This passage tells of the translation of Elijah to heaven, but the real story is about Elisha. He is determined to follow his master to the end and he desires a double portion of Elijah’s blessing. We see that he gets the blessing and begins to perform some of the miracles for which he is known. O, that we might follow hard after God (Psalm 63:8) as Elisha followed hard after the spirit of Elijah!

Ahaziah gives us a powerful type of the sinful condition of man’s wrong ways to seek deliverance from the sickness unto death. There is a good salvation message in this lesson.

In this chapter, God fulfills His judgment on Ahab. He does so partly by having Ahab’s prophets tell him what he wants to hear. But the word he speaks comes true and he is justified in the end.

This chapter shows us what happens when the covetous heart runs free. The righteous Naboth paid the initial price of Ahab’s covetousness. We should beware the evil results of a covetous heart.

Ahab wins two major battles over Benhadad of Syria. But he does not learn to finish the job.

Elijah had just enjoyed one of the greatest victories in the Bible record. He follows it up with a great defeat.

In the time of drought one would do well to find a Man of God that can bring the rain. Follow Obadiah on his journey to find Elijah.

Elijah was a prophet of God during the reign of Ahab; he is mentioned 99 times in the Bible. Nine is the number of fruit in the Bible and Elijah certainly had a fruitful ministry.

Asa, king of Judah, had a long reign of forty-one years. During this time, the northern kingdom of Israel had several kings. This chapter tells the story of those kings.

From now on out, all the kings of Israel do evil in the sight of the Lord and only some of the kings of Judah do good. Asa is especially interesting.