Jehu to the Fall of Israel

Jehu to the Fall of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Israel

Steve Rowe

July 8, 2006

I.&n= bsp; = ; Jehu [Israel, 841-814]

a.&n= bsp; Recall that Elijah had was told to annoint Jehu during the = reign of Ahab

b.&n= bsp; Jehu killed= Jehoram [Israel] and placed him in Naboth’s vineyard<= /o:p>

c.&n= bsp; Jehu also k= illed Ahaziah [Judah] who was visiting Jehoram

d.&n= bsp; JezebelR= 17;s fate

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jezebel cal= led Jehu Zimri (who had killed the house of Baasha)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Jehu demand= ed that the officials throw her down (2 Kings 9:32-33)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; He came in = and ate. After dinner they went t= o bury her but the dogs had eaten most of her, just as Elijah had predicted.<= /o:p>

e.&n= bsp; Ahab had 70 sons.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehu told t= he nobles to establish one as king so he might challenge him.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; They refuse= d so Jehu told them to send him the sons’ heads. They did.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Thus, all Ahab’s descendents were killed by Jehu

f.&n= bsp; On his way = to Samaria, Jehu cam= e across Ahaziah’s relatives and killed them<= /o:p>

g.&n= bsp; Dealing wit= h the worshipers of Baal

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehu told <= span class=3DSpellE>Jonadab (see Jer. 35), the founder of a strict sect, to join him (2 Kings 10:16)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Jehu acted = like he would serve Baal (2 Kings 10:18-19)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; All worship= ers gathered for a large sacrifice and celebration

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Jehu statio= ned men outside and after the sacrifice, had them kill everyone who was at the celebration.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; “Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel”

h.&n= bsp; The Lord pr= omised Jehu that his sons would succeed him for 4 generations (2 Kings 10:30)=

i.&n= bsp; Unfortunate= ly, Jehu didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam (golden calves)

j.&n= bsp; Because he didn’t follow God fully, parts of the nation were taken from him=

II.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Athaliah [Judah, 841-835]

a.&n= bsp; Athaliah was Ahaziah’s= mother

b.&n= bsp; When she sa= w her son dead, she killed all of the royal offspring and declared herself queen<= o:p>

c.&n= bsp; Joash hides

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehosheba, daughter of Joram = and sister of Athaliah, took J= oash and hid him.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Joash hid in the house of the Lord for 6 years

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; When he was= 7, Jehoiada, the high priest, gathered the captains and = made them swear allegiance to the Lord

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; With the ar= my arrayed around the temple, he crowned Joash kin= g

d.&n= bsp; When the qu= een heard, she was furious

e.&n= bsp; The priest = had her removed from the temple and killed

III.= &nb= sp; Joash (Jehoash) [Judah, = 835-796]

a.&n= bsp; Jehoiada’s influence

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehoiada made a covenant between the people and the Lord=

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; The people stormed the house of Baal, killed the priest, smashed the idols, and destro= yed the altar

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; The high pl= aces were not all torn down and the people still worshipped there.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Under Jehoiada’s influence, Joas= h “did right in the sight of the Lord.”

b.&n= bsp; Repairing t= he temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Joash told the priests to take the money brought to t= he temple for themselves and also to repair the temple(2 Kings 12:4-5)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; The priests didn’t repair the damage

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Joash ordered that they take no more money for themse= lves but that it all go toward the temple.

c.&n= bsp; Joash falls into sin

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehoiada died at age 130

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; After this,= he forsook the Lord and the people worshipped Asherah

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; God sent pr= ophets to turn them back

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; God sent Zechariah, son of Jehoiada, but they stoned him= (2 Chron. 24:20-22)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; When he die= d, Zechariah called on God to avenge him

d.&n= bsp; Hazael of Aram attacks

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Hazael subdued Gath a= nd headed for Jerusalem

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; They came w= ith small numbers but defeated Judah (2 Chron 24:24)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; They killed= the princes and sent the spoil to = Damascus

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Joash paid them off out of the treasures of the templ= e

e.&n= bsp; The death o= f Joash

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; His servants conspired against him and killed him in bed

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He was buri= ed in Jerusalem but not alongside the other kings

IV.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Jehoahaz [Israel, 814-798]

a.&n= bsp; When Joash was 23, Jehu’s son J= ehoahaz became king of Israe= l

b.&n= bsp; He did evil= in the ways of Jeroboam

c.&n= bsp; God continu= ously sent the Arameans against him=

d.&n= bsp; Jehoahaz cried out to God who listened. God sent a “deliverer” (perhaps King Adad-nirari II of Assyria who inv= aded Aram at this time).

e.&n= bsp; the people = did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam nor the Ashera= h

f.&n= bsp; Jehoahaz died and was buried in Sam= ariah

V.&n= bsp; = ; Jehoash (Joash) [Israel, 798-782]

a.&n= bsp; Jehoash did evil but the Lord was gracious because of h= is covenant

b.&n= bsp; Elisha told= Jehoash he would defeat Aram (2 Kings 13:15-19)<= /o:p>

c.&n= bsp; Jehoash defeated Aram 3 times. He took back the cities his father= had lost, but because Jehoash did not fully obey El= isha, he didn’t fully destroy Aram

VI.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Jeroboam II= [Israel, 794-753]

a.&n= bsp; Jehoash’s son Jeroboam ruled after him<= /p>

b.&n= bsp; He did evil= like his fathers

c.&n= bsp; God saw the plight of the people and saved them by the hand of Jeroboam.

d.&n= bsp; Jeroboam re-established the northern and eastern borders. He recaptured Damascus, went east to the Dead Sea, and north to = Hamath.

e.&n= bsp; Jonah the p= rophet (the one with the “whale”) instructed him

VII.= Zechariah [= Israel, 753]

a.&n= bsp; Zechariah, = son of Jeroboam II, ruled for 6 months

b.&n= bsp; He was the = 4^th generation after Jehu

c.&n= bsp; He did evil= and was killed by Shallum

VIII. Shallum [Israel, 752]

a.&n= bsp; Shallum reigned one month

b.&n= bsp; He was kill= ed by Menahem

IX.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Menahem [Israel, 752-742]

a.&n= bsp; =