Day 105: January 13, 2026 – I Kings 20-22 and Proverbs 4-5

We see that King Jehoshaphat brings the two kingdoms together by going to war, a war which they lose by the way. But it at least begins the peace that is between Israel and Judah, a peace that is not often seen in Scripture. They do not combine the two nations into one, but at least there is peace between the two of them. We see that the South remains faithful and the North remains idolatrous.

Proverbs encourages the reader to pursue wisdom, for it is the the fear of God which defines itself in the presence of wisdom. Interestingly wisdom is portrayed almost as if it were the Holy Spirit, the third person of the trinity in how it is described. It could be somewhat dangerous to take that metaphor and go too far with it lest we fall into the same trap that Israel did in worshipping that which is not God.