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Scripture: So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.  5But Jezebel…

Scripture: “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.   (1 Ki 11:2 NKJV) Observation: Solomon, as wise as he was, married hundreds of women, many of who were from the people God had forbidden Israel to have any…

Scripture: Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19 (NKJV) Observation: Today’s text comes from Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost.  The people gathered there from many nations around the world heard the disciples speak…

Scripture: (Gen 35:16-20 NKJV)  Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. {17} Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Do not fear; you will have this…

Scripture: Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king's mother; so she sat at his right hand.   (1 Ki 2:19 NKJV) Observation: Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother,…

Scripture: Then she said to him, "My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your maidservant, saying, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'   (1 Ki 1:17 NKJV) Observation: Absalom’s brother, Adonijah, decided to make himself king of Israel since his father David was old and…

Scripture: Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: "O my son Absalom; my son, my son Absalom; if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!"   (2 Sam 18:33 NKJV) Observation: Absalom had show…

Scripture: (2 Sam 13:15 NKJV)  Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!" Observation: Amnon, son of David, fell in love with his step-sister Tamar and plotted to have her…

Scripture: (2 Sam 9:8 NKJV)  Then he bowed himself, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?" Observation: As he had promised his friend Jonathan, David was looking to show his love and kindness to a surviving member of the royal family.  The only one left…

Scripture: (2 Sam 6:16 NKJV)  Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. Observation: With dancing and rejoicing David celebrated the return of the ark of…