Elijah and Elisha

For this week's biography we'll study Elijah and his successor Elisha. It's 4 chapters to read this week so try to read as much as you can before Friday. We'll read over the manuscript and go over it using the inductive method. If you've got extra time, read about John the Baptist too.

Read 1 Kings 17-19 and 2 Kings 2.

Jeroboam

We'll pick up with Jeroboam this week. We touched on him last week but here's a quick summary to bring us to 1 Kings 12:16:

A prophet Ahijah tore his cloak into 12 pieces and gave Jeroboam 10, signifying that he'd lead the 10 tribes that would split off to become the Northern Kingdom. The southern tribe, Judah would be set apart for David's line. The LORD, speaking through Ahijah, promises this to Jeroboam, so Solomon seeks to kill him. Jeroboam flees to Egypt, Solomon dies, Rehoboam (Solomon's son) is made king (in Shechem), Jeroboam returns.

Read these 2 sections: 1 Kings 12:16-13:10; and 13:33-14:20
We're skipping the section on the disobedient prophet.

I'll bring the 'manuscript'. See you Friday.

Characters in the Bible

Here's a tentative calendar for our next few weeks. Including Solomon, we could study 8 more people which would bring us up to Good Friday. What do you think? Is there anyone else you'd like to study? Anyone to skip?

• Feb 5 - Solomon
• Feb 12 - Jeroboam
• Feb 19 - Elijah
• Feb 26 - Elisha
• March 5 - Jonah
• March 12 - Daniel
• March 19 - Nehemiah
• March 26 - Job
• April 2 - Good Friday

Sometime between now and then lets have a talk about what's next for the GBC. Start praying about it now.

Solomon

We'll look at Solomon his week, focusing only on 2 chapters:

1 Kings chapters 3 and 11

I'll bring 'manuscript' versions for us to read, and some other tools to enhance our inductive study.

See you then.

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