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Then Rehoboam

went to Shechem, for all Israel had

come to Shechem to

make him king. (1 Kings 12:1)

SOUTHERN

KINGDOM OF JUDAH

CATEGORY

NORTHERN KINGDOM OF

ISRAEL 19 Kings, 1 Queen Kings 19 Kings

Jerusalem Capital Samaria

1 Dynasty Dynasties 5 Dynasties and several independent kings.

Judah & Benjamin Tribes 10 Northern Tribes.

Most were unstable; some were good & some were bad.

Character of the Kings

All were bad, but only Ahab and Ahaziah were Baal worshipers.

By Babylon in 586 B.C.

Conquered By Assyria in 721 B.C.

Returned to the land.

Afterward No return.

Shechem

1 Kings 12:2-41 Kings 12:2-4Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat

heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). 3 Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Former appointee over the labor projects of

Solomon

Rehoboam Jeroboam

From the tribe of Ephraim

A mature man

From the tribe of Judah (his mother was a

princess of Ammon)

A young man?

Son of Solomon and heir apparent to the kingdom

1 Kings 12:5-71 Kings 12:5-7Then he said to them, “Depart for three

days, then return to me.” So the people departed. 6 King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” 7 Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

1 Kings 12:8-91 Kings 12:8-9But he forsook the counsel of the elders

which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. 9 So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:10-111 Kings 12:10-11The young men who grew up with him

spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ But you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! 11 Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

They had grown up with Rehoboam

The Elders The Young Men

“Threaten the people with even greater

burdens”

“Be a servant to the people, grant them their petition, and speak good

words to them”

They had served as advisors to Solomon

1 Kings 12:12-14Then Jeroboam and all the people

came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.” 13 The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him, 14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Add to your yoke

““What my father What my father did”did” ““What I will do”What I will do”

Discipline you with scorpions

Disciplined you with whips

Made your yoke heavy

1 Kings 12:151 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people;

for it was a turn of events from the LORD, that He might establish His word, which the LORD spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

The king’s heart is like channels of water The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it in the hand of the Lord; He turns it

wherever He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1).wherever He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1).

1 Kings 12:16-171 Kings 12:16-17When all Israel saw that the king did not

listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! Now look after your own house, David!” So Israel departed to their tents. 17 But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

Southern Kingdom of Judah

19 Kings, 1 Queen

Northern Kingdom of Israel

19 Kings

Jerusalem

Category

Kings

Capital Shechem/Samaria

Judah & Benjamin Tribes Ten Northern Tribes

Most were unstable; some were good, some were bad

Legacy of Kings

All were bad; Ahab and Ahaziah were idol

worshipers

Conquered by Babylon in 586 B.C.

FallConquered by Assyria

in 721 B.C.

Returned to the land Return No Return

1 Kings 12:26-271 Kings 12:26-27Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the

kingdom will return to the house of David. 27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

1 Kings 12:281 Kings 12:28So the king consulted, and made two

golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

JUDAH

ISRAEL

Shechem Penuel

Bethel

DanHe set one in

Bethel, and the other he put in

Dan. (1 Kings 12:29)

1 Kings 12:30-31Now this thing became a sin, for the

people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 31 And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:32Jeroboam instituted a feast in the

eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

1 Kings 12:33Then he went up to the altar which he

had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense.

The Sins of JeroboamThe Sins of Jeroboam

• The Sin of Worshiping in the Wrong Places.

But you shall seek the LORD at the But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the LORD your God will place which the LORD your God will

choose from all your tribes, to choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His establish His name there for His

dwelling, and there you shall come. dwelling, and there you shall come. (Deuteronomy 12:5)(Deuteronomy 12:5)



• The Sin of Ordaining an Alternate Priesthood.

• The Sin of Alternate Feast Days.

The Lord’s Mandate Jeroboam’s Compromise

The Feast of Tabernacles on the 15th

day of the 7th month.

A feast like the one in Judah on the 15th day of

the 8th month.



• The Sin of Ordaining an Alternate Priesthood.

• The Sin of Alternate Feast Days.

• The Sin of Idolatry.

1 Kings 13:4-51 Kings 13:4-5Now when the king heard the saying of

the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. 5 The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 13:61 Kings 13:6The king said to the man of God,

“Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

The prophet refuses,citing the Lord’sinstructions…• Don’t eat with anyone in Israel• Don’t drink with anyone in Israel• Don’t travel home the same way

Jeroboam invitesthe prophet to

eat with him

He is met byan old prophet

from Bethel

The prophet ison his way back

to Judah

“I also am a prophet like you,and an angel spoke to me

by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your

house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he

lied to him. (1 Kings 13:18).

The Man of God The People of Israel

He was given specific instructions as to how he

was to travel through Israel.

They were given specific instructions as to how they were to worship

God.

He followed the old prophet’s alternate

instructions.

They followed Jeroboam's alternate method of worship.

He was killed by a lion. They would ultimately be taken into captivity.

1st Kings 13:33-34After this event Jeroboam did not return

from his evil way, but again he made priests of the high places from among all the people; any who would, he ordained, to be priests of the high places. 34 This event became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to blot it out and destroy it from off the face of the earth.

Northern Kingdom

Southern Kingdom

Rehoboam(930-913 B.C.)

2 Chronicles 11:17 tells us that the people of Judah served the Lord for three years

Jeroboam(930-909 B.C.)

1st Kings 14:25-26Now it happened in the fifth year of

King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26 He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he took everything, even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

• Sheshonq• New 22nd Dynasty from

Libya• Raided north to Galilee

Northern Northern KingdomKingdom

Southern Southern KingdomKingdom



Abijam(913-910 B.C.)





Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Northern Kingdom

Southern Kingdom



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Abijah(died as a child)

Northern Kingdom

Southern Kingdom



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab(909-908 B.C.)

1st Kings 15:27-28Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the

house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

1st Dynasty





Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab

Baasha(908-886 B.C.)

11stst Kings 15:29-30 Kings 15:29-30It came about as soon as he was king,

he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam any persons alive, until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, 30 and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

2nd D

ynasty1st D

ynasty

Northern Kingdom

Southern Kingdom



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab


Elah(886-885 B.C.)Zimri

Founder of the dynasty rebelled against

Rehoboam and reigned for a long period - 22

years.

Founder of the dynasty murdered Nadab and

reigned in his place for a long period - 24 years.

Jeroboam instituted idolatry in the land.

Baasha continued the program of idolatry.

Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, succeeded his father and reigned

only 2 years before being assassinated.

Elah, the son of Baasha, succeeded his father

and reigned only 2 years before being

assassinated.

House ofBaasha

House of Jeroboam

2nd D

ynasty1st D

ynasty

Northern Kingdom

Southern Kingdom



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab


Elah(886-885 B.C.)Zimri

Omri

Tibni

11stst Kings 16:23-24 Kings 16:23-24In the thirty-first year of Asa king of

Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah. 24 He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

JUDAH

ISRAEL

Shechem Penuel

Bethel

Dan

Samaria

Samaria

2nd D

ynasty1st D

ynasty



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab


Elah

(885-874 B.C.)

ZimriOmri

Tibni

3rd D

ynasty2nd

Dynasty

1st Dynasty



Abijam

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

Nadab


ElahZimri

OmriTibni

Ahab(874-853 B.C.)

1st Kings 16:30-32Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the

sight of the LORD more than all who were before him. 31 It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him. 32 So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.

BaalBaal

• “Lord”

• Phoenician deity

• God of thunder and rain

• Child sacrifices

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel

Sidon

Israel

Judah

Sidon

Israel

Judah

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” (1 Kings 17:1).

Carmel

So Ahab sent a message

among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at

Mount Carmel. (1 Kings 18:20)

So Ahab sent a message

among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at

Mount Carmel. (1 Kings 18:20)

1 Kings 18:21Elijah came near to all the people and

said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word.

Sidon

Israel

Judah

MountCarmel

Elijah

Yahweh

Ahab

Baal

Who will you serve?

1 Kings 18:381 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the LORD fell and

consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

1 Kings 18:391 Kings 18:39When all the people saw it, they fell on

their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.”

Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (1 Kings 18:40).

Brook Kishon

MountCarmel

1 Kings 19:1-21 Kings 19:1-2Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah

had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

Jezreel●

Beersheba●

And he was afraid and

arose and ran for his life and

came to Beersheba,

which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. (1 Kings

19:3)

1 Kings 19:41 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day’s journey into

the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O LORD, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

1 Kings 19:5-71 Kings 19:5-7He lay down and slept under a juniper

tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.” 6 Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of

God. (1 Kings 19:8)

Horeb

1 Kings 19:9-101 Kings 19:9-10Then he came there to a cave and

lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 19:11-121 Kings 19:11-12So He said, “Go forth and stand on the

mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing.

1 Kings 19:13-141 Kings 19:13-14When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his

face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Elisha is instructed to go and to Elisha is instructed to go and to anoint three menanoint three men

• Hazael: To be king over AramHazael: To be king over Aram

• Jehu: To be king over IsraelJehu: To be king over Israel

• Elisha: To be a prophet in place Elisha: To be a prophet in place of Elijahof Elijah

HazaelHazaelKing over Aram

JehuJehu ElishaElishaKing over Israel Prophet to

replace Elijah

International politics

National politics Spiritual leadership of the

nation

Non-Israelite Israelite

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel

Ahaziah

JUDAH

ASA

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

Battle of Battle of QarqarQarqar

• Not mentioned in the Bible

• 852 B.C.• Coalition of

nations against Assyrians included Aram and Israel

• Qarqar

God’s Judgment again Ahaziah

2 Kings 1:1

Political judgment

Moab rebels

• Moab means “My father”

• Descendants of Lot

• Lands south of the Arnon

Moab

Israel

God’s Judgment again God’s Judgment again AhaziahAhaziah

2 Kings 1:1

Political judgment

Moab rebels

• Moabite Stone

• Found 1868 at Dibon

• “I am Mesha, son of Chemosh…”

God’s Judgment again Ahaziah

2 Kings 1:1 2 Kings 1:2

Political judgment Personal judgment

Moab rebelsKing falls through

the lattice

22ndnd Kings 1:2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in

his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”

“Lord of flies”

22ndnd Kings 1:5-6 Kings 1:5-6When the messengers returned to him

he said to them, "Why have you returned?" 6 They said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"

22ndnd Kings 1:7-8 Kings 1:7-8He said to them, "What kind of man

was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?" 8 They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

r['fe l[;B; vyai“A man/lord of hair”

22ndnd Kings 1:17 Kings 1:17So Ahaziah died according to the word

of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

Elijah

3rd D

ynasty

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

ZimriOmri

Tibni

Ahab(874-853 B.C.) Jehoshaphat

(872-848 B.C.)

Ahaziah

Jehorambrother to Ahaziah

(852-841 B.C.)

Jehoram(872-848 B.C.)

Elijah

3rd D

ynasty

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

ZimriOmri

Tibni


(872-848 B.C.)

Ahaziah

Jorambrother to Ahaziah

(852-841 B.C.)


Elisha

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel

Ahaziah Joram Athaliah

JUDAH

ASA

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

22ndnd Kings 9:1 Kings 9:1Now Elisha the prophet called one of

the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Ramoth-Gilead

22ndnd Kings 9:2-3 Kings 9:2-3"When you arrive there, search out

Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room. 3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait."

22ndnd Kings 9:4-5 Kings 9:4-5So the young man, the servant of the

prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." And Jehu said, "For which one of us?" And he said, "For you, O captain."

22ndnd Kings 9:6-7 Kings 9:6-7He arose and went into the house, and

he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

22ndnd Kings 9:14-15 Kings 9:14-15So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the

son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, 15 but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel."

Ramoth-Gilead

Jezreel

Megiddo

22ndnd Kings 9:16-17 Kings 9:16-17Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to

Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”

22ndnd Kings 9:20 Kings 9:20The watchman reported, "He came

even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously."

22ndnd Kings 9:21 Kings 9:21Then Joram said, "Get ready." And they

made his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

22ndnd Kings 9:24 Kings 9:24And Jehu drew his bow with his full

strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.

22ndnd Kings 9:27 Kings 9:27When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw

this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot." So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Jezreel

Megiddo

Ibleam

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel


Ahaziah

JUDAH

ASA

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

22ndnd Kings 9:30-31 Kings 9:30-31When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel

heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?"

NimrudWoman in Ivory

22ndnd Kings 9:32-33 Kings 9:32-33Then he lifted up his face to the window

and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him. 33 He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot.

Jehu’s eradication of Baal worshipJehu’s eradication of Baal worship

• Jehu calls for a Baal festival with the pronouncement: Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much (2 Kings 10:18).

• Jehu gathers all the priests and worshipers of Baal into a temple

• He then orders everyone in the temple to be killed

• The house of Baal is turned into a latrine (2 Kings10:27)

22ndnd Kings 10:28-29 Kings 10:28-29Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel.

29 However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.

Hazael defeated

them throughout

the territory of Israel: from the Jordan eastward (2 Kings

10:32-33)

Black Obilesk

• Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria

• Discovered by Austin Henry Layard in 1846

• Lists military campaigns and tributes paid

• Includes a panel regarding Jehu

British Museum

Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

Elijah

3rd D

ynasty

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

ZimriOmri

Tibni


(872-848 B.C.)

Ahaziah


(852-841 B.C.)


ElishaAhaziah

Ethbaal(Itto-Baal)

OMRI

SIDON ISRAEL

AhabJezebel


Ahaziah

JUDAH

ASA

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

JoashRoyal Offspring

Jehu

Jehoash(835-796 B.C.)

Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

Elijah

3rd D

ynasty

Asa(910-869 B.C.)

ZimriOmri

Tibni


(872-848 B.C.)

Ahaziah


(852-841 B.C.)


ElishaAhaziah

Jehosh’s Reforms

• Money taken out of the hands of the priesthood

• A system of financial accountability instituted

• Construction crews paid out of these funds so that the temple was restored

Jehoashnot named,but implied

Reportedlydiscoveredat illegalexcavationof TempleMount

AuthenticityQuestioned

22ndnd Kings 12:17 Kings 12:17Then Hazael king of Aram went up and

fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem

Gath

22ndnd Kings 12:18 Kings 12:18Jehoash king of Judah took all the

sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

4th D

ynasty


Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

3rd D

ynasty


(852-841 B.C.)


Elisha

Ahaziah

Amaziah(796-767 B.C.)

4th D

ynasty


Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

3rd D

ynasty


(852-841 B.C.)


Elisha

Ahaziah

Jehoahaz(814-798 B.C.)


4th D

ynasty

Jehoash(Joash)

(835-796 B.C.)

Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

3rd D

ynasty


(852-841 B.C.)


Elisha

Ahaziah




4th D

ynasty

Jehoash(Joash)

(835-796 B.C.)

Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

3rd D

ynasty


(852-841 B.C.)


Elisha

Ahaziah




Jeroboam II(793-753 B.C.)

• Nineveh

• Jerusalem

AssyrianAssyrianTerrorTerrorTacticsTactics

22ndnd Kings 14:25 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from

the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

Hamath

Sea of the Arabah

(Dead Sea)

Damascus

Kingdom ofJeroboam II

4th D

ynasty

Jehoash(Joash)

(835-796 B.C.)

Athaliah

Jehu(841-814 B.C.)

Elisha




Jeroboam II(793-753 B.C.) Azariah

(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

Bed of Ivory- Amos 6:4

“Shema, Servant of Jeroboam”

4th D

ynasty




(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

ZechariahShallum

Jotham(750-731 B.C.)

4th D

ynasty




(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

Zechariah


ShallumMenahemPekhaiah

4th D

ynasty




(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

Zechariah



Pekah(742-732 B.C.)

22ndnd Kings 15:29 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel,

Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

Damascus

Samaria

Israel

Judah Jerusalem

Abel-beth-maacah

Janoah

Kedesh

Hazor

Ijon

Gilead

Galilee

Damascus

Samaria

Israel

Judah Jerusalem

Abel-beth-maacah

Janoah

Kedesh

Hazor

Ijon

Gilead

Galilee

Dor

Megiddo

Aphek

Gaza

From the annals of Tiglath-Pileser III

4th D

ynasty




(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

Zechariah



Pekah(742-732 B.C.)

Hoshea(732-721 B.C.)

4th D

ynasty




(Uzziah)(790-740 B.C.)

Jonah

Hosea

Amos

Zechariah



Pekah(742-732 B.C.)

Hoshea(732-721 B.C.)

Ahaz(735-715 B.C.)

Isaiah

Micah

Samaria

2 Kings 17:62 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the

king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria. and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozarx and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:7-82 Kings 17:7-8Now this came about, because the

sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and their had feared other gods 8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.

Hezekiah’s ReformationHezekiah’s Reformation• Religious Reform

• Envoys from Merodach-Baladan

• Revolt against Assyria

• Hezekiah’s Tunnel

2 Kings 19:35-36Then it happened that

night that the angel of the Lord went out, and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

Taylor PrismTaylor Prism“As for Hezekiah, the

Jew, who did not submit to my yoke, 46 of his strong walled cities, as well as the small cities in their neighborhood, which were without number, by escalade and bringing up siege engines... Himself, like a caged bird, I shut up in Jerusalem, his royal city.

Reform under JosiahReform under Josiah• Religious Reform

• Fall of Assyria

Assyria

Babylon

Medes

Scythians

Carchemish

EGYPT

Megiddo

605 B.C. Hostages taken from among

the nobility including Daniel and his three friends

597 B.C. A total of 10,000 of the craftsmen are taken along with Ezekiel

586 B.C. The Temple is destroyed and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem are taken into captivity

And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.

(2 Kings 25:9).

KingsKingsProphetic

Perspective: Judgments

ChroniclesChroniclesPriestly Perspective:

Hope

Wars Prominent Temple Prominent

History of thrones History of Davidic line

Israel & Judah Mostly Judah

Morality Redemption

Amos

The Prophet of Social Justice

610 600 590 580 570 560 550 540 530

Kings of Judah

Obadiah?

Jeremiah

Daniel

Ezekiel

Zephaniah

Habakkuk

Joel? Jerusalem & Temple Destroyed

ReturnfromExile

Babylonian Captivity

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