NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 16:1 "Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together." - Matthew 24:28 JEROBOAM slept with his fathers and went to his own place, leaving behind him his dreadful epitaph upon the sacred page. His son Nadab succeeded him. In his... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB 1 Kings 16:11 As far as we can understand from our meager authorities-and we have no independent source of information-we infer that Elah, son of the powerful Baasha, was a self-indulgent weakling. The army of Israel was encamped against Gibbethon-originally a... [ Continue Reading ]
KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL 1 Kings 16:29 "Besides what that grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." - LYCIDAS OMRI was succeeded by his son Ahab, whose eventful reign of upwards of twenty years occupies so large a space even in these fragmentary records. His name means ... [ Continue Reading ]