Category: 1 Kings
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In Over Your Head?
1 Kings 3:7-9 “And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be…
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A Great Ask
1 Kings 3:5 “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.’” Can you imagine being asked by God the question that He asked Solomon in the verse above? Because it was God Who was asking the question, I suppose nothing was outside the realm of possibility…
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Syncretism
1 Kings 3:3 “Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.” There’s almost always a qualifier. Have you noticed this as you’ve read about the lives of the people in the Bible? The vast majority, even those who were otherwise known as godly men…
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Presumptuous Sins
1 Kings 2:41-43 “And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned, the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, ‘Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, “Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to…
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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…
