IF YOU DO WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU

1 Kings 11:14-43

Key Verse 38

“If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.”

1. Read verses 14-22. What did the Lord do? (14-18a) What favor did the Pharaoh show to Hadad, the Edomite? (18b-20) What might Hadad have wanted to do? (21-22)

2. Read verses 23-37. Who was Solomon’s second adversary? How did God raise him up against Solomon? (23-25) Who else did God raise as his adversary? (26-28) How did Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh convince Jeroboam? (29-37)

3. Read verses 38-43. What did the Lord want Jeroboam to do? (38) What was God’s purpose of dividing the kingdom? (39) Describe Solomon’s final days and his death. (40-43)