Lesson 5
King Ahab of Israel #8
1 Kings 16:29-22:39
Lessons for Elijah can be found at the bottom links.
When Omri died, his son Ahab became
the king. It was during the 38th year of King Asa of Judah. He was a
king for 22 years. He built an ivory house. He had cities built.
He is the king while Elijah is a
prophet. Elijah lived in Gilead and he told King Ahab that there would be a
drought. There wouldn’t be dew or rain unless he commanded it. Elijah left and
went to the Brook Cherith. After a time, God told Elijah to visit King Ahab
because He was going to send rain. Elijah saw the prophet Obadiah and asked him
to tell King Ahab that he wanted to see him. But Obadiah said that King Ahab
has been looking for Elijah to kill him.
Elijah found King Ahab and said that
he has forsaken God and worships Baal. Elijah requested that they gather on Mount
Carmel. When everyone was on Mount Carmel, Elijah asked the people “How long are
you going to waver between God and idols?” He instructed that two altars be set
up to see if Baal or God would start the fire.
They called for Baal to start the fire
from morning to noon and Elijah made fun of them. So, they tried harder and
still Baal didn’t start the fire. Elijah repaired the altar and added 12 stones
to represent the 12 tribes. He made a trench and added wood and the bull. They poured
so much water on it that water ran all over the altar and into the trench. In
the evening, Elijah spoke to God and said to “Let the people see You are the
true God!” God sent fire and it burned up everything! The stones even turned to
ash!
Ahab left and went to Jezreel after
Elijah told him rain was coming to end the drought. When Ahab told Jezebel
about the altar and the Baal prophets being killed, she was angry. She sent a
message to Elijah that she would have him killed by the next day. Elijah left
and went to Beersheba.
Some more time passed. Then, King Ahab
saw a vineyard that was next to the palace. He wanted it. He told Naboth that
he would trade him land or give him money for it. Naboth refused and King Ahab
was angry. When Jezebel asked Ahab what was wrong, he told her he wanted Naboth’s
vineyard and Naboth refused.
They were both so evil that she connived
a way to have Naboth killed so Ahab could take the vineyard. God told Elijah to
speak to Ahab about it because God didn’t like it.
Eventually, King Ahab of Israel went to battle
with King Jehoshaphat of Judah. They wanted to trick the king of Syria and Ahab
disguised himself. It just happened that a man randomly shot an arrow and it
hit King Ahab between the joints in his armor. He left the battle and died
around sunset that evening in his chariot. They took him to Samaria and buried
him.
Ahab’s son Ahaziah became the next
king.
This is one of the few lessons in the kings series that has a worksheet.
The Ahab application pack contains the introduction posters, the above poster about his armor and a word search puzzle. Other visuals can be downloaded below in the visual pack.
Click here for the lesson.Click here to download the visuals.
This file contains updated visuals for 1 Kings 21 only.
This file contains updated visuals for 1 Kings 21 only.
(These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)
Click below to see the full lesson & more for the Elijah lessons
God vs. Baal Naboth's Vineyard
These are also available for the preschool level.
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