Wednesday, November 18, 2015

1 Kings 16

Baasha king of Israel,
Elah king of Israel,
Zimri king of Israel,
Omri king of Israel,
Ahab king of Israel

Asa king of Judah

Read chapter 16
Asa was king over Judah 41 years and during these 41 years there were five different kings of Israel.  It's sometimes hard keeping all the kings straight: Who was bad? Who was good?  Who was over Judah?  Who was over Israel?  What was the order of kingship?  I kind of think of it like when I was younger and learned a song of the presidents of the United States and we sung a song learning all the names and the order from the first to the most current.   Andrew Peterson did something similar and wrote a song of all the kings of Judah in the line of Christ by putting music and a beat to Matthew 1, it's now one of my favorite songs and one I'll sing when I'm trying to remember who was father of who. Another thing I like to do to remember which ones were the good ones and which were the evil ones in the Lord's eyes is put a smily or frowning face next to their name.  Some are a little tricky in that they start off good and turn evil or start evil and turn good (those just get a straight face).  It's a fun way to make studying and remembering scripture fun.  Why don't you start something like that as we go through the kings...

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