1 Kings 17 New King James Version (NKJV) Elijah Proclaims a Drought 17 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.” 2 Then the word of the
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1 Kings 16 New King James Version (NKJV) The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab 16 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying: 2 “Inasmuch as I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made My people
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1 Kings 15 New King James Version (NKJV) Abijam Reigns in Judah 15 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his...
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1 Kings 14:21-31 New King James Version (NKJV) Rehoboam Reigns in Judah 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah...
Read more1 Kings 15 New King James Version (NKJV) Abijam Reigns in Judah 15 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his...
Read more1 Kings 13 New King James Version (NKJV) The Message of the Man of God 13 And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel [a]by the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 Then he cried out against the altar [b]by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold,
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1 Kings 12 New King James Version (NKJV) The Revolt Against Rehoboam 12 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. 2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), 3 that they sent and...
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1 Kings 11 New King James Version (NKJV) Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord 11 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— 2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor...
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1 Kings 10 New King James Version (NKJV) The Queen of Sheba’s Praise of Solomon 10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great [a]retinue, with camels that
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Luke 24:45 New King James Version (NKJV) 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures
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