1 Kings 2:3-4
2:3 Do the job the
Lord your God has assigned you
by following his instructions
and obeying
his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
2:4 and the
Lord will fulfill his promise to me,
‘If your descendants watch their step
and live faithfully in my presence
with all their heart and being,
then,’ he promised,
‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
1 Kings 8:36
8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly
you will then teach them the right way to live
and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.
1 Kings 8:39
8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,
and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.
(Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)
1 Kings 8:48
8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being
in the land where they are held prisoner,
and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,
1 Kings 11:29
11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah
was wearing a brand new robe,
1 Kings 11:33
11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him
because they have
abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions
by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.
1 Kings 13:17
13:17 For the
Lord gave me strict orders,
‘Do not eat or drink
there; do not go back the way you came.’”
1 Kings 13:25-26
13:25 Some men came by
and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it.
They went and reported what they had seen
in the city where the old prophet lived.
13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news,
he said, “It is the prophet
who rebelled against the
Lord.
The
Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up
and killed him, just as the
Lord warned him.”
1 Kings 13:28
13:28 He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it;
the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.
1 Kings 13:33
A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty
13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
1 Kings 16:2
16:2 “I raised you up
from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps
and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.
1 Kings 18:27
18:27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.”
1 Kings 19:4
19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub
and asked the
Lord to take his life:
“I’ve had enough! Now, O
Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”
1 Kings 22:43
22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the
Lord approved.
(22:44)
However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.