The House of Israel is in total disarray. This week’s discussion of 1 Kings 12–22 will teach us what the Lord did for His people living on both sides of a conflict. Miracles didn’t cease and God proved it to whoever would listen to both the boasting of confident faith and a still small voice.
Segment 1
Scriptures:
1 Kings 18:21 (Do not waiver)
1 Kings 18:45 (Rain will come)
Segment 2
Scriptures:
1 Kings 11:6 (Fall of David and Solomon)
1 Kings 11:26-28 (Jeroboam was mighty)
1 Kings 11:40-43 (Solomon seeks Jeroboam’s life)
1 Kings 12:1-5 (People plea for a good king)
1 Kings 12:11 (Rehoboam punishes the people)
Words of the General Authorities:
Another face of pride is contention. Arguments, fights, unrighteous dominion, generation gaps, divorces, spouse abuse, riots, and disturbances all fall into this category of pride. (Ezra Taft Benosn, “Beware of Pride”, April 1989 General Conference)
Segment 3
Scriptures:
1 Kings 17:1 (Elijah the prophet)
1 Kings 19:19 (Elijah’s mantle)
2 Kings 1:8 (A hairy cloak)
Words of the General Authorities:
The word mantle is used in the Bible to describe the cloak of the prophet Elijah that descended on Elisha as a symbol of the passage of prophetic authority.3 The term mantle came into the restored Church’s history in many reports of the meeting in Nauvoo on who would succeed the murdered Joseph Smith. Many who were present recorded their experience of the “mantle of Joseph” settling on Brigham Young. Those experiences took many forms. Some had visual experiences, some heard Joseph’s voice, and many had a feeling, as each of us receives revelation differently. (Dallin H. Oaks, “Coming Closer to Jesus Christ”, BYU Speeches delivered on February 10, 2026)
Translations:
Mantle - adderet = Cloak, splendor, or glory (Hebrew)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
1 Kings 17:7-24 (The widow of Zarephath)
Segment 5
Scriptures:
Luke 4:25-26 (Jesus references the time of Elijah)
1 Kings 18:3-8 (Obadiah fears the Lord)
1 Kings 18:19-40 (Elijah and the prophets of Baal)
1 Kings 18:41-46 (Elijah prays seven times)
Segment 6
Scriptures:
1 Kings 19:4-8 (Cake and a nap)
1 Kings 19:10-11 (Still small voice)
Words of the General Authorities:
To Elijah, Jehovah said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” Elijah obeyed, and after a storm of wind and earthquakes and fire, he was finally visited with “a still small voice.” To Elijah, who had hid himself inside a cave, the Lord asked, “What doest thou here, Elijah?” And Elijah answered, “Because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” But the Lord had important work for Elijah to do, and therefore “said unto him, Go, return on thy way.” So Elijah went. (Robert D. Hales, “Faith through Tribulation Brings Peace and Joy”, April 2003 General Conference)
When they see our steadfastness in keeping the commandments, their fears will subside and their confidence in the Lord will increase. (Robert D. Hales, “Faith through Tribulation Brings Peace and Joy”, April 2003 General Conference)
I know that life is hard. You can do hard with Jesus, or you can do hard alone. That is your choice. But when you do hard with Jesus Christ, the hard becomes holy. (Camille N. Johnson, “Holy Women Fix Their Focus on Jesus Christ”, 2026 Relief Society Devotional: A Worldwide Gathering of Women, delivered on March 8, 2026)
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