Devotions from 1 Kings

Passage Read: 1 Kings 2-5 Meditation Verse: 3:14 Solomon was enjoying the fulfillment of a promise given to David. He was king because God had promised David to build an enduring legacy for him. He wasn't king because he was so great and wise, but…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:6-9 The Lord accepted the house as a dwelling place for His name, but it was not the house itself that would keep the Lord and His blessing there. His continued favor and presence depended on the obedience…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 10-13 Meditation Verses: 13:16-19 God's word is true and reliable. What He has spoken in Scripture is true and right. If anyone tells me to do something contrary to what is taught in the Bible, I must not believe or obey…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 14-17 Meditation Verses: 16:3-6 Both Jehu and Basha were warned about their sin and the judgment God had prepared against them. But the judgment didn't come on them, but on their sons. Both Jehu and Basha died in relative peace and…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:29 As if Ahab might truly repent! God is so merciful to him, yet there is no indication that he truly and fully repented. Why would God give him this grace, that the evil prophesied would not come…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 2-5 Meditation Verse: 2:40 Shimei had agreed to the terms to never again leave Jerusalem, but perhaps after three years he'd forgotten why he always remained in Jerusalem. Or maybe he thought just one little trip to fetch his runaway slaves…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verses: 8:38-42 Whenever trouble comes and people pray to the Lord for deliverance, each man knowing his own heart and his own afflictions, then may the Lord forgive and deal with each one according to his deeds, that each…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 10-13 Meditation Verses: 13:16-18 How easy it is to doubt a word of God, especially when it makes my life a little inconvenient or uncomfortable. Scripture doesn't say how long the journey was for this prophet from Judah, but he was…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 14-17 Meditation Verses: 15:3-4 The Lord is gracious even to sinners, but it is usually not because of them, but because of a promise He made to a previous generation. Indeed, His loyalty to Israel is not so much because of…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 18-21 Meditation Verse: 20:28 Elijah succeeds against the prophets of Baal, then twice the Lord gives Israel success over the Arameans, all to show Ahab that the Lord is God. Yet Ahab makes no changes. Three significant miracles and Ahab continues…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:40-43 After the years of living in Jerusalem, knowing he wasn't to leave under penalty of death, Shimei left the city in pursuit of two runaway slaves. Solomon's men knew when he had gone and knew when he…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:4-7 The obedience of Solomon and his sons allows the Lord to keep His promise to David, and allows Him to bless the nation. But if he or his sons disobey, the Lord will bring trouble on them…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 10-13 Meditation Verses: 11:6-10 The Law of God for Israel did not allow for freedom of religion in the sense that people could worship any god they desired. God commanded that Israel as a nation and a people worship only the…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 14-17 Meditation Verses: 14:15-16 The Lord ends up casting Israel out of their land because of the sins of Jeroboam. He led the people to worship images of a golden calf, hearkening back to Israel's exodus from Egypt and Aaron's golden…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:29 It is hard to tell whether Ahab himself is so evil or is it all his wife? He seems like such a child at times, vexed and sullen, pouting on his bed. Every now and then he…

Passage Read: 2 Samuel 22 - 1 Kings 1 Meditation Verses: 1 Kings 1:7-10 Solomon's appointment as next in line for the throne was public knowledge, at least among the leaders of Israel. Adonijah knew it too, and so he didn't invite Solomon or Nathan…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:3-4 David's charge to Solomon is first that he walk in obedience to all the Law of God, so that he can enjoy the favor of God and prosper in all he does and wherever he goes. But…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 6-9 Meditation Verse: 8:53 Did Solomon understand that the Lord's intent was not simply to single out the Israelites and make them His own people, and exclude all the rest? God made all people and deserves the worship of all His…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 10-13 Meditation Verses: 11:38-39 Solomon turned from the Lord later in life, under the influence of the women he loved. He loved his wives more then the Lord and more than his father David, so he provoked the Lord to uphold…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 14-17 Meditation Verses: 15:3-5 The Lord desired to do good to His people, and to keep His promise to David. Because of that, the people were able to disregard His commands and live, even prosper to a degree. God's faithfulness to…

Passage Read: 1 Kings 18-21 Meditation Verses: 21:25-29 The Lord is determined to reward those who humble themselves before Him. He wants to forgive, not destroy men. And He gives even the vilest of men grace when he humbles himself, as a sign to all…