Baasha takes the throne after killing Nadab. He also killed every male in Jeroboam’s family. As part of God’s judgment, but he is judged for it too. We don’t have a lot of information about King Baasha’s rule. There are a few pieces we get a glimpse into by looking at Asa’s reign. Here is […]
Jeroboam dies after 22 years on the throne. His son Nadab follows him. He will hold the throne for only 2 years before being assonated by Baasha. God judged Jeroboam for his sin of making the golden calves and causing Israel to bow down to them. Ahijah prophesied that Jeroboam’s family would come to horrible […]
King Abijam is dies and his son, Asa, takes the throne. Jeroboam is still king over Israel. Asa starts out strong for the Lord, but doubts later on and ends badly. Asa is on fire for the Lord. He rids Judah of all their false gods and altars. He even kicks his own mother out […]
Rehoboam’s son, Abijam takes the throne. Jeroboam is still king of the northern kingdom of Israel. And the two of them meet in battle many times. We don’t get to see much at all in the life of Abijam. His reign was short. Not the shortest, but among the single digit kings. The only story […]
We have already met Rehoboam. He is Solomon’s son who alienated most of Israel. Now we get to look at his time on the throne. Our Bible gives us two different authors who look at the kings of Judah. Chronicles focuses strictly on the kings of Judah. Second Chronicles tells the stories of Solomon on […]