But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “First, please ask what the Lord’s will is.” (1 Kings 22:5) Before Jehoshaphat would go into battle, he stopped to inquire what the Lord’s will was in that situation. When life comes at us with trouble and pain, where do we go first?...

But Naboth said to Ahab, “As the Lord is my witness, I will never give my ancestors’ inheritance to you.” (1 Kings 21:3) While Ahab thought he could have any land he desired because he was king, Naboth would not give up the land that had been given to him as...

The king of Israel answered, “Say this: ‘Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’” (1 Kings 20:11) Ahab’s statement here to Ben-Hadad is similar to the modern proverb of, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” as his opponent was proclaiming...

Then he said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.” At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there...

After a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land.” (1 Kings 18:1) The people of Elijah’s time did not reject God completely as they were worshipping Him...

So he proceeded to do what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the wadi. (1 Kings 17:5-6) Elijah chose to listen...

At that time the people of Israel were divided: half the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. (1 Kings 16:21) God’s people had already been divided into two kingdoms - Israel and Judah - and now we see divisions within the kingdom...

He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made. He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the...

He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made. King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards who protected...

He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’” The old prophet deceived him… (1 Kings 13:18) There’s an old...