Category: 1 Kings
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A True Servant?
1 Kings 2:28 “When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar. And when it was told King Solomon, ‘Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is…
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The Path to Peace
1 Kings 2:44-46 “The king also said to Shimei, ‘You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will bring back your harm on your own head. But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.’…
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On “Keeping Our Faith to Ourselves”
1 Kings 1:41 “And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, ‘What does this uproar in the city mean?’” Have you ever heard the following statement made about someone: “He keeps his faith to himself”? Maybe that’s how you think of yourself. So often when we hear this, it’s with the idea…
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Two Kinds of Joy
1 Kings 1:28-40 “So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon. There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew…
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Intercession
1 Kings 1:11-14 “Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, ‘Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it? Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.…
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Asking “Why?”
1 Kings 1:6 “(David) had never at any time displeased (Adonijah) by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” Sometimes the seeds of rebellion are sown at a very young age. That’s the picture we see in the verse above regarding David’s failure as a father to Adonijah. Adonijah was the son born to…
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Rain
1 Kings 18:1 “After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, ‘Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.’” Have you ever pondered about rain? It’s such a common thing for us here in the northeastern United States that we can take it for…
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How big is God’s house?
1 Kings 6:2 “The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.” The temple that Solomon built was to represent the dwelling place of God on earth. It was to be the centerpiece of worship in Israel. Yet, Solomon recognized, and we should too,…
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Peace
1 Kings 2:44-46 “The king also said to Shimei, ‘You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will bring back your harm on your own head. But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.’…
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