Thoughts from my personal time with God.
…the old prophet… rode off and found the prophet’s body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion still standing by it. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
You truly hold everything within your hands, Father (Psalm 91:7; Job 1:12). Thank you.
…King Jeroboam of Israel still did not turn from his evil ways but continued to choose priests from ordinary families to serve at the altars he had built.
1 Kings 13:25 – 14:11 Read More »
…At the Lord’s command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice. Following the Lord’s command, the prophet denounced the altar…
When King Jeroboam heard this, he pointed at him and ordered, “Seize that man!” At once the king’s arm became paralyzed so that he couldn’t pull it back.
…King Jeroboam…said to himself, “As things are now, if my people go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to the Lord in the Temple there, they will transfer their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah and will kill me.”
After thinking it over, he made two bull-calves of gold and said to his people, “You have been going long enough to Jerusalem to worship.
1 Kings 12:26 – 13:2 Read More »
…Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them. The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the people, as the younger men had advised. He said, “My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I’ll flog you with bullwhips!”
1 Kings 12:12 – 25 Read More »
And so Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he escaped to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon’s death.
Solomon trying to kill Jeroboam led to the plundering of the temple, the contents of which he spent a lifetime collecting (1 Kings 14:25-26).
…Solomon… was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. He died and was buried in David’s City, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.
1 Kings 11:40b – 12:11 Read More »
Even though the Lord, the God of Israel, had appeared to Solomon twice and had commanded him not to worship foreign gods, Solomon did not obey the Lord but turned away from him. So the Lord was angry with Solomon…
We are accountable for what we have heard, seen and received (Luc 19:12-26).
…So the Lord… said to him, “Because you have deliberately broken your covenant with me and disobeyed my commands, I promise that I will take the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your officials.
1 Kings 11:9 – 40a Read More »
…Solomon made two hundred large shields and had each one overlaid with almost fifteen pounds of gold. …He also had a large throne made. Part of it was covered with ivory and the rest of it was covered with the finest gold. …All of Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the utensils in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold.
1 Kings 10:16 – 11:8 Read More »
King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the region of Galilee. Hiram went to see them, and he did not like them. So he said to Solomon, “So these, my brother, are the towns you have given me!” For this reason the area is still called Cabul. Hiram had sent Solomon almost five tons of gold.
It’s good to remain friends even when business deals don’t correspond to expectation.…
May the Lord our God remember at all times this prayer and these petitions I have made to him.
Please remember the petitions I make to you now, Father!
“And so all the nations of the world will know that the Lord alone is God—there is no other. May you, his people, always be faithful to the Lord our God…”
May it be so, Lord.…
As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God’s blessing on them. He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David…
I await, Lord (Habakkuk 2:1-3): transformation and participation (Jeremiah 6:27; Philippiens 1:29-30; …). Isaiah 55:8-11. I will wait.
…“…can you, O God, really live on earth?
1 Kings 8:14 – 58 — Clone Read More »