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8 DIVIDED KINGDOM
THE DIVDED KINGDOM:
Rehoboam’s Failure
•Rehoboam becomes king after his father Solomon dies
•Jeroboam leads the opposition against Rehoboam
•The kingdom splits (10 tribes of the north split away with Jeroboam, 2 tribes in south stay
with Rehoboam)
•God promises Jeroboam a dynasty if he will follow after the Lord but he does not obey
KINGS OF THE NORTH:
Jeroboam (931-910 BC)
• Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from
among all the people.
•The text constantly repeats that the rest of the kings continued in the sin of Jeroboam
Nadab 910-909 B.C.
Baasha 909-886 B.C.
Omri 885-874 B.C.
•Established Samaria as the new capital of the Northern Kingdom
•“Did more evil than all before him”
Ahab 874-853 BC
•Marries Jezebel and promotes Baal worship
•Confronted by the prophet Elijah
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•Elijah vs. Ahab (1 Kings 17-19)
•Predicts a 3.5 year drought
•Lives in wilderness and is fed by ravens
•The never-ending pancake (flour & oil) + raises widow’s son from dead
•Mt Carmel showdown: God demonstrates his power over the prophets of Baal
•After the victory: Elijah flees from Jezebel
•Depressed, afraid
•God meets him in a still, small voice and restores him
•God commissions him to anoint several people:
•Hazel: King of Syria
•Jehu: King of Israel
•Elisha: next prophet and his successor
•Elisha asks for a “double portion”
•Murders Naboth to steal his land (1 Kgs 21)
•Elijah confronts him and predicts his downfall
Ahaziah 853-852 B.C.
Elijah’s last days on earth
•Parts the Jordan River (2 Kings 2: 1-10)
•Proceeds to heaven alive in a chariot of fire (2 Kings 2:11-12)
Elisha begins his double portion ministry
•Parts the Jordan on his way back (2 Kings 2:14)
•Bears kill teenage rebels at Bethel (2 Kings 2:23-25)
•Raises boy at Shunem (2 Kings 4:18-37)
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•Heals Naaman the Syrian (2 Kings 5)
•Blinds the entire Syrian Army (2 Kings 6)
Jehoram 852-841 B.C.
Jehu 841-814 B.C.
Jeroboam II 793-753 B.C.
Hoshea 732-722 B.C.
•Israel’s last king
•Exile in 722 BC
•2 Kings 17: God allows this to happen because of the nation’s constant idolatry
Summary of the Kings of the North
•Started off in idolatry and never recovered
•19 Kings in the North-all are evil
•No long dynasties and constant turnover (8 Assassinates)
•God continued to send prophets to the North to get them to repent and they refused (at
least 5 prophets)
KINGS OF THE SOUTH
•Line of Judah/Davidic Line
•Temple located in the South
•Capital city is Jerusalem
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Rehoboam 931-913 B.C.
•Son of Solomon
•Splits the kingdom with Jeroboam
•Jerusalem is ransacked because of the idolatry in the nation
Abijam 913-911 B.C.
Asa 911-870 B.C.
Jehoshaphat 873-848 B.C.
Joram (Jehoram) 853-841 B.C.
•Marries Athaliah
•Murders his 6 brothers
•Worships Baal like his wife and in-laws
•Dies un-mourned and was not buried in the tombs of the kings
Ahaziah 841 B.C.
Athaliah 841-835 B.C.
•Judah’s female only ruler
•Usurper: slaughters the royal line for the crown
•Joash escapes as a baby and is hidden in the temple
•After 7 years, he is crowned king
•Athaliah is executed
Joash 835-795 B.C.
Amaziah 795-767 B.C.
Uzziah (Azariah) 792-740 B.C.
Jotham 750-732 B.C.
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Ahaz 735-716 B.C.
•Terrible king who practices child sacrifice
•Places an Assyrian alter in the temple
•Warned by Isaiah with the virgin birth prophecy
Hezekiah 716-687 B.C.
•Godly king influenced by Isaiah
•Faces the Assyrian invasion under Sennacherib
•God hears Hezekiah’s prayer and saves Judah
•Healed of disease by God
•Makes the mistake of showing Judah’s treasure to the Babylonians
Manasseh 697-643 B.C.
•Most evil king of all of Judah’s kings
•Leads the nation on the trajectory that will lead to exile
•Sacrifices own son
•Longest reign in the South
•Legend says he executed Isaiah
Amon 643-641 B.C.
Josiah 641-610 B.C.
•Last godly king in Judah
•Finds the law of Moses in the Temple and leads a great revival in the nation
Jehoahaz 609 B.C.
•Lasts 90 days
Jehoiakim 609-598 B.C.
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Jehoiachin 598 B.C.
•God protects him to continue the Messianic Line in exile
Zedekiah 597-586 B.C.
•Babylonian captivity lasted for 70 years 605-535 B.C. as Jeremiah predicted
Reasons for the Babylonian Captivity
1. The people continued in their open idolatry and refusal to obey God
2. People and priests ignored the warnings of the prophets for over a century, since the time
of Isaiah
3. Sabbatical years had been neglected (2 Chronicles 36:21). Babylonian captivity lasted for
70 years 605-535 B.C. as Jeremiah predicted
KINGS AND CHRONICLES COMPARISON
•Kings and Chronicles both tell the same story, but from different perspectives
•Kings is written from the perspective of the kings and prophets
•Chronicles is written from the perspectives of the covenants and priests (with a
major emphasis on future hope)
•Chronicles: A Story in Search for an Ending
•Genealogical emphasis to demonstrate Messianic hope
•Ending that pushes toward a return from exile and rebuilding Jerusalem (by
Cyrus, a non-Jewish/pagan king!)
•The story of King Manasseh (2 Chron 33)– “then Manasseh knew that the Lord
was God.”
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Kings and Chronicles Wrap Up
•The downfall of both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms occur because the people
continued to disobey God and fell into idolatry
•BUT God continues to send prophets to His people in order to try to turn them back
•Even in their destruction and exile, God still gave them hope for a return from the exile
and the continuation of the Davidic Line that will culminate in Jesus
Kings/Chronicles & Jesus
•Jesus as the ultimate fulfilment of the Davidic Covenant
•Jesus as the ultimate king of kings
