A Divided Kingdom

(1 Kings 12-16 and 2 Chronicles 10-16)

Steve Rowe

June 3, 2006

I.&n= bsp; = ; Recap<= /o:p>

a.&n= bsp; Solomon had= 1000 wives and concubines

b.&n= bsp; Late in lif= e he began worshipping their gods including Ashtorah= of the Sidonians and Milcom of the Ammonites

c.&n= bsp; He built te= mples for Cemosh of Moab and Mol= ech of Ammon

d.&n= bsp; The Lord was angry said his heirs would lose the kingdom (1 Kings 11:11-13)

e.&n= bsp; The prophet= Ahijah told Jereboam he w= ould get 10 parts of the kingdom (1 Kings 11:34-36)

f.&n= bsp; God gave Jereboam a similar promise to the one he made David a= nd Solomon (1 Kings 11:37-38)

g.&n= bsp; Jereboam was forced to flee to Egypt to avoid Solomon

II.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Reheboam [Judah, 931-913]

a.&n= bsp; Solomon died after ruling for 40 years

b.&n= bsp; After his d= eath, his son Reheboam assumed the throne<= /span>

c.&n= bsp; The people = came o Reheboam and asked for a lighter yoke (1 Kings = 12:4)

d.&n= bsp; SolomonR= 17;s advisors told Reheboam to give the people what = they wanted

e.&n= bsp; Reheboam’s contemporaries told him to be more harsh (1 Kin= gs 12:10-11)

f.&n= bsp; Reheboam took the advice of the younger men

III.= &nb= sp; Revolt=

a.&n= bsp; The people = of Israel disclaimed Reh= eboam but Judah remained loyal

b.&n= bsp; Reheboam sent Adoram, head o= f the forced labor, to Isr= ael. They stoned him.=

c.&n= bsp; Israel= called Jereboam to = be their king

d.&n= bsp; Reheboam assembled 180,000 men to restore the kingdom to= him

e.&n= bsp; God spoke t= o Reheboam through Shemaiah= the prophet and told him to stand down (1 Kings 12:24). He listened.

IV.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Jereboam [Israel, 931-910]

a.&n= bsp; Jereboam reigned from Shechem

b.&n= bsp; Jereboam was worried that the people would desert him if= they worshipped at the temple in Je= rusalem (1 Kings 12:27)

c.&n= bsp; He had 2 go= lden calves crafted and placed at Dan and Bethel.

d.&n= bsp; He ordered = the people to worship there instead of Jerusalem

e.&n= bsp; The Levites deserted him and all went to Judah (2 Chron 11:13-14) so he established non-Levite= s as his priests

f.&n= bsp; Those who followed God went to Judah to worship

V.&n= bsp; = ; The man of = God

a.&n= bsp; A man of Go= d came to Bethel and condemned the altar there (1 Kings 13:2)

b.&n= bsp; Jereboam ordered him killed but God withered his hand split the altar in two

c.&n= bsp; Jereboam entreated the man of God to come home with him = and pray for him

d.&n= bsp; God healed = Jereboam’s hand

e.&n= bsp; God had ord= ered the man not to eat or drink and so he left another way

f.&n= bsp; A prophet l= iving in Bethel lied to him and he came back (1 Kings 13:18-19)

g.&n= bsp; God had a l= ion kill the man of God on his way home

h.&n= bsp; The prophet retrieved his body and buried the man of God in his own grave

i.&n= bsp; Jereboam didn’t turn from his evil but kept making priests of all people

VI.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Jereboam’s Son Abijah

a.&n= bsp; Abijah became sick.&n= bsp; Jereboam sent his wife to consult Ahijah

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Ahijah was the prophet who told J= ereboam he would be king

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Ahijah was old and nearly blind

b.&n= bsp; Jereboam’s wife disguised herself but God told Ahijah it was her

c.&n= bsp; Ahijah delivered God’s message (1 Kings 14:7-16)= :

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Your son wi= ll die when you enter the city (v. 12)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; All other m= ales in your family will die. None= will be buried (v. 10-11)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Israel will be scattered beyond the Euphrates (v. 15-16)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Sargon II of Assyria would conquer Israel in 722 BC

VII.= Reheboam’s Reign

a.&n= bsp; Judah<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> built Asherim (pole= s for Baal worship) on every hill

b.&n= bsp; They also a= llowed male cult prostitutes

c.&n= bsp; This angere= d God more than all before them

d.&n= bsp; God sent Shishak of Egypt to punish them (2 Chron 12:5)

e.&n= bsp; In Reheboam’s 5^th year, Shishak raided Jerusalem and carried off the treasures of the temple including the gold shields Solo= mon had made

f.&n= bsp; Reheboam and the people repented and God spared them

g.&n= bsp; Reheboam replaced them with brass shields which we hidden unless he visited.

h.&n= bsp; Reheboam and Jereboam fought continuously

i.&n= bsp; Reheboam died after ruling for 17 years

VIII. Abijam (Abijah in Chronicl= es) [Judah, 913-911]

a.&n= bsp; Reheboam’s son Abijam ruled af= ter him

b.&n= bsp; Abijam and Jereboam fought= . 400,000 for A= bijam and 800,000 for Jereboam

c.&n= bsp; Abijam and Judah still worshipped God as per the law w= hereas Jereboam had his own system (2 Chron 13:9-11)

d.&n= bsp; Jereboam ambushed Judah<= /st1:country-region> but God intervened and Judah won. 500,000 Israelites died.= Among the cities they took was Bethel.

e.&n= bsp; Abijam walked in the sins of his father. God spared him because of David

IX.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Nadab [Israel, 910-909]

a.&n= bsp; Jereboam was killed by God and his son Nadab ruled

b.&n= bsp; Nadab did evil in God’s sight=

X.&n= bsp; = ; Baasha [Israel, 909-886]

a.&n= bsp; Baasha killed Nadab and be= came king

b.&n= bsp; He killed a= ll of Jereboam’s descendants and family

c.&n= bsp; He did evil= in the sight of the Lord and so did Israel

d.&n= bsp; God promise= d to exterminate him and his line (1 Kings 16:2-4)

XI.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Asa [Judah, 911-870]

a.&n= bsp; After 3 yea= rs, Abijam died and his son Asa ruled in his stead

b.&n= bsp; Asa torn down the false temples, Asherim, and idols. He followed God an= d the land saw peace for 10 years (2 Chron 14:1-5)

c.&n= bsp; Zerah of the Ethiopians came after Judah w= ith 1 million men. Asa called upon God (2 Chron 14:11) and God deliver= ed them

d.&n= bsp; God sent Azariah to warn Asa (2 Chron 15:2,7)

e.&n= bsp; Asa listened and removed the idols and the sodomites. He left the high p= laces but his “heart…was perfect all his days”

f.&n= bsp; He removed = his grandmother as Queen because she worshipped an idol

g.&n= bsp; Many from <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Israel came to him when they saw he was following the Lord

h.&n= bsp; There was r= evival in the land (2 Chron 15:15)

i.&n= bsp; Baasha came against Judah in Ramah

j.&n= bsp; Asa took the gold from the temple and hired Syria t= o help him

k.&n= bsp; Syria attacked Israel from the north and Baasha abandoned Ramah

l.&n= bsp; The Lord se= nt Hanai the seer to Asa to = condemn him for using Syria<= /st1:place> instead of relying on God. Asa was at war the rest of his days. (2 Chron 16:7,9)

XII.= Elah [Israel, 886-885]

a.&n= bsp; Baashah’s son Elah reigned af= ter him

XIII. Zimri [Israel, 885]

a.&n= bsp; Elah’s commander Zimri kil= led him while drunk

b.&n= bsp; Zimri then exterminated Baasha&#= 8217;s line as per the prophecy

c.&n= bsp; Zimri reigned seven days

XIV.= Omri [Israel, 885-874]

a.&n= bsp; The people = heard that Zimri had killed Elah= and made Omri king

b.&n= bsp; Zimri fled to his castle and burned it and himself

c.&n= bsp; Omri moved the capital of Israel to Samaria

d.&n= bsp; Omri did evil before God

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