Today is the 16th day of June. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I am Brian and it is always a privilege.

And always a joy when we gather together around the global campfire and become a community all over the world.

And join hearts and minds together and take the next step forward in the scriptures.

And so it is with joy that we come together today for exactly that, the next step forward.

And that next step forward will lead us back into the book of First Kings.

And we are at the point now in the books of kings where we are kind of back and forth.

And we are getting some long stories, some very short paragraphs about kings and that is kind of how this will go.

The kingdoms have split into two as we know.

There is the northern kingdom of Israel, the southern kingdom of Judah.

They each have their own king now, their separate nations who are continually, even though their family are continually at war with one another.

And so since there are two kings, they don't like pass away all on the same day and then a new king is anointed in the cult like they pass away at different times.

And so we are kind of keeping up with the overlap of whose king were at what time?

Who is loyal to God, who is disloyal to God and leading the people into idolatry?

When do they have animosity with each other, when are they at peace with one another?

These are the kinds of things that we are moving through now.

And it's unlikely that we're going to remember every single one of these kings names and what they did and what they were known for.

But if we will just remember as we move through this territory, there is the kingdom of Israel.

It's the northern kingdom.

And there is the kingdom of Judah, where Jerusalem is, that is the kingdom of Judah.

So if we're talking about Israel, we're talking about the north. If we're talking about Judah, we're talking about the southern kingdom.

And so let's dive in and continue learning the life and times of Israel's kings and Judah's kings.

Today, first kings, chapter 15, verse 25, through 17, verse 24.

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