I SAMUEL CHAPTER ONE

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2 Kings 13

Jehoahaz, Jehu’s son, becomes king of Israel in Samaria. And he acts badly against God. So God gives israel in Hazael, king of Syria and his son Benhadad.

Then Jehoahaz asks for God’s favor and God helps Israel against Syria. And Jehoash, Jehoahaz’s son, becomes king of Israel and acts badly against God. And Jeroboam becomes king of Israel.

 

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2 Kings 14

Amaziah, son of king Jehoash, becomes king of Judah and he follows God like his father but not like David (he did not remove the high places). And he goes against Jehoash, the king of Israel. But Judah is defeated by Israel. And Jehoash takes everything from the house of God and from the house of the king and hostages. And Jeroboam becomes king of Israel. And Amaziah is killed and Azariah is made king. And Jeroboam acts badly against God. And Zechariah becomes king of Israel.

 

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2 Kings 15

Azariah becomes king of Judah and he follows God like his father Amaziah. But it does not remove the high places. God afflicts the king who is a leper during all his life. So he son Jotham is in charge of the house. And then Jotham becomes king of Judah. And Zechariah becomes king of Israel for six months and he acts badly against God. Then Shallum kills him and becomes king of Israel. And he is killed by Menahem who becomes king of Israel and he acts against God. The king of Assyria comes to fight against Israel so Menahem gives him money so he leaves the country. And his son Pekahiah becomes king of Israel and he acts badly against God. And he is killed by Pekah who becomes king of Israel and he acts against God. And assyria fights against Israel and many inhabitants are sent to exile in Assyria. And pekah is killed by Hoshea who becomes king of Israel. And Jotham becomes king of Judah and hev follow God like his father Uzziah but he does not remove the high places. And God sends the king of Syriav and Pekah against Judah. And Ahaz becomes king of Judah.

 

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2 Kings 16

So Ahaz becomes king of Judah and he acts badly against God and the king of Syria and Pekah go against him. So Ahaz asks the king of Assyria for help and he gives him money so the king of Assyria saves him. And Ahaz builds an altar like in Damascus. And hezekiah becomes king of Judah.

 

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2 Kings 17

Hoshea becomes king of Israel and he acts against God. The king of Assyria goes against him and Hoshea becomes his servant and pays a tribute. But he puts him in prison because he learns that he is involved in a conspiracy. Then he invades Israel and captures Samaria. And the Israelites go to exile to Assyria because the Israelites sin against God and go after other gods and traditions. They do everything against God. And God warns them again and again but they don’t listen. And the king of Assyria put other peoples in Israel to replace the Israelites. But they don’t know God so he sends them lions to kill them. So the king of Assyria sends God’s priest back to Israel to tell them what to do. But they also make their own gods. So these nations worship God but at the same time their own gods.

 

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2 Kings 18

Hezekiah becomes king of Judah and he follows God as David did and he removes the high places and the sacred pillars and the sacred pole and the copper serpent made by Moses. There wasn’t any faithful king like him among the kings of Judah before and after him. And he keeps all his commandments. He rebels against Assyria and he defeats the Philistines. Then the king of Assyria goes against Hosheah, king of Israel and captures him and he takes Israel into exile in Assyria. Then Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, goes against Judah and captures all the cities. And Hezekiah pays the king of Assyria to leave Judah. Then the king of Assyria sends his army against Jerusalem. And he tells the Israelites to surrender and not trust king Hezekiah.

 

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2 Kings 19

Hezekiah sends his servants to Isaiah, God’s prophet and Isaiah tells them not to be afraid because he will force the king of Assyria to go back to his country and there he will be killed because he blasphemes against God. In one night, God’s angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers and Sennacherib goes back to Assyria and two of his sons kill him.

 

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2 Kings 20

Isaiah tells Hezekiah that he is going to die so he must give instructions but Hezekiah prays God and he tells him that he will add 15 years of his life and he will save Jerusalem against the king of Assyria. Hezekiah asks for a sign and it will be the shadow going backward. Then Hezekiah shows all the wealth of his house before the servants of the Babylonian king. And Isaiah tells Hezekiah that all the wealth he shows will go to Babylon and some of Hezekiah’s sons will go to Babylon too. And Manasseh becomes king of Judah.

 

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2 Kings 21

And Manasseh acts badly against God. And he worships Baal. And he burns his son. And he acts against God in such a great extend that God decides to bring a huge disaster to Jerusalem and Judah. And Amon becomes king of Judah. And he acts badly against God. And Amon is killed by his servants. And Josiah becomes king of Judah.

 

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2 Kings 22

Josiah becomes king of Judah and he follows God and he organizes the work to repair the house of God. Then the high priest finds the Book of the Law and it is brought to Josiah who rips his garment apart because he realizes that God’s anger is huge against Israel and he asks the priests about God who says that he will bring a calamity because they have abandoned him. But because Josiah humbles himself so God hears him and he will not see the calamity which is going on them.

 

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2 Kings 23

So everybody goes to the house of God to hear about the Book of the Law. And the king destroys everything related to the worship of false gods. And they held a Passover. There was no king like him before him or after him. And Josiah was killed when fighting against the king of Assyria. And Jehoahaz becomes king of Judah and he acts badly against God and he was put to prison by Pharaoh and he makes Eliakim king of Judah and changes his name in Jehoiakim and he acts badly against God.

 

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2 Kings 24

And Jehoiakim becomes the servants of Nebuchadnezzar and God sends marauder bands against him to destroy Judah and Jehoiachin becomes king of Judah and he acts badly against God. And Babylonia lays siege against Jerusalem and Nebuchadnezzar takes everything to Babylon and Zedekiah becomes king of Judah and he acts badly against God and he rebels against Nebuchadnezzar.

 

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2 Kings 25

Then Nebuchadnezzar lays siege of Jerusalem then captures Zedekiah and kills his sons and he burns everything in Jerusalem and the inhabitants are taken into exile in Babylon.

 

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Kings before division of Kingdom of Israel:

- Saul : first king of Israel; son of Kish; father of Ish-Bosheth, Jonathan and Michal

- Ish-Bosheth (or Eshbaal): king of israel; son of Saul

- David: king of Judah; later of Israel; son of Jesse; husband of Abigail, Ahinoam, Bathsheba, Michal, etc; father of Absalom, Adonijah, Amnon, Solomon, Tamar, etc.

- Solomon: king of Israel and Judah; son of david; father of Rehoboam

- Rehoboham: son of Solomon; during his reign the kingdom was divided into Judah in the South and Israel in the North

Kings of Israel (North) Kings of Judah (South)

- Jeroboam I: led secession pf Israel - Rehoboam: son of Solomon, first king

- Nadab: son of Jeroboam I - Abijah (Abijam; Abia): son of Rehoboam

- Baasha: Overthrew Nadab - Asa: probably son of Abijah

- Elah: son of Baasha - Jehoshaphat: son of Asa

- Zimri: overthrew Elah - Jehoram (Joram): son of Jehoshaphat;
husband of Athaliah

- Omri: overthrew Zimri - Ahaziah: son of Jehoram and Athaliah

- Ahab: son of Omri; - Athalia: daughter of king Ahab of Israel
husband of Jezebel and Jezebel; wife of Jehoram; only queen
to rule over Judah

- Ahaziah: son of Ahab - Joash (Jehoash): son of Ahaziah

- Jehoram (Joram): son of Ahab - Amaziah: son of Joash

- Jehu: overthrew Jehoram - Uzziah (Azariah): son of Amaziah

- Jehoahaz (Joahaz): son of Jehu - Jotham: regent, later king; son of
Uzziah

- Jehoash (Joash): son of Jehoahaz - Ahaz: son of Jotham

- Jeroboam II: son of Jehoash - Hezekiah: son of Ahaz; husband of
Hephzi-Bah

- Zechariah: son of Jeroboam II - Manasseh: son of Hezekiah and
Hephzi-Bah

- Shallum: overthrew Zechariah - Josiah (Josias): son of Amon

- Menahem: overthrew Shallum - Jehoahaz (Joahaz): son of Josiah

- Pekah: overthrew Pekahiah - Jehoiakim: son of Josiah

- Hoshea: overthrew pekah; - Jehoiachin: son of Jehoiakim

kingdom overthrown by Assyrians - Zedekiah: son of Josiah, kingdom
under Sargon II overthrown by babylonians under
Nebuchadnezzar

In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reigh, the king of Assyria took the israelites from the Nothern Kingdom captive and deported them to Assyria – End of the Kingdom of israel.

In the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the king of Babylon took the Israelites from thec Southern Kingdom captive and deported them to Babylon – End of the kingdom of Judah.

https://www.conformingtojesus.com/charts-maps/en/kings_of_israel-judah_chart.htm

 

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In around 1020 BC the Israelite tribes reunited to form the united kingdom of Israel and Judah when the prophet Samuel anointed Saul from the tribe of Benjamin as the first king.


Due to his disobedience to God, Saul’s reign was curtailed and his kingdom given to another dynasty. David from the tribe of Judah was chosen by God and anointed by the prophet Samuel as king.


Saul’s reign was characterized by constant conflict with Philistines, and then by civil war against forces loyal to David.


Saul’s heir, Ishbaal (aka Ishbosheth), took over rulership of Israel after the death of his father and three brothers but ruled for only two years before he was assassinated.


David, who had become king of the tribe of Judah only, was appointed king of Israel in Ishbaal’s place after his death reigning from c. 1000-961 BC.

Solomon, David’s son and successor, maintained the unified monarchy, c. 961-922 BC.

On the succession of Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, in c. 930 BC, the country split into two kingdoms: the kingdom of Israel (containing the ten Northern tribes and including the cities of Shechem and Samaria) in the North and the kingdom of Judah (containing Jerusalem) in the South.

The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah was characterized by their constant disobedience to God; only a handful of kings were faithful and whenever a disobedient king rose to power, he led the whole nation away from God and turned the people to idolatry.

The kingdom of Israel (or Northern kingdom, aka Samaria and Ephraim) existed as an independent state until c. 731 BC when it was conquered by the Assyrian Empire, while the kingdom of Judah (or Southern kingdom) existed as an independent state until c. 586 BC when it was conquered by the Babylonian Empire.

 

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- SAUL:

1. Before a battle against the Philistines, the Israelites are waiting for Samuel to come and make a sacrifice to God. Many are afraid of the philistines and start to go away from Saul. So Saul decides to makes sacrifices without waiting for Samuel. As a consequence he loses God’s approval and God will establish another king for Israel. (1 Samuel 13)

2. God asks Saul to destroy completely the Amalekites because they fought against Israel when the people came from Egypt. He must kill everyone (men, women, children and animals). He doesn’t kill the kenites because they were loyal to Israel. So he destroys the amalekites except the king and the animals and all that is good. As usual they don’t do it as God tells them. Saul says that Israel has kept the best of the animals to offer to God as sacrifices. But Samuel answers Saul that it is better to obey God than offer sacrifices. As a consequence Saul is rejected by God as king of Israel. And Samuel tells him there is no escape! Somebody else will become king of Israel. And Samuel kills the king of the Amalekites! And Samuel won’t see Saul anymore until his death! (1 Samuel 15)

3. David goes to Ahimelech the priest and tells him that he is on a mission for the king and he asks him for bread. So the priest gives him holy bread because there is nothing else. He also asks for a sword but there is only Goliath’s sword that David killed so he gets this sword. Then he goes to king Achish of Gad and he behaves as if he was crazy so he won’t kill him. (1 Samuel 21)
When Saul hears about that, he brings Ahimelech the priest and asks him why he helped David. The priest explains to him. But Saul asks his guards to kill Ahimelech and his family but they refuse. So he asks Doeg the Edomite to kill them and he kills 85 men who are priests and he strikes Nob the city of priests. He kills men and women and children and animals. One son of Ahimelech survives and goes to David. (1 Samuel 22)

As a consequence, Saul dies in a battle against the Philistines with three of his sons (Jonathan, A·binʹa·dab, and Malʹchi-shuʹa).

 

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(1 Sam 31)

 

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- Ishbosheth becomes king of Israel when he is 40 and he reigns for two years. And David is king over the house of Judah for seven years and six months. Then the servants of the two kings meet and there is a fight between the young men of the two kings (12 against 12). And the servants of David win. Then the two houses keep fighting and David gets stronger. Then Abner makes a covenant with david so he can become the king of Israel. Abner and David meet. Then when Abner leaves, but Joab calls him back without telling David and he kills him because he had killed his brother. And Ishbosheth is killed by two men. So we don’t have any information about Ishsheth and how he behaved toward God.

 

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So Saul reigned for 20 years, david and Solomon for 40 years. Both David and Solomon get many wives and concubines.

- David follows God through all his life. He couldn’t build God’s house because he was a man of war and fights many wars. But david sinned against God:

1. he has intercourse with Bathsheba and as she is pregnant he organizes the death of her husband who is one of his soldiers. As a consequence, he would have many troubles in his house.

2. David is incited to count the people of Israel and Judah and God becomes angry against them. Then David is struck with remorse after counting the population. He asks God for forgiving him for his foolish act. Then God gives David three options and he must choose one: seven years of famine or three months to flee from his adversaries or three days of pestilence in the country. So God sends a pestilence on Israel and 70,000 die and then God stops the pestilence after David’s offerings and sacrifices.

 

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- Solomon:

Solomon asks wisdom to God so he gets everything from him. He builds the house of God.

Then Solomon gets into trouble: it seems that human wisdom is worthless, it doesn’t matter how hard man strives! Solomon loves women, many foreign women especially those God told the Israelites to keep away. Because God knew they would go after other gods, their gods! Think about 700 wives and 300 concubines: what a madness! The more wisdom you get the more stupid you become! And Solomon goes after other gods! End of the story! So Solomon goes against God. And God tells him that he will take his kingdom away, but not during his life because of David. So he will take the kingdom from his son who will only keep one tribe! And God finds opponents to Solomon. And God wants Jeroboam to become king of Israel and Solomon’s son will only lead Judah! Then Solomon dies!