Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000551
00:16 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we're going to continue reading 00:21 some stories from the reign of king Ahab and Queen Jezebel. 00:26 Before we begin, let's pray together. 00:28 Dear God please come now in a very special and close way 00:35 to give us a deeper understanding of what we 00:38 are reading. May we not just hear the word and pass over 00:42 those that may seem more difficult to comprehend, but 00:45 may the message that you have for each one of us 00:48 in these words go to our hearts and bear fruit to your glory. 00:52 We love you so much and thank you for loving us. Amen. 00:55 When we were last together, we were reading about how Ahab 00:59 went to battle with Benhadad and defeated him; but then made 01:04 a covenant with him. And now a prophet of God has come to Ahab 01:08 with a message. And we are going to pick up reading 01:10 in 1st Kings, chapter 20, with verse 42, 01:14 and this is the King James Version. 01:15 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast 01:20 let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter 01:25 destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy 01:29 people for his people. And the king of Israel went to his house 01:34 heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. 01:38 Continuing in 1st Kings, chapter 21. 01:41 and this is the King James Version. 01:43 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth 01:47 the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, 01:50 hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 01:54 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, 01:58 that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near 02:02 unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard 02:06 than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth 02:11 of it in money. And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, 02:16 that I should give the inheritance of my fathers 02:18 unto thee. And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased 02:24 because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite 02:26 had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee 02:30 the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon 02:33 his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 02:36 But Jezebel his wife came to him and said unto him, Why is thy 02:41 spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? And he said unto her, 02:46 Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite and said unto him 02:50 Give me thy vineyard for money or else if it please thee I will 02:53 give thee another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not 02:56 give thee my vineyard. And Jezebel his wife said unto him, 03:01 Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? 03:04 Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: 03:07 I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 03:11 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his 03:16 seal and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles 03:21 that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. And she wrote 03:24 in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high 03:28 among the people: and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, 03:33 to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme 03:37 God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, 03:41 that he may die. And the men of his city, even the elders and 03:45 the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, 03:48 did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written 03:52 in the letters which she had sent unto them, 03:54 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 03:58 And there came in two men, children of Belial, 04:02 and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, 04:06 even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, 04:09 Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they carried him 04:13 forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, 04:16 that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, 04:21 Naboth is stoned, and is dead. And it came to pass, 04:24 when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, 04:28 that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise take possession of the vineyard 04:32 of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee 04:35 for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 04:38 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, 04:42 that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth 04:46 the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 04:48 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 04:52 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is 04:56 in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, 05:00 whither he is gone down to possess it. 05:02 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, 05:06 Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt 05:11 speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place 05:15 where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood 05:20 even thine. And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, 05:26 O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou 05:30 hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 05:33 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy 05:37 posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against 05:42 the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 05:44 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of 05:49 Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, 05:53 for the provocation wherewith thou has provoked me to anger, 05:56 and made Israel to sin. And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, 06:02 saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 06:06 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; 06:10 and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 06:14 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself 06:19 to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel 06:23 his wife stirred up. And he did very abominably in following 06:26 idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, 06:29 whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 06:32 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent 06:37 his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, 06:41 and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. And the word of the Lord 06:45 came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Seest thou how Ahab 06:50 humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself 06:54 before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: 06:57 but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. 07:02 We're continuing to read in 1st Kings, chapter 22. 07:06 This is the King James Version. 07:08 And they continued three years without war between Syria and 07:13 Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat 07:17 the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 07:21 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that 07:26 Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not 07:30 out of the hand of the king of Syria? And he said unto 07:34 Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? 07:39 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, I am as thou art 07:44 my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 07:49 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray 07:54 thee, at the word of the Lord today. Then the king of Israel 07:58 gathered the prophets together, about 400 men, and said unto 08:02 them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, 08:06 or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord 08:10 shall deliver it into the hand of the king. And Jehoshaphat 08:15 said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, 08:20 that we might inquire of him? And the king of Israel said unto 08:24 Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, 08:29 by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; 08:32 for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. 08:36 And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Then the king 08:42 of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah 08:46 the son of Imlah. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 08:49 the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their 08:53 robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; 08:57 and all the prophets prophesied before them. And Zedekiah 09:01 the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, 09:05 Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, 09:08 until thou have consumed them. And all the prophets prophesied 09:12 so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: 09:16 for the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hand. 09:19 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto 09:24 him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare 09:28 good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray 09:33 thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is 09:36 good. And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith 09:42 unto me, that will I speak. So he came to the king. 09:46 and the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against 09:50 Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? 09:52 And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall 09:57 deliver it into the hand of the king. And the king said unto him 10:02 How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing 10:07 but that which is true in the name of the Lord? 10:09 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, 10:16 as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, 10:20 These have no master: let them return every man to his house 10:24 in peace. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, 10:29 Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good 10:31 concerning me, but evil? And he said, Hear thou therefore 10:35 the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, 10:39 and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right 10:42 hand and on his left. And the Lord said, Who shall persuade 10:46 Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead, 10:49 And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 10:54 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, 10:56 and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him 11:01 Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying 11:06 spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, 11:10 Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, 11:14 and do so. Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put 11:19 a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, 11:22 and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. But Zedekiah 11:27 the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, 11:31 and said, Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me 11:34 to speak unto thee? And Micaiah said, Behold, 11:37 thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner 11:41 chamber to hide thyself. And the king of Israel said, 11:45 Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor 11:48 of the city, and to Joash the king's son; and say, 11:52 Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, 11:55 and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of 11:57 affliction until I come in peace. And Micaiah said, If thou 12:02 return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. 12:05 And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 12:09 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah 12:13 went up to Ramoth-gilead. And the king of Israel said unto 12:18 Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into 12:21 the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel 12:26 disguised himself, and went into the battle. 12:30 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains 12:34 that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small 12:37 nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 12:40 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw 12:44 Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. 12:48 and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat 12:51 cried out. And it came to pass, when the captains 12:54 of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, 12:57 that they turned back from pursuing him. 12:59 and a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king 13:04 of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said 13:07 unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry 13:10 me out of the host; for I am wounded. 13:12 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up 13:15 in his chariot, against the Syrians, and died at even: 13:19 and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst 13:23 of the chariot. And there went a proclamation throughout the host 13:27 about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, 13:30 and every man to his own country. So the king died, 13:33 and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king 13:36 in Samaria. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; 13:40 and the dogs licked up his blood and they washed his armor; 13:43 according unto the word of the Lord which he spake. 13:46 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, 13:50 and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that 13:53 he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles 13:56 of the kings of Israel? So Ahab slept with his fathers; 14:00 and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 14:04 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah 14:09 in the 4th year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshophat was thirty 14:13 and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty 14:16 and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah 14:20 the daughter of Shilhi. Thank you for joining with me 14:24 to read the story of Ahab, and Jezebel, and Elijah. 14:27 Until we're together again, may God keep us faithful and 14:31 serving Him all the days of our lives. Goodbye. |
Revised 2014-12-17