1. Lesson 10: Ahab’s House, Jehu & Ahaziah
The Divided Kingdom
Lesson 10:
Ahab’s House, Jehu & Ahaziah

2. Not Chronological Events 2 Kings 8:1-15
Review/Intro 2 Kings 4-7
Not Chronological Events
2 Kings 8:1-15
Gehazi is still around. If he was a leper he would not be in the presence of the king. Therefore, this event probably happens before healing of Naaman (2 Kings 5:27)
I think chapter 8 begins by letting us know that the miracles of Elisha have had an impact in both Israel and Syra/Aram….Ben-hadad may have learned about Elisha after the healing of Naaman.
Why does the king of Israel want to know all the great things
Elisha has done?
How does Ben-hadad know to send for the man of God?

3. Aram’s King & Israel’s Plight 2 Kings 8:7-15
Elisha’s Prediction
Aram’s King & Israel’s Plight
2 Kings 8:7-15
Ben-Hadad was sick and sent to Elisha to learn if he would recover (cf Ahaziah 2 Kings 1:1-3)
The king would recover, but his life would be taken instead by Hazael.
The Arameans/Syrians would do great harm to Israel which makes Elisha upset.

4. Israel & Judah 2 Kings 8:16-10:36 2 Chronicles 21-22
Focus On The Kings
Israel & Judah
2 Kings 8:16-10:36
2 Chronicles 21-22

5. Ahab (28 years) Jehoshaphat (25 years) Ahaziah (2 years)
874 BC
Jehoshaphat (25 years)
872 BC
Ahaziah (2 years)
Jehoshaphat/Jehoram
Joram (12 years)
Jehoram (8 years)
Ahaziah (1 year)
Jehu (28 years)
Athaliah (6 years)
Overlapping of reigns. Not perfectly to scale, but the general idea
Black: Kings of Israel Dynasty of Omri
Blue: Kings of Israel Dynasty of Jehu
White: Kings of Judah Dynasty of David (Exception Athaliah queen grandaughter of Omri)
Joash (40 years)

6. Focus on Judah First
Jehoram & Ahaziah

7. Kings of Judah at This Time… (2 Kings 8 & 2 Chron 22)
Followed in the ways of house of Ahab:
Jehoram (2 Kings 8:9 & 2 Chron 21:6)
Ahaziah (2 Kings 8:27 & 2 Chron 22:3)
Took counsel from:
Athaliah his wife (2 Chron 21:6, 22:10)
Athaliah his mother (2 Chron 22:2,10)
Ahaziah’s highlights: (2 Chron 22:5-7)
Allied with Joram (Israel) vs. Hazael (Aram) at Ramoth-Gilead
His destruction was from God
Ahab and Jehshophat allied together to fight at Ramoth Gilead. It was at that place where Ahab died

8. Focus on Israel
Joram & Jehu
2 Kings 8:28-10:36

9. The Order (2 Kings 9:1-13) Joram & Ahaziah are together (8:28-29)
Elisha sends his servant to anoint Jehu (9:1-13)
King over Israel
Execute the Lord’s judgment on the house of Ahab
Note how the captains viewed the servant (9:11)

10. The Execution (2 Kings 9:14-10:28)
Joram is killed in Jezreel (9:14-26)
Remembers the word of the Lord (9:25-26)
Ahaziah is chased and killed (9:27-28)
Hiding in Samaria? Attempting to hide in Samaria? (2 Chr 22:7-9)
Jezebel is killed (9:30-37)
Jehu said, “This is the word of the Lord…”
Who kills Joram? Jehu (9:24)
Who killed Ahaziah? Jehu and his men? (9:27)…There is a question about the order of when Ahaziah was killed. He may have been killed after Jezebel and his relatives. Lightfoot takes this position
Jezebel painted her eyes to entice Jehu to take her as his wife. Jehu did not fall for her enticement.

11. The Execution (2 Kings 9:27-10:28)
Sons of Ahab are killed (10:1-11)
70 sons beheaded by their servants
Jehu’s statement about the word of the Lord (10:10)
Relatives of Ahaziah killed on the way to Samaria (10:12-14 cf 2 Chron 22:8)
Worshipers of Baal are killed (10:18-28)
Appoints Jehonadab the son of Rechab
‘Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.’
- 2 Kings 10:16 -

12. Overview of Jehu’s Reign (2 Kings 10:)
He got rid of Baal (10:28)
He walked in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat (10:29)
Not careful to walk…with all his heart (10:31)
The Lord was pleased with his executions of Ahab (10:30)
His sons would sit on the throne for 4 generations
The Lord cut off part of the land, Gilead (10:32-33)

13. Applications 2013 Not one word of the Lord won’t come true
2 Peter 3:1ff
We must be careful/diligent to be pleasing in all things
2 Peter 3:14
2 Timothy 2:15
God still makes a provision to keep David’s descendant on the throne

14. 2 Kings 11-12; 2 Chronicles 22-23 Athaliah, Joash
Next Week
2 Kings 11-12; 2 Chronicles 22-23
Athaliah, Joash