210.6: 1 Kings 16: More Bad Kings Establish Evil Idolatry in Direct Defiance of God

<p><a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/10/05/1-kings-15-one-good-king-who-does-right-in-the-sight-of-god/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Yesterday, we met Asa, the first good king who ruled over Judah for 41 years</a>. &nbsp;Today, we meet the 7 kings who ruled the northern kingdom of Israel &nbsp;during that time. SEVEN bad kings, who took Jeroboam’s worship of <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/10/02/1-kings-12-foolish-and-selfish-kings-destroy-a-united-israel/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a couple of golden calves</a> to the next level. Asa sat in the stable kingdom of Judah in Jerusalem and watched the royal turnover in Israel.</p> <p>You see, when you give <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/08/25/2-samuel-13-think-before-giving-satan-a-foothold-that-ruins-your-life/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Satan just a tiny foothold</a>, that’s all he needs to completely ruin everything. All this actually stems way back to <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/08/23/2-samuel-11-12-the-man-after-gods-own-heart-falls-from-grace/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">David and his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah</a>. David lost 4 sons because of that. Solomon was his son with Bathsheba, who then became king. First, <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/09/10/1-kings-3-need-wisdom-ask-our-powerful-god-hell-give-it-to-you/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Solomon married a Egyptian princess</a>, and eventually ended up with <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2021/09/19/1-kings-11-how-giving-in-to-lust-separates-you-from-god/">700 wives and 300 concubines</a> — all from foreign lands. These women brought their <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2020/08/02/proven-truth-how-paganism-and-idolatry-started-in-the-church/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pagan worship</a>, their <a href="https://giselleaguiar.com/2020/05/22/idolatry-and-immorality-jesus-speaks-to-the-churches-revelation/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="