Lesson 1 review part I Divided Kingdom

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Lesson 1 review part I Divided Kingdom
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Overview of Divided Kingdom I

• Our studies began in 1 Kings 12 and have taken us
  to 2 Kings 13
• We have also studied from 2 Chronicles 10 to 24
• Our study began when the Kingdom divided after
  Solomons reign
• Israel had gone into idolatry partly because of
  Solomons many wives

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Kings we have looked at in our study Judah
Israel

• Rehoboam Jeroboam
• Abijah or Abijam
• Asa Nadab
• Baasha
• Elah
• Zimri
• Omri
• Jehoshaphat Ahab
• Ahaziah
• Jehoram Jehoram

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Kings we have studied

• Judah Israel
• Ahaziah Jehu
• Athaliah
• Joash Jehoahaz
• Joash
• Amaziah
• There are more studies about these last 2 kings
  later

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Brief look at each king

• Kings in Judah
• Rehoboamled Judah into idolatry and as a result
  Egypt came against Judah and took many fortified
  cities 2 Chr 124
• Abijah or Abijamfollowed in the ways of his
  father and made war against Jeroboam 2Chr 132
• Asa was a good king and with Gods help defeated
  the Ethiopians in battle 2Cr1412-14
• He also took away sodomites 1 K 1512

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Brief look at each king

• Asa also goes to battle against Baasha 1K1516
• He used Ben-hadad instead of God in war
  1K1518-20
• Jehoshaphat Truly a good king and turns the
  people back to God 2 Chr 176-8
• Became close friend with Ahab and sealed the
  relationship with his sons marriage to Ahabs
  daughter
• Fought with Ahab against Ramoth-Gilead 1 K 2229

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Kings we have studied

• Moab, Ammon, men from Mt. Seir come against Judah
  but God destroyed the armies because Judah turned
  back to Him 2 Cr 20 1
• Jehoshaphat makes alliance with Ahaziah but ships
  destroyed by God 2 Cr 2035-37
• Jehoshaphat and Jehoram fight Moab and win
  because God helped (only because of Jehoshaphat)
  2 K 314

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Kings we have studied

• JehoramThe king who married Ahabs daughter
  Athaliah 2 Chr 21 5-6
• Encouraged Judah to worship idols and God sent
  the Philistines and Arabians against Judah and
  took all the wealth in the kings palace, his
  sons, and wives. 2 Cr 2113-17
• AhaziahWas wicked like his mother and
  grandfather 2 Chr 22 2-3
• Ahaziah and Jehoram or Joram fought together for
  Ramoth-Gilead 2K 826-28

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Kings we have studied

• Athaliah Took over the kingdom by killing all of
  her grandchildren (she thought) 2K 111
• Joash or Jehoash The youngest son of Ahaziah was
  missed by Athaliah and he began to reign at age 7
  after being saved by Jehoiada the High Priest 2 K
  112-3 2 Cr 2211-12
• He was a good king and turned Judah back to God 2
  Chr 2414
• He has the temple repaired after much destruction
  by Athaliah 2 Chr 2412

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Kings of Israel

• Jeroboam Son of Nebat made 2 golden calves for
  worship 1 K 1228
• One in Dan and one in Bethel 1 K 1229
• Young prophet cries against the altar 1K132
• Prophesied that the bones of prophets would be
  burned on the altar, which prophesied for the
  idols, during Josiahs reign 1 K 13 2 2 K 2316
• Nadabfollowed in the ways of Jeroboam his father
  1 K 1525-26

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Kings we have studied

• Baasha killed all of Jeroboams family and took
  over being king but not to purge out idolatry 1 K
  1529
• Many faithful return to Judah 2 Cr 159
• Baasha goes against Judah but had to pull back
  because Ben-hadad came against the northern
  border of Israel 1 K 1519-21
• Elah Baashas son reigned but was killed by and
  official of his army (Zimri) 1K 166-10

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Kings we have studied

• Zimri only reigned 1 week and killed himself by
  burning down the palace on him 1K 1615-18
• Omri continued in the ways of Jeroboam 1K
  1621-25
• Not much said about Omri but secular history
  reveals things about him (Assyrian records refer
  to Israel as the house of Omri)
• Ahab married one of the worst women in the Bible
  (Jezebel) 1 K 1630-31
• Baal worship in Israel begins 1 K 16 32

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Introduced to Elijah

• Many stories about Elijah the Tishbite
• Predicts a drought 1K 171
• Challenge to Baal worship on Mt. Carmel 1K 18
• Elijah goes to wilderness thinking he was the
  only one left but was told 7,000 more in Israel
  that had not bowed to Baal 1K 194 18
• Elisha would succeed Elijah 1K 1919-21

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King Ahab continued

• Samaria attacked by Syria while Ahab reigned 1K
  201 20
• They come the second time thinking their God was
  the god of the hills not the plains v. 23-25
• Ahab wants Naboths vineyard and eventually gets
  it 1K21 15
• Ahab and Jehoshaphat fight against Ramoth-Gilead
  and Ahab disguises himself but killed by his
  chariot driver because of his wounds from an
  arrow shot into the air by enemy soldier 1K222-3
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Kings we have studied

• Ahaziah reigned only a short time after his
  father died but long enough to make agreement
  about shipping with Jehoshaphat 1K2248-49
• Ships of Tarshish or long distance ships 1 K
  1022
• He fell through an upper window and did not
  recover 2K 12-4

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Ships would go to Ophir to buy and sell but God
was not pleased and destroyed the ships at
Eziongeber
Tarshish
Nineveh
Long distant ships were larger than regular ships
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More stories of Elijah and Elisha

• Elijah taken up into heaven 2K 211
• Elisha purifies the water 2K 219-22
• Young boys cried out againt Elisha 2K 223-25

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Kings we have studied

• Jehoram He and Jehoshaphat and Edom fight Moab
  2K 39
• Some other prophets enter the picture during the
  reign of some kings and Obadiah was the first
  book of prophets we looked at in our study

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Obadiah

• Cp 1-9 Prophesy that Edom would be destroyed
• Cp 10-14 Edoms sins exposed
• Cp 15-21 Judgment against Edom

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Stories of Elisha

• The Shunammite woman 2K 48ff
• Stew purified 2K 438ff
• Feeding 100 men 2K 442ff
• Healing of Naaman 2K 51ff
• Ax-head floats 2K 65-7
• Leads blind men to center of Samaria 2K 618-22
• Land of Shunammite woman restored 2K 81-6

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Kings we have studied

• Jehu anointed and ordered to kills Ahabs family,
  Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jezebel 2K 96-8
• He destroys Baal worshipers 2K 1018-21
• God promised his seed would reign for 4
  generations 2K 1030
• We began to see the rise of the Assyrian empire
• Jehu bows to Shalmaneser III recorded on the
  Black Obelisk

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Black Obelisk with Jehu bowing to Shalmaneser III
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Prophet Joel

• We looked at the prophet Joel
• Devastation by locust cp 1
• Call to repentance cp 1
• Day of judgment coming cp 2
• Second call to repent cp 2
• Promise of blessings cp 2
• Victory for the people of God cp 3

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Kings we have studied

• Jehoahaz left with a small army and smaller land
  area 2K 137
• Joash 2nd of the 4 generations of Jehu 2K139
• Hazael of Syria dies and Joash was able to
  recover much land that had been taken 2K 1323-25

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Elisha dies

• Elisha makes a deathbed prophecy 2K1315
• Arrow shot was arrow of the Lord v.17
• More are shot in ground but not enough shot to
  completely destroy those who would come against
  Israel (Syrians) v.19

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Amaziah avenges his fathers death 2Kings 145-6

• When his kingdom was secure he executed the
  officials who murdered his father v.5
• He hires Mercenaries from Israel to fight the
  Edomites 2Cr 256 14
• Should have relied on the Lord v.9
• I hope this review helps you understand the
  divided kingdom up to this point.

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• we will begin with Jonah next week