Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:17 |
| The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite: 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:19 |
| Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood – yes, yours!”’” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:20 |
| When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, 1 “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah 2 replied, “I have found you, because you are committed 3 to doing evil in the sight of 4 the Lord. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:25 |
| (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed 1 to doing evil in the sight of 2 the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. 3 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:26 |
| He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, 1 just like the Amorites 2 whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.) |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:27 |
| When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 21:28 |
| The Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:5 |
| Then Jehoshaphat added, 1 “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:11 |
| Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:13 |
| Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 1 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:18 |
| The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:19 |
| Micaiah 1 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:24 |
| Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:28 |
| Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, 1 all you people.” |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:38 |
| They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); 1 dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:43 |
| He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 1 (22:44) 2 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:46 |
| He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ki 22:53 |
| He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 1 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 2 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 1:3 |
| But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Ki 1:4 |
| Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way. |
