November 2025

READ: 1 Kings 16:15-34: … Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him … Zimri reigned only seven days. Then he too was killed, because he was just as sinful as Jeroboam. Then Omri, another commander, came to power. He gained

READ: 1 Kin. 15:25–16:14: … by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols … The book of Kings not only records the kings of Judah (as Chronicles does) but also those of Israel. After Jeroboam’s death, his son Nadab reigned. His reign lasted only

READ: 1 Kin. 15:16-24: … And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. Then Asa took all the silver and gold … Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa … when Baasha heard it, he stopped building Ramah …

READ: 1 Kin. 15:9-15: … Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David. And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols … And Asa cut down her obscene image … He also brought into the house of the Lord the things

READ: 1 Kin. 15:1-8 … Abijam … walked in all the sins of his father … his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God … Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem … And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his

READ: 1 Kin. 14:21-31: … His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. Now Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord … Rehoboam, the eldest son of Solomon who became king of Judah, also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. In him we see Solomon’s apostasy continuing. This was also

READ: 1 Kin. 14:1-20: “… He … will scatter them… because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger.… Jeroboam has been warned by the LORD Himself, has felt it in his own body, and has seen the altar split apart. He has heard the man of God speak. Yet he hardens

READ: 1 Kin. 13:11-34: … After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing was the sin of the

READ: 1 Kin. 13:1-10: … ‘O altar, altar!… men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ … This is the sign … the altar shall split apart … Jeroboam begins his man-made religion. He establishes a feast and burns incense on the altar. While he stands at the altar in Bethel, suddenly a prophet sent by

READ: 1 Kin. 12:25-33: … the king … made two calves of gold … Here are your gods … in Bethel … and … in Dan …  Not only Rehoboam, but also Jeroboam, does not consult the LORD for his policies. Jeroboam has received a divine promise from the LORD which has been fulfilled: he