Abijah has died and his son Asa now sits on the throne. Asa’s heart is like David’s in that he seeks the Lord. And he calls the people to do the same. I wonder if Asa was a child when David was alive. Did he sit on his great great grandfather’s knee and hear stories […]
Rehoboam has died and the crown passes to his son Abijah. We will see Abijah call upon the name of the Lord for help in battle against Israel. I was wondering if this was a repeat story from the book of 1 Kings but found that it is not. There have been so many battles […]
Once Rehoboam feels secure in his seat as king of Judah he turns away from the Lord and the people follow him. This is NOT acceptable to God. And He makes sure Rehoboam knows this. Rehoboam had a rough start to his leadership. He felt all was going well when he went to Shechem to […]
Rehoboam was apparently a family man in that he used his sons wisely in his rule. He also had a MUCH more reasonable list of wives and concubines. We are told that Rehoboam had eighteen wives but are only told details about two of them. Rehoboam was the son of David and Bathsheba. Both the […]
Israel has split in two. Jeroboam rules 10 tribes and has set up his own gods. Anyone following God is kicked out and relocated in Judah under Rehoboam. When we went through the book of kings I did not notice happened. It is possible that we were not told about it then. I even wondered […]
