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-Craig Brown
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Scripture: 1 Kings 3:5-14
5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” 10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. 14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
The year was about 970 BC - Solomon was 20!
Solomon wisest man ever! Built temple! Amazing! Wealth, fame, stature, no comparison.
-Split of the kingdom
-Northern kingdom: 10 tribes (19 kings)
Southern 2 tribes (20 kings)
2 Kings 17:7-13 THE FALL OF THE NORTH!
-Southern Kingdom: starting with Rehoboam - 20 kings only 8 good.
1. bad
2. Bad
3. Asa: Good, but didnt...
1 Kings 15
11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. 12 He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not taken away.
4. Jehoshaphat: Good! But didnt...
1 Kings 22:42-44
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
5,6,7, Bad
8. Joash / Jehoash: Good! But..
2 Kings 12:2-4
2 And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
9. Amaziah: Good but...
2 Kings 14:3-5
3 And he (Amaziah) did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done. 4 But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
10. Uzziah/Azariah: Good but...
2 Kings 15:34-36
34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
11. Jotham: Goode but...
2 Kings 15:32-35
12. Bad
13. Hezekiah:
SERVED GOD AND ACTUALLY TORE DOWN HIGH PLACES!
14. Bad
15. Bad
16. Josiah:
SERVED GOD!
17-20 Bad
586 BC - THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF JUDAH TAKEN INTO EXILE!
How did all this start? It was with Solomon!
1 Kings 11:1-8
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