1 Kings 21:1 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. Naboth lived in Jezreel, and owned a vineyard that was close to Ahab’s palace. Ahab wanted to buy Naboth’s vineyard to use as a vegetable garden. He...
1 Kings 19:1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. A triumph like this could only come from God, so Elijah likely assumed that Queen Jezebel would come over to God’s side. The King and Queen...
1 Kings 18:1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land. The land was parched because of the drought, but the nation had not returned to God. God was about to...
1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word. Ahab and his wife, Jezebel, were making Baal worship...
1 Kings 14:1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill. If Abijah was Jeroboam’s firstborn son, he was also the crown prince of Israel. Jeroboam was so concerned for his son that he sent his wife to the prophet Ahijah, hoping for a good word from God. Ahijah...
1 Kings 13:1 By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. Since the northern kingdom departed from true religion, God could have turned his back on them. Instead, he reached out...
