The Time of the Kings

 Although I am asking you to read both 2 Kings 9 and 10, it does not mean we will cover both chapters. If there is a lot of participation we will only cover chapter 9, if not we will continue on. Chapters 9 and 10 cover the anointing of Jesus as king of the northern kingdom of Israel and how he established his rule and at the end gives a summary of his rule. There are 5 significant steps in his establishing his rule after he was anointed by the prophet. If there is no time to cover both chapters, we will only cover Chapter 9. The killing of Joram and Ahaziah. (Chapter 9) The killing of Jezebel. (Chapter 9) The killing of the 70 sons of Ahab at Samaria and Ahab's great men at Jezreel. (Chapter 10) The killing of Ahaziah's brothers. (Chapter 10) The killing of the priests and prophets of Baal and the tearing down of the temple of Baal. (Chapter 10) Questions for Chapter 9 (Some of the answers to these questions are not found in the text). Why did it take so long for God's wor...

This Friday night at 7:30 we will continue our study of Kings on Zoom (link will be sent later). We will be considering 2 Kings 8:16-23 and the related chapters in 2 Chronicles 21:1-20 and 22:1-6. This particular study can be confusing because we have the King of Judah and the King of Israel with the same name and their name is translated two different ways: Jehoram or Joram depending on your translation. Even within the same translation the use of names is not always consistent. To help clarify this we will refer to the King of Judah as Jehoram ad the King of Israel as Joram. King Jehoram of Judah: 2 Kings 8:16-23 & 2 Chronicles 21:1-20 1. How does the Holy Spirit describe Jehoram? Who was a major influence in his life? 2. What were some of the evil things he did? 3. Describe Elijah's letter to him. What was his response to this warning? 4. Who did the Lord use to bring judgment upon Jehoram? Had they been used by the Lord to discipline Israel before? 5. What do we see of the ...