1 Kings 12 - 22 Questions and Answers

Q. Did all Israel recognize Solomon's son, Rehoboam, as king?	A. 1 Kings 12:1 = Most did. They gathered in Schechem to make Rehoboam king. Some leaders of Israel sent for Jeroboam. Note: No doubt, they knew of the prophesy about Rehoboam. Remember, Solomon sent killers after him.
Q. Would God wrest the kingdom out from under Rehoboam, or will he see it coming?	A. 1 Kings 12:8 = He sees it coming. Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elder advisers of his father and went to his young friends and made them his advisers.
Q. What harm did that cause?	A. 1 Kings 12:11 = Instead of fixing Solomon's mistakes, he intensified them, taxing the people to death. Note: Wisdom comes with age. Always ask advice of older people, and not just one. We benefit from our mistakes and can prevent you from repeating them. Wouldn't you rather make new mistakes? :^Þ
Q. So Solomon became a hard master?	A. 1 Kings 12:4 = Yes.
Q. What was Rehoboam thinking?	A. 1 Kings 12:15 = He wasn't. It was God's will working itself out. Note: Just as God subdued David's enemies for a time as a reward for following God wholeheartedly, God might have subdued Solomon's son, had Solomon stayed on track. God can call the good offspring to follow Him and the bad offspring to not cause trouble, even though he is very dangerous. We pray to God to subdue our enemies> Note 2: Young men are fools and are prideful and reckless. They don't mean to be, they are just young. Don't make them leaders!
Q. How did the reign of Rehoboam go?	A. 1 Kings 12:16 = As soon as they heard Rehoboam's harsh answer, they rejected David's dynasty and went home. Rehoboam ruled only Judah in the South.
Q. What did the rest of the people do?	A. 1 Kings 12:19 = The other 10 tribes returned to their home in the northern kingdom of Israel. They rejected David's dynasty forever. Judah was loyal to David's family. Note: The Palestinians are in the north this day.
Q. Did the people of the northern kingdom still want a king?	A. 1 Kings 12:20 = Yes. They chose Jeroboam.
Q. Did the Israelites in Judah understand that this was God's will?	A. 1 Kings 12:24 = Not until God confirmed it through the prophet Shemaiah. They almost waged war for Rehoboam to unite Israel, but they withdrew after the warning.
Q. Was Jeroboam secure in his position as king?	A. 1 Kings 12:26-27 = No. He was afraid that when the people went to the Temple in Judah to offer up sacrifices, they would change their minds and follow David's dynasty.
Q. What did he do about it?	A. 1 Kings 12:29 = He divided the worship places so they couldn't assemble in one place.
Q. How?	A. Jeroboam made two golden calves and declared them as the gods who delivered them from Egypt, placing one at the northern border and one at the southern border of Israel in the north. Note 1: This abomination is remembered again and again by God and the prophets until the Babylonian captivity. Note 2: The people followed because God made Jeroboam king of the north and they believed he spoke God's will. They didn't know the Law and were ripe for a deception. Know God's word and you'll stay clear of false religion.
Q. So Jeroboam was a bad king?	A. 1 Kings 12:31-33 = Yes.
Q. What else did Jeroboam do?	A. 1 Kings 12:31-33 = 1). He built shrines at the pagan high places 2). He ordained priests who were not Levites or Aaron's sons 3). A similar festival to the festival of Shelters was started, but it was of his own creation 4). He offered sacrifices to the golden cows 5). He burnt sacrifices on the altars instead of letting the priests do it.
Q. Jeroboam was God's choice to take over ten of the tribes of Israel -- in the northern kingdom. Yet he would blow it. -- God foresaw it too. What does this teach us?	A. 1 Kings 13:5 = God gives us every opportunity to be successful, but the choice to do it His way is our own. Jeroboam was no more fit to be king as Saul was, but somehow, he is significant in the plan of God for mankind.
Q. Was Jeroboam deluded?	A. 1 Kings 13:4 = Yes! The prophet who spoke his doom got Jeroboam angry for speaking against his pagan altar in God's name.
Q. Prophets seem like interesting people, yet they are as vulnerable as anyone else. They visited kings and spoke doom courageously. But they were just people. What did this doomsayer to Jeroboam end up doing?	A. 1 Kings 13:14 = Losing his life right after. God told him to get out of town without food and water. He tarried in this great city of sin. Sin came to him thee. Note: Obedience lesson here: Should we obey right away or intend to later, at our convenience? If you tarry in a sinful place, you don't have to look for it, it will find you -- Satan will see to it.
Q. What kind of temptation did this prophet fall into?	A. 1 Kings 13:18 = The devil provided a peer for him. The man had the same credentials he did and told him God wanted him to eat at his house. Note: No matter how high up or educated your friends are, don't let them convince you to stray from His word.
Q. What did this tarrying event lead to?	A. 1 Kings 13:33 = Jeroboam heard of it and the 2nd prophet confirmed the doom of Jeroboam, but he wouldn't repent.
Q. What marked the beginning of Jeroboam's downfall?	A. 1 Kings 14:1 = His son got very sick. He disguised his wife and sent her and his son to Ahijah, the prophet, to ask if he would live.
Q. What happened?	A. 1 Kings 14:6 = God warned him of their visit. He spoke doom to Jeroboam's family.
Q. And the child?	A. 1 Kings 14:13 = He would die upon entering the city. God loved this child.
Q. How do we know?	A. 1 Kings 14:13 = God said he was the only good thing that came out of Jeroboam's family.
Q. What happens when a king goes bad?	A. 1 Kings 14:16 = The people follow.
Q. How long did Jeroboam reign in Israel?	A. 1 Kings 14:20 = 22 years.
Q. Was there a son to take his place?	A. 1 Kings 14:20 = Yes. Nadab, Jeroboam's son, succeeded him. Note: God's Word is always fulfilled. Time passes, but He is faithful. God is never late. That means we live like we know that He is coming. There is much to prepare for. Christ is coming. I want to find out all I can about Him in the interim.
Q. All this happening in Jeroboam's life and royal line was going on during Rehoboam, Solomon's son's reign of the southern kingdom, Judah?	A. 1 Kings 14:21 = Yes.
Q. How old was Rehoboam when he became king?	A. 1 Kings 14:21 = 41 years old.
Q. How long did Rehoboam reign in Judah?	A. 1 Kings 14:21 = 17 years.
Q. We know Solomon was his father, but who was Rehoboam's mother?	A. 1 Kings 14:21 = Naamah, an Ammonite (Esau's line).
Q. How did Judah do under Rehoboam's rule?	A. 1 Kings 14:22 = Judah did evil, worse than its ancestors, taking on the sins of the pagan peoples whom they had driven out of the promised land. There were Temple prostitutes and pagan shrines everywhere in Judah.
Q. Did the two Israeli kings live in peace?	A. 1 Kings 14:30 = No. There was constant war between Jeroboam and Rehoboam.
Q. Was Rehoboam buried honorably?	A. 1 Kings 14:31 = Yes. With his ancestors in the City of David (Zion).
Q. Which of Rehoboam's sons succeeded him?	A. 1 Kings 14:31 = Abijam. Sequential Order of Judah's kings: 1. David (good) 2. Solomon (good, then strayed) 3. Rehoboam (evil) 4. Abijam
Q. Did Jeroboam outlive Rehoboam?	A. 1 Kings 15:1 = Yes. Jeroboam was king 17 years already, when Abijam was made king of the southern kingdom of Judah.
Q. How long was Abijam's reign in Judah?	A. 1 Kings 15:2 = Only 3 years.
Q. Who was Abijam's mother?	A. 1 Kings 15:2 = Maacah, Absalom's daughter.
Q. So Abijam's parents were Solomon's son, Rehoboam and Solomon's half-brother, Absalom's daugher and niece?	A. Yes. To clarify Abijam's line: 1. King David married (another wife) __2. Prince Absalom ____3. Princess Maacah married King Rehoboam ______4. King Abijam _______5. King Asa 1. King David married Bathsheba __2. King Solomon ____3. King Rehoboam married Princess Maacah ______4. King Abijam _______5. King Asa David was grandfather to both Rehoboam and Maacah. These 2 were first cousins who married and had Abijam together.
Q. And Abijam did not love God, did he?	A. 1 Kings 15:3 = No. But God spared his dynasty for David's sake. Thought: Abijam's mom was the daughter of Absalom, who committed murder and later tried to steal the throne. Doesn't look like his mom could have been much of a godly example when Abijam was a child.
Q. What does God continue to emphasize with each generation of new kings?	A. 1 Kings 15:3-5 = That none of these kings followed God passionately like David did.
Q. What happened througout Abijam's 3 year reign?	A. 1 Kings 15:6 = Civil war in Israel, the north against the south.
Q. Was Abijam buried honorably?	A. 1 Kings 15:8 = Yes. Like his father, in the City of David, with his ancestors.
Q. Jeroboam was not David's family, was he?	A. 1 Kings 11:26 = No. Solomon saw how talented Jeroboam was and made him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. He was destined by God to rule the northern kingdom, though he was loyal to Solomon until the prophesy was made. He had to run for his life after that, because Solomon then wanted him dead.
Q. Who was king after Abijam in Judah?	A. 1 Kings 15:8 = Asa, his son.
Q. How long did Asa rule the southern kingdom of Judah?	A. 1 Kings 15:10 = 41 years.
Q. What was King Asa of Judah like?	A. 1 Kings 15:11 = He loved God! He destroyed the shrines, idols and exiled the Temple prostitutes from Judah.
Q. What became of Asa's Gramma Maacah?	A. 1 Kings 15:13 = Asa deposed her position as queen mother because of her idolatry.
Q. Did Asa rid Judah of all shrines?	A. 1 Kings 15:14 = No. But he remained faithful to God all his life.
Q. Did Abijam have moments of faithfulness and obedience to God?	A. 1 Kings 15:15 = Yes. Abijam and Asa both dedicated silver and gold utensils at one time, and they were now brought to use in the Temple.
Q. Was there some secret formula used that the Israelites had for popping up a righteous man from heaps of generational ashes?	A. Yes, in a way. The law of Moses states that the sin of a man visits up to the 3rd and 4th generations. Asa was 4th generation after Solomon. God wiped the slate clean for Asa.
Q. Who else ruled the north during Asa and Jeroboam's reign?	A. 1 Kings 15:16 = Baasha of Issachar/Israel.
Q. Asa was righteous before God. Did that mean that there was finally peace in Israel?	A. 1 Kings 15:16 = No. Constant war persisted between the north and the south during Asa's time.
Q. Did Asa win?	A. 1 Kings 15:17 = No. Baasha of Issachar/Israel in the northern kingdom invaded Judah and fortified Ramah so the Judahites couldn't get in or out.
Q. Were the tribes of Jacob/Israel defined differently by this time?	A. 1 Kings 15:16 = Yes. The north became known as Israel. The south became known as Judah.
Q. What did King Asa of Judah do when Baasha of Issachar/Israel invaded?	A. 1 Kings 15:18 = Asa gathered up all Judah's treasures from the Temple and palace and offered them to King Ben-hadad of Damascus (Aram), asking thim to renew the treaty they had before between their fathers, and with the alliance, came help for Judah against Baasha.
Q. Could Baasha of Issachar/Israel beat King ben-Hadad?	A. 1 Kings 15:21 = No. Baasha withdrew.
Q. What happened to the materials used to fortify Ramah?	A. 1 Kings 15:22 = Asa had every citizen of Judah help carry the materials, stone and timber to Geba in Benjamin and Mizpah.
Q. What for?	A. 1 Kings 15:22 = To fortify these Judean cities.
Q. So Asa, the righteous man, had enemies within his own nation. What else made his life less than perfect?	A. 1 Kings 15:23 = In his old age, Asa's feet became diseased.
Q. And Asa died honorably, yes?	A. 1 Kings 15:24 = Yes, Asa, died honorably like his father, Abijam of Judah and the rest.
Q. Who succeeded Asa of Judah?	A. 1 Kings 15:24 = Asa's son, Jehoshaphat. David's royal like now was: David __Solomon ____Rehoboam ______Abijam ________Asa __________Jehoshaphat
Q. Who succeeded Jeroboam of Israel in the north?	A. 1 Kings 15:25 = Nadab, Jeroboam's son. He came to power in Asa's second year of reign. Jeroboam's royal line is now: Jeroboam __ Nadab
Q. How long did Nadab rule Israel in the north?	A. 1 Kings 15:25 = 2 years.
Q. Was Nadab another evil king?	A. 1 Kings 15:26 = Yes. He practiced the idolatry of his father, Jeroboam.
Q. Who succeeded Nadab of Israel in the north?	A. 1 Kings 15:27 = Nadab's murderer, Baasha. He wanted to be king of Israel. Baasha murdered all Jeroboam's descendants too.
Q. And war continued between good king Asa and evil King Baasha?	A. 1 Kings 15:32 = Yes. Baasha was king by the 3rd year of Asa's reign.
Q. How long did Baasha rule Israel?	A. 1 Kings 15:33 = 24 years.
Q. What was Baasha's downfall?	A. 1 Kings 15:34 = Jeroboam's idolatrous border cows.
Q. Was Baasha warned of his impending doom?	A. 1 Kings 16:1 = Yes. By Jehu, the prophet.
Q. Who succeeded Baasha in Israel in the north?	A. 1 Kings 16:6 = His son, Elah. Baasha's royal line now: Baasha __Elah
Q. Why did God send a prophet to Baasha?	A. 1 Kings 16:7 = Because Baasha was doing evil and he murdered Jeroboam's family.
Q. When did Elah become king?	A. 1 Kings 16:8 = In Asa's 26th year of reign.
Q. How long did Elah rule the northern kingdom of Israel?	A. 1 Kings 16:8 = Two years.
Q. What happened to Elah?	A. 1 Kings 16:9 = Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, killed him and made himself king of Israel in the north.
Q. What became of Baasha's family?	A. 1 Kings 16:11 = Zimri murdered them all.
Q. How long did Zimri rule the northern kingdom of Israel?	A. 1 Kings 15:15 = Seven days.
Q. Did the northern Israelites accept Zimri's kingship?	A. 1 Kings 16:16 = No. They heard what he did and made their commander, Omri, king over themselves. They turned from their attack on the Philistines to attack Tirzah, where Zimri ruled.
Q. Did they get Zimri?	A. 1 Kings 16:18 = No. He committed suicide.
Q. What new problem arose after Zimri's death?	A. 1 Kings 16:21 = The northern kingdom of Israel was divided about who they wanted for their next king.
Q. Who were the two candidates?	A. 1 Kings 16:21 = Tibni and Omri.
Q. How was it settled?	A. 1 Kings 16:22 = War within the Northern kingdom. The strongest survived and led Israel.
Q. Who won?	A. 1 Kings 16:22 = Omri. Tibni was killed.
Q. How long had Asa been king when Omri came to power in the north?	A. 1 Kings 16:23 = 31 years.
Q. How long did Omri rule Israel?	A. 1 Kings 16:23 = 12 years.
Q. What notable thing did Omri do in Israel?	A. 1 Kings 16:24 = He built Samaria.
Q. But he did evil, like Jeroboam?	A. 1 Kings 16:26 = Yes.
Q. Where was King Omri buried?	A. 1 Kings 16:28 = In Samaria.
Q. Who reigned after Omri?	A. 1 Kings 16:29 = 7 years.
Q. In what year did Ahab come to power?	A. 1 Kings 16:29 = In the 38th year of King Asa's reign in Judah.
Q. How long did Ahab reign in the north?	A. 1 Kings 16:29 = 22 years.
Q. Was Ahab prone to do evil?	A. 1 Kings 16:30 = Yes. Ahab was the worst king of Israel so far.
Q. How so?	A. 1 Kings 16:31 = 1). Ahab worshipped idols like Jeroboam 2). married a pagan king's daughter and 3). worshipped his wife's god, Baal.
Q. Did Ahab build Baal a temple?	A. 1 Kings 16:32 = Yes. In Samaria. And Ahab set up Asherah poles too.
Q. It was prophesied that Jericho would never be rebuilt. Did anyone challenge that prophesy?	A. 1 Kings 16:34 = Yes. During Ahab's reign, a man and his sons rebuilt Jericho. Withthe foundation laid, his oldest son died. With its completion, his youngest son died.
Q. When does the prophet Elijah come on the scene?	A. 1 Kings 17:1 = During Ahab's reign.
Q. Was Elijah a doomsayer to Ahab?	A. 1 Kings 17:1 = Yes. Elijah prophesied that there would be drought until Elijah gave the word.
Q. Was it necessary for Elijah to hide out during this time?	A. 1 Kings 17:3 = Yes. Elijah hid by the Kerith Brook and he ate whatever the ravens brought him.
Q. Did the Kerith Broook dry up in the drought?	A. 1 Kings 17:7 = Yes. God sent Elijah on to a widow's house in Sidon for food.
Q. What was neat about this story?	A. 1 Kings 17:12 = God sent Elijah to a widow's house, who couldn't afford to feed him. Elijah believed God to provide for all of them.
Q. What did Elijah do there in the widow's house?	A. 1 Kings 17:13 = He declared there would be enough food and water in her house until the drought ended.
Q. How much food did the widow have?	A. 1 Kings 17:12 = Enough for one person.
Q. And the food supply continued?	A. 1 Kings 17:16 = Yes.
Q. What else happened to the widow?	A. 1 Kings 17:17 = Her son died and Elijah raised him from the dead.
Q. What did that do for the widow?	A. 1 Kings 17:24 = The miracle confirmed to her that Elijah was a man of God. Note: Is God turning your life upside down? Trust Him to use it for good!
Q. How did King Ahab know when rain would come again?	A. 1 Kings 18:1 = God sent Elijah to him to let him know.
Q. What place got hit the worst with drought?	A. 1 Kings 18:2 = Samaria.
Q. Who was in charge of Ahab's palace?	A. 1 Kings 18:3 = Obadiah, who loved God.
Q. What is Obadiah remembered for?	A. 1 Kings 18:4 = Jezebel, Ahab's queen, tried to kill all God's prophets and Obadiah hid 100 of them in two caves. He suplied them with food and water too.
Q. Obadiah was summoned by King Ahab. Why?	A. 1 Kings 18:5 = To help him find enough grass to save some of his horses and mules.
Q. Did the king do half the search?	A. 1 Kings 18:6 = Yes.
Q. What happened while they search?	A. 1 Kings 18:7 = Elijah came toward Obadiah.
Q. What did Elijah want?	A. 1 Kings 18:8 = To speak with Ahab.
Q. Was Ahab hostile to the prophets like Jezebel was?	A. 1 Kings 18:9 = Yes.
Q. Was Obadiah willing to fetch Ahab?	A. 1 Kings 18:9 = No. In the past, the Spirit of the Lord always took Elijah away before the king could see him. Obadiah was afraid for his life.
Q. Did Obadiah relent and take Elijah to Ahab in the end?	A. 1 Kings 18:16 = Yes.
Q. How did Ahab greet Elijah?	A. 1 Kings 18:17 = He called Elijah "Israel's troublemaker."
Q. How did Elijah respond to that insult?	A. 1 Kings 18:18 = Elijah denied the lie that it was and called Ahab's family the troublemakers.
Q. How was Ahab's family troublemakers?	A. 1 Kings 18:18 = They were Baal worshippers.
Q. How involved was Ahab's family with Baal?	A. 1 Kings 18:19 = Jezebel supported 850 prophets of Baal and Ashterah combined.
Q. What did Elijah tell Ahab to do?	A. 1 Kings 18:19 = To gather up all the false prophets to Mount Carmel, and also all of Israel should come too.
Q. What did they do at Mount Carmel?	A. 1 Kings 18:21 = Elijah told them to choose their God carefully. Either Baal or God.
Q. What was their initial response?	A. 1 Kings 18:21 = Silence.
Q. How many prophets of God were alive at this time?	A. 1 Kings 18:22 = Just Elijah and Obadiah.
Q. Did Elijah challenge the people?	A. 1 Kings 18:23-24 = Yes. Two altars were prepared. One for each, Baal and God. Two bulls were readied to be lit -- by heaven.
Q. What happened?	A. 1 Kings 18:26 = They called on Baal all morning with no response.
Q. Was God making a point?	A. 1 Kings 18:27 = Yes. Baal did not exist.
Q. What did the people do to try to get Baal to accept their offerings?	A. 1 Kings 18:26 = 1). They shouted all morning for Baal 2). Danced wildly 3). Cut themselves with knives and swords until their blood gushed out 4). They raved all afternoon.
Q. What condition was God's altar in?	A. 1 Kings 18:30 = It had been torn down previously.
Q. Who rebuilt God's altar?	A. 1 Kings 18:31 = Elijah.
Q. How did Elijah rebuild it?	A. 1 Kings 18:31 = He used 12 stones, one for each tribe of Israel, laid the cow on it and drenched it with water.
Q. What happened?	A. 1 Kings 18:36 = Elijah prayed and it burnt up, along with the water that drenched it.
Q. Did the people believe then?	A. 1 Kings 18:39 = Yes.
Q. What happened to the prophets of Baal?	A. 1 Kings 18:40 = Elijah told the people to gather them up and Elijah killed them all in the Kidron Valley. Note: Straightforward evangelism! People get wrapped up in false religion. Have you ever asked such a one to ask God to reveal Himself to him? Draw the line of demarcation or comparison and point them upward. Then watch and see what God does. God moves personally for those who seek Him.
Q. Did God bring rain to Israel after this event?	A. 1 Kings 18:41 = Eventually. Elijah told Ahab it would rain, but it came only aftrer much prayer -- by the 7th time Elijah prayed, his servant looked for rain in the direction of the sea. Note: Prophesies don't always fulfill themselves right away. Has someone prophesied over your life? Be patient, God will do it.
Q. Did Ahab stop the Baal worship then?	A. 1 Kings 18:20 = Apparently. Ahab was present with all Israel when the false prophets of Baal were gathered and killed.
Q. Did Ahab have to wait for rain?	A. 1 Kings 18:42 = Yes. When it was finally coming, Ahab obeyed Elijah and left for Jezreel so he wouldn't get caught in the rain.
Q. How did Elijah get to Jezreel before Ahab on his chariot?	A. 1 Kings 18:46 = God gave Elijah special strength and he ran like the wind.
Q. How did Jezebel take the news of her prophets of Baal being slaughtered?	A. 1 Kings 19:2 = Not well. She sent a message to Elijah that she would kill him in revenge the next day.
Q. Was Jezebel feeling pious?	A. 1 Kings 19:2 = Oh yes. She was filled with indignation at the loss of life. Note: We have plenty of that today, don't we? No death penalty, mercy to the criminals; the live and let live philosophy is rampant. It doesn't matter what we think, it only matters what God thinks. He says cut off the evil ones to keep from taking generations down to hell with them. It is worth it.
Q. What did Elijah, the one who raised a child from the dead, who faced Ahab and brought Israel to its knees, do in response to Jezebel's threat?	A. 1 Kings 19:3 = He ran for his life.
Q. Did Elijah come to his senses?	A. 1 Kings 19:4 = Yes. He felt foolish for running away.
Q. Did God protect him?	A. 1 Kings 19:5 = Yes. Angels fed Elijah and led him to Mount Sinai.
Q. Was Elijah himself again?	A. 1 Kings 19:10 = Not yet. He was disollutioned about his place within Israel.
Q. How so?	A. 1 Kings 19:10 = Elijah had come to believe that he was the only righteous man in Israel, even after the people repented. Even so, there were 7,000 others in Israel who didn't ever bow down to Baal (v.18).
Q. How was Elijah's confusion handled?	A. 1 Kings 19:15 = God handled the politics of Israel completely. He told Elijah exactly what to do.
Q. What was God's plan?	A. 1 Kings 19:15 = First, a new set of leaders were commissioned. Elijah would anoint azael as king of Aram, Jehu as king of Israel and Elisha to replace him as prophet.
Q. Was there a waiting period to see the results of this new leadership?	A. 1 Kings 22:37 = Yes. Ahab won wars and saw God work miracles in battle. He fell under this new leadership, though it might have turned out differently if he had obeyed God, even in the interim.
Q. Elijah knew Ahab and Jezebel's problems well. List the assurances Elijah got from God that all would be well.	A. 1 Kings 19:15 = 1). God would put new politicians in place 2). A new prophet was to take Elijah's place (v.16) 3). Israel would be victorious (v.17) 4). Elijah was not alone! (v.18) Note: God still reassures us that He is in control. See the similarities here? 1). God apoints our politicians 2). God appoints godly leaders 3). Only victory awaits us in the end 4). We are not alone, even though sometimes it seems that way (God answered all Elijah's worries)
Q. What was Elisha's life career?	A. 1 Kings 19:19 = Elijah was a farmer.
Q. Did God force Elisha's position of prophet on him?	A. 1 Kings 19:20 = No. Elisha would have been allowed to wait or say no. Elijah told him to consider the office.
Q. How long did Elisha consider the possibility of being God's prophet?	A. 1 Kings 19:21 = Not long. The oxen he used for his plow were used as his sacrifices; the plow wood was used to burn them.
Q. Who ate the meat?	A. 1 Kings 15:21 = Elisha and the other plowmen.
Q. How would Elisha begin his new career?	A. 1 Kings 19:21 = As Elijah's assistant.
Q. So the northern kingdom of Israel had a series of mostly different Israeli kings who were not related with the exception of who by this time?	A. Baasha and his son, Elah B. Omri and his son, Ahab
Q. And by this time, Judah still had the same royal family descending from David?	A. Yes. (All the way to Jesus.)

Time Table of Ruling Kings

Egypt (Aram)	Israel (North)	Judah (South)
ben-Hadad (allied with Solomon) Rezon	Solomon (good, but strayed) (Israel is still undivided)	Solomon (good, but strayed) (Israel is still undivided)
Shishak	Jeroboam (evil)	Rehoboam (evil)
*	Jeroboam	Abijam (evil) (a.k.a., Abijah)
ben-Hadad (allied with Asa)	Jeroboam (evil) Nadab (son; murdered by Baasha) Baasha (evil) Jehu (his prophet of doom) Elah (evil)(son; whole family killed by Zimri as prophesied) Jehu (good) (son of Jehoshaphat of Judah; destroyed baal worship in Israel) (good/bad) Omri (evil)(chosen by the people) Ahab (evil) (son)	Ahaziah (evil) (blood-related to Ahab killed by Jehu, son of Jehosphaphat)
*	Ahab (evil) Ahaziah (evil)(son) Joram (evil)(brother)	Jehoshaphat (good)
Moab	Ahaziah (evil)(Ahab's son) Joram (evil)(Ahab's son)	Jehoshaphat (good)
Edom (war with Judah)	Joram (evil)(son of Ahab)	Jehoram (evil) (son)
Hazael (Aram)	Joram (evil)(Ahab's son)	Ahaziah (evil) (son of Jehoram)
*	Joram (evil)(Ahab's son)	Athaliah (evil queen)
Hazael	Jehu (good)(judged Ahab's family) Jehoahaz (son)(evil) Jehoash (son) (evil)	Joash (made peace with Hazael) (good)
Aram (God helped them beat Judah)	Jehoash (son) (evil)	Joash (good/bad)
Edom - Amaziah defeated them, then worshipped their gods)	Jehoash (captured Amaziah of Judah)(evil) Jeroboam II (son) (evil) Hosea (Prophet)	Amaziah (Joash's son) (good/bad)
*	Jeroboam II (son)(evil)	Uzziah (son)(good) Isaiah, Hosea (prophet to Judah)
Ammon (Jotham defeated them)	Pekah (evil) Hoshea (evil) (son of Elah; killed Pekah)	Jotham (good) (son) Isaiah, Hosea, Micah (prophet to Judah)
King Rezin of Aram (defeated Judah per God's will) King Tilgath-pilezer of Assyria (alliance with Judah turned bad)	Pekah (evil)(defeated Judah)	Ahaz (evil) (son)(won war against Rezin and Pekah) Isaiah, Hosea, Micah (prophet to Judah)
King Shalmanezer of Assyria (defeated Israel) King Sennacherib of Assyria (Judah defeated them) King Baladan of Babylon (friend of Hezekiah)	Hoshea (defeated by Assyria)	Hezekiah (son; beseiged by Assyria; good) Isaiah, Hosea, Micah (prophet to Judah)
Babylon (captured Manasseh, then freed him)	*	Manasseh (son; evil, then good)
*	*	Amon (son; evil)
*	*	Josiah (son; best king) Zephaniah, Jeremiah (prophet to Judah)
Pharaoh Neco (defeated Judah)	*	Jehoahaz (good, then failed)(son of Josiah; made king by Judahites; taken captive to Egypt and died there) Eliakim (evil)(renamed by Neco as Jehoiakim) (son of Josiah; made king by Pharaoh Neco)
Pharaoh Neco of Egypt (defeated by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon)	*	Jehoiakim (evil) (Josiah's son) Jeremiah (prophet to Judah) Jehoiachin (evil) (son of Jehoiakim)
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (led Jerusalem to captivity)	*	Zedekiah (evil)(brother of Josiah; appointed by Nebuchadnezzar) Jeremiah

Q. What else besides worshipping idols did Jezebel do?	A. 1 Kings 21:9-10 = She had a man killed for his land and she had a great negative influence on Ahab.
Q. How so?	A. 1 Kings 21:25 = Ahab was totally convinced that his evil was good, thanks to his pursuasive wife.
Q. What was the worst idol worship?	A. 1 Kings 21:26 = The idols of the Amorites -- whom the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Q. Did Ahab repent?	A. 1 Kings 21:29 = Yes.
Q. Did God change his destiny as a result?	A. 1 Kings 21:29 = Yes. Elijah pronounced Ahab's doom, but Ahab repented, so God punished his descendants only, destroying his family completely. Note: Repent! God wants more Davids, not Solomons!
Q. Did Israel and Judah have a time of peace?	A. 1 Kings 22:2 = Yes. Ahab and Jehoshaphat fought side by side against Aram because they occupied Ramoth-gilead.
Q. Whose idea was it to go to war?	A. 1 Kings 22:3 = Ahab's.
Q. Who did Ahab consult about war with Aram?	A. 1 Kings 22:6 = His own ungodly prophets.
Q. Who did Jehoshaphat prefer to counsel with?	A. 1 Kings 22:7 = A prophet of the Lord.
Q. Did Ahab know of one?	A. 1 Kings 22:8 = Yes. He hated him because he only had bad news for Ahab.
Q. What was his name?	A. 1 Kings 22:8 = Micaiah.
Q. Was he a good prophet?	A. 1 Kings 22:14 = Yes. He spoke only what God told him to say.
Q. What did Micaiah say?	A. 1 Kings 22:19-23 = He had a vision which he described. The vision ascended all plans and went to the source of events, to the Lord, who sat planning the whole turn of events. Fantastic passage of scripture. Here it is: "Lisen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around Him, on his right and on his left. And the Lord said, "Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead, so that he can be klled there? There were many suggestions, until finally, a spirit approached the Lord and said, "I can do it!" "How will you do this?" the Lord asked. And the spirit replied, "I will go out and inspire all Ahab's prophets to speak lies." "'You will succeed,' said the Lord. 'Go ahead and do it." So yo see, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets. For the Lord has determined disaster for you."
Q. So Ahab's prophets were godly ones with a lying spirit who led them astray about God's will, sent by God to carry out His purpose?	A. Yes! Note: God's truth and plans are carried out in spite of ourselves, our places in life, our intelligence, our good intentions, our sacrifices, and our obedience to Him.
Q. What was Ahab mistaken about in his view of God?	A. 1 Kings 22:28 = 1). That his temper could change the Lord's message for him 2).v.29 = That he could outsmart his foe and not die at the appointed time 3). That God only spoke through Israel (v.31). Note: Death is not random. A stray arrow got Ahab and he died, dos licking up his blood, as God said would happen.
Q. Where was Ahab buried?	A. 1 Kings 22:37 = Samaria, the city which his father built, among his ancestors (v.40).
Q. Did Ahab build cities too?	A. 1 Kings 22:39 = Yes.
Q. Who replaced Ahab on the northern Israel throne?	A. 1 Kings 22:40 = Ahab's son, Ahaziah.
Q. Was Jehoshaphat Asa's son?	A. 1 Kings 22:41 = Yes.
Q. How long did Jehoshaphat rule Judah?	A. 1 Kings 22:42 = 25 years.
Q. What age was Jehoshaphat when he became king?	A. 1 Kings 22:42 = 35 years old.
Q. Was Jehoshaphat a good king?	A. 1 Kings 22:43 = Yes. But he failed to take down pagan shrines.
Q. What is Jehoshaphat known for?	A. 1 Kings 22:44 = 1). He made peace with Israel in the north 2). v.46 = He banished from Judah all the shrine prostitutes from his father's generation to now.
Q. How was Edom ruled at this time?	A. 1 Kings 22:47 = Edom had no king - only a deputy.
Q. Where did Edom emerge from?	A. Genesis 25:30 = Esau. Edom means "red" which was the color of Esau's skin.
Q. Jacob/Israel's brother is Edom/Esau?	A. Genesis 25:30 = Yes.
Q. What other time does Edom crop up in the Old Testament?	A. When Jacob/Israel, his brother, tries to enter the promised land by traveling through Edom, and they refused to let him cross. God said to go around Edom.
Q. Who succeeded Jehoshaphat?	A. 1 Kings 22:50 = His son, Jehoram.
Q. How long was Jehoshaphat king when Ahaziah began to rule the northern kingdom of Israel?	A. 1 Kings 22:51 = 17 years.
Q. Was Ahaziah bad?	A. 1 Kings 22:52 = Yes. Ahaziah was an idol worshipper like his parents. He loved Baal.

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