Day 195..."Jeroboam does not find favor...Steven does a review and is stoned"

Jeroboam never really found the favor of God and it was of his own undoing. His worship of other gods being the primary reason. An unusual story with a mysterious prophet of God confronting Jeroboam illustrates his struggles as a leader. His wife also goes under cover to find out the fate of her sick son. Her cover is blown and the son dies anyway. His reign is 22 years. Rehoboam, Solomon's son, follows and serves 17 years. More is said about these two later in Chronicles. Is Song of Song 5:8 the origin of being love sick? The words say... "I am sick with love." Stephen does a recap of Israel's history. (Interesting in that he reviewed what we have read so far) His referring to his audience "stiff necked" leads to his stoning. I always thought Stephen was one of the most underated people in the Bible...considering he gave the ultimate price for his discipleship. He also follows his Lord and asks forgiveness for those who stoned him.