Solomon Turns Away from God 1 Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of the king of Egypt he married Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and…

The Northern Tribes Revolt 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had…

1 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. 2 Following the Lord’s command,…

The Death of Jeroboam’s Son 1 At that time King Jeroboam’s son Abijah got sick. 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you,…

King Abijah of Judah 1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he ruled three years in Jerusalem….

1 The Lord spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message for Baasha: 2 “You were a nobody, but I made you the leader of…

Elijah and the Drought 1 A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, “In the name of the Lord, the living God of Israel, whom I…

Elijah and the Prophets of Baal 1 After some time, in the third year of the drought, the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab, and…

Elijah on Mount Sinai 1 King Ahab told his wife Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had put all the prophets of Baal to death. 2 She…

War with Syria 1 King Benhadad of Syria gathered all his troops, and supported by thirty-two other rulers with their horses and chariots, he marched up, laid siege to Samaria,…