Today, we begin 1st Kings Chapter 2. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. Before we dive into our text study of Chapter 2, there are a couple of housekeeping items I wanna get outta the way. First, there are a lot of details about David’s life, Solomon’s […]

Solomon is now officially the King of Israel. No soul anywhere in the land could or would contest that fact. Yet, the former King David is still alive. But he is weak and bedridden. We shouldn’t forget that Solomon may never have become king had Nathan and Bathsheba not intervened. Why? Because David just didn’t […]

“Shlomo said, ‘If he will demonstrate that he is a worthy man, not a hair of his will fall to the earth. But if he is found making trouble, he will die.’  So King Shlomo sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and prostrated himself before King Shlomo; and Shlomo said […]

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“At this, all Adoniyah’s guests grew frightened; they got up, everyone going his own way.  Adoniyah, too, was afraid because of Shlomo; he got up, went, and took hold of the horns of the altar.“-1 Kings 1:50 As soon as Adoniyah’s party guests understood they were backing the wrong horse, they fled in panic. There […]