Not that we always need positive things in every part of the Bible, that wouldn’t be right. We’d be stretching the truth a lot. We need both. I really don’t want to lose my spot in 2 Chronicles. So much overlap! Jehoshaphat his son Asa’s son. succeeded him as king…
25 Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of his father and committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to…
2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.[b] 4 He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his…
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,[a] a daughter[b] of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Nothing improved. 3 Abijah went into battle with an army of four…
Just so you know, as it has been a month. We are starting with 2 Chronicles 12 and then we will discuss 1 Kings 14 as they both talk about the same events. This is where we are at. After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become…
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered Judah and Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam. For a guy who brags about how powerful he is, Rehoboam sure gets insecure. 2 But this word of the Lord came…
At this point in the narrative, Israel used to be both the yelow and blue parts of this map that you’ve seen before. Now that the split has happened, Rehoboam is now only king of the Southern yellow part of the map called the kingdom of Judah. Jereboam is now…
Chronicles in Blue, Kings in Green Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. It must have been an exciting time. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 3 So…
The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance. This man’s utterance to Ithiel: “I am weary, God, but I can prevail.[a] 2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding. 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of…
When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what[a] is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. 3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Eat your regular food. 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do…