24 Key Southern Kings Flashcards
every Southern king…
falls in some way at the end of their life
4 key events in Saul’s life (1050-1010)
- Saul offers sacrifice w/o Samuel and he’ is counting his army which God said not to do: facing other armies in his own strength) Jonathan is contrast - by faith - many or few2. Sual doesn’t destroy the Amalekites: 1 Sam 15 - Ch 16 call of David after God rejects Saul3. Saul consults a spirit medium - Ch 284. Saul is killed by the Philistines - Ch 31
David (1010-970) is anointed king -
God chooses him not for any earthly reason. He is an unlikely choice. God had been teaching David things even while he was tending sheep. Speaks of it in the Goliath narrative
David defeats…
Goliath - not a “giant” - strong military leader. God fights on his behalf
David is anointed king over…
Judah
Saul’s son Ishbosheth is king of Isr for…
2 yrs but killed
David anointed king over …
ALL ISRAEL
God makes a covenant with
David
Solomon reigns…
970-930 BC
David gives Solomon a…
charge to obey
Solomon’s 1st dream
request for wisdom
Solomon builds the
Temple
God warns Sol about
obedience
we get the date for the Exodus from..
Solomon’s Temple dedication and prayer
2nd dream of Sol’s
God warns him - “if you walk in My ways..then I will carry out my word”
Sol is wise but …
has too many wives (horses, wealth..all prohibited)
the kingdom will be torn away from …
Sol’s son Rehoboam (and given to Jeroboam) but a tribe will remain - Ch 11
Asa the…
“ace” king - Good (910-869)
abolishes
cult prostitutes, removes idols, seeks God, fortifies cities
Asa goes to war with…
Ethiopian army but trusts God in battle and listens to Azariah the prophet
it is a time of ….
covenant renewal and sacrifices
Asa goes to war with …
Baasha
he establishes an alliance with …
Aram
What happens when Asa is sick?
he doesn’t listen to Hannani the prophet but he seeks physicians instead
Jehoshaphat 2 Chron…
seeks God, not Baal, removes high places
forms alliance with
Ahab through marriage - Ch 18
his religious reforms are…
appoints judges and Levites; est justice Ch 19
Wars against the …
Moabites and Ammonites but trusts God CH 20
all the high places were ….
not fully removed
Alliance with …
Ahaziah - Ps 33
Rehoboam (930-913) I Ki 12/2 Chron 12
Not a promising start to the Southern kingdom