Discovery Box| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 15:22 |
| King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah.<n id="1" /> King Asa used the materials to build up<n id="2" /> Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 15:23 |
| <p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.<n id="1" /> Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.<n id="2" /> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 16:7 |
| The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the <sc>Lordsc> the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" /> His actions angered the <sc>Lordsc> (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 16:13 |
| This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel with their worthless idols.<n id="1" />p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 16:16 |
| While deployed there, the army received this report:<n id="1" /> “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.”<n id="2" /> So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp. |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 18:19 |
| Now send out messengers<n id="1" /> and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 18:21 |
| Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision?<n id="1" /> If the <sc>Lordsc> is the true God,<n id="2" /> then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word. |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 18:24 |
| Then you<n id="1" /> will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the <sc>Lordsc>. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.”<n id="2" /> All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 18:36 |
| When it was time for the evening offering,<n id="1" /> Elijah the prophet approached the altar<n id="2" /> and prayed: “O <sc>Lordsc> God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove<n id="3" /> today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 20:1 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria<n id="1" /> and besieged and attacked it.<n id="2" /> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 20:6 |
| But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.”<n id="1" /> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 20:9 |
| So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’”<n id="1" /> So the messengers went back and gave their report.p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 20:13 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, ‘Do you see this huge army?<n id="1" /> Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.’” |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 22:17 |
| Micaiah<n id="1" /> said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the <sc>Lordsc> said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’” |
| (0.35354869186047) | 1Ki 22:22 |
| He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said, ‘Deceive and overpower him.<n id="2" /> Go out and do as you have proposed.’ |
| (0.35354869186047) | 2Ki 3:19 |
| You will defeat every fortified city and every important<n id="1" /> city. You must chop down<n id="2" /> every productive<n id="3" /> tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.”<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 2Ki 4:2 |
| Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.” |
| (0.35354869186047) | 2Ki 4:13 |
| Elisha said to Gehazi,<n id="1" /> “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect.<n id="2" /> What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.”<n id="3" /> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 2Ki 10:21 |
| Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end.<n id="1" /> |
| (0.35354869186047) | 2Ki 11:18 |
| All the people of the land went and demolished<n id="1" /> the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols<n id="2" /> to bits.<n id="3" /> They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest<n id="4" /> then placed guards at the <sc>Lordsc>’s temple. |
