Shirley H Supporter Wife, mother, veteran in the spiritual war we all face!

Deuteronomy 30:19: "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; (verse 20), that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers..."

The Bible, all of it, is for our learning, correction. Romans 15:4.

1 Kings16:30: "Now Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him."

Go back even farther. 1 Kings 11:1: "But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh." Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidoians Hittites...

Remember the Lord had specifically told Solomon, 1 Kings 11:2: " You shall not Intermarry with them, nor they you, they will turn away your hearts after other gods."

1 Kings 11:11: "Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, 'Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant, and My statutes, which I have commanded you...(1 Kings 13) I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David and for Jerusalem whom I have chosen.'"

Go back even further, look at Deuteronomy 8:19: "Then it shall be if you by any means forget the Lord your God..."

Check out Deuteronomy 12:8 - 11: " You shall not at all do as we are doing here today, every man doing what is right in his own eyes for as yet, you have not come to your inheritance...". (Good advice for today also!)

So why record all the mothers' names? The men married a lot of women for political advantages, and had many children from these relationships. Many different mothers. One father. 

God had warned: Genesis 2:24,25; Ecclesiastes 3:12,13; Matthew 12:25; Hebrews 13:4; and Hebrews 13:7.

So, some of all the trouble began and it continues... 

But Jesus was in Samaria one day and He asked a woman for a drink of water. The woman said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman?"

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me, a drink,' you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water." (John 4:9,10)

Are we asking Him, listening to Him today? Satisfying our thirst?

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John Appelt Supporter

In the Bible, several kings of Israel and Judah are introduced with the names of their mothers. This fact would be easy to overlook, but the Bible writers may have included them to show how the type of mother steered the son in his path of life for good or for evil.

For example, in 2 Chronicles 12:13, Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonitess. His father Solomon had married foreign wives who turned his heart away from God. This very likely influenced Rehoboam to later forsake the law and to do evil.

In the case of Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, his mother was Michaiah, 2 Chronicles 13:2 the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. She is also identified as Maachah, the granddaughter of Absalom, which may have a bearing on him being a king who walked in all the sins of his father, 1 Kings 15:2-3.

Then Asa, the son of Abijah, was one of Judah’s godliest kings on par with David. Although his mother is not listed, it is recorded that even though he was the grandson of Maachah, he removed her from being the queen mother, 1 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 15:16.

Asa’s son Jehoshaphat followed his father in being an exceptional king. His mother Azubah the daughter of Shilhi, 1 Kings 22:42, 2 Chronicles 20:31, is unknown.

Jehoshaphat made the bad decision to marry the daughter of Ahab, king of Israel. What was supposed to be a political alliance caused problems for his son Ahaziah. His mother was Athaliah, granddaughter of Omri, 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Chronicles 22:2. He walked in the way of the house of Ahab. His mother advised him to do wickedly (!) 2 Chronicles 22:3.

Although some names are lost to history, the pattern remained the same:

Mother of Joash, a good king was Zibiah of Beersheba, 2 Kings 12:1, 2 Chronicles 24:1.

Mother of Amaziah, a good king, was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, 2 Kings 14:1-2, 2 Chronicles 25:1.

Mother of Uzziah, a good king, was Jecholiah of Jerusalem, 2 Kings 15:1-2, 2 Chronicles 26:3.

Mother of Jotham, a good king, was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok, 2 Kings 15:32-33, 2 Chronicles 27:1.

Mother of Hezekiah, one of the godliest kings, was Abijah (Abi) the daughter of Zechariah, 2 Kings 18:1-2, 2 Chronicles 29:1.

Mother of Manasseh, a wicked king, was Hephzibah, 2 Kings 21:1.

Mother of Amon, a wicked king, was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, 2 Kings 21:19.

Mother of Josiah, one of the godliest kings, was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath, 2 Kings 22:1.

Mother of Jehoahaz, an evil king, was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, 2 Kings 23:31 (Zedekiah’s mother also, 2 Kings 24:18.)

Mother of Jehoiakim, an evil king, was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, 2 Kings 23:36.

Mother of Jehoiachin, an evil king, was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, 2 Kings 24:8.

Apparently, the mothers influenced the lives of their sons, heirs to the throne.

November 04 2024 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report