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TWOT Reference: 68b, 68c
Strong's Number H310 matches the Hebrew אַחַר ('aḥar),
which occurs 56 times in 46 verses in '1Ki'
in the WLC Hebrew.
But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, “Why did you do that? ” In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.
He conspired[fn] with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar. They supported Adonijah,
“Go, approach King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king? ’
“At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”
She replied, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, ‘Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.’
“Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
“My lord the king,” Nathan said, “did you say, ‘Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne’?
“I’m certain my lord the king would not have let this happen without letting your servant[fn] know who will sit on my lord the king’s throne after him.”
“just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day.”
“You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
All the people went up after him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth split open from the sound.[fn]
The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the LORD’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.
“I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.
If you or your sons turn away from following me and do not keep my commands — my statutes that I have set before you — and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,
their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely — Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is still this way today.
The throne had six steps; there was a rounded top at the back of the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn your heart away to follow their gods.” To these women Solomon was deeply attached[fn] in love.
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
Solomon followed Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites.
Solomon did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, and unlike his father David, he did not remain loyal to the LORD.
He had commanded him about this, so that he would not follow other gods, but Solomon did not do what the LORD had commanded.
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
He followed the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah? ”
“I am,” he said.
So after he had eaten food and after he had drunk, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet he had brought back.
After he had buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones,
Even after this, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again made priests for the high places from the ranks of the people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.
“tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you. But you were not like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what is right in my sight.
“You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to anger me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung me behind your back.
But for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp[fn] in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him and by preserving Jerusalem.
“take note: I will eradicate Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
At that time the people of Israel were divided: half the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
However, the people who followed Omri proved stronger than those who followed Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness got worse until he stopped breathing.
He replied, “I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father’s family have, because you have abandoned the LORD’s commands and followed the Baals.
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions?[fn] If the LORD is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.
Then he said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the LORD’s presence.”
At that moment, the LORD passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a voice, a soft whisper.
Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.”
“Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you? ”
So he turned back from following him, took the team of oxen, and slaughtered[fn] them. With the oxen’s wooden yoke and plow, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he left, followed Elijah, and served him.
So Ahab mobilized the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he mobilized all the Israelite troops: 7,000.
The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,
Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.
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