The temple is called the house of the lord 1 kings 6. Stubblefield is also a remarkably wellinformed scholar in the field of egyptology. Now the king of syria was making war against israel. Bible sermons online, the bible, 2 kings chapter 6. Infinite wisdom was the architect, and gave david the plan or pattern by the spirit, not by word of mouth only, but, for the greater certainty and exactness, in writing 1 chronicles 28. The first book of kings chapter 10 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. Behold, a son shall be born to the house of david, josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high. First let me tell you what my goal is not for this lesson. The sons of the prophets wish to enlarge their dwellingplace, and go to the banks of jordan to cut down wood, when one of them drops his axe into the water, which elisha causes to swim. It is nearing autumn and wart is lying in the shade with merlyn while kay has his tilting jousting lesson. And that devine presence envelopes the entire universe at any given point in time and space. Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the.
As the illustrious life of king david draws to a close, only some quick thinking by the prophet nathan and solomons mom bathsheba prevents adonijah from stealing the throne from solomon, the rightful king. The king of syria, finding that elisha had thus penetrated his secrets. And ahab told jezebel all that elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. This summary of the book of 1 kings provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 1 kings. They are more commonly named by the fathers, the first and second book of kings. This is one of those lessons where it is best to explain briefly the stories that take place within the chapters and then give my lesson title and why we should read the whole thing. The first book of kings chapter 19 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. Forasmuch as i exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, i will. The first book of kings this and the following book are called by the hebrews the books of samuel, because they contain the history of samuel, and of the two kings, saul and david, whom he anointed. The first half of 1 kings concerns the history of israel from completion of the story of the great king david in the events of the succession of david\s son, solomon, and david\s death. Great and long preparation had been making for the building of the temple, and here, at length, comes an account of the building of it. English standard version 1 and behold, a man of god came out of judah by the word of the lord to bethel. My title for this lesson is, why should i care as i ask that question a lot in this lesson.
The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian old testament of the bible. And the sons of the prophets said unto elisha, behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, unto jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. It has subdivisions of elijah flees from jezebel, elijah goes to horeb, and the call of elijah. That was agreat wonderful chapter on the power of faith, trust,holy spirit in all trusting in the lord.
In the final chapters, god brings the neobabylonian empire of king nebuchadnezzar against. The book of 1 kings was likely written between 560 and 540 b. It is probable that the internal elevation only is here stated. After conferring with his officers, he said, i will set up my camp in such and such a place. The book of the annals of the kings of judah 1 kings 14. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the. Wart, sighing, thinks how nice it would be to be a knight like kay. The book continues with solomon\s reign in the building of the. The temple that king solomon built for the lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high. It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the kingdom of judah by babylon in. The book of kings was originally one book that was later divided into i kings and ii kings. The tradition is that it was written by the prophet jeremiah. Wart describes how, if he were a knight, he would wear a large suit of black armor and ride a black horse, and how feared he would be by the other knights because of his jousting skill. As to the writer of them, it is the common opinion that samuel composed the first book, as far as the twentyfifth.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of israel were come out of the land of egypt, in the fourth year of solomon s reign over israel, in the month zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the lord. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of 1 kings in the bible king james version. Kings, or in greek, was originally a book of the former prophets in hebrew scripture. This book is the sequel to 1 and 2 samuel and begins by tracing solomons rise to kingship after the death of david. Elisha, understanding all the secret designs of the king of syria against israel, informs the king of israel of them, 810. So be strong, act like a man, 3 and observe what the lord your god requires. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
It says that the building of the temple began 480 years after the coming. Book of 1 kings 1 kings chapter 1 1 kings chapter 2 1 kings chapter 3 1 kings chapter 4 1 kings chapter 5 1 kings chapter 6 1 kings chapter 7 1 kings chapter 8 1 kings chapter 9 1 kings chapter 10 1 kings chapter 11 1 kings chapter 12 1. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. Then the word of the lord came to jehu the son of hanani against baasha, saying, 2. Solomon has adonijah executed along with the rest of his enemies, and gets to work building an empire. In this chapter, we start a study of the first jewish temple built to god. Elisha causes an ax to floathe reveals to the king how to conduct a war with syriahorses and chariots of fire protect elishathe syrians are. Let us go to the jordan, where each of us can get a pole. Then jezebel sent a messenger unto elijah, saying, so let the gods do to me, and more also, if i make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. The book of 1 kings does not specifically name its author. It has subdivisions of the queen of sheba, and solomons great wealth and fame. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of israel came out of the land of egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of solomon over israel, in the month zio the same is the second month, he began to build a house to the lord.