Read 1 Kings 21 and 2 Chronicles 17 at Bible Gateway.
Hebrew paragraph divisions
1 Kin 21:1-16 {p} Ahab coveted Naboth’s vineyard/ Jezebel murdered him, so that the king may have it
1 Kin 21:17-26 {p} The word of YHVH against Ahab + Jezebel, who did more wickedness than all before him
1 Kin 21:27 {p} When Ahab heard it, he mourned in sackcloth with fasting
1 Kin 21:28-22:1 {p} The word of YHVH: because Ahab humbled himself, the calamity will not come in his day
2 Chr 17:1-6 {p} Jehoshaphat’s reign: the Lord was with him because he took delight in the Lord as David his father
2 Chr 17:7-11 {p} He sent princes + Levites + priests to teach Torah in the cities/ fear of the Lord fell on the nations
2 Chr 17:12-14a {s} Jehoshaphat increased in power + fortresses + storage cities + mighty men of valor of Judah
2 Chr 17:14b {s} Adnah the captain, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor
2 Chr 17:15 {s} Next to him Jehohanan the captain, with 280,000
2 Chr 17:16 {s} Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to YHVH, with 200,000 men of valor
2 Chr 17:17 {s} Of Benjamin: Eliada, a man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow + shield
2 Chr 17:18 {s} Next to him Jehozabad with 180,000 prepared for war
2 Chr 17:19 {p} These served the king, besides those the king put in the fortified cities throughout Judah
Strong themes
1 Kin 21:1-22:1 {px4} The crimes of Ahab + Jezebel, so that YHVH prophesied against them, but Ahab humbled himself
2 Chr 17:1-6 {p} Jehoshaphat’s reign: YHVH was with him because he took delight in Him as David his father
2 Chr 17:7-11 {p} He sent princes + Levites + priests to teach Torah in the cities/ fear of YHVH fell on the nations
2 Chr 17:12-19 {sx6+p} Jehoshaphat increased in power + fortresses + storage cities + his mighty men of valor
Out of all the chapters of the reign of Ahab, what spoke to me the most was:
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.” 1 Kin 21:28-29
It is so important to obey the LORD, for your son’s sake if not for your own! And yet, even so wicked a man as Ahab, when he humbled himself before the LORD, called forth the LORD’s mercy on his head. God is great indeed!
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit. Psa 34:18The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise. Psa 51:17For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation. Psa 149:4Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble. Pro 3:34For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isa 57:15“But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word. Isa 66:2
If even for someone like Ahab, how much more for you and me! ♥
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