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

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

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. Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise & disguise yourself, [so it’s] not known you [are Jeroboam’s] wife. [Go] to Shiloh [to] Ahijah, the prophet, who told me I [would] be king over this people. 

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

The Lord said to Ahijah, [Jeroboam’s] wife comes to ask you [about] her sick son. You shall say [this] to her for when she comes, [for] she will [pretend] to be another woman. 

When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came [to] the door, he said, Come in, [Jeroboam’s] wife. 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 [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.

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

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

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

[Those] of Jeroboam [who] die in the city, the dogs shall eat. [Those who] die in the field, the [birds] of the air will eat, for the Lord has spoken it. Arise & go to your own house. 

When your feet enter the city, the child shall die & all of Israel shall mourn for him & bury him. 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 [from] the house of Jeroboam.

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

[He] shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, [to worship false gods] & [provoked] the Lord [God] to anger. 

[The Lord God] shall give Israel up, because of [Jeroboam’s] sins, who [sinned] [by making the 2 gold calves, false gods, for the Israelites to worship & offer sacrifices to, instead of going to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord God]. 

And [Jeroboam] made Israel sin [by worshiping these false god idols]. Jeroboam’s wife arose & [left]. When she came to Tirzah & [crossed] the [door’s] threshold, the child died. 

They buried him & all Israel mourned for him, [like] the words of the Lord [God, had] spoken by His servant, Ahijah, the prophet. The rest of [Jeroboam’s actions] & how he warred & how he [ruled] are written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

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

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

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

They also built [themselves] high places [to worship false gods] & images [false gods], groves & on every high hill & under every green tree [that were used to worship these false gods]. 

There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations [that worshiped false gods;] which the Lord cast out before the children [people] of Israel. 

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

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

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 [afterwards]. Now, [aren’t] the rest of [Rehoboam’s actions] & all he did written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 

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