The Best Bible Verses in 1 Kings (ESV)
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1 Kings
• 1 Kings 2:2–3 "Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes”
• 1 Kings 4:29 “God gave Solomon wisdom &understanding beyond measure, &breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore”
• 1 Kings 13:1–2 a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel…And the man cried against the altar by the word of the LORD
• 1 Kings 13:4 Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” And his hand…dried up, so that he could not draw it back
• 1 Kings 13:6 And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.
• 1 Kings 15:14 “the heart of Asa was wholly true to the LORD all his days.”
• 1 Kings 16:25 “Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him.”
• 1 Kings 16:33 “Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.”
• 1 Kings 17:4 “You [Elijah] shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
• 1 Kings 17:9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” (ESV)
• 1 Kings 17:14 “The jar of flour shall not be spent, & the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain”
• 1 Kings 17:22 “And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.”
• 1 Kings 17:24 "And the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.’”
• 1 Kings 18:18 “I have not troubled Israel, but you have…because you have abandoned the commandments of the LORD and followed the Baals.”
• 1 Kings 18:24 “you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.”
• 1 Kings 18:27 Elijah mocked them…“Cry aloud, for he is a god…or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep”
• 1 Kings 18:36 “O LORD…let it be known this day that you are God…&that I am your servant, &that I have done all these things at your word.”
• 1 Kings 18:38 “Then the fire of the LORD fell & consumed the burnt offering & the wood & the stones & the dust, & licked up the water”
• 1 Kings 18:39 “And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, ‘The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.’”
• 1 Kings 18:46 “And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.”
• 1 Kings 19:9 “There he came to a cave &lodged in it…the word of the LORD came to him, &he said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’”
• 1 Kings 19:11–12 the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD
& after the wind an earthquake…& after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. & after the fire the sound of a low whisper
• 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha “took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them…Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.”
• 1 Kings 21:20 Elijah “answered, ‘I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the LORD.’”
• 1Ki22:43 Jehoshaphat “walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD.”
• 1 Kings 22:53 Ahaziah “served Baal & worshiped him and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.”