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INTRODUCTION
In the books of I & II Kings, Jesus Christ, the red thread of the bible, is "the greater than the temple". This was a prophetic statement about Jesus Christ being the head of the body of Christ, which was part of the great mystery that was not revealed until the apostle Paul wrote it in Ephesians 3.I & II Kings are written from man's 5-senses perspective. Therefore, we can expect to see worldly wisdom abound.
James 3
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
The easy way to remember this is that a king is a man and therefore, the book of kings is from man's carnal, limited 5-senses viewpoint.
In contrast, I & II Chronicles are written from God's spiritual point of view.
James 3
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
We are dealing with nouns, which, by definition, are people, places or things.
So the pattern with these words and phrases will be as follows:
- The total number of times a word or phrase is used in the bible
- The distribution pattern: some words or phrases are only used in the new testament; others are only used in the old testament; some are only used in 2 or 3 books of the bible, etc. The unique distribution pattern teaches us many new spiritual enlightenments in the word.
- The actual percentage of total usages in that book
- The percentage of usages compared to other books of the bible
- The bibical and spiritual meaning of numbers
- Exclusive: Delilah only occurs in the book of Judges and Elisha only occurs in the book of Kings.
- Dominant: The phrase “house of the Lord” occurs 233 times in the entire bible; 93 times in chronicles = 40% of all usages, more than any other book of the bible
- Significant: Jehoram’s name is used 23 times in the entire bible, all concentrated in kings and chronicles. It occurs 10 times in kings [43% = significant usages] and 13 times in Chronicles [57% = dominant usages].
The most important words and phrases in I & II Kings
Nouns, by definition, are people, places or things, so that is why I have these categories set up like this so you can quickly find what you are looking for.THINGS EXCLUSIVE
The phrase "fear other gods" only occurs 3 times in the entire bible and all 3 usages are in the book of Kings, making this an exclusive phrase.
Due to king james old english, the phrase would be more accurately translated: "reverence other gods", which the people in the book of kings were guilty of. However, these 3 verses are commands to do just the opposite; to NOT reverence other gods = devil spirits = idolatry.
2 Kings 17:35
With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
2 Kings 17:37
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
2 Kings 17:38
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
THINGS DOMINANT
The phrase "the high places were not taken away" occurs only 5 times in the entire bible; 3 times in kings [60% of all usages] and twice in chronicles [40%].The high places were where they built altars to worship other gods, which is idolatry and the root spiritual cause is a devil spirit of whoredoms.
In our modern world, it's still the same devil spirit of whoredoms that is one of several devil spirits that are the driving spiritual force behind the trinity, which is a very cleverly disguised form of idolatry
The phrase "pass through the fire" occurs 11 times in the entire bible, all in the old testament.
In kings the phrase occurs 4 times [36%], more than any other book of the bible.
In Ezekiel, its used 3 times [27%], the second most frequent usage.
Here is one example:
II Kings 16
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Unfortunately, it was common in the old testament for people to commit idolatry and to sacrifice their children to the pagan gods, such as Molech, by burning them alive.
This is one of the most horrific forms of infanticide I can think of, disguised as worship.
Spiritually, this involves a number of different devil spirits [such as a murder spirit; spirits of whoredoms; deceiving spirits; masochistic spirits; etc] working in unison to carry out the desires of the devil: to steal, kill and destroy.
Here are all the variations of the root word conspire used in the bible: conspired; conspiracy;
Conspired: used 19 times in the entire bible, all in the OT; Occurs 9 times in the book of kings = 47%, more than any other book of the bible; Chronicles is in second place with 5 usages = 26%
Conspiracy: used 10x in the entire bible, 9 in the OT & 1 in acts;
In the book of kings = occurs 5 times = 50% of all usages, more than any other book of the bible by far; all other books only mention it once per book.
All usages of all variations of the root word conspire used in the bible: 29 times; 14 in kings = 48%, more than any other book of the bible, so this is one of the major themes of the book of kings.
Definitions of conspire: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose;
synonyms: collude
type of:
interaction
act together or towards others or with others
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;
synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
Types:
coconspire
conspire together
Type of:
plot
plan secretly, usually something illegal
Word History and Origins
Origin of conspire:
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre “to act in harmony, conspire,” equivalent to con- + spīrāre “to breathe”; con-, spirant, spirit;
Where does conspire come from?
The first records of the word conspire come from the 1300s. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb conspīrāre, meaning “to act in harmony” or “to conspire.” It comes from the combination of con-, meaning “together,” and spīrāre, “to breathe.”
When people hear the word conspire, they often think of shady people making shady plans in shady backrooms. The word typically implies both secrecy and evil—people who conspire are usually up to no good and they’re trying to hide it.
A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event that claims it was the result of a secret and often complex and evil plot by multiple people conspiring together. People who promote or formulate conspiracy theories often reject the standard or accepted explanation of unexplained or unusual events and claim that they are the doing of evil conspirators secretly conspiring behind the scenes.
The root phrase "written in the book" occurs 70 times throughout the bible.
However, the phrase "written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of" occurs only 34 times in the entire bible with 33 of them [97%] in the books of Kings! [I & II] DOMINANT.
There is a grammatical phrase that is totally unique to the book of Kings and not just dominant and is a variation of and a more detailed version of the one above.
The phrase "written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel" occurs 18 times in the bible [only in the book of Kings].
The phrase "written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah" occurs 15 times in the bible [only in the book of Kings].
This is a total of 33 with the last one [the 34th] being in the book of Esther, which has another phrase unique to that book.
Esther 10:2
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Look at the final conclusion and the focus of the acts of the kings: its I & II Chronicles that are written from God's spiritual point of view!
Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
WOW! God is 100% honest and upfront with us by having his will WRITTEN DOWN, but Satan did not do so!!!
That is why we can trust God and why Satan will not reveal his true nature, motives or actions, and therefore, we should NEVER trust in the devil.
Once again, the spiritual light of the book of Job, the very first book of the bible written chronologically, has more great enlightenment.
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
WOW! God is 100% honest and upfront with us by having his will WRITTEN DOWN, but Satan did not do so!!!
That is why we can trust God and why Satan will not reveal his true nature, motives or actions, and therefore, we should NEVER trust in the devil.
Once again, the spiritual light of the book of Job, the very first book of the bible written chronologically, has more great enlightenment.
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
The root phrase, "in the sight of the Lord" occurs 80 times in the entire bible with 77 of them in the old testament [96%] and only 3 usages [4%] in the NT.
Judges 3:12
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
This is the only verse in the bible that mentions it twice.
In the books of kings, this phrase occurs 38 times, = 47.5% of all usages, more than any other book of the bible.
In the books of chronicles it occurs 16 times, = 20%, the second most frequent usage in the bible.
Here are some variations of the root phrase:
The phrase "evil in the sight of the Lord" occurs 44 times in the bible [all of them in the old testament] and 27 of those [61%] occur in the book of kings.
The phrase "he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord" occurs 18 times in the bible and 14 usages [77%] are in the book of II kings! DOMINANT
Here some examples:
2 Kings 13:2 [1st usage]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings 17:2 [8th usage]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
2 Kings 24:19 [14th & last usage]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
So we can see then that the book of kings has, to a large degree, one of its main themes of kings performing evil things in the sight of the Lord.
Now we can begin to connect the dots:
One of the many forms of evil that the kings did was Jeroboam ordained the worst scum and rif raf of society to be priests who served in the temple, spiritually contaminating the body of Israel, which corresponds to spiritually contaminating the body of Christ in the age of grace.
The phrase "slept with his fathers" occurs 36 times in the bible [all in the old testament: and only in kings & chronicles] and 25 of those [69%] occur in the book of kings, more than any other book of the bible.
Many times in the bible, sleep is a euphemism for death, so here we see that various kings were buried with their royal ancestors, so this is a fitting phrase for the book of Kings.
The sad irony is that Jesus Christ [the king of kings and Lord of Lords in the book of Revelation] did not even have a funeral! That is how much Satan despised and hated Jesus Christ without a cause.
Here are a few examples:
1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 14:20
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Why does this verse mention the number of years Jeroboam reigned?
What is the biblical meaning of 11?
This was taken from E.W. Bullinger's Number in Scripture book, which is in the free biblical downloads section:
"If ten is the number which marks the perfection of Divine order, then eleven is an addition to it, subversive of and undoing that order. If twelve is the number which marks the perfection of Divine government, then eleven falls short of it. So that whether we regard it as being 10 + 1, or 12 - 1, it is the number which marks, disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration".
22 is 11 times 2, which establishes and multiplies [intensifies] it. In other words, 22 is worse than the meaning of 11.
This is corroborated by the verses below [and other verses]:
I Kings 13
33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
The phrase “that pisseth against the wall” only occurs 6 times in the entire bible and all 6 are in the old testament.
Back in biblical times, pissing against the wall that surrounded the cities [for protection against packs of wild dogs, criminals, bad weather, etc] was simply the public latrine, the public restroom.
4 out of the 6 usages [66.67% = 2/3] occur in the book of Kings.
Here is just one example:
1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
The root word “bethel” is used 69 times in the bible [only in the OT] and 21 times in Kings [30%], more than any other book of the bible.
Some type of chariot of fire is mentioned only 8 times in the entire bible [and all usages are in the OT] and kings mentions them 3 times [37%] more than any other book of the bible.
The phrase “house of the Lord” occurs 233 times in the entire bible and all usages are in the OT;
This phrase occurs 73 times in Kings = 31%, the second most frequent usage.
This phrase occurs 93 times in chronicles = 40%, more than any other book of the bible.
So just kings and chronicles account for 71% of all usages [almost ¾!].
This makes sense because Jesus Christ, as the red thread of the bible, is the greater than the temple [the house of the Lord] in the book of kings and the King's son in the book of Chronicles.
The root word "lion" is used 150 times in the entire bible, with 9 occurences [6%] occuring in the new testament.
In the book of Kings, it occurs 15 times [10%], more than any other book of the bible.
The second most frequent usage is in the book of Psalms, where it occurs 13 times [8%].
Here are some notable occurences:
In Nahum, there is a verse where its used 5 times, more than any other verse in the bible!
Nahum 2:11
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
The phrase "lionlike" only occurs twice in the entire bible and both involve "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada".
2 Samuel 23:20
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
1 Chronicles 11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
PEOPLE EXCLUSIVE
“Elisha” is used 58 times in the bible and 100% of its usages are in the book of Kings, so he is unique to the book of Kings!
However, there are several variations of his name that are used in other books of the bible as well such as: “elishah” is used 3 times in the bible: Genesis, Chronicles and Ezekiel; “elishama” is used 17 times in the bible: Numbers, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles and Jeremiah;
The phrase, "the lowest of the people" is only used twice in the entire bible and both usages are in the book of kings.
Notice also that the word "priests" and the high places [where their idolatry was practiced at their counterfeit altars] is also part of both these verses.
1 Kings 12:31
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
However, I just found a variation of this that carries the same basic message:
2 Kings 17:32
So they feared [reverenced] the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
It MUST be clarified that their "reverence" to the Lord is a counterfeit reverence from Satan. The most persuasive lies are always in a religious context.
As Rev. Martindale has taught, it is a form of false righteousness that is inspired by a devil spirit of iniquity. We MUST be sharp and proficient in the manifestation of DOS [discerning of spirits] if we are to stay clean from the spiritual pollutions of the world.
So now we have 3 verses that say the same fundamental thing that is exclusive to the book of Kings!
In other words, Jeroboam ordained all the scum and rif raf of society to be priests!!! Think this through spiritually... That exact same thing is happening today all over the world.
Here is an example of the types of people that Jeroboam ordained:
Romans 1
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
What is going on here is that because Jesus Christ is the greater than the temple [in Ephesians, he is the head of the body of Christ], the 2 instances of Jeroboam ordaining the worst of society to become priests is Satan's retaliation against Jesus Christ by way of corrupting the main body of Israel, who was the spiritual temple in that day and society.
John 15:25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
This is the spiritual depth, precision and enlightenment of the word of God.
The pattern set below where somebody dies of a certain person in a city gets eaten by dogs and if they die in the field the birds eat them only occurs 3 times in the entire bible and all 3 usages are in the book of Kings.
1 Kings 14:11
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
1 Kings 16:4
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings 21:24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
I wonder if Alfred Hitchcock's "the birds" was stolen from the bible and adapted to his famous film.
PEOPLE DOMINANT
Ahab is used 89 times in the bible and 100% are used in the old testament.74 times in Kings = 83% of the usages are in Kings, more than any other book of the bible.
Athaliah occurs 17x in the bible, all in the OT. She is the daughter of Jezebel, who was born of the seed of the serpent = the devil's daughter, which explains her wicked acts very well.
Her name occurs 7 times in Kings = 41%, the second most frequent usage, next to 9 in Chronicles = 53%.
"Baal” is used 62x in the entire bible; Once in the NT; 61 times in the OT;
35 times in the book of kings = 56% of all usages, way more than any other book of the bible, so baal worship is one of the primary themes in the book of kings;
Elijah occurs 69 times in the bible and all usages are in the old testament.
66 out of the 69 times are in Kings [95%], more than any other book of the bible.
Jehoram's name is used 23 times in the entire bible, all concentrated in kings and chronicles.
It occurs 10 times in kings [43%, the second most frequent usage] and 13 times in Chronicles [57%].
The name Jeroboam is used 102 times in the entire bible and all usages are in the old testament.
77 of those are in Kings = 75%, more than any other book of the bible, making Jeroboam a central figure in the book of Kings.
His name occurs 20 times in Chronicles = 19%.
Rehoboam occurs 49 times in the bible, with all usages in Kings & Chronicles.
His name is used 21 times in Kings [42%, the second most frequent usage], making Rehoboam a significant person in that book.
His name is used 29 times in Chronicles [58%, more than any other book of the bible].