1 Kings 16:8-20One Week Is Enough More evil and turmoil in the Northern Kingdom of Israel! King Elah, who should have been on the battlefield but instead was drunk in the capital, is murdered by a mid-level military officer, thus fulfilling the prophecy against Elah’s father, Baasha...
1 Kings 15:25 – 16:7Power, Politics, and Providence In the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Nadab, son of Jeroboam, reigned only two years before he was assassinated by a rival, Baasha. One of Baasha’s first acts as king was to kill everyone belonging to the house of Jeroboam, thus...
1 Kings 15:1-24Rehoboam’s Successors The stories of King Abijam of Judah and his son who succeeded him, Asa, illustrate the tension between man’s responsibility and God’s sovereignty in the context of parenting. Abijam failed in his responsibility to teach his son to love the...