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In First Kings, Solomon began his undisputed reign, and Elijah was sent for the salvation of one widow out of many. In Second Kings, God blessed the Shunammite and cursed Jezebel; condemned all the kings of Israel, but saved some of the kings of Judah. First Chronicles depicts the victorious reign o
July 18 Read 2 Kings 15 In this chapter we have an accounting of the reigns of two kings of Judah and the last six kings of Israel. Of both of the kings of Judah it is said that they did what was right in God’s sight. From the accounts in 2 Chronicles we find that they also walked in ways of sin. W
Each group of 24,000 served the kingdom one month out of the year; the remainder of the year they attended to their own labors and affairs. Verses 16–22 name the civil rulers of each tribe (Gad and Asher are not listed. They could have been joined with another tribe, or their records may have been l
Read 1 Kings 9 Once again God reminds Solomon of his spiritual duties as king of Israel. God had laid down spiritual guidelines for Israel’s kings before they entered the land of Canaan, and now he reiterates them to Solomon. These guidelines should be used in the church of God today and until Chri
July 20 Read I Kings 10:1-13 Psalm 145:12 There are two accounts of a king of Israel or Judah showing his kingdom to a worldly monarch. Here we have Solomon’s experience with the queen of Sheba. Later on Hezekiah shows his kingdom to ambassadors from Babylon. Christ mentions the Queen of Sheba’s vi
In this second sermon in our series on King Solomon, we turn to two places in the Holy Scriptures. The first place is 2 Samuel 7. 2 Samuel 7. The other place is 1 Kings 2, but we'll turn there later. The text for the sermon is 1 Kings 2, verses 1 through 4. But we turn right now to 2 Samuel 7, a