Devotions from 1 Kings

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…