Discovery Box| (0.28) | 1Ki 12:15 |
| The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events 1 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 2 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 12:18 |
| King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, 1 the supervisor of the work crews, 2 out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 3 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 13:2 |
| With the authority of the Lord 1 he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” 2 |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 13:26 |
| When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, 1 he said, “It is the prophet 2 who rebelled against the Lord. 3 The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up 4 and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” 5 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 14:6 |
| When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 1 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 14:13 |
| All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 15:19 |
| “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 1 See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 2 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 15:29 |
| When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 1 just as the Lord had predicted 2 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 16:2 |
| “I raised you up 1 from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps 2 and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. 3 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 16:7 |
| The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 1 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 2 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 16:34 |
| During Ahab’s reign, 1 Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 2 Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 3 Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 4 just as the Lord had warned 5 through Joshua son of Nun. 6 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 18:21 |
| Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 1 If the Lord is the true God, 2 then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 18:23 |
| Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 18:26 |
| So they took a bull, as he had suggested, 1 and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped 2 around on the altar they had made. 3 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 18:36 |
| When it was time for the evening offering, 1 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 2 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 3 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. |
