1 Kings 14:9-16
14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.
14:10 So I am ready to bring disaster
on the dynasty
of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family
who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the
Lord has announced it!
14:12 “As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.
14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
14:14 The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!
14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles.
14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
1 Kings 14:2
14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise
yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.
1 Kings 9:7-10
9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land
I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence,
and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed
among all the nations.
9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins;
everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn,
saying, ‘Why did the
Lord do this to this land and this temple?’
9:9 Others will then answer,
‘Because they abandoned the
Lord their God, who led their ancestors
out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.
That is why the
Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
Foreign Affairs and Building Projects
9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace,
1 Kings 9:1
The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning
9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,
1 Kings 9:1
The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning
9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,
1 Kings 10:10-11
10:10 She gave the king 120 talents
of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.
10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
1 Kings 10:1
Solomon Entertains a Queen
10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.
1 Kings 19:1
Elijah Runs for His Life
19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.