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Books of Chronicles (Accounts)
•1 & 2 Samuel – Samuel, Nathan, Gad – 1 Chronicles 29:29
•1& 2 Kings – Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah
•1& 2 Chronicles –
Ezra –
2 Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-4
Chronicles of Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, Gad the seer
Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel
Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah
??Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel??
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Theme: 1 Samuel - Malachi
•King•Devotion to God
•Wisdom
•Power
•Prosperity
•Kingdom•Boundaries
•Prosperity
•Character of the People
David Jesus
Israel Church
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Lesson 1:Solomon’s
Kingdom EstablishedMain text: 1 Kings 1-2Other text: 2 Sam. 12:24-25, 1 Chron 22:1-23:1, 1
Chron 28-29
Solomon’s kingdom was established through the removal of threats. Who
were these threats and how were they removed?
• Adonijah – executed by Benaiah
• Abiathar – dismissed from service
•Joab – executed by Benaiah
•Shimei – executed by Benaiah
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Lesson 2:Solomon’s
Kingdom FlourishesMain text: 1 Kings 3-10
Other text: 2 Chronicles 1-9
King Chart
Map of Israel
Solomon’s Organization
Temple
Solomon’s kingdom flourished because God was keeping His promise to
David. In what ways did the kingdom flourish?
•Extended Boundaries
•Great Wealth
•Peace
•Fame•Building the Temple
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Lesson 3:Departure from
GodMain text: 1 Kings 11-14
Other text: 2 Chronicles 10-12
King Chart Map of Israel
Why did the Kingdom of Israel divide (There is a right answer and a better
answer)?
•Right Answer = Rehoboam’s foolish answer
•Better Answer = Solomon turned his heart from God
In what ways did Jeroboam cause Israel to apostatize from God?
•Changed the object of worship (golden calves)•Changed the priesthood (not just Levites)
•Changed the feast days
•Changed the place (Dan and Bethel)
What major lesson did we learn from the disobedient prophet?
•No one can change the word of God once it has been established.
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Lesson 4:Various Kings
Main text: 1 Kings 15-16Other text: 2 Chronicles 13-16
King Chart Map of Israel
What good kings reigned in Judah during this time?
• Asa and Jehoshaphat
What good kings reigned over Israel during this time?
•
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Lesson 5:Elijah the Prophet
Main text: 1 Kings 17-19Other text:
King Chart Map of Israel
How did King Ahab take evil to a new level in Israel?
•Introduced worship of the heathen idols
Who was the wicked influence on Ahab?
•Jezebel, daughter of the king of Sidon
How did God take prophecy to a new level with Elijah?
•Miracles and miracles
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Lesson 6:Campaigns of
AhabMain text: 1 Kings 20-22
Other text: 2 Chronicles 17-19
King Chart Map of Israel
Why was Ahab able to defeat the king of Aram?
•So he would know “I am the LORD.”
Why did God promise to destroy the house of Ahab?
•Murder of Naboth
•Made Israel sin
Who foretold the death of Ahab?•Micaiah
How did Ahab die?
•Shot by a random arrow
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Lesson 7:Elisha takes the
MantleMain text: 2 Kings 1 - 3
Other text: 2 Chronicles 20
King Chart Map of Israel
What did Elisha request from Elijah?
• A double portion of his spirit
How was this double portion manifested?
•Miracles and miracles and miracles
•Parting the Jordan river
•Purifying the waters of Jericho•Bears maul the lads
•Trenches fill with water/defeat of Moab
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Lesson 8:Elisha
ProphesiesMain text: 2 Kings 4 - 6
King Chart Map of Israel
•Miracles and miracles and miracles
•Widow’s oil
•Shunamite woman gets a son
•Shunamite woman gets a son back
•Purified stew
•Neverending bread•Leprosy taken from Naaman
•Leprosy given to Gehazi
• Axe head recovered
• Aramean band captured
•Prophecy of the messenger
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Lesson 9:Elisha
Prophesies 2Main text: 2 Kings 7 - 8
Other text: 2 Chronicles 21 – 22:4
King Chart Map of Israel
•Miracles and miracles and miracles
•Foretells the end of the siege/death of official
•Prophecy for Hazael
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Lesson 10: Jehu Cleans
HouseMain text: 2 Kings 9 - 10
Other text: 2 Chronicles 22:5 - 7
King Chart Map of Israel
What was Jehu’s main charge from God as King of Israel?
•Destroy the house of Ahab
What else did Jehu do to show his zeal for God?
•Destroyed the prophets of Baal and removed Baal worship
What kept Jehu from being completely pleasing to God?
•Sins of Jeroboam
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Lesson 11: Treachery in
JudahMain text: 2 Kings 11 - 12
Other text: 2 Chronicles 22:8 - 24
King Chart Map of Israel
What did Athaliah do when she realized her son had been killed?
•Killed the royal offspring
Who saved Joash from this slaughter?
•Jehoshabeath and Jehoiada
What did Athaliah scream when she saw Joash crowned king?
•“Treason! Treason!” Why was Jehoiada buried with the kings?
•He had done well in Israel and to God and His house
What treachery did Joash commit?
•Murdered Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
What treachery was committed against Joash?
•Murdered by his servants
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Lesson 12: Kings and KingsMain text: 2 Kings 13 - 14
Other text: 2 Chronicles 25
King Chart Map of Israel
Who did God raise up as a deliverer for the nation of Israel against the
King of Aram?•King Joash
Who foretold these victories?
•Elisha on his death bed
What other king did Joash defeat?
• Amaziah of Judah
What terrible mistake had Amaziah made?•Worshipped the idol gods of Edom whom he had defeated
What sin continued to plague the kings of Israel?
•Sins of Jeroboam
Why hadn’t God destroyed Israel yet?
•Because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
What group of prophets are we introduced to in this section?•Literary Prophets
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Lesson 13: Kings and
Kings 2Main text: 2 Kings 15 - 16
Other text: 2 Chronicles 26 - 28
King Chart Map of Israel
What was the norm for the Kingdom of Israel during this time?
•Political turmoil and shifting dynastiesUzziah was a good king of Judah but was struck with Leprosy when he
tried to do what?
•Offer incense in the temple.
What horrible abomination did Ahaz commit that serves as the chief
example of a king’s wickedness?
•Sacrificed his children to idols.
What nations afflicted Judah during this time?
•Israel, Edom, Philistines, Assyria
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Lesson 14: Fall of Israel
Main text: 2 Kings 17
King Chart Map of Israel
Who was the last king of Israel?
•HosheaWhat king of Assyria conquered Israel?
•Shalmaneser
What year did this happen?
•721 BC
Various peoples (Cuthites) were settled in the land and eventually became
known as what people?
•Samaritans
What was the main sin for which Israel was destroyed?
•Idolatry
What main lesson do we take from these events?
•The judgment of the LORD is coming.
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Lesson 15: Hezekiah
Main text: 2 Kings 18 - 20Other text: 2 Chronicles 29 - 32
King Chart Map of Israel
What Assyrian king besieged Jerusalem?
•SennacheribHow did Hezekiah respond?
•Fervent prayer with understanding
How many Assyrian soldiers woke up dead?
•185,000
When Hezekiah was told he would die at a
young age, what did he do?
•Fervent prayer with understanding
What was God’s response?
•He added 15 years to his life
Who was the great prophet of this generation?
•Isaiah
What great prophecy did Isaiah make to
Hezekiah?•Babylonian captivity
Where does Hezekiah rank among the kings of
Judah and why?• At the top because He clung to the LORD; he
did not depart from following Him, but kept His
commandments, which the LORD had
commanded Moses.
What was Hezekiah’s first great reform?
•Restoring the proper worship of the LORD.
What can we infer that Hezekiah had done with
the first 25 years of his life?
•Studied the law of Moses
What great event happened at the conclusion of
the Passover?
•Destruction of Idols
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Lesson 16: Manasseh &
AmonMain text: 2 Kings 21
Other text: 2 Chronicles 33
King Chart Map of Israel
What horrible abomination did Manasseh commit that serves as the chief
example of a king’s wickedness? •Sacrificed his children to idols.
What else did Manasseh do to provoke God?
•Filled the temple with idols
•Shed much innocent blood
What happened to Manasseh?
•Taken captive by the King of Assyria and sent to BabylonManasseh humbled himself in prison, prayed to God, and was restored to his
kingdom where after he followed God, destroyed the main idols, and
commanded Judah to worship the LORD only, but they did not. What two
great lessons do we have from these events?
•The mercies of the LORD are great.
•It is easy to talk people into sin and hard to talk them out of it.
Amon is entirely forgettable.
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Lesson 17: Josiah
Main text: 2 Kings 22 – 23:27Other text: 2 Chronicles 34 - 35
King Chart Map of Israel
How old was Josiah when he began to reign?
•8 years old
How old was Josiah when he began to seek God?
•16 years old
How old was Josiah when he began to purge Judah of idols?
•20 years old
How old was Josiah when he began to repair the temple and found the book of the law?
•26 years old
What passages in the law were likely very concerning to Josiah?
•Leviticus 26:14-29•Deuteronomy 6:13-15, 8:19-20, 11:16-17, 27, 28:15-68, 30:17-18, 31:14-22
Why did God agree not to remove Judah in Josiah’s days?
•His heart was tender and he humbled himself before the LORD.
What did Josiah do after this?
•Established a covenant, removed more idols, killed evildoers, observed the passover greatly
How did Josiah die?
•Killed in battle by Pharoah Neco?
Who was the great prophet of this generation?
•Jeremiah
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Lesson 18: Fall of Judah
Main text: 2 Kings 23:28 – 25Other text: 2 Chronicles 36
King Chart Map of Israel
What evil kings followed Josiah in Judah?
•Joahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah Aside from not following God, what seemed to be their major problem?
•Covenant breaking and rebellion against the ruling king?
What great king destroyed Jerusalem?
•Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
For what main sin was Judah destroyed?
•IdolatryWho was made governor over the poor people remaining in the land?
•Gedaliah
Who were the great prophets of this generation?
•Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
What great king decreed the rebuilding of Jerusalem?
•Cyrus of Persia
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Important
Lessons
Courageous
Hearts
WickedWays
Prominent
Women
Ruling
ChildrenProphets &
Prophecy
Shifting
Dynasties
Great Kings
Of the EarthEstablishing
A Throne
Great
Rivalries
In Pictures
Miracles
Fathers
& SonsPromises
Promises
Random
Names
Mixed
Bags
Prayers
Potent
Potables
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Solomon (King)
Azariah (priest)Elihoreph (Secretary)
Jehoshaphat (Recorder)
Ahijah (Secretary) Benaiah (General)
Abiathar (Priest-Dismissed)
Zadok (Priest)
Zabud (Friend)
Ahishar (Household)
Adoniram (Forced Labor)
S t a f f
Ben-hur (Ephraim) Ben-abinadab (Dor)
Baana (Taanach)
Ben-geber (Ramoth Gilead)
Ahinadab (Mahanaim)
Ahimaaz (Naphtali)Ben-deker (Makaz)
Ben-hesed (Arubboth)
Jehoshaphat (Issachar)
Shimei (Benjamin)
Geber (Gilead)Baana (Asher) P r o v i d e r s / G o v e r n o r s