Lesson 75

Elijah and King Ahab

1 Kings 16 -17

Ahab’s wickedness.

A Famine.

God provides for Elijah the prophet, The ravens bring bread, the widow’s flour and oil don’t run out.

Memory Verses

1. 1 Kings 16:33, … Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of israel who were before him.

2. 1 Kings 18:1,6, …. and Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As  the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word”.

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

Lesson 74

Solomon Backslides

1 Kings 11

Solomon disobeys God, he marries women from the nations around, even though God had forbidden him to do so.

Disobedience has consequences.

Solomon is drawn away from the Lord, the many wives aren’t drawn to the Lord, he worships idols.

The kingdom will be taken from his son and given to another except for one tribe.

Memory Verse

Proverbs 3:1-2

My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands;
For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you.

Lesson 73

Solomon’s Life

1 Kings 4 – 10

1. Solomon builds the temple.

2.The temple a sign of God’s mercy and justice. 1 Kings 9:9.

3.The visit of the Queen of Sheba.

Memory Verse

Proverbs 1:33

But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.

Lesson 72

David’s Deathbed Advice, Solomon’s Request

1 Kings Chapters 1 – 3

Memory Verse

1 Kings 2:3

…keep the charge of the LORD your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;