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
Listens to..
young friends not elders
He does…
evil - idolatry, cult prostitutes, abominations like the nations
He strengthens
his kingdom
Rehoboam is unfaithful so…
Shishak - king of Egypt attacks Jerusalem
Repentance: from…
Shemaiah the prophet
Abijah does…
evil like his father
Ahaz 735-715
sacrifices idols; doesn’t trust God, abominations like the nations - even child sacrifice
like the…
Northern kings
who attacks Jerusalem then?
Pekah and Rezin
Ahaz “has” a problem and asks…
Assyria for help!
Isaiah speaks to Ahaz but…
he refuses to trust God so he asks Assyriacalls triple A - Ahaz Asks Assyria
Isa 7 - prophetic word spoken to Ahaz…
talks about the attack - prophecy is telling of the coming Messiah - sign
by the …….century the people of the Southern Kingdom…
8th cent….have left God
Hezekiah - contrast to Ahaz (father)
2 Kings 18-20 and 2 Chron 29-32
He does
good - covenant renewal: remove high places, cleanses temple, celebrates Passover and restores worship
he’s confronted with the Assyrians and he
trusts God
who attacks Jerusalem and when?
701 BC - Sennacherib (Assyrian King) 2 Chron 32; 2 Ki 18-20; Isa 26-27
Hezekiah …
prays to God and listens to Isaiah
God spares…
Jerusalem; Hezekiah is humble before God
Manasseh 696-642
awful King
he builds…
altars for Baal, worships idols, altars for the hosts of heaven
he does
evil and abominations like the nations: child sacrifice, witchcraft, mediums, spiritists, idols even in the temple
Manasseh has acted more…
wickedly than the nations
He repents while in
Babylon but God’s judgment is surely coming now
Amon his son..
does evil in God’s sight
God is angry…
with Manasseh so he brings him to Babylon
Manasseh asks God …
for help and God helps him and brings him back to Jerusalem - he repents at the end of his life
King Josiah (640-609) who are his contemporaries?
Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Dies in …
609 BC by Pharoah Neco and some say this marks the beginning of the 70 years of exile
in 628 Josiah’s 12th year reigning …
1st set of reforms
Jeremiah begins his ministry in …
627 - proclaims the new covenant
in 622 18th yr of Josiah’s reign,
the law is found TORAH
who interprets it?
Huldah the prophetess
They read …
Deut and Josiah tears his clothes
2nd reform in
622 BC - covenant renewal
Josiah removes…
mediums, witchcraft, spiritists; destroys altars and idols; celebrates the Passover
King Jehoiakim 609-598
Eliakim
Neco puts Josiah’s 2nd born
on the throne. and he does evil in God’s sight
In the beginning of his reign is Jeremiah’s
temple sermon
605 Jeremiah warns…
Judah about judgment
605 Nebby defeats..
Egypt and 1st deportation to Babylon including Daniel
604 warning to…
Jehoiakim - and he dies and son Jehoichin becomes king
King Zedekiah 597-586 who is also known as…
Mattaniah - last Southern King
Nebby places Josiah’s 3rd born son on the throne and…
changes his name Mattaniah to Zedekiah
he does…
evil - Jeremiah
God’s people are to submit to ….
Babylon
Zedekiah breaks covenant with…
Nebby and he seeks help from Egypt
Nebby pursues Zedekiah…
kills his sons, blinds him; he goes to Babylon
