Bible in a Year Devotional Collection

Abijah was harsh, like his father Rehoboam, and his reign was filled with war and strife.

As a drought was entering the land, Elijah looked around with sorrow.

For three years the famine in Israel continued and King Ahab was desperate to find Elijah.

Ahab, sore from being made a fool by God’s display at Mount Carmel, went home to complain to his wife Jezebel.

In Israel, there was a man named Naboth who lived close to the land of the king.

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, spent his time fortifying cities and tearing down idols.

As the King returned to Judah, he was dejected and downcast.

One day while King Ahaziah was walking around the lattice of his upper room, he fell and injured himself.

As Elijah and Elisha traveled, the sky opened up and chariots of fire descended to receive Elijah taking him away.

Joram, King Ahab’s son was now King over Israel, and for 12 years he built a kingdom that fed his self-importance.

As the prophet Elisha was teaching in the towns of Israel, and caring for the people, he experienced miracle after miracle.

One day as Elisha was in the town of Shunem, he was taken in by a wealthy woman and her family.

Naaman, developed leprosy and his days in battle started becoming fewer.

Naaman proclaimed his allegiance to the God of Israel and sought to gift Elisha, but Elisha refused.

Through prayer, God delivered the men of Aram into Samaria, sparing them from bloodshed.

Israel briefly experienced peace and prosperity, only to be disrupted when Ben-Hedad besieged the city.

Elisha breaks down in tears after learning about the destruction Hazael will cause.

The reign of King Ahab had finally come to an end. But his son Joram was just as set on evil as he was.

Riding towards the gates of Joram’s former palace, Jehu confronts the wicked king's mother Jezebel.

Jehoshaphat, in an attempt to broker peace between him and Israel, betrothed his son Joram to Ahab’s daughter Athaliah.

Athaliah had finally fallen and Joash was now king.

The rulers of Israel were trapped in a cycle of wickedness and self-worship.

Jonah, a questionable prophet of God, heard the word of God telling him to go to Nineveh.

Jonah, sulked outside the city cursing God for his goodness and mercy.

Returning to the Kings of Judah we find the story of Amaziah, the son of Joash.

The people of God needed a strong, courageous, godly King, and Uzziah provided that hope for the people.

Ahaz son of Jotham did not share his father’s will to follow God, instead, he followed evil.

Every year, King Hoshea would send a tribute to Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, to protect them.

King Hezekiah bore the burden of having Ahaz as his father, but he was nothing like him.

As the armies of Assyria surrounded the kingdom of Judah, Hezekiah met with his men.