Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - June 14 - One Year Bible

4:45 a.m. Prayer/Devotion

June 14 Reading - 1 Kings 12:20-13:34

1 Kings 12:20-13:34

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁰ When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam’s return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.

Shemaiah’s Prophecy

²¹ When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against the men of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

²² But God said to Shemaiah, the man of God, ²³ “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, ²⁴ ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!’” So they obeyed the message of the Lord and went home, as the Lord had commanded.

Jeroboam Makes Gold Calves

²⁵ Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel.^[a]

²⁶ Jeroboam thought to himself, “Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David. ²⁷ When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.”
²⁸ So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,^[b] “It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”
²⁹ He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan—at either end of his kingdom. ³⁰ But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.
³¹ Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,^[c] in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made. ³³ So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.

A Prophet Denounces Jeroboam

13 At the Lord’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense. ² Then at the Lord’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.” ³ That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The Lord has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”

⁴ When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king’s hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn’t pull it back. ⁵ At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the Lord.
⁶ The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the Lord your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored and he could move it again.
⁷ Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”
⁸ But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place. ⁹ For the Lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’” ¹⁰ So he left Bethel and went home another way.
¹¹ As it happened, there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons^[d] came home and told him what the man of God had done in Bethel that day. They also told their father what the man had said to the king. ¹² The old prophet asked them, “Which way did he go?” So they showed their father^[e] which road the man of God had taken. ¹³ “Quick, saddle the donkey,” the old man said. So they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it.
¹⁴ Then he rode after the man of God and found him sitting under a great tree. The old prophet asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”
“Yes, I am,” he replied.
¹⁵ Then he said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some food.”
¹⁶ “No, I cannot,” he replied. “I am not allowed to eat or drink anything here in this place. ¹⁷ For the Lord gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.’”
¹⁸ But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the Lord: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.’” But the old man was lying to him. ¹⁹ So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.
²⁰ Then while they were sitting at the table, a command from the Lord came to the old prophet. ²¹ He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: You have defied the word of the Lord and have disobeyed the command the Lord your God gave you. ²² You came back to this place and ate and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. Because of this, your body will not be buried in the grave of your ancestors.”
²³ After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet saddled his own donkey for him, ²⁴ and the man of God started off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion came out and killed him. His body lay there on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. ²⁵ People who passed by saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in Bethel, where the old prophet lived.
²⁶ When the prophet heard the report, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the Lord’s command. The Lord has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him.”
²⁷ Then the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle a donkey for me.” So they saddled a donkey, ²⁸ and he went out and found the body lying in the road. The donkey and lion were still standing there beside it, for the lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey. ²⁹ So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him. ³⁰ He laid the body in his own grave, crying out in grief, “Oh, my brother!”
³¹ Afterward the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones. ³² For the message the Lord told him to proclaim against the altar in Bethel and against the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.”
³³ But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines. ³⁴ This became a great sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jeroboam’s dynasty from the face of the earth.

MY SUMMARY

1 King 12:19

 

·         When Jeroboams return from Egypt, Israel made him King over all Israel;

·         Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David

·         Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem and assembled an army of 180k (Judah and Benjamin) to fight against Israel

·         God warned Rehoboam to not fight against his relatives; SO THEY OBEYED.

·         Jeroboam worried that when Israel go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord, they would reunite with the dynasty of David, so he built two gold calves – idols.  This was a great SIN!

1 KINGS 13

At the Lord’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel and he arrived there before King Jeroboam  offered sacrifice’s and said a child name JOSIAH(from David’s dynasty) would sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on the king.

King Jeroboam got angry and pointed his hand toward the man of God and said SEIZE HIM, BUT The Kings Hand became paralyzed in that position and he couldn’t pull it back.

God eventually healed his hand because King Jeroboam his ask this man of God to have God reverse this decision and so God did.

Later, after God told the man of God to not eat or drink anything and go home a different way, an old prophet found this man of God and deceived and lied on God and told him that God did say you can eat with me.

The man of God was killed by a lion for disobeying Gods command.  People came by and saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it.  The old prophet got word of it and went to pick up the body and laid the body on his own grave in grief.

This was a sign but Jeroboam didn’t turn from his wicked ways.  King Jeroboam continued to choose priest from the rank and file of the people.  Anyone who wanted to become a priest could to worship at the pagan shrines.

This became a great sin and resulted in the destruction of Jeroboams’ kingdom and the death of his family.

Monday, April 16, 2012 - Summarizing the scriptures I have read so far

So far, in this one year Bible, I am up to June 25 Reading  but I had to go back because I was starting to get the facts confused and wasn't able to summarize 1 Kings.  So I'm going to back to June 13 Reading.  I don't want to just read the entire bible for the sake of saying I have read it, however, I do want to understand it and at least be able to summarize the book and have an ideal of what it is about (without going to the front of my bible and looking at the notes)..even thought its nothing wrong with that.

4:15 am Prayer /Devotion

1 King 11:1-12:19  (June 13 Reading)

5:45 am Jogging (@ park or gym)

1 Kings 11-12:19

New Living Translation (NLT)

Solomon’s Many Wives

11 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. ² The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.’ Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway. ³ He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.

⁴ In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been. ⁵ Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech,^[a] the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁶ In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he refused to follow the Lord completely, as his father, David, had done.
⁷ On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem,^[b] he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. ⁸ Solomon built such shrines for all his foreign wives to use for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.
⁹ The Lord was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. ¹⁰ He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the Lord’s command. ¹¹ So now the Lord said to him, “Since you have not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants. ¹² But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from your son. ¹³ And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

Solomon’s Adversaries

¹⁴ Then the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom’s royal family, to be Solomon’s adversary. ¹⁵ Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom. ¹⁶ Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

¹⁷ But Hadad and a few of his father’s royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.) ¹⁸ They set out from Midian and went to Paran, where others joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to Pharaoh, who gave them a home, food, and some land. ¹⁹ Pharaoh grew very fond of Hadad, and he gave him his wife’s sister in marriage—the sister of Queen Tahpenes. ²⁰ She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him^[c] in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s own sons.
²¹ When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David and his commander Joab were both dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me return to my own country.”
²² “Why?” Pharaoh asked him. “What do you lack here that makes you want to go home?”
“Nothing,” he replied. “But even so, please let me return home.”
²³ God also raised up Rezon son of Eliada as Solomon’s adversary. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah, ²⁴ and had become the leader of a gang of rebels. After David conquered Hadadezer, Rezon and his men fled to Damascus, where he became king. ²⁵ Rezon was Israel’s bitter adversary for the rest of Solomon’s reign, and he made trouble, just as Hadad did. Rezon hated Israel intensely and continued to reign in Aram.

Jeroboam Rebels against Solomon

²⁶ Another rebel leader was Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s own officials. He came from the town of Zeredah in Ephraim, and his mother was Zeruah, a widow.

²⁷ This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces^[d] and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David. ²⁸ Jeroboam was a very capable young man, and when Solomon saw how industrious he was, he put him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph.
²⁹ One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field, ³⁰ and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. ³¹ Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten of the tribes to you! ³² But I will leave him one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³ For Solomon has^[e] abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did.
³⁴ “‘But I will not take the entire kingdom from Solomon at this time. For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life. ³⁵ But I will take the kingdom away from his son and give ten of the tribes to you. ³⁶ His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign, shining like a lamp in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name. ³⁷ And I will place you on the throne of Israel, and you will rule over all that your heart desires. ³⁸ If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you. ³⁹ Because of Solomon’s sin I will punish the descendants of David—though not forever.’”
⁴⁰ Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.

Summary of Solomon’s Reign

⁴¹ The rest of the events in Solomon’s reign, including all his deeds and his wisdom, are recorded in The Book of the Acts of Solomon. ⁴² Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. ⁴³ When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

The Northern Tribes Revolt

12 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king. ² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt,^[f] for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. ³ The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam. ⁴ “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”

⁵ Rehoboam replied, “Give me three days to think this over. Then come back for my answer.” So the people went away.
⁶ Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”
⁷ The older counselors replied, “If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”
⁸ But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers. ⁹ “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
¹⁰ The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist! ¹¹ Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”
¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered. ¹³ But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors ¹⁴ and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
¹⁵ So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the Lord, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
¹⁶ When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,

“Down with the dynasty of David!
    We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
    Look out for your own house, O David!”

So the people of Israel returned home. ¹⁷ But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

¹⁸ King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,^[g] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 11:5 Hebrew Milcom, a variant spelling of Molech; also in 11:33.
2. 1 Kings 11:7 Hebrew On the mountain east of Jerusalem.
3. 1 Kings 11:20 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads weaned him.
4. 1 Kings 11:27 Hebrew the millo. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
5. 1 Kings 11:33 As in Greek, Syriac, and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads For they have.
6. 1 Kings 12:2 As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Chr 10:2); Hebrew reads he lived in Egypt.
7. 1 Kings 12:18 As in some Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 4:6; 5:14); Hebrew reads Adoram.

My Notes/Summary:

SOLOMONS’ ADVERSARIES

·         God raised up HADAD (An Edomite) – Solomon’s Adversary

·         Note: Years before, David had defeated Edom.  Joab, his army commander had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle.  While there, they killed every male in Edom.

God also raised up REZON son of Eliada as Solomon’s adversary.

Rezon was  a leader of a gang of rebels, he hated Israel intensely and made trouble for Solomon for the rest of Solomon’s reign.

Another rebel leader, JEROBOAM son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s own officials.  He came from the town of Zeredah in Ephriam, and his mother was Zeruah, a wido.

The prophet Ahijah told JEROBOAM that 10 out of the 12 tribes that Solomon was over was going to be given to him.  Solomon would keep one, for the sake of God’s servant David.

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egpyt and stayed there until Solomon died.

Summary of Solomon’s Reign

⁴¹ The rest of the events in Solomon’s reign, including all his deeds and his wisdom, are recorded in The Book of the Acts of Solomon. ⁴² Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. ⁴³ When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

New Kings – Solomons son REHOBOAM

He would be the leader over Judah

I KINGS 12

King REHOBOAM wouldn’t listen to Jeroboam and the people of Israel. They requested that Solomon was a harsh ruler and they want King Rehoboam to lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that his father Solomon imposed on them.  They promised to be his loyal subjects. 

King Rehoboam decided after 3 days and advice from older men to looses up the labor, he refused too and talked harshly to them and so the people REVOLTED!

Israel realized that the King had rejected their request, they shouted, “Down with David and his dynasty!  We have no share in Jesse’s son! Let’s go home, Israel!  Look out for your own house, , O David!”

King Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

King Rehoboam sent Adoniram who was in charge of labor forces to restore order, but all Israel stoned him to death.  The northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David to this day!

1 King 12:19

1 King 12:19

 

·         When Jeroboams return from Egypt, Israel made him King over all Israel;

·         Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David

·         Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem and assembled an army of 180k (Judah and Benjamin) to fight against Israel

·         God warned Rehoboam to not fight against his relatives; SO THEY OBEYED.

·         Jeroboam worried that when Israel go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord, they would reunite with the dynasty of David, so he built two gold calves – idols.  This was a great SIN!

1 KINGS 13 – June 14 Reading

At the Lord’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel and he arrived there before King Jeroboam  offered sacrifice’s and said a child name JOSIAH(from David’s dynasty) would sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on the king.

King Jeroboam got angry and pointed his hand toward the man of God and said SEIZE HIM, BUT The Kings Hand became paralyzed in that position and he couldn’t pull it back.

God eventually healed his hand because King Jeroboam his ask this man of God to have God reverse this decision and so God did.

Later, after God told the man of God to not eat or drink anything and go home a different way, an old prophet found this man of God and deceived and lied on God and told him that God did say you can eat with me.

The man of God was killed by a lion for disobeying Gods command.  People came by and saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it.  The old prophet got word of it and went to pick up the body and laid the body on his own grave in grief.

This was a sign but Jeroboam didn’t turn from his wicked ways.  King Jeroboam continued to choose priest from the rank and file of the people.  Anyone who wanted to become a priest could to worship at the pagan shrines.

This became a great sin and resulted in the destruction of Jeroboams’ kingdom and the death of his family.

1 KINGS 14 – June 15 Reading

·         Prophecy against  King Jeroboam

·         Since he continued to do evil in God’s sight and worship idols..God sent this msg

·         I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone. ¹¹ The members of Jeroboam’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

·         Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.  He died after the msg was given to the King.

·         When Jeroboam died, his son NADAB became the next King

·         Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name.

·         King Rehoboam continued to evil in the sight of the Lord as well.

·         In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

·         King Rehobam died and his son Abijam became the next King over Judah.

·         King Abijam did was evil before the Lord like his father Abijam.

WAR BETWEEN KING ABIJAM (Judah) AND KING JEROABOAM (Israel) – constantly at war

King Abijam died and his son Asa (Judah) began to rule over Judah

Note: KING ASA did was right before the Lord..

·         He banished the shrine prostitutes from the lad

·         He removed all the idols his ancestors mad

·         He deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen because she made Asheral pole

·         Asa remained faithful to the Lord

V16 (Kings 15)

THERE was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.

Note: ?? Where did King Baasha come from..last time Israel switch kings was in 1 King 14:20 NLT – Jeroboam reigned in Israel twenty-two years.  When Jeroboam died, his son Nadab became the next king.

1 Kings 15:17

King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

King Asa died and his son JEHOSHAPHAT became the next king over Judah

1 Kings 15:25-17:24

Israel split into two Kingdoms : Israel vs Judah

ISRAEL	JUDAH
JEROBOAM	REHOBOAM
JEROBOAM (18TH YEAR AS KING)	ABIJAM
JEROBOAM (20th year as king)	ASA – did was was right beforeGod
NADAB	ASA (2nd Year as King)
BAASHA	ASA (3RD YEAR AS KING)
ELAH	ASA (26TH YEAR)
ZIMRI	ASA (27th year)
OMRI	ASA (31ST YEAR)
AHAB (ruled over Israel 22 yrs)	ASA (38th YEAR)
	Jehoshaphat – 1 King 15:24

1 King 17:1

Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab a msg from God.

Elijah comes on the scene.