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Bible Stories from 1 Kings
Every story from 1 Kings in the When God Shows Up devotionals, in Bible order. Each one is retold in plain words, with the passage to read for yourself in the King James Version and its key verse.
- An Understanding Heart1 Kings 3:1–15
Solomon was a young man when he became king of Israel after his father, David. He went to Gibeon to worship and offered a thousand burnt offerings…
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”1 Kings 3:9 (KJV)
- Not One Word Hath Failed1 Kings 8:54–61
After seven years of work, King Solomon finished the temple in Jerusalem. It was the house God had promised David that his son would build. Priests…
“Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.”1 Kings 8:56 (KJV)
- Josiah by Name1 Kings 13:1–5; 2 Kings 23:15–16
After Solomon died, the kingdom split in two. Jeroboam, king of the northern tribes, didn’t want his people traveling to Jerusalem to worship. So he…
“And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.”1 Kings 13:2 (KJV)
- An Ordinary Man Who Prayed1 Kings 17:1–7; 18:41–46; James 5:17–18
Israel had turned away from God to worship Baal, the false god people believed controlled the rain. So a prophet named Elijah walked into the palace of…
“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.”James 5:17 (KJV)
- Thy Son Liveth1 Kings 17:8–24
During a long famine, God sent the prophet Elijah to the town of Zarephath, where a widow lived with her young son. She had been down to her last…
“And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.”1 Kings 17:24 (KJV)
- A Hundred Men in a Cave1 Kings 18:1–16
Ahab was one of the worst kings Israel ever had, and his wife Jezebel was even worse. She hunted down the prophets of the Lord and killed them. But in…
“For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.”1 Kings 18:4 (KJV)
- Fire on Mount Carmel1 Kings 18:17–39
After three years without rain, the prophet Elijah challenged King Ahab to a contest on Mount Carmel. Bring all the people, he said, and the 450…
“And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.”1 Kings 18:39 (KJV)
- The Still Small Voice1 Kings 19:1–18
Elijah had just seen one of the greatest victories in the Bible. On Mount Carmel, God sent fire from heaven, and the rain returned after three and a…
“And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”1 Kings 19:12 (KJV)
- The God of the Hills and the Valleys1 Kings 20:13–30
Ben-hadad, king of Syria, came against Israel with a huge army and thirty-two allied kings. He laid siege to Samaria and sent insulting demands to King…
“And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”1 Kings 20:28 (KJV)
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