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2. Foundations Class Winter 2009
The Divided Kingdom
Part One
Foundations Class Winter 2009
Lesson Text
1 Kings 12:1 – 2 Kings 14:14
2 Chron 10:1 – 2 Chron 25:24
Time Frame
921 – 721 B.C.

3. The Divided Kingdom Part One
Judah Israel
Rehoboam – 17 yrs – Evil
Abijah – 3 yrs – Evil
Asa – 41 yrs – Good
Jehoshaphat – 25 yrs – Good
Jehoram – 8 yrs – Evil
Ahaziah – 1 yr – Evil
Athaliah – 6 yrs – Evil
Joash – 40 yrs – Evil
Amaziah – 29 yrs - Good
Jeroboam – 22 yrs - Evil
Nadab – 2 yrs – Evil
Baasha – 24 yrs – Evil
Elah – 2 yrs – Evil
Zimri – 1 wk – Evil
Omri – 12 yrs – Evil
Ahab – 22 yrs - Evil
Ahaziah – 2 yrs – Evil
Jehoram – 12 yrs – Evil
Jehu – 28 yrs – Evil
Jehoahaz – 17 yrs – Evil
Jehoash – 16 yrs – Evil

4. The Divided Kingdom Part One
Jehu Anointed King in
Ramoth-Gilead

5. The Divided Kingdom Part One
Jehu Anointed King in
Ramoth-Gilead
Kills Jezebel
And 70 Sons
in Jezreel

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Jehu Anointed King in
Ramoth-Gilead
Kills Jezebel
And 70 Sons
in Jezreel
Destroys
House Of Ahab
And Reigns
In Samaria

7. The Divided Kingdom Part One
Judah Israel
Rehoboam – 17 yrs – Evil
Abijah – 3 yrs – Evil
Asa – 41 yrs – Good
Jehoshaphat – 25 yrs – Good
Jehoram – 8 yrs – Evil
Ahaziah – 1 yr – Evil
Athaliah – 6 yrs – Evil
Joash – 40 yrs – Evil
Amaziah – 29 yrs - Good
Jeroboam – 22 yrs - Evil
Nadab – 2 yrs – Evil
Baasha – 24 yrs – Evil
Elah – 2 yrs – Evil
Zimri – 1 wk – Evil
Omri – 12 yrs – Evil
Ahab – 22 yrs - Evil
Ahaziah – 2 yrs – Evil
Jehoram – 12 yrs – Evil
Jehu – 28 yrs – Evil
Jehoahaz – 17 yrs – Evil
Jehoash – 16 yrs – Evil

8. The Divided Kingdom Part One
The Message of the Prophets
Holiness of God – God’s expectations of His People
Repentance – Before Calamity God offered opportunity to Repent
Judgment – Day of the Lord (Day of Reckoning and Judgment)
Concern for the Nations – God does not tolerate Wickedness
Prophecy of Future Deliverance – Through the Promised Messiah
A Kingdom to Come – Messiah would establish an enduring Kingdom
that would overshadow all others

9. The Divided Kingdom Part One
The Written Prophets of the Divided Kingdom
Obadiah – Judgment against Edom *
Joel – Call for Judah to Repentance *
Jonah – Message of Repentance to Nineveh
Amos – Message of Imminent Judgment on Israel
Hosea – Adultery/Idolatry of Israel and Judah
Isaiah – Message against the wickedness of both Israel and Judah
Micah – Repentance or Imminent Judgment on Judah