1st Kings 15
(v.3) We are going to see this happen a lot with the kings of the Southern Kingdom, Judah. I take this time to remind my kids that the Northern Kingdom is called Israel, and the Southern Kingdom is called Judah. The Northern Kingdom went immediately into idolatry and paganism, and God had the Assyrians conquer them first. Judah, at least, had some good kings to go with most of the bad ones, and they lasted longer. But eventually, as we shall see, God used Babylon to conquer them and bring them to repentance.
(v.11) We will see a pattern here...the kings that followed God will rule longer than the ones who didn't. Asa was a good king, and I make sure to point out his good qualities to my kids.
(v.14) This may not be info you share with young kids, but the "high places" were always places where the pagan altars were set. In fact, most of them were phallic in their appearance! Think of the worst of the porn industry, and you have an idea of what these pagan practices were like.
(v.29) We see God's prophecy come to fruition here...all of Jeroboam's descendants were eliminated by Baasha.
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