About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.
By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

1 Kings 14:1-31 Jeroboam’s Wife Disguises Herself to Ask About Her Sick Son’s Health

 

Jeroboam’s Wife Disguises Herself to Ask About Her Sick Son’s Health

1 Kings 14:1-31                               1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

At that time, Abijah, [Jeroboam's] son, fell sick. And Jeroboam said to his wife, I pray [that] you, arise & disguise yourself, [so it’s] not known [you] [are Jeroboam’s] wife. And get [yourself] to Shiloh. [See,] Ahijah, the prophet, is there, [who] told me that I [would] be king over this people. 

And take with you 10 loaves [of bread,] & [cakes,] & a [jar] of honey, & go to him. He shall tell you what shall become of the child. And Jeroboam’s wife did so, & went to Shiloh, & came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah couldn’t see, for his eyes were [glazed due to] his age. 

And the Lord said to Ahijah, [Watch, Jeroboam’s] wife [comes] to ask you [about] her sick son. You [shall] say [this] to her: for it shall [happen,] when she [comes] in, that she shall [pretend] herself, to be another woman. 

And it [happened,] when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came [to] the door, he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam. Why [do] you [pretend] to be another [person?] For I am sent to you with [bad news.] 

Go, tell Jeroboam, [ the Lord God of Israel, [says this, Although] I exalted, [a.k.a. elevated,] you from among the people, & made you prince over My people, Israel, & [tore] the kingdom away from the house of David, & gave it to you.

And [still,] you [haven’t] been [like] My servant, David, who: kept My commandments, & followed Me with all his heart, to do only [what] was right in [My] eyes. But [you] [have] done evil above all [who] were before, [a.k.a. prior to,] you.

For you [have] gone & made [yourself] other gods, & [molded] images, to provoke Me to anger. And you [have turned ] your back [on] Me.

Therefore, [see,] I will bring evil, [a.k.a. disaster,] upon the house, [a.k.a. family,] of Jeroboam, & [all its males,] & [those] that [are] shut up & left in Israel, & [I] will take away the [rest] of the house of Jeroboam, [like] a man [takes] away [feces, until it’s] all gone.

[Males] of Jeroboam [who die] in the city, the dogs shall eat. [Males who die] in the field, the [birds] of the air shall eat, for the Lord [has] spoken it. Therefore, you arise, & get [yourself] to your own house. 

And when your feet enter the city, the child shall die. And all [of] Israel shall mourn for him, & bury him. For he [is the] only [one] of Jeroboam [who] shall come to the grave, because in [the child] there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel [within] the house, [a.k.a. family,] of Jeroboam.

[Also,] the Lord shall raise up [for] Him a king over Israel, who shall cut off [Jeroboam’s] house that day, even now. For the Lord shall [strike] Israel, [like] a reed is shaken in the water, & He shall [uproot] Israel out of this good land, [that the Lord] gave to their [forefathers.]

And [He] shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, & [provoked] the Lord [God] to anger. [Exodus 34:12-14 [Pay attention to yourselves,] lest you make a covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] with the inhabitants of the land [where] you [go,] lest it [is] a snare in the midst of you. 

But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, & cut down their groves. For you shall worship no other god: for the Lord, Whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God.]

[The Lord God] shall give Israel up, because of [Jeroboam’s] sins, who [sinned,] & who made Israel sin. [1 Kings 12:28-30 [Upon this,] king [Jeroboam] took counsel, & made 2 calves of gold & said to [the Israelites,] It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to sacrifice:] [See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 

And [Jeroboam put] the one [gold calf] in BethEl, & the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin, because the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.] 

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, & [left.] And when she came to Tirzah & [crossed] the [door’s] threshold, the child died. 

And they buried him; & all Israel mourned for him, according to the Word of the Lord [God,] [spoke at] the hand of His servant, Ahijah, the prophet. And the rest of [Jeroboam’s actions,] & how he warred, & how he [ruled, look,] they are written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

And the days [that] Jeroboam [ruled] were: 22 years; & he [died] & slept with his [forefathers.] Nadab, [Jeroboam’s] son, [ruled] in his [place.] And Rehoboam, [Solomon’s] son, [ruled] in Judah. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to [rule.]

And [Rehoboam ruled] 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord [chose] out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His Name there. And [Rehoboam's] mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, & provoked Him to jealousy with their sins [that] they had committed, that [were worse than] all their [forefathers] had done. 

For they also built [themselves] high places, images, & groves & on every high hill, & under every green tree. [Isaiah 57:4-5 Against whom do you [show off] yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth & [stick] out your tongue? Aren't you not children of transgression, the [offspring of deceivers?]  

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, [sacrificing] the children in the valleys under the [cliffs] of the rocks?]

There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations [that] the Lord cast out before the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel. 

And it [happened] in the 5th year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak, [Egypt’s] king, came up against Jerusalem. And [Shishak] took away the treasures [from] the [Lord’s] house, & the treasures [from] the [king’s] house. 

He even took away all the gold shields [that] Solomon had made. [Instead] king Rehoboam made [brass] shields, & [had them put into] the hands of the chief guard, [who] kept [the entrance] door of the king’s house. 

And it [happened,] when the king went into the [Lord’s] house, the [guards carried the shields,] & brought them back into the [room of the guards.] Now, [aren’t] the rest of [Rehoboam’s actions,] & all that he did, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 

And there was war between Rehoboam, [Solomon’s son,] & Jeroboam, [Nebat’s son,] all their days. And Rehoboam [died,] & slept with his [forefathers,] & was buried with his [forefathers] in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam, [a.k.a. Abijah,] his son, [ruled] in his [place.]

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