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• Ahab and JezebelPeople

  Ahab was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the ninth century BC, and Jezebel, a native of Sidon, was his queen. The books of Kings record them as the rulers who introduced Baal worship and opposed the prophet Elijah.

• ShofarBible

  The shofar is an ancient Israelite trumpet made from the horn of an animal such as a ram. In the Old Testament it was used to proclaim feasts and the Jubilee, to signal in war, to mark the enthronement of kings, and in worship. The New Korean Revised Version usually renders it as "trumpet."

• Proverbs 20Bible

  Proverbs 20 is a chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" collection (10:1–22:16). Its thirty short sayings address wine, laziness, honest scales, guarded speech, the rule of kings, and the prohibition of personal revenge.

• High PlaceBible

  A high place is an Old Testament term for a local site of sacrifice, often located on elevated ground; it translates the Hebrew word bamah. In the books of Kings, the high places frequently serve as a criterion for evaluating the faithfulness of the kings.

• Sacred PillarBible

  A sacred pillar (Hebrew matstsebah) was a standing stone erected in ancient Canaan to worship or commemorate a deity. The Old Testament commands Israel not to erect pillars associated with pagan worship and to break them down.

• 1 KingsBible

  1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his construction of the temple, the division of the kingdom, and the ministry of the prophet Elijah.

• 2 Kings 1Bible

  Second Kings 1 tells how Ahaziah, king of northern Israel, falls ill and inquires of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, and then dies just as Elijah has foretold.

• 2 Kings 25Bible

  The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of Judah into captivity, the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, and the release of the captive king Jehoiachin from prison.

• 2 Kings 6Bible

  A chapter of 2 Kings in which Elisha makes a sunken axe head float, strikes the Aramean army surrounding Dothan with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and has them sent home. It closes with the severe famine caused by Ben-hadad's siege of Samaria.

• GadiPeople

  Gadi was the father of Menahem, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears only twice, both times in 2 Kings 15, where his son is introduced as "Menahem the son of Gadi."

• 1 Kings 13Bible

  1 Kings 13 tells of a "man of God" from Judah who prophesies the destruction of the altar at Bethel. He is then deceived by an old prophet of Bethel into disobeying God's command and is killed by a lion.

• 2 Kings 5Bible

  2 Kings 5 tells how Naaman, commander of the army of Aram, is healed of leprosy after washing seven times in the Jordan River as Elisha instructed. It continues with the account of Gehazi, who secretly accepts gifts and is struck with leprosy.

• 2 Kings 7Bible

  2 Kings 7 tells how, while Samaria lay starving under an Aramean siege, Elisha prophesied that the price of grain would fall sharply the next day, and how, just as he had said, the Aramean army fled and the siege was lifted.

• 2 Kings 17Bible

  2 Kings 17 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria and the end of the northern kingdom of Israel under its last king, Hoshea. It explains the reasons for the kingdom's destruction and describes how the foreign peoples resettled in Samaria worshiped the LORD alongside their own gods.

• 1 Kings 2Bible

  The chapter recounting David's final charge to Solomon and his death, followed by Solomon's consolidation of royal power through the execution of Adonijah and Joab, the removal of Abiathar from the priesthood, and the punishment of Shimei.

• 1 Kings 5Bible

  1 Kings 5 recounts how Solomon made a league with Hiram king of Tyre to obtain cedars from Lebanon and raised a levy of laborers from Israel to prepare for building the temple in Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 18Bible

  1 Kings 18 recounts how, after three years of drought, Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel; the fire of the LORD falls, and a great rain then comes in answer to his prayer.

• 1 Kings 9Bible

  First Kings 9 records the LORD's second appearance to Solomon after the dedication of the temple. He promises to establish Solomon's throne if he obeys, and He warns that He will cast off even the temple if Israel turns away. The chapter also records Solomon's building projects, his dealings with Hiram king of Tyre, and his maritime trade.

• 1 Kings 22Bible

  1 Kings 22 recounts how King Ahab disregarded the warning of the prophet Micaiah, went to battle at Ramoth-gilead with King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and was killed. The chapter then summarizes the reign of Jehoshaphat and the accession of Ahaziah.

• 2 Kings 23Bible

  2 Kings 23 records the reforms of King Josiah of Judah, who renewed the covenant according to the newly discovered book of the covenant, removed idols and high places, and kept the Passover. The chapter then recounts Josiah's death at Megiddo and the accession of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim.