Chapter 8 – Mount Carmel Showdown
For three and a half years, the famine continued in Israel, and everyone was feeling the effects of it. No leaves grew on the trees, and no grass decorated the…
For three and a half years, the famine continued in Israel, and everyone was feeling the effects of it. No leaves grew on the trees, and no grass decorated the…
The story of how a woman was saved from starvation by giving her last meal of food away is inspiring. Obedience and faith provided the impossible. God rewarded her unselfish…
It was a very bad time for the people of Israel. Rain had not fallen for almost a year now. There were no leaves on the trees anymore. There was…
Things were not looking good for the nation of Israel. For years, the kings had been disobeying God and doing as they pleased. Many worshipped gods of wood and stone,…
The Israelites did evil again by worshipping pagan gods, and for seven years the Lord allowed foreign raiders to invade the land. When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites,…
After the kingdom of Israel split, things went from bad to worse. Judah in the south and Israel in the north began to have some very hard times. When David…
Joshua was an excellent leader and was obedient to do all that God had asked of him. When all the land had been conquered, and every tribe had received their…
King Solomon reigned in Jerusalem for 40 years, and when he died his son Rehoboam came to power. All the elders of Israel came to Shechem to crown him king,…
Everyone in the land of Canaan had heard about Israel. The kings east of the Jordan could not stand up against Joshua and his army. Jericho’s walls had toppled before…
God blessed Solomon as He said He would, and he became the richest king in the land of Canaan. After Solomon built the Temple for God, he spent 13 years…