Some thoughts on Scripture

2 Kings 1:10--"So Elijah answered and said the the captain of fifty, 'If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.' And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty." "If that is true, my name is 'Mud', " is an example of speaking in... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 22:15b-17--" 'Go and prosper, for the L ORD will deliver it into the hand of the king!' So the king said to him, 'How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the L ORD?' Then he said, ' I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 21:25--"But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the L ORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up." King Ahab is well known to have been wicked, but so much the more when Jezebel is mentioned. A mean, wicked lady we often call "a Jezebel." Ahab is... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 20:28--"Then a man of God came and spoke to the king og Israel, and said, 'Thus says the L ORD: "Because the Syrians have said, 'The L ORD is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,' therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 19:12-13--"And after the earthquake a fire, but the L ORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, 'What are... Sign in to see full entry.

I Kings 18:33-35--"And he [Elijah] put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, 'Fill four water pots with water, and poru it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.' Then he said, 'Do it a second time,' and they did it a second time; and he said, 'Do it a third... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 17:12-13--"So she said, 'As the L ORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.' And Elijah said to her, 'Do... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 16:3--"Surely I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat." I am reading through a dark period of Israel's history, so the lessons are dark as well. Baasha was a wicked man. He killed Nadab,... Sign in to see full entry.

1 Kings 15:9--"In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah." The reign of King Asa over Judah represented a return to righteousness after a few generations of wicked departure from Him. Asa did not look to his physical father, Abijam, as a role model. Abijam did... Sign in to see full entry.

I Kings 14:12-13--"Arise therefore, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the L ORD God of Israel... Sign in to see full entry.