Elijah had just enjoyed one of the greatest victories in the Bible record. He follows it up with a great defeat.
The ark of the covenant was brought from the city of David. Solomon’s Temple was on Mount Moriah and was located to the north of the city of David which is Zion – Zion was later used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem and also to the heavenly abode of God.
Answer a fool according to his folly, and answer not a fool according to his folly. Is this a contradiction in the Bible?
Moses is dead. Joshua must accept the fact and take his role as leader of the Israelites.
In this chapter, we learn three great lessons: 1) your sin will surely catch up with you and find you out; 2) the judgment of sin is more than you can ever imagine; 3) God shows great mercy to those who truly repent and turn to Him.
