Discovery Box| (0.45) | 1Ki 13:4 |
| When the king heard what the prophet 1 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 2 and ordered, 3 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 4 and he could not pull it back. |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 13:8 |
| But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 1 I could not go with you and eat and drink 2 in this place. |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 13:21 |
| and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You 1 have rebelled against the Lord 2 and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you. |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 13:33 |
| After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 1 he continued to appoint common people 2 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 3 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 14:4 |
| Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 1 Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 2 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 14:8 |
| I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. 1 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 15:5 |
| He did this 1 because David had done what he approved 2 and had not disregarded any of his commandments 3 his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite. |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 16:11 |
| When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. 1 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 16:31 |
| As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 1 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 18:5 |
| Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas 1 so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill 2 some of the animals.” |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 18:18 |
| Elijah 1 replied, “I have not brought disaster 2 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals. |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 18:25 |
| Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 1 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 19:2 |
| Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, 1 “May the gods judge me severely 2 if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” 3 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 20:7 |
| The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 1 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 2 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.” |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 21:29 |
| “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse 1 before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” 2 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 22:6 |
| So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 1 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 2 will hand it over to the king.” |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 22:15 |
| When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” 1 |
| (0.45) | 1Ki 22:31 |
| Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; 1 fight only the king of Israel.” |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | 2Ki 2:2 |
| Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” 1 But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. |
