08 Divided Kingdom
Rehoboam’s Failure __
● Rehoboam________ becomes king after his father Solomon dies
● Jeroboam________ (who had rebelled against Solomon) comes back from exile and
wants Rehoboam to lessen the taxes Solomon had enforced
● Rehoboam fires all of his father’s old advisors and replaces them with his peers
● The Kingdom Splits __
● Jeroboam________ leads the opposition against Rehoboam
The kingdom splits
o ___10_______ tribes in the __north________ split away with _Jeroboam_________
o ___2_______ tribes in the __south________ stay with _Rehoboam_________ God promises
___Jeroboam_______ a dynasty if he will follow after the Lord, but he does not
_obey_________
o To prevent people going to __Judah________ and the __Temple________, he builds two
__golden calves________ and sets them up as rival altars to the Temple, sending Israel into
idolatry.
Kings of the North Jeroboam (931-910 BC) ___
● Jeroboam_______ did not turn from his evil ways, 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 BC)
➔Son of Jeroboam
➔Assassinated by Baasha
➔Baasha (909-886 BC) Killed Nabad in fulfillment of Elijah’s prophecy
➔Wiped out Jeroboam’s entire life
➔Fought with Asa, King of Judah Omri (885-874 BC)
➔Fought a civil war with Tibia but ultimately took the throne
➔Established __Samaria________ as the new capital of the Northern
Kingdom
➔Established one of the longest dynasties in the North (43 years)
➔“Did more evil than all before him” Mentioned by name in the Moabite
Stone Ahab (874-853 BC)
➔Marries _Jezebel_________ and promotes worship of _Baal_________
➔Confronted by the prophet _Elijiah_________
Elijah vs. Ahab (1 Kings 17-19)
● Elijah predicts a 3.5 year drought
● Elijah lives in the wilderness and is fed by ravens
● Mt. ___Carmel_______: God demonstrates his power over the prophets of Baal
- Elijah vs. Ahab
- After the victory:
o Elijah flees from Jezebel depressed and afraid
➔God meets him in a still, small voice and restores him
➔God commissions him to anoint several people
o Hazel: King of Syria
o Jehu: King of Israel
o ___Elisha_______: next prophet and his successor Elisha
● Called by Elijah
o Mantle Cast: plowing a field (1 Kings 19:19-21)
o Mantle Dropped: Crossing the Jordan (2 Kings 2:1-15)
● Asks for a “__double portion________” of Elijah’s ministry
● Ahab (874-853 BC) Murders __Naboth________ and
steals his land (1 Kings 21)
● Elijah confronts him with prophecies
o Dogs will lick your blood
o Dogs will eat Jezebel
- Both prophecies are fulfilled
o Ahab is killed in battle and dogs licked up his
blood in his chariot
o Jezebel is killed by Jehu Ahaziah (853-852 BC)
Oldest son of Ahab
● Continues the promotion of Baal like his mother and father
● Elijah predicts his death
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 River (2 Kings 2:1-10)
- Bears kill teenage rebels at Bethel (2 Kings 2:23-25)
- Raises boy at Shunem (2 Kings 4:18-37)
- Heals ___Naaman_______ the Syrian (2 Kings 5)
- Blinds the entire Syrian Army (2 Kings 6)
➔Jehoram (852-841 BC)
- Youngest son of Ahab
- Made an alliance with Judah to fight against Moab
- Assassinated by Jehu, ending the line of Omri Jehu (841-814 BC)
- Anointed by Elisah
- Kills Ahab’s entire family Jeroboam II (793-753 BC)
- Longest reign of any Northern King
- Reigned during the time of Jonah the prophet
- Most powerful king in the North and established a strong nation
once again, expanding Israel’s borders
- However, he continued in the sins of idolatry and failed “Last
Hope”
● the nation will go downhill quickly after his death Hosea
(732-722 BC)
● Israel’s ___last_______ king Tries to buy off Assyria and
serve as a vassal while secretly trying to make an alliance
with Egypt
● Assyria finds out about the alliance and destroys Israel.
● Israel goes into 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 assassinated)
● God continued to send prophets to the North to get them to repent and they refused
Kings of the South
● Line of _Judah/Davidic_________ Line
● Temple is located in the south
● Capital city is _Jerusalem_________
- Rehoboam (931-913 BC) Son of __________ Splits the kingdom with Jeroboam
Jerusalem is ransacked by Shishak of Egypt because of the idolatry in the nation
Abijam (913-911 BC)
- Establishes a strong Southern Kingdom __evil________ king
➔continues the __idolatry________ of his father and grandfather Asa
(911-870 BC)
➔Leads a revival in the land and rids the nation of all idols, but he trusts in
an alliance with Syria instead of trusting wholeheartedly in God
● Jehoshaphat (873-848 BC)
● Godly king that leads religious __education________ throughout the nation
● Cooperates with the Northern Kings (Omni and Ahab) creates peace
● Allows his son to marry Athaliah (daughter of Ahab) who was an influence in turning his
son away from the Lord
➔Joram (Jehoram) (853-841 BC)
➔Marries _Athaliah_________
➔Murders his 6 brothers
➔Worships ___Baal_______ like his wife and in-laws
➔Dies unmourned and was not buried in the tombs with kings Ahaziah (841 BC)
● Son of Joram
● Killed by Jehu Athaliah (841-835 BC)
➔Judah’s only __female________ 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 BC)
● Starts off well as a godly king
● Leads reforms
● Later becomes a cruel tyrant, stones the high priest, and is executed by his own guards
● Amaziah (795-767 BC) Executes his father’s assassins but is later assassinated himself
● Defeats Edom but is defeated by Israel in battle because he sets up the Edomite idols
and worshiped them
➔Uzziah (Azariah) (792-740 BC)
➔Era of new prosperity
➔Great builder and warrior Defeats Philistines
➔Settles the Negev
➔Struck with leprosy after he shows pride
● Jotham (750-732 BC)
● Co-regent with Uzziah 10 years
● Rebuilds temple gate and walls
● Pays hey tribute to Assyria to stall their invasion
➔Ahaz (735-716 BC)
➔Terrible king who practices __child________ sacrifice
➔Places an Assyrian _altar_________ in the temple
➔Opposed by Rezin (Syria) and Pekah (Israel)
➔Warned by Isaiah with the virgin birth prophecy
● Hezekiah (716-687 BC) ___
● Godly_______ king influenced by __Isaiah________
● Faces the __Assyrian________ invasion under Sennacherib
● God hears Hezekiah’s prayer and saves Judah
● God heals Hezekiah of disease
● Makes the mistake of showing Judah’s treasure to the Babylonians __
➔Manasseh________ (697-643 BC)
➔Most ___evil_______ king of all of Judah’s kings
➔Leads the nation on the trajectory that will result in exile
➔Sacrifices his own _son_________
➔Longest reign in the South
➔Legend says he executed __Isaiah________
★Amon (643-641 BC)
★Wicked king
★Executed by his servants
● Josiah (641-610 BC) _
● Last_________ ___godly_______ king in Judah
● Finds the __Law of Moses________ in the Temple
● Leads a great revival in the nation
● Killed in battle by Pharaoh
➔Jehoahaz (609 BC)
➔Lasts 90 days
➔Died in captivity in Egypt
★Jehoiakim (609-598 BC)
★Oldest son of Josiah
★Vassal of Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon)
★Persecutes Jeremiah the Prophet
● Jehoiachin (598 BC)
● Grandson of Josiah
● Rules three months and then is taken away into _exile_________
● God protects him to continue the __Messianic________ Line in exile
➔Zedekiah (597-586 BC)
➔Youngest son of Josiah
➔Tries to form an alliance with Egypt to fight Babylon
➔Nebuchadnezzar comes a third time and burns __Jerusalem________ and
destroys the __Temple________
➔Zedekiah’s kids are executed, and he is dragged away and dies in exile
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 Chr. 36:21). Babylonian captivity lasted for
_____70_____ years (605-535 BC), as Jeremiah predicted.
Kings and Chronicles Comparison
● Kings and Chronicles both tell the ____same history______, but from __different
perspectives________.
- Kings is written from the perspective of the __kings and prophets________.
- Chronicles is written from the perspectives of the __covenant and
priests________ (with a major emphasis on ___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 king!)
➔The story of King __Manasseh________ (2 Chr. 33)
- “then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.”
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 urge them to
turn back
● Even in their destruction and exile, God 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 _fulfillment_________ of the Davidic Covenant
● Jesus as the ultimate _King_________ of kings
