1 Ki. 15: The Line of Genius Continues

1 Kings 15:4 "Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong."

Abijah is no better than his dad Rehoboam, but still God keeps a lamp for him because of the promise made to David. And that makes me wonder. The sin, and the horrible things these people did...God still honored his promise in spite of their failings. And even David wasn't the sweetest smelling rose himself. Makes me wonder if there's a lamp for me, so to speak.

Abijah's son Asa, however, did what was right in the eyes of God. He upset the system, throwing out the man-whores in the temple, and burning down the Asherah poles. He even deposed his own grandmother. This guy caused a ruckus for God, and ended up unifying some tribes and making treaties.

Nadab was evil as well. He was eventually killed by Baasha, who was the son of another guy named Ahijah. Baasha killed Jeroboam's entire family, thus fulfilling the word of God from Ahijah the prophet in the last chapter.

Apparently there's some annals of the kings of Israel, for further reading. I'll get right on that.