• CONGREGATIONAL READING: 1 Kings 14:1-31 *

I. OUTLINE FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING

Concerning the Northern Kingdom of Israel
1. Abijah is sick, vv1-6
- a. disguised for Shiloh, vv2-4
- b. discerned by blind Ahijah, vv5-6
2. Ahijah speaks, vv7-16
- a. sovereign God declares, vv7-8
- b. sin & idolatry of Jeroboam, v9
- c. sin brings judgment, vv10-16
3. Abijah succumbs to death, vv17-20
- a. Israel mourns
- b. Jeroboam dies

Concerning the Southern Kingdom of Judah
1. reign of Rehoboam, v21
2. rule under Rehoboam, vv22-24
3. recompense toward Rehoboam, vv25-31
- a. Shishak takes treasure, vv25-26
- b. substitutes bronze for gold, vv27-28
- c. slept with his fathers, vv29-31

II. OBSERVATIONS FOR OUR CONSIDERATION

Considering Christ's Gospel, 1 Kings 14:13
1. "all Israel shall mourn for him"
2. "because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD"
- a. some good thing, 1 Pet 2:22 (Isa 53:9)
- b. found, Psa 14:2-3

Considerations for Christ's People
1. the value of children, Psa 127:3
2. the salvation of children, Deut 6:4-7