1. Lesson 7: Ahaziah, Jehoram(s), Elijah & Elisha
The Divided Kingdom
Lesson 7:
Ahaziah, Jehoram(s), Elijah & Elisha

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3. Kings of Israel
Reign
Date
Jeroboam
22 years BC
Nadab
2 years BC
Baasha
24 years BC
Elah
2 years BC
Zimri
7 days
885 BC
Omri
12 years
* BC
Ahab
22 years BC
Ahaziah
2 years BC
Joram (Jehoram)
12 years BC

4. Kings of Judah
Reign
Date
Rehoboam
17 years BC
Abijah (Abijam)
3 years BC
Asa
41 years BC
Jehoshaphat*
25 years BC
Jehoram*
8 years BC

5. Made ship alliance with Jehoshaphat
17th year of Jehoshaphat
Reign of Ahaziah
Made ship alliance with Jehoshaphat
2 years BC
1 Kings 22:51-53
2 Kings 1:1-18
2 Chronicles 20:35-37
Review: Ahaziah had made an alliance with Jehoshaphat to build ships
Became king in the 17th year of Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:51)

6. Ahaziah Sends… Focus on Israel 2 Kings 1
Ahaziah king of Israel the son of Ahab

7. For Baal-zebub In Ekron (2 Kings 1:1-8)
Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron (1)
“Lord of the flies” or “Fly god”
By the time of Jesus: Beelzebub—”Lord of the dung”
Elijah is sent to tell the messengers (3-4)
Is there no God in Israel?
What’d he look like?!(7-8)
Sent to a Philistine city, to a foreign god “lord of the flies” later will be called by the Jews Beelzebub “lord of the dung” (Matt. 10:25) to show the disdain for this god. Unfortunately, they associated Jesus the Lord of all with it 
Evidence had been given of the Lord being God (1 Kings 18:39,20:13,28)
John the Baptist is dressed similarly to Elijah (Matthew 3:4)

8. For Elijah (2 Kings 1:9-16) Captains address, “O man of God” (9,11,13)
17 So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place…
For Elijah (2 Kings 1:9-16)
Captains address, “O man of God” (9,11,13)
Elijah’s answer to the first two (10,12 cf. Luke 9:51-56)
“If I am a man of God let fire come down from heaven…”
Why does He go with the third captain? (13-15)
Humility of the captain
The angel of the Lord directed him
Remember James and John (Luke 9:51-56) wanting to do the same to the Samaritan villages that rejected Jesus.
Does Elijah’s message change when before the king? No, he consistently speaks thus says the Lord
16 Then he said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'”
- 2 Kings 16:17 NASB-

9. Applications 2013
Hymn: “Where could I go, but to the Lord?”

10. Ahaziah dies and Joram begins to reign in Israel
Elijah is taken to heaven, Elisha take the mantle
Joram’s reign in Israel
Sandwiched in between the information about Joram’s (Jehoram) reign we have the climax in Elijah’s life

11. Passing the Mantle 2 Kings 2
Elijah is Taken
Passing the Mantle
2 Kings 2

12. The city in which Israel camped before attacking Jericho.

13. Most likely the location of this Gilgal also known as Jiljiliya
In the mountains
There are as many as 4 different Gilgal in the Bible.

14. Sons of the prophets at ___ to Elisha:
Elijah to Elisha:
“Stay here…___”
Elisha to Elijah:
“…I will not leave you”
Sons of the prophets at ___ to Elisha:
“…the Lord will take your master from over you today”
Elisha to the sons of the prophets ___:
“Yes, I know; be still.”
We can conclude that the Lord had told: Elijah, Elisha and the sons of the prophets what would happen
There MIGHT be some significance to the reverse trip of the Conquest of Israel lead by Joshua, but I’m not sure about that

15. What’s the double portion of Elijah’s spirit? (Deut 21:17)
Only God not Elijah could grant this
Most likely: firstborn, preeminent of the prophets

16. Elisha Takes The Mantle
Begins His Ministry
2 Kings 2

17. Miracles Performed By Elisha (2 Kings 2:13-25)
In front of the prophets of Jericho (14-15)
Parts the Jordan River with Elijah’s mantle
In the city of Jericho (19-22)
The water is healed
Going up to Bethel (23-25)
The young men are killed by 2 bears after Elisha’s curse
Elisha begins with a bang!
The word translated “little children” or “young lads” has also referred to the peers of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:

18. Applications 2013 Hymn: “Where could I go, but to the Lord?”
Persist in following Jesus, our master (Luke 9:57-62)

19. Reign of Joram (Jehoram)
Allied with Jehoshaphat to fight Moab
12 years BC
2 Kings 1:17; 3:1-9:26
Asked Jehoshaphat to go with him to fight Edom (2 Kings 3:7)
Began to reign in the 18th year of Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 3:1)
Began to reign in the 2nd year of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 1:17)
Must be concluded that there was a co-regency of Jehoshaphat and his son Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16). The year of Jehoshaphat & he reigned 25 years total.

20. Summary of His Reign (2 Kings 3:1-3)
Became king in the
18th year of Jehoshaphat (3:1)
2nd year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat (1:17)
During the co-regency of Jehoshaphat & Jehoram (8:16)
He did evil in the sight of the Lord
Not like his father and mother (put away Baal)
But like Jeroboam son of Nebat (golden calves)

21. Déjà vu? (2 Kings 3:4-27) Ahab to Jehoshaphat Joram to Jehoshaphat
…fight with me? (24)
I am as you are… (4)
…Prophet to inquire the word of the Lord? (8)
Micaiah
Prophet doesn’t have anything good to say (8)
Lord was judging Ahab(23)
…fight with me? (7)
I am as you are…(7)
…Prophet to inquire the word of lord? (11)
Elisha
Prophet doesn’t have anything good to say (14)
Lord was not judging Joram as he supposed (10,13)
All passages about Ahab are found in 1 Kings 22
God provides
water and victory

22. Applications 2013 Hymn: “Where could I go, but to the Lord?”
Persist in following Jesus, our master (Luke 9:57-62)
The Lord gives people ample opportunity (2 Peter 3:9)

23. Married to Ahab’s daughter
Reign of Jehoram*
Married to Ahab’s daughter
8 years BC
2 Chronicles 21:1-20
*co-reign with Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 1:17, 3:1; 2 Chron 21:4)

24. Summary of His Reign (2 Chronicles 21:1-7)
Firstborn son of Jehoshaphat (3)
After establishing his kingdom (4)
Killed his brothers and the rulers of Israel
He walked in the ways of Ahab, king of Israel (6)
He was married to Athatliah, Ahab’s daughter
“Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 21:7 NASB -

25. Summary of His Reign (2 Chronicles 21:8-20)
Edom and Libnah revolted against his rule (9-10 cf. 15:2)
“Because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers”
He made high places (11)
He led the people astray (11 cf. 19:4)
He died with no one’s regret and not buried with kings (20)

26. Thus Says The Lord… (2 Chronicles 21:12-19)
Letter from Elijah the prophet (12)
Tishbite? Before taken to heaven? After taken to heaven? Written before and passed through Elisha?
Every thing he has will be taken away from him (14)
All his stuff is taken including his sons except the youngest (16-17)
The Lord will strike him with a sickness that will kill him (15)
Struck him with a painful disease for 2 years (18-19)

27. Applications 2013 Hymn: “Where could I go, but to the Lord?”
Persist in following Jesus, our master (Luke 9:57-62)
The Lord gives people ample opportunity (2 Peter 3:9)
Forsake the Lord and He will forsake you (Heb 10:36-39)
Good can be undone quickly by others

28. Next Week
Obadiah