said to his
father, “My
head! My head!”
He said to his
servant, “Carry
him to his
mother.”
20
When he had
taken him, and
brought him to
his mother, he
sat on her knees
until noon, and
then died.
21
She went up and
laid him on the
bed of the man
of God, and shut
the door on him,
and went out.
22
She called to
her husband, and
said, “Please
send me one of
the servants,
and one of the
donkeys, that I
may run to the
man of God, and
come again.”
23
He said, “Why
would you want
go to him today?
It is neither
new moon nor
Sabbath.”
She said, “It’s
alright.”
24
Then she saddled
a donkey, and
said to her
servant, “Drive,
and go forward!
Don’t slow down
for me, unless I
ask you to.”
25
So she went, and
came to the man
of God to Mount
Carmel. It
happened, when
the man of God
saw her afar
off, that he
said to Gehazi
his servant,
“Behold, there
is the
Shunammite.
26
Please run now
to meet her, and
ask her, ‘Is it
well with you?
Is it well with
your husband? Is
it well with the
child?’”
She answered,
“It is well.”
27
When she came to
the man of God
to the hill, she
caught hold of
his feet. Gehazi
came near to
thrust her away;
but the man of
God said, “Leave
her alone; for
her soul is
troubled within
her; and Yahweh
has hidden it
from me, and has
not told me.”
28
Then she said,
“Did I desire a
son of my lord?
Didn’t I say, Do
not deceive me?”
29
Then he said to
Gehazi, “Tuck
your cloak into
your belt, take
my staff in your
hand, and go
your way. If you
meet any man,
don’t greet him;
and if anyone
greets you,
don’t answer him
again. Then lay
my staff on the
face of the
child.”
30
The mother of
the child said,
“As Yahweh
lives, and as
your soul lives,
I will not leave
you.”
He arose, and
followed her.
31
Gehazi passed on
before them, and
laid the staff
on the face of
the child; but
there was
neither voice,
nor hearing.
Therefore he
returned to meet
him, and told
him, saying,
“The child has
not awakened.”
32
When Elisha had
come into the
house, behold,
the child was
dead, and laid
on his bed.
33
He went in
therefore, and
shut the door on
them both, and
prayed to
Yahweh.
34
He went up, and
lay on the
child, and put
his mouth on his
mouth, and his
eyes on his
eyes, and his
hands on his
hands. He
stretched
himself on him;
and the flesh of
the child grew
warm.
35
Then he
returned, and
walked in the
house once back
and forth; and
went up, and
stretched
himself on him.
Then the child
sneezed seven
times, and the
child opened his
eyes.
36
He called Gehazi,
and said, “Call
this Shunammite!”
So he called
her.
When she had
come in to him,
he said, “Take
up your son.”
37
Then she went
in, and fell at
his feet, and
bowed herself to
the ground; and
she took up her
son, and went
out.
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K. The seven
Years' Famine
Foretold.
2Ki. 8:1,
2.
1
Now Elisha had
spoken to the
woman, whose son
he had restored
to life, saying,
“Arise, and go,
you and your
household, and
stay for a while
wherever you
can; for Yahweh
has called for a
famine. It shall
also come on the
land seven
years.”
2
The woman arose,
and did
according to the
word of the man
of God. She went
with her
household, and
lived in the
land of the
Philistines
seven years.
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L. The Recovery
of the lost Ax.
2Ki.
6:1-7.
1
The sons of the
prophets said to
Elisha, “See
now, the place
where we dwell
before you is
too small for
us.
2
Please let us go
to the Jordan,
and every man
take a beam from
there, and let
us make us a
place there,
where we may
dwell.”
He answered,
“Go!”
3
One said,
“Please be
pleased to go
with your
servants.”
He answered, “I
will go.”
4
So he went with
them. When they
came to the
Jordan, they cut
down wood.
5
But as one was
felling a beam,
the axe head
fell into the
water. Then he
cried, and said,
“Alas, my
master! For it
was borrowed.”
6
The man of God
asked, “Where
did it fall?” He
showed him the
place. He cut
down a stick,
threw it in
there, and made
the iron float.
7
He said, “Take
it.” So he put
out his hand and
took it.
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Jehoram becomes
co-regnant with
Jehoshaphat. |
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2Ki. 8:16, 17.
16
In the fifth
year of Joram
the son of Ahab
king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat
being king of
Judah then,
Jehoram the son
of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah
began to reign.
17
He was
thirty-two years
old when he
began to reign.
He reigned eight
years in
Jerusalem.
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Jehoram was
thirty-two years
old when he
began to reign;
and he reigned
eight years in
Jerusalem. |
2Ch. 21:20a.
20a
Thirty-two years
old was he when
he began to
reign, and he
reigned in
Jerusalem eight
years:... |
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(13) Jehoram
's sixfold
Fratricide.
2Ch. 21:2-4.
2
He had brothers,
the sons of
Jehoshaphat:
Azariah, and
Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and
Azariah, and
Michael, and
Shephatiah; all
these were the
sons of
Jehoshaphat king
of Israel.
3
Their father
gave them great
gifts, of
silver, and of
gold, and of
precious things,
with fortified
cities in Judah:
but the kingdom
gave he to
Jehoram, because
he was the
firstborn.
4
Now when Jehoram
was risen up
over the kingdom
of his father,
and had
strengthened
himself, he
killed all his
brothers with
the sword, and
various also of
the princes of
Israel.
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Jehoshaphat
joins Jehoram of
Israel in an
Expedition
against the
Moabites. (4)
A. The March.
2Ki.
3:6-9.
6
King Jehoram
went out of
Samaria at that
time, and
mustered all
Israel.
7
He went and sent
to Jehoshaphat
the king of
Judah, saying,
“The king of
Moab has
rebelled against
me. Will you go
with me against
Moab to battle?”
He said, “I will
go up. I am as
you are, my
people as your
people, my
horses as your
horses.”
8
He said, “Which
way shall we go
up?”
He answered,
“The way of the
wilderness of
Edom.”
9
So the king of
Israel went, and
the king of
Judah, and the
king of Edom;
and they made a
circuit of seven
days’ journey.
There was no
water for the
army, nor for
the animals that
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B. Elisha's
Promise of Water
and Victory.
2Ki.
3:10-19.
10
The king of
Israel said,
“Alas! For
Yahweh has
called these
three kings
together to
deliver them
into the hand of
Moab.”
11
But Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there here a
prophet of
Yahweh, that we
may inquire of
Yahweh by him?”
One of the king
of Israel’s
servants
answered,
“Elisha the son
of Shaphat is
here, who poured
water on the
hands of
Elijah.”
12
Jehoshaphat
said, “The word
of Yahweh is
with him.” So
the king of
Israel and
Jehoshaphat and
the king of Edom
went down to
him.
13
Elisha said to
the king of
Israel, “What
have I to do
with you? Go to
the prophets of
your father, and
to the prophets
of your mother.”
The king of
Israel said to
him, “No; for
Yahweh has
called these
three kings
together to
deliver them
into the hand of
Moab.”
14
Elisha said, “As
Yahweh of Armies
lives, before
whom I stand,
surely, were it
not that I
respect the
presence of
Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, I
would not look
toward you, nor
see you.
15
But now bring me
a minstrel.” It
happened, when
the minstrel
played, that the
hand of Yahweh
came on him.
16
He said, “Thus
says Yahweh,
‘Make this
valley full of
trenches.’
17
For thus says
Yahweh, ‘You
will not see
wind, neither
will you see
rain; yet that
valley shall be
filled with
water, and you
will drink, both
you and your
livestock and
your animals.
18
This is but a
light thing in
the sight of
Yahweh. He will
also deliver the
Moabites into
your hand.
19
You shall strike
every fortified
city, and every
choice city, and
shall fell every
good tree, and
stop all springs
of water, and
mar every good
piece of land
with stones.’”
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C. The Morning
brings Water.
2Ki.
3:20.
20
It happened in
the morning,
about the time
of offering the
offering, that
behold, water
came by the way
of Edom, and the
country was
filled with
water.
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D. The Moabites
defeated by the
allied Armies.
2Ki.
3:21-27.
21
Now when all the
Moabites heard
that the kings
had come up to
fight against
them, they
gathered
themselves
together, all
who were able to
put on armor,
and upward, and
stood on the
border.
22
They rose up
early in the
morning, and the
sun shone on the
water, and the
Moabites saw the
water over
against them as
red as blood.
23
They said, “This
is blood. The
kings are surely
destroyed, and
they have struck
each other. Now
therefore, Moab,
to the spoil!”
24
When they came
to the camp of
Israel, the
Israelites rose
up and struck
the Moabites, so
that they fled
before them; and
they went
forward into the
land smiting the
Moabites.
25
They beat down
the cities; and
on every good
piece of land
they cast every
man his stone,
and filled it;
and they stopped
all the springs
of water, and
felled all the
good trees,
until in Kir
Hareseth only
they left its
stones; however
the men armed
with slings went
about it, and
struck it.
26
When the king of
Moab saw that
the battle was
too severe for
him, he took
with him seven
hundred men who
drew sword, to
break through to
the king of
Edom; but they
could not.
27
Then he took his
eldest son who
would have
reigned in his
place, and
offered him for
a burnt offering
on the wall.
There was great
wrath against
Israel: and they
departed from
him, and
returned to
their own land.
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(15) The
Death of
Jehoshaphat. |
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1Ki. 22:45. 50a.
45
Now the rest of
the acts of
Jehoshaphat, and
his might that
he showed, and
how he warred,
aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?
50a
Jehoshaphat
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of David
his father;... |
2Ch. 20:34;
21:1a.
34
Now the rest of
the acts of
Jehoshaphat,
first and last,
behold, they are
written in the
history of Jehu
the son of
Hanani, which is
inserted in the
book of the
kings of Israel.
1a
Jehoshaphat
slept with his
fathers, and was
buried with his
fathers in the
city of
David:... |
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155. The Reign
of Jehoram.
(1) Jehoram
becomes sole
King. |
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1Ki. 22:50b.
50
...Jehoram his
son reigned in
his place. |
2Ch. 21:1b.
1b
...and Jehoram
his son reigned
in his place. |
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(2) The
Character of
Jehoram. |
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2Ki. 8:18, 19.
18
He walked in the
way of the kings
of Israel, as
did the house of
Ahab; for he had
the daughter of
Ahab as wife. He
did that which
was evil in the
sight of Yahweh.
19
However Yahweh
would not
destroy Judah,
for David his
servant’s sake,
as he promised
him to give to
him a lamp for
his children
always.
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2Ch. 21:6, 7, 11.
6
He walked in the
way of the kings
of Israel, as
did the house of
Ahab; for he had
the daughter of
Ahab as wife:
and he did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh.
7
However Yahweh
would not
destroy the
house of David,
because of the
covenant that he
had made with
David, and as he
promised to give
a lamp to him
and to his
children always.
11
Moreover he made
high places in
the mountains of
Judah, and made
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem to
play the
prostitute, and
led Judah
astray. |
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(3) The
Revolt of Edom. |
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2Ki. 8:20-22a.
20
In his days Edom
revolted from
under the hand
of Judah, and
made a king over
themselves.
21
Then Joram
passed over to
Zair, and all
his chariots
with him: and he
rose up by
night, and
struck the
Edomites who
surrounded him,
and the captains
of the chariots;
and the people
fled to their
tents.
22a
So Edom revolted
from under the
hand of Judah to
this day....
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2Ch. 21:8-10a.
8
In his days Edom
revolted from
under the hand
of Judah, and
made a king over
themselves.
9
Then Jehoram
passed over with
his captains,
and all his
chariots with
him: and he rose
up by night, and
struck the
Edomites who
surrounded him,
along with the
captains of the
chariots.
10a
So Edom revolted
from under the
hand of Judah to
this day:... |
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(4) The
Revolt of
Libnah. |
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2Ki. 8:22b.
22b
...Then Libnah
revolted at the
same time.
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2Ch. 21:10b
10b
...then Libnah
revolted at the
same time from
under his hand,
because he had
forsaken Yahweh,
the God of his
fathers.
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(5) The
posthumous
Message from
Elijah.
2Ch.
21:12-15.
12
A letter came to
him from Elijah
the prophet,
saying, “Thus
says Yahweh, the
God of David
your father,
‘Because you
have not walked
in the ways of
Jehoshaphat your
father, nor in
the ways of Asa
king of Judah,
13
but have walked
in the way of
the kings of
Israel, and have
made Judah and
the inhabitants
of Jerusalem to
play the
prostitute, like
the house of
Ahab did, and
also have slain
your brothers of
your father’s
house, who were
better than
yourself:
14
behold, Yahweh
will strike with
a great plague
your people, and
your children,
and your wives,
and all your
substance;
15
and you shall
have great
sickness by
disease of your
bowels, until
your bowels fall
out by reason of
the sickness,
day by day.’”
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(6) The
Invasion of the
Philistines and
Arabians.
2Ch. 21:16,
17.
16
Yahweh stirred
up against
Jehoram the
spirit of the
Philistines, and
of the Arabians
who are beside
the Ethiopians:
17
and they came up
against Judah,
and broke into
it, and carried
away all the
substance that
was found in the
king’s house,
and his sons
also, and his
wives; so that
there was never
a son left him,
except Jehoahaz,
the youngest of
his sons.
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Jehoram's
Illness.
2Ch. 21:18.
18
After all this
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(5) Elisha
and the Syrians.
A. Elisha
reveals Ben-hadad's
Plans.
2Ki.
6:8-12.
8
Now the king of
Syria was
warring against
Israel; and he
took counsel
with his
servants,
saying, “My camp
will be in such
and such a
place.”
9
The man of God
sent to the king
of Israel,
saying, “Beware
that you not
pass such a
place; for the
Syrians are
coming down
there.”
10
The king of
Israel sent to
the place which
the man of God
told him and
warned him of;
and he saved
himself there,
not once nor
twice.
11
The heart of the
king of Syria
was very
troubled about
this. He called
his servants,
and said to
them, “Won’t you
show me which of
us is for the
king of Israel?”
12
One of his
servants said,
“No, my lord, O
king; but
Elisha, the
prophet who is
in Israel, tells
the king of
Israel the words
that you speak
in your
bedroom.”
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B. The Syrian
Bands smitten
with Blindness
at Dothan.
2Ki.
6:13-18.
13
He said, “Go and
see where he is,
that I may send
and get him.”
It was told him,
saying, “Behold,
he is in
Dothan.”
14
Therefore he
sent horses,
chariots, and a
great army
there. They came
by night, and
surrounded the
city.
15
When the servant
of the man of
God had risen
early, and gone
out, behold, an
army with horses
and chariots was
around the city.
His servant said
to him, “Alas,
my master! What
shall we do?”
16
He answered,
“Don’t be
afraid; for
those who are
with us are more
than those who
are with them.”
17
Elisha prayed,
and said,
“Yahweh, please
open his eyes,
that he may
see.” Yahweh
opened the eyes
of the young
man; and he saw:
and behold, the
mountain was
full of horses
and chariots of
fire around
Elisha.
18
When they came
down to him,
Elisha prayed to
Yahweh, and
said, “Please
strike this
people with
blindness.”
He struck them
with blindness
according to the
word of Elisha.
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C. Elisha leads
the blinded
Syrians to
Samaria.
2Ki.
6:19-23.
19
Elisha said to
them, “This is
not the way,
neither is this
the city. Follow
me, and I will
bring you to the
man whom you
seek.” He led
them to Samaria.
20
It happened,
when they had
come into
Samaria, that
Elisha said,
“Yahweh, open
the eyes of
these men, that
they may see.”
Yahweh opened
their eyes, and
they saw; and
behold, they
were in the
midst of
Samaria.
21
The king of
Israel said to
Elisha, when he
saw them, “My
father, shall I
strike them?
Shall I strike
them?”
22
He answered,
“You shall not
strike them.
Would you strike
those whom you
have taken
captive with
your sword and
with your bow?
Set bread and
water before
them, that they
may eat and
drink, and go to
their master.”
23
He prepared
great feast for
them. When they
had eaten and
drunk, he sent
them away, and
they went to
their master.
The bands of
Syria stopped
raiding the land
of Israel.
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(6) Jehoram
restores the
Shunammite's
Land because of
Elisha's
Miracles.
2Ki. 8:3-6.
3
It happened at
the seven years’
end, that the
woman returned
out of the land
of the
Philistines.
Then she went
forth to cry to
the king for her
house and for
her land.
4
Now the king was
talking with
Gehazi the
servant of the
man of God,
saying, “Please
tell me all the
great things
that Elisha has
done.”
5
It happened, as
he was telling
the king how he
had restored to
life him who was
dead, that
behold, the
woman, whose son
he had restored
to life, cried
to the king for
her house and
for her land.
Gehazi said, “My
lord, O king,
this is the
woman, and this
is her son, whom
Elisha restored
to life.”
6
When the king
asked the woman,
she told him. So
the king
appointed to her
a certain
officer, saying,
“Restore all
that was hers,
and all the
fruits of the
field since the
day that she
left the land,
even until now.”
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(7) The Story
of Naaman.
A. The Healing
of Naaman's
Leprosy.
2Ki.
5:1-14.
1
Now Naaman,
captain of the
army of the king
of Syria, was a
great man with
his master, and
honorable,
because by him
Yahweh had given
victory to
Syria: he was
also a mighty
man of valor,
but he was a
leper.
2
The Syrians had
gone out in
bands, and had
brought away
captive out of
the land of
Israel a little
maiden; and she
waited on
Naaman’s wife.
3
She said to her
mistress, “I
wish that my
lord were with
the prophet who
is in Samaria!
Then he would
heal him of his
leprosy.”
4
Someone went in,
and told his
lord, saying,
“The maiden who
is from the land
of Israel said
this.”
5
The king of
Syria said, “Go
now, and I will
send a letter to
the king of
Israel.”
He departed, and
took with him
ten talents of
silver, and six
thousand pieces
of gold, and ten
changes of
clothing.
6
He brought the
letter to the
king of Israel,
saying, “Now
when this letter
has come to you,
behold, I have
sent Naaman my
servant to you,
that you may
heal him of his
leprosy.”
7
It happened,
when the king of
Israel had read
the letter, that
he tore his
clothes, and
said, “Am I God,
to kill and to
make alive, that
this man sends
to me to heal a
man of his
leprosy? But
please consider
and see how he
seeks a quarrel
against me.”
8
It was so, when
Elisha the man
of God heard
that the king of
Israel had torn
his clothes,
that he sent to
the king,
saying, “Why
have you torn
your clothes?
Let him come now
to me, and he
shall know that
there is a
prophet in
Israel.”
9
So Naaman came
with his horses
and with his
chariots, and
stood at the
door of the
house of Elisha.
10
Elisha sent a
messenger to
him, saying, “Go
and wash in the
Jordan seven
times, and your
flesh shall come
again to you,
and you shall be
clean.”
11
But Naaman was
angry, and went
away, and said,
“Behold, I
thought, ‘He
will surely come
out to me, and
stand, and call
on the name of
Yahweh his God,
and wave his
hand over the
place, and heal
the leper.’
12
Aren’t Abanah
and Pharpar, the
rivers of
Damascus, better
than all the
waters of
Israel? Couldn’t
I wash in them,
and be clean?”
So he turned and
went away in a
rage.
13
His servants
came near, and
spoke to him,
and said, “My
father, if the
prophet had
asked you do
some great
thing, wouldn’t
you have done
it? How much
rather then,
when he says to
you, ‘Wash, and
be clean?’”
14
Then went he
down, and dipped
himself seven
times in the
Jordan,
according to the
saying of the
man of God; and
his flesh was
restored like
the flesh of a
little child,
and he was
clean.
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B.
Naaman's
Gratitude.
2Ki.
5:15-19.
15
He returned to
the man of God,
he and all his
company, and
came, and stood
before him; and
he said, “See
now, I know that
there is no God
in all the
earth, but in
Israel. Now
therefore,
please take a
gift from your
servant.”
16
But he said, “As
Yahweh lives,
before whom I
stand, I will
receive none.”
He urged him to
take it; but he
refused.
17
Naaman said, “If
not, then,
please let two
mules’ burden of
earth be given
to your servant;
for your servant
will from now on
offer neither
burnt offering
nor sacrifice to
other gods, but
to Yahweh.
18
In this thing
may Yahweh
pardon your
servant: when my
master goes into
the house of
Rimmon to
worship there,
and he leans on
my hand, and I
bow myself in
the house of
Rimmon. When I
bow myself in
the house of
Rimmon, may
Yahweh pardon
your servant in
this thing.”
19
He said to him,
“Go in peace.”
So he departed
from him a
little way.
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C. Gehazi's Sin
and Punishment.
2Ki.
5:20-27.
20
But Gehazi the
servant of
Elisha the man
of God, said,
“Behold, my
master has
spared this
Naaman the
Syrian, in not
receiving at his
hands that which
he brought. As
Yahweh lives, I
will run after
him, and take
something from
him.”
21
So Gehazi
followed after
Naaman. When
Naaman saw one
running after
him, he came
down from the
chariot to meet
him, and said,
“Is all well?”
22
He said, “All is
well. My master
has sent me,
saying, ‘Behold,
even now two
young men of the
sons of the
prophets have
come to me from
the hill country
of Ephraim.
Please give them
a talent of
silver and two
changes of
clothing.’”
23
Naaman said, “Be
pleased to take
two talents.” He
urged him, and
bound two
talents of
silver in two
bags, with two
changes of
clothing, and
laid them on two
of his servants;
and they carried
them before him.
24
When he came to
the hill, he
took them from
their hand, and
stored them in
the house. Then
he let the men
go, and they
departed.
25
But he went in,
and stood before
his master.
Elisha said to
him, “Where did
you come from,
Gehazi?”
He said, “Your
servant went
nowhere.”
26
He said to him,
“Didn’t my heart
go with you,
when the man
turned from his
chariot to meet
you? Is it a
time to receive
money, and to
receive
garments, and
olive groves and
vineyards, and
sheep and
cattle, and male
servants and
female servants?
27
Therefore the
leprosy of
Naaman will
cling to you and
to your seed
forever.”
He went out from
his presence a
leper, as white
as snow.
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(8) The Siege
of Samaria.
A. Ben-hadad
besieges
Samaria.
2Ki.
6:24.
24
It happened
after this, that
Benhadad king of
Syria gathered
all his army,
and went up and
besieged
Samaria.
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B. The Suffering
from the Famine.
2Ki.
6:25-31.
25
There was a
great famine in
Samaria. Behold,
they besieged
it, until a
donkey’s head
was sold for
eighty pieces of
silver, and the
fourth part of a
kab of dove’s
dung for five
pieces of
silver.
26
As the king of
Israel was
passing by on
the wall, a
woman cried to
him, saying,
“Help, my lord,
O king!”
27
He said, “If
Yahweh doesn’t
help you, from
where could I
help you? From
of the threshing
floor, or from
the winepress?”
28
The king said to
her, “What ails
you?”
She answered,
“This woman said
to me, ‘Give
your son, that
we may eat him
today, and we
will eat my son
tomorrow.’
29
So we boiled my
son, and ate
him: and I said
to her on the
next day, ‘Give
your son, that
we may eat him;’
and she has
hidden her son.”
30
It happened,
when the king
heard the words
of the woman,
that he tore his
clothes (now he
was passing by
on the wall);
and the people
looked, and
behold, he had
sackcloth
underneath on
his flesh.
31
Then he said,
“God do so to
me, and more
also, if the
head of Elisha
the son of
Shaphat shall
stay on him this
day.”
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C. The King's
Messenger of
Vengeance and
Elisha's
Promise of
Plenty.
2Ki. 6:32-7:2.
32
But Elisha was
sitting in his
house, and the
elders were
sitting with
him. Then the
king sent a man
from before him;
but before the
messenger came
to him, he said
to the elders,
“Do you see how
this son of a
murderer has
sent to take
away my head?
Behold, when the
messenger comes,
shut the door,
and hold the
door shut
against him.
Isn’t the sound
of his master’s
feet behind
him?”
33
While he was
still talking
with them,
behold, the
messenger came
down to him.
Then he said,
“Behold, this
evil is from
Yahweh. Why
should I wait
for Yahweh any
longer?”
1
Elisha said,
“Hear the word
of Yahweh. Thus
says Yahweh,
‘Tomorrow about
this time a
measure of fine
flour will be
sold for a
shekel, and two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, in the
gate of
Samaria.’”
2
Then the captain
on whose hand
the king leaned
answered the man
of God, and
said, “Behold,
if Yahweh made
windows in
heaven, could
this thing be?”
He said,
“Behold, you
shall see it
with your eyes,
but shall not
eat of it.”
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D. The Discovery
of the four
Lepers.
2Ki.
7:3-11.
3
Now there were
four leprous men
at the entrance
of the gate.
They said one to
another, “Why do
we sit here
until we die?
4
If we say, ‘We
will enter into
the city,’ then
the famine is in
the city, and we
shall die there.
If we sit still
here, we also
die. Now
therefore come,
and let us
surrender to the
army of the
Syrians. If they
save us alive,
we will live;
and if they kill
us, we will only
die.”
5
They rose up in
the twilight, to
go to the camp
of the Syrians.
When they had
come to the
outermost part
of the camp of
the Syrians,
behold, there
was no man
there.
6
For the Lord1
had made the
army of the
Syrians to hear
a noise of
chariots, and a
noise of horses,
even the noise
of a great army:
and they said
one to another,
Behold, the king
of Israel has
hired against us
the kings of the
Hittites, and
the kings of the
Egyptians, to
come on us.
7
Therefore they
arose and fled
in the twilight,
and left their
tents, and their
horses, and
their donkeys,
even the camp as
it was, and fled
for their life.
8
When these
lepers came to
the outermost
part of the
camp, they went
into one tent,
and ate and
drink, and
carried there
silver, and
gold, and
clothing, and
went and hid it.
Then they came
back, and
entered into
another tent,
and carried
there also, and
went and hid it.
9
Then they said
one to another,
“We aren’t doing
right. This day
is a day of good
news, and we
keep silent. If
we wait until
the morning
light,
punishment will
overtake us. Now
therefore come,
let us go and
tell the king’s
household.”
10
So they came and
called to the
porter of the
city; and they
told them,
saying, “We came
to the camp of
the Syrians,
and, behold,
there was no man
there, neither
voice of man,
but the horses
tied, and the
donkeys tied,
and the tents as
they were.”
11
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porters; and
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E. The Lepers'
Report confirmed
and Elisha's
Promises
fulfilled.
2Ki. 7:12-20.
12
The king arose
in the night,
and said to his
servants, “I
will now show
you what the
Syrians have
done to us. They
know that we are
hungry.
Therefore are
they gone out of
the camp to hide
themselves in
the field,
saying, ‘When
they come out of
the city, we
shall take them
alive, and get
into the city.’”
13
One of his
servants
answered,
“Please let some
take five of the
horses that
remain, which
are left in the
city. Behold,
they are like
all the
multitude of
Israel who are
left in it.
Behold, they are
like all the
multitude of
Israel who are
consumed. Let us
send and see.”
14
They took
therefore two
chariots with
horses; and the
king sent after
the army of the
Syrians, saying,
“Go and see.”
15
They went after
them to the
Jordan; and
behold, all the
way was full of
garments and
vessels, which
the Syrians had
cast away in
their haste. The
messengers
returned, and
told the king.
16
The people went
out, and
plundered the
camp of the
Syrians. So a
measure of fine
flour was sold
for a shekel,
and two measures
of barley for a
shekel,
according to the
word of Yahweh.
17
The king
appointed the
captain on whose
hand he leaned
to be in charge
of the gate: and
the people trod
on him in the
gate, and he
died as the man
of God had said,
who spoke when
the king came
down to him.
18
It happened, as
the man of God
had spoken to
the king,
saying, “Two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, and a
measure of fine
flour for a
shekel, shall be
tomorrow about
this time in the
gate of
Samaria;”
19
and that captain
answered the man
of God, and
said, “Now,
behold, if
Yahweh should
make windows in
heaven, might
such a thing
be?” and he
said, “Behold,
you shall see it
with your eyes,
but shall not
eat of it.”
20
It happened like
that to him; for
the people trod
on him in the
gate, and he
died.
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2Ki. 8:23, 24a.
23
The rest of the
acts of Joram,
and all that he
did, aren’t they
written in the
book of the
chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?
24a
Joram slept with
his fathers, and
was buried with
his fathers in
the city of
David;... |
2Ch. 21:19, 20b.
19
It happened, in
process of time,
at the end of
two years, that
his bowels fell
out by reason of
his sickness,
and he died of
severe diseases.
His people made
no burning for
him, like the
burning of his
fathers.
20b
...and he
departed without
being desired;
and they buried
him in the city
of David, but
not in the tombs
of the kings.
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156. The Reign
of Ahaziah.
(1) Ahaziah's
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2Ki. 8:24b-26.
24b
...and Ahaziah
his son reigned
in his place.
25
In the twelfth
year of Joram
the son of Ahab
king of Israel,
Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king
of Judah began
to reign.
26
Twenty-two years
old was Ahaziah
when he began to
reign; and he
reigned one year
in Jerusalem.
His mother’s
name was
Athaliah the
daughter of Omri
king of Israel.
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2Ki. 9:29.
29
In the eleventh
year of Joram
the son of Ahab
began Ahaziah to
reign over
Judah.
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2Ch. 22:1, 2.
1
The inhab-itants
of Jerusalem
made Ahaziah his
youngest son
king in his
place; for the
band of men who
came with the
Arabians to the
camp had slain
all the eldest.
So Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram
king of Judah
reigned.
2
Forty-two years
old was Ahaziah
when he began to
reign; and he
reigned one year
in Jerusalem:
and his mother’s
name was
Athaliah the
daughter of Omri.
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Character of
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2Ki. 8:27.
27
He walked in the
way of the house
of Ahab, and did
that which was
evil in the
sight of Yahweh,
as did the house
of Ahab; for he
was the
son-in-law of
the house of
Ahab. |
2Ch. 22:3-5a.
3
He also walked
in the ways of
the house of
Ahab; for his
mother was his
counselor to do
wickedly.
4
He did that
which was evil
in the sight of
Yahweh, as did
the house of
Ahab; for they
were his
counselors after
the death of his
father, to his
destruction.
5a
He walked also
after their
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(9)
Elisha's
Interview with
Hazael.
2Ki. 8:7-15.
7
Elisha came to
Damascus; and
Benhadad the
king of Syria
was sick. It was
told him,
saying, “The man
of God has come
here.”
8
The king said to
Hazael, “Take a
present in your
hand, and go,
meet the man of
God, and inquire
of Yahweh by
him, saying,
‘Will I recover
from this
sickness?’”
9
So Hazael went
to meet him, and
took a present
with him, even
of every good
thing of
Damascus, forty
camels’ burden,
and came and
stood before
him, and said,
“Your son
Benhadad king of
Syria has sent
me to you,
saying, ‘Will I
recover from
this sickness?’”
10
Elisha said to
him, “Go, tell
him, ‘You shall
surely recover;’
however Yahweh
has shown me
that he shall
surely die.”
11
He settled his
gaze steadfastly
on him, until he
was ashamed.
Then the man of
God wept.
12
Hazael said,
“Why do you
weep, my lord?”
He answered,
“Because I know
the evil that
you will do to
the children of
Israel. You will
set their
strongholds on
fire, and you
will kill their
young men with
the sword, and
will dash in
pieces their
little ones, and
rip up their
women with
child.”
13
Hazael said,
“But what is
your servant,
who is but a
dog, that he
should do this
great thing?”
Elisha answered,
“Yahweh has
shown me that
you will be king
over Syria.”
14
Then he departed
from Elisha, and
came to his
master, who said
to him, “What
did Elisha say
to you?”
He answered, “He
told me that you
would surely
recover.”
15
It happened on
the next day,
that he took a
thick cloth,
dipped it in
water, and
spread it on his
face, so that he
died. Then
Hazael reigned
in his place.
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(3) Ahaziah
aids Jehoram in
the Defense of
Ramoth-gilead.
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2Ki. 8:28.
28
He went with
Joram the son of
Ahab to war
against Hazael
king of Syria at
Ramoth Gilead:
and the Syrians
wounded Joram.
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2Ch. 22:5b.
5b
...and went with
Jehoram the son
of Ahab king of
Israel to war
against Hazael
king of Syria at
Ramoth Gilead:
and the Syrians
wounded Joram.
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(11) Jehoram
goes for Healing
to Jezreel. |
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2Ki.8:29a.
29a
King Joram
returned to be
healed in
Jezreel of the
wounds which the
Syrians had
given him at
Ramah, when he
fought against
Hazael king of
Syria.... |
2Ki. 9:14b, 15a.
14b
...(Now Joram
was keeping
Ramoth Gilead,
he and all
Israel, because
of Hazael king
of Syria;
15a
but king Joram
was returned to
be healed in
Jezreel of the
wounds which the
Syrians had
given him, when
he fought with
Hazael king of
Syria.)... |
2Ch. 22:6a.
6
He returned to
be healed in
Jezreel of the
wounds which
they had given
him at Ramah,
when he fought
against Hazael
king of
Syria.... |
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(4) Jehu's
Successful
Conspiracy. (12)
A. Ahaziah
visits Jehoram
in Jezreel. |
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2Ki. 8:29b.
29b
...Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram
king of Judah
went down to see
Joram the son of
Ahab in Jezreel,
because he was
sick.
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2Ki. 9:16b.
16b
...Ahaziah king
of Judah had
come down to see
Joram.
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2Ch. 22:6b.
6
...Azariah the
son of Jehoram
king of Judah
went down to see
Jehoram the son
of Ahab in
Jezreel, because
he was sick. |
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B.
At Elisha's
Command, Jehu is
anointed King
over Israel, at
Ramoth-gilead.
2Ki.
9:1-10.
1
Elisha the
prophet called
one of the sons
of the prophets,
and said to him,
“Put your belt
on your waist,
take this vial
of oil in your
hand, and go to
Ramoth Gilead.
2
When you come
there, find Jehu
the son of
Jehoshaphat the
son of Nimshi,
and go in, and
make him arise
up from among
his brothers,
and carry him to
an inner room.
3
Then take the
vial of oil, and
pour it on his
head, and say,
‘Thus says
Yahweh, “I have
anointed you
king over
Israel.”’ Then
open the door,
flee, and don’t
wait.”
4
So the young
man, even the
young man the
prophet, went to
Ramoth Gilead.
5
When he came,
behold, the
captains of the
army were
sitting. Then he
said, “I have a
message for you,
captain.”
Jehu said, “To
which of us
all?”
He said, “To
you, O captain.”
6
He arose, and
went into the
house. Then he
poured the oil
on his head, and
said to him,
“Thus says
Yahweh, the God
of Israel, ‘I
have anointed
you king over
the people of
Yahweh, even
over Israel.
7
You shall strike
the house of
Ahab your
master, that I
may avenge the
blood of my
servants the
prophets, and
the blood of all
the servants of
Yahweh, at the
hand of Jezebel.
8
For the whole
house of Ahab
shall perish. I
will cut off
from Ahab
everyone who
urinates against
a wall,1
both him who is
shut up and him
who is left at
large in Israel.
9
I will make the
house of Ahab
like the house
of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat,
and like the
house of Baasha
the son of
Ahijah.
10
The dogs will
eat Jezebel on
the plot of
ground of
Jezreel, and
there shall be
none to bury
her.’” He opened
the door, and
fled.
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C. Jehu is
proclaimed King
by his Brother
Officers.
2Ki.
9:11-13.
11
Then Jehu came
forth to the
servants of his
lord: and one
said to him, “Is
all well? Why
did this mad
fellow come to
you?”
He said to them,
“You know the
man and what his
talk was.”
12
They said, “That
is a lie. Tell
us now.”
He said, “He
said to me,
‘Thus says
Yahweh, I have
anointed you
king over
Israel.’”
13
Then they
hurried, and
took every man
his garment, and
put it under him
on the top of
the stairs, and
blew the
trumpet, saying,
“Jehu is king.”
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B & D. Jehu
proceeds to
Jezreel and
slays Jehoram. |
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2Ki. 9:14a, 15b,
16a, 17-26.
14a
So Jehu the son
of Jehoshaphat
the son of
Nimshi conspired
against Joram....
15b
...Jehu said,
“If this is your
thinking, then
let no one
escape and go
out of the city,
to go to tell it
in Jezreel.”
16a
So Jehu rode in
a chariot, and
went to Jezreel;
for Joram lay
there....
17
Now the watchman
was standing on
the tower in
Jezreel, and he
spied the
company of Jehu
as he came, and
said, “I see a
company.”
Joram said,
“Take a
horseman, and
send to meet
them, and let
him say, ‘Is it
peace?’”
18
So there went
one on horseback
to meet him, and
said, “Thus says
the king, ‘Is it
peace?’”
Jehu said, “What
do you have to
do with peace?
Fall in behind
me!”
The watchman
said, “The
messenger came
to them, but he
isn’t coming
back.”
19
Then he sent out
a second on
horseback, who
came to them,
and said, “Thus
says the king,
‘Is it peace?’”
Jehu answered,
“What do you
have to do with
peace? Fall in
behind me!”
20
The watchman
said, “He came
to them, and
isn’t coming
back. The
driving is like
the driving of
Jehu the son of
Nimshi; for he
drives
furiously.”
21
Joram said, “Get
ready!”
They got his
chariot ready.
Joram king of
Israel and
Ahaziah king of
Judah went out,
each in his
chariot, and
they went out to
meet Jehu, and
found him in the
portion of
Naboth the
Jezreelite.
22
It happened,
when Joram saw
Jehu, that he
said, “Is it
peace, Jehu?”
He answered,
“What peace, so
long as the
prostitution of
your mother
Jezebel and her
witchcraft
abound?”
23
Joram turned his
hands, and fled,
and said to
Ahaziah, “There
is treason,
Ahaziah!”
24
Jehu drew his
bow with his
full strength,
and struck Joram
between his
arms; and the
arrow went out
at his heart,
and he sunk down
in his chariot.
25
Then Jehu said
to Bidkar his
captain, “Pick
him up, and
throw him in the
plot of the
field of Naboth
the Jezreelite;
for remember
how, when you
and I rode
together after
Ahab his father,
Yahweh laid this
burden on him:
26
‘Surely I have
seen yesterday
the blood of
Naboth, and the
blood of his
sons,’ says
Yahweh; ‘and I
will repay you
in this plot of
ground,’ says
Yahweh. Now
therefore take
and cast him
onto the plot of
ground,
according to the
word of Yahweh.”
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2Ch. 22:7.
7
Now the
destruction of
Ahaziah was of
God, in that he
went to Joram:
for when he had
come, he went
out with Jehoram
against Jehu the
son of Nimshi,
whom Yahweh had
anointed to cut
off the house of
Ahab.
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C & E. Ahaziah
is, in turn,
also slain by
Jehu's Command. |
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2Ki. 9:27, 28.
27
But when Ahaziah
the king of
Judah saw this,
he fled by the
way of the
garden house.
Jehu followed
after him, and
said, “Strike
him also in the
chariot!” They
struck him at
the ascent of
Gur, which is by
Ibleam. He fled
to Megiddo, and
died there.
28
His servants
carried him in a
chariot to
Jerusalem, and
buried him in
his tomb with
his fathers in
the city of
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2Ch. 22:9a.
9
He sought
Ahaziah, and
they caught him
(now he was
hiding in
Samaria), and
they brought him
to Jehu, and
killed him; and
they buried him,
for they said,
“He is the son
of Jehoshaphat,
who sought
Yahweh with all
his heart.”... |
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F. The Fate of
Jezebel.
2Ki. 9:30-37.
30
When Jehu had
come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of
it; and she
painted her
eyes, and
attired her
head, and looked
out at the
window.
31
As Jehu entered
in at the gate,
she said, “Do
you come in
peace, Zimri,
you murderer of
your master?”
32
He lifted up his
face to the
window, and
said, “Who is on
my side? Who?”
Two or three
eunuchs looked
out at him.
33
He said, “Throw
her down!”
So they threw
her down; and
some of her
blood was
sprinkled on the
wall, and on the
horses. Then he
trampled her
under foot.
34
When he had come
in, he ate and
drink; and he
said, “See now
to this cursed
woman, and bury
her; for she is
a king’s
daughter.”
35
They went to
bury her; but
they found no
more of her than
the skull, and
the feet, and
the palms of her
hands.
36
Therefore they
came back, and
told him.
He said, “This
is the word of
Yahweh, which he
spoke by his
servant Elijah
the Tishbite,
saying, ‘The
dogs will eat
the flesh of
Jezebel on the
plot of Jezreel,
37
and the body of
Jezebel shall be
as dung on the
face of the
field in the
portion of
Jezreel, so that
they shall not
say, “This is
Jezebel.”’”
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G. The Judgment
on the House of
Ahab.
2Ki. 10:1-11.
1
Now Ahab had
seventy sons in
Samaria. Jehu
wrote letters,
and sent to
Samaria, to the
rulers of
Jezreel, even
the elders, and
to those who
brought up the
sons of Ahab,
saying,
2
“Now as soon as
this letter
comes to you,
since your
master’s sons
are with you,
and there are
with you
chariots and
horses, a
fortified city
also, and armor.
3
Select the best
and fittest of
your master’s
sons, set him on
his father’s
throne, and
fight for your
master’s house.”
4
But they were
exceedingly
afraid, and
said, “Behold,
the two kings
didn’t stand
before him! How
then shall we
stand?”
5
He who was over
the household,
and he who was
over the city,
the elders also,
and those who
raised the
children, sent
to Jehu, saying,
“We are your
servants, and
will do all that
you ask us. We
will not make
any man king.
You do that
which is good in
your eyes.”
6
Then he wrote a
letter the
second time to
them, saying,
“If you are on
my side, and if
you will listen
to my voice,
take the heads
of the men your
master’s sons,
and come to me
to Jezreel by
tomorrow this
time.”
Now the king’s
sons, being
seventy persons,
were with the
great men of the
city, who
brought them up.
7
It happened,
when the letter
came to them,
that they took
the king’s sons,
and killed them,
even seventy
persons, and put
their heads in
baskets, and
sent them to him
to Jezreel.
8
A messenger
came, and told
him, “They have
brought the
heads of the
king’s sons.”
He said, “Lay
them in two
heaps at the
entrance of the
gate until the
morning.”
9
It happened in
the morning,
that he went
out, and stood,
and said to all
the people, “You
are righteous.
Behold, I
conspired
against my
master, and
killed him; but
who struck all
these?
10
Know now that
nothing shall
fall to the
earth of the
word of Yahweh,
which Yahweh
spoke concerning
the house of
Ahab. For Yahweh
has done that
which he spoke
by his servant
Elijah.”
11
So Jehu struck
all that
remained of the
house of Ahab in
Jezreel, with
all his great
men, his
familiar
friends, and his
priests, until
he left him none
remaining.
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D & H. The
Massacre of the
Princes Royal of
Judah. |
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2Ki. 10:12-14.
12
He arose and
departed, and
went to Samaria.
As he was at the
shearing house
of the shepherds
on the way,
13
Jehu met with
the brothers of
Ahaziah king of
Judah, and said,
“Who are you?”
They answered,
“We are the
brothers of
Ahaziah. We are
going down to
greet the
children of the
king and the
children of the
queen.”
14
He said, “Take
them alive!”
They took them
alive, and
killed them at
the pit of the
shearing house,
even forty-two
men. He didn’t
leave any of
them.
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2Ch. 22:8.
8
It happened,
when Jehu was
executing
judgment on the
house of Ahab,
that he found
the princes of
Judah, and the
sons of the
brothers of
Ahaziah,
ministering to
Ahaziah, and
killed them.
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I. Jehu attaches
Jehonadab to his
Support.
2Ki.
10:15, 16.
15
When he had
departed from
there, he met
Jehonadab the
son of Rechab
coming to meet
him. He greeted
him, and said to
him, “Is your
heart right, as
my heart is with
your heart?”
Jehonadab
answered, “It
is.”
“If it is, give
me your hand.”
He gave him his
hand; and he
took him up to
him into the
chariot.
16
He said, “Come
with me, and see
my zeal for
Yahweh.” So they
made him ride in
his chariot.
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J.
The complete
Success of the
Usurper.
2Ki.
10:17.
17
When he came to
Samaria, he
struck all who
remained to Ahab
in Samaria,
until he had
destroyed him,
according to the
word of Yahweh,
which he spoke
to Elijah.
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