![]() ![]() Ahab humbled himself before the Lord, who said the disaster foretold would not happen in his days but in his son’s days ( 1 Kings 21:28-29). The prophet Elijah confronted Ahab about this evil, and the Lord had him prophesy to Ahab, “I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused My anger and have caused Israel to sin.” Elijah went on to say dogs would devour Jezebel by the Jezreel’s wall, that “dogs would eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country” ( 1 Kings 21:23-24). ![]() Jeroboam fled to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon’s death. God added He would humble David’s descendants (who had done evil), but not forever ( 1 Kings 11:39). The prophet Ahijah met Jeroboam on a road outside Jerusalem and spoke God’s prophetic word to Jeroboam as reported to Solomon-Jeroboam would receive ten tribes from Israel-yet for David’s sake, he (his ancestor) would have one tribe in Judah ( 1 Kings 11:26-40). Jeroboam was the son of Solomon’s servant ( 1 Kings 11:26), and Solomon had previously given Jeroboam a lofty position as head of his labor force of the tribes of Joseph. Just as predicted, God tore most of the kingdom away from Solomon’s line during the time of his son, Rehoboam. ![]() God is a covenant-keeping God, despite Solomon’s faithless acts. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.’” “Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, ‘Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. The prophecy regarding the divided nation is found in 1 Kings 11:11-12: ![]()
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