When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?” (2 Kings 9:22 NIV) Her influence had determined the religious outlook of the northern kingdom of Israel over the reigns of three kings. […]
Read More The Kings II 09 – Justice for JezebelBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.” (1 Kings 22:14 NIV) Ahab had no excuse. Even before Elijah there was sufficient for Ahab to know there is only one true God in Israel. He knew the one true God when Elijah called a […]
Read More The Kings 22 – No Room for Ignorance (Ahab: Strike Three)Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.” (1 Kings 21:20) The fix was in. He never stood a chance. He signed his own death sentence the moment he had dared to […]
Read More The Kings 21 – No Room for Injustice (Ahab: Strike Two)The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord […]
Read More The Kings 20 – No Room for Leniency. (Ahab: Strike One)
