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1 Kings 12:1-24
After King Solomon past away his son Rehoboam took over as the King of Israel. Upon taking command of the throne, the people of Israel made a request of their new King. They asked him to lighten the harsh workload and the heavy yoke put on them by Rehoboams father, King Solomon. After consulting with his elders as well as with his peers Rehoboam decided not to ease up, but to instead tighten his control even further. But his plan backfired and the people of Israel rebelled and Judah was the only city Rehoboam was able to maintain control of. Rehoboam then gathered up 180,000 fighting men and was going to try and regain control of his Kingdom but God told Shemiah to tell Rehoboam to not attack but instead to go home.
1 Kings 17:1-19:21
While under the command of King Ahab, Israel would endure a long drought where neither rain nor dew would fall. Elijah, a Tishbite from Tishbe told King Ahab of this upcoming drought. After informing the King, Elijah was instructed by God to go and hide in the Kerith Ravine. After a couple years had passed the Lord instructed Elijah to present himself to Ahab and he would then bring rain. Elijah then met with Ahab on Mount Carmel. During this encounter Elijah had Ahab summon all the prophets of Baal and Asherah. Elijah then challenged them to prove their God Baal, was real by having him set fire to a bull. When they were unsuccessful Elijah then called upon the lord to set fire upon his bull and then suddenly the bull burst into flames. Elijah then had all the prophets killed. After the killing of the prophets Ahab was not happy so he basically had a death warrant put on Elijahs head.
2 Kings 2:1-25
Before Elijah died, his servant Elisha had asked for a double portion of his spirit upon his death. After Elijah was taken away by a chariot of fire, Elisha picked up Elijahs cloak and divided the wat...

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