1 KINGS 11:1-3: “King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women from the nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, and they … Continue reading →

I KINGS 17:13-16: “Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself … Continue reading →

I KINGS 12:8: “But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and attended him.” CSB OBSERVATION: Who am I looking to for counsel and … Continue reading →

I KINGS 3:4-5: “The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. … Continue reading →

I KINGS 8:9: “Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.” … Continue reading →

I KINGS 11:4: “In his old age, his wives tempted him to follow other gods. He was no longer committed to the LORD his God as his father David had been.” (GW)‭‭ OBSERVATION: It is not how fast you run … Continue reading →

I KINGS 3:9: “Give me a heart that listens so that I can judge your people and tell the difference between good and evil. After all, who can judge this great people of yours?” (GW‬)‬ OBSERVATION: What is “Wisdom”? Is … Continue reading →

I KINGS 11:38: “And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, … Continue reading →

I KINGS 6:11-13: “Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon, 12 “Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, … Continue reading →

I KINGS 3:10: “It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.” (ESV) OBSERVATION: One little verse with so much meaning! It is difficult to read this verse and let it stand on its’ own. We always want to add … Continue reading →