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Last week we looked at the life of the worst kings to rule Israel – Ahab.
We learned that much of what Ahab did came under the advisement of false prophets and his wife Jezebel.
We also discovered in a rabbit trail at the end of 1 Kings that Ahab’s counterpart, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, was trying to amass great wealth and power like Solomon’s.
Continuing our study on the Kings of Israel & Judah…
1 Kings 22:
*51*** Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
52 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, because he walked in the ways of his father and mother and in the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
53 He served and worshiped Baal and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
2 Kings 1 After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.
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Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself.
So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.”
How does God communicate with the king?
Prophet.
So God sends Elijah to intercept the messenger and tells him because Ahaziah sought Baal for an answer he would die.
When the messenger returns with Elijah’s prophecy, Ahaziah send a company of 50 men to bring him Elijah.
When the company approaches Elijah and demands that he come with them, Elijah calls down fire from Heaven and they all die.
So Ahaziah sends another company and they die the same way.
Then Ahaziah sends a third company.
This time the commander intercedes for his men with Elijah and God tells Elijah to go to the king.
When Elijah appears before Ahaziah he tells him the same thing he told the messenger.
17 So he died, according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.
Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
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Since the purpose of this study is to examine the kings of Israel & Judah, I’m going to summarize the passages referring to the prophets.
In chapter 2 Elijah is taken up to Heaven in a whirlwind.
Some interpreters call it a storm, in other places it says a fiery chariot.
You know the story.
Elisha accompanies him and receives a double portion of his anointing.
*3* Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.
2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father and mother had done.
He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made.
3 Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
4 Now Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to supply the king of Israel with a hundred thousand lambs and with the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
7 He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me.
Will you go with me to fight against Moab?”
We saw a similar thing happen last week.
Ahab asked Jehoshaphat to go to war with him against Aram (Syria).
*9* So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom.
After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.
10 “What!” exclaimed the king of Israel.
“Has the Lord called us three kings together only to hand us over to Moab?”
11 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord through him?”
One of Joram’s officials suggests Elisha.
Now this time instead of summoning the prophet, the kings go to him.
Do you remember what happened last time?
The prophet called down fire from Heaven and it burned up 2 companies of soldiers.
*13*** Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do we have to do with each other?
Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.”
“No,” the king of Israel answered, “because it was the Lord who called us three kings together to hand us over to Moab.”
14 Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or even notice you.
So Elisha calls for a harpist and begins to prophesy.
17 For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
18 This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also hand Moab over to you.
19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town.
You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”
20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom!
And the land was filled with water.
21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border.
22 When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water.
To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red—like blood.
23 “That’s blood!” they said.
“Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other.
Now to the plunder, Moab!”
24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled.
And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites.
*26*** When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.
27 Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall.
The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
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In chapter 4 we have the accounts of Elisha and the widow.
Elisha tells her to borrow empty jars and pots from her neighbors.
He then tells her to shut herself in her house with her sons.
Miraculously her oil jar pours out enough oil to fill all the vessels.
She sell the oil and pays off her debts.
Later in the chapter we meet a/ /Shunammite woman who makes a room for Elisha to stay in when he comes to town.
God blesses her with a son for her kindness to the prophet.
Some time later the boy gets sick and dies.
The woman hides this fact from her husband and goes to the prophet.
Now it’s about a 20 mile trip.
Elisha sends his servant with his staff and tells him to lay it on the boy.
Gehazi returns (remember it’s a 20 mile one way trip) and tells him that nothing happened.
So Elisha goes himself.
He lies down on top of the boy and the boy came back to life.
In chapter 5 we have the account of Elisha healing a Syrian official of leprosy.
Again you know the story.
The man is told to wash himself seven times in the Jordan and he will be healed.
He gets all indignant because Elisha didn’t come to him and heal him personally.
But at the urging of his servant, he dunks in the river and is healed.
Naaman then goes to Elisha and offers him a reward.
Elisha refuses but his servant Gehazi secretly chases after the man and walks away with new clothes and some silver.
When he returns to Elisha he lies about it and is cursed by Elisha with leprosy.
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*6*: 8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel.
After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”
The King of Aram is Ben-Hadad.
Last week we read that Ahab’s army had defeated Aram in battle and rather then kill the king, as God had told him to do, Ahab entered an alliance with Ben-Hadad.
Here’s Ben-Hadad again making trouble for Israel 2 kings after Ahab.
9 The man of God sent word to [Joram] the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.”
10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God.
Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
11 This enraged the king of Aram.
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