Ahab has been looking for Elijah without success. God tells Elijah that it is time for the rain to return. He’s back in Israel to meet with Ahab. When I was a child, my favorite bible story was the wisdom of Solomon as he delt with the two prostitutes and the one living child. I […]
We meet Elijah and the first encounter we see is him telling Ahab that there will be no rain or dew until God said so. This is just the beginning of their relationship. I have no doubt that Elijah was on the scene before our first encounter with him. If not, he would have been […]
Omri is dead and his son Ahab takes the throne. Ahab does more evil than any king before him in Israel. We have a lot more information on him than any of the earlier kings. We see a quick synopsis of Ahab’s reign here, but we will get several more stories of his time on […]
We met Omri when Zimri took the throne. Omri was the commander of Israel’s army. Now he becomes Israel’s king, after defeating Tibni. Omri was proclaimed king on the battle field but he didn’t officially become king. Omri led the troops back to Tirza to deal with Zimri. Zimri burned down the king’s house on […]
Zimri proclaims himself king after assonating Elah. He cannot stand against the man the fighting forces of Israel proclaim king and kills himself. When I was thinking about Zimri, I figured that he was the shortest reigning king in history. Boy was I wrong! He doesn’t even make the short list. He is in the […]