fires Abiathar as priest (sided with Adonijah)
but did not kill him because he was a priest
2 Bronze pillars and capitals
decorated with carving
11:41-43 Solomon's death
- with standard formula to be followed in rest of Books
Built alternate festivals to distract from true festivals -
cf. Santa Clause and materialism
but you have not been like my servant David
who kept my commands
and followed me with all his heart
Baasha revolted and killed all of Jereboam's family -
according to the word of the Lord through Ahijah
ontological challenge -
what is reality?, not what is popular? or what is your preference?
and they walked in the precepts
of the nations which the Lord dispossessed from before the presence of the sons of Israel
13 and the Lord testified/warned all this in Israel and in Judah
by the hand of all His prophets and seers
saying
repent/turn from your evil ways
and keep my commands and my precepts
like all the Torah which I commanded your fathers
and they walked
after a worthless/insignificant thing
You have defeated other nations because I planned it and brought it about - I am sovereign over all the earth
all the best people,
only the poorest left to take care of the land