The Kingdom Period

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The Kingdom Period

• Class 7
• 2nd Kings 1-8

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1 Kings 221-40
1 Kings 2241-50
1 Kings 2251 2 Kings 118
Jehoshaphat
Ahaziah, son of Ahab
Ahab Jehoshaphat
Israel Judah
Judah
Israel
Ahaziah reigns is Samaria and does wrong he dies
Jehoshaphat reigns in Jerusalem and does right
Israel and Judah fight against Aram and Ahab dies
Judgment of God
Judgment of God
Following God
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Gods Judgment again Ahaziah

• 1 Kings 21

Political judgment
Moab rebels

• Moab means My father

• Descendants of Lot

• Lands south of the Arnon

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Gods Judgment again Ahaziah

• 1 Kings 21

Political judgment
Moab rebels

• Moabite Stone

• Found 1868 at Dibon

• I am Mesha, son of Chemosh

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Gods Judgment again Ahaziah

• 1 Kings 21

1 Kings 22
Political judgment
Personal judgment
Moab rebels
King falls through the lattice
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2nd Kings 12

• And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his
  upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became
  ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, Go,
  inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether
  I will recover from this sickness.

Lord of flies
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2nd Kings 15-6

• When the messengers returned to him he said to
  them, "Why have you returned?" 6 They said to
  him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us,
  'Go, return to the king who sent you and say to
  him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Is it because there is
  no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire
  of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you
  shall not come down from the bed where you have
  gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"

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2nd Kings 17-8

• He said to them, "What kind of man was he who
  came up to meet you and spoke these words to
  you?" 8 They answered him, "He was a hairy man
  with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And
  he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

r'fe lB vyai
A man/lord of hair
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2nd Kings 117

• So Ahaziah died according to the word of the
  LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had
  no son, Jehoram became king in his place in the
  second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat,
  king of Judah.

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Asa (910-869 B.C.)
Zimri
Tibni
3rd Dynasty
Omri
Israel
Judah
Ahab (874-853 B.C.)

Jehoshaphat (872-848 B.C.)
Elijah
Ahaziah

Jehoram brother to Ahaziah (852-841 B.C.)
Jehoram (872-848 B.C.)
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An Outline of 1st 2nd Kings
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2nd Kings 21

• And it came about when the LORD was about to
  take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that
  Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

? Gilgal
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2nd Kings 22

• Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here please, for
  the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel." But
  Elisha said, "As the LORD lives and as you
  yourself live, I will not leave you." So they
  went down to Bethel.

Bethel ?
? Gilgal
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2nd Kings 23

• Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel
  came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know
  that the LORD will take away your master from
  over you today?" And he said, "Yes, I know be
  still."

Bethel ?
? Gilgal
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2nd Kings 24

• Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here,
  for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But he
  said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself
  live, I will not leave you." So they came to
  Jericho.

Bethel ?
? Gilgal
? Jericho
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2nd Kings 27-8

• Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went
  and stood opposite them at a distance, while the
  two of them stood by the Jordan. 8 Elijah took
  his mantle and folded it together and struck the
  waters, and they were divided here and there, so
  that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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2nd Kings 29-10

• When they had crossed over, Elijah said to
  Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am
  taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a
  double portion of your spirit be upon me." 10 He
  said, "You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless,
  if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall
  be so for you but if not, it shall not be so."

• The portion of the firstborn

• The heritage of a spiritual mentor

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2nd Kings 211-12

• As they were going along and talking, behold,
  there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of
  fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah
  went up by a whirlwind to heaven. 12 Elisha saw
  it and cried out, "My father, my father, the
  chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw
  Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own
  clothes and tore them in two pieces.

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2nd Kings 214-15

• He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him
  and struck the waters and said, "Where is the
  LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he also had
  struck the waters, they were divided here and
  there and Elisha crossed over. 15 Now when the
  sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite
  him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah
  rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him and
  bowed themselves to the ground before him.

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Moses
Elijah
Jesus

• Joshua

Elisha
Apostles
Who has the spirit and power of Jesus today?
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2nd Kings 219-21

• Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold
  now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as
  my lord sees but the water is bad and the land
  is unfruitful." 20 He said, "Bring me a new jar,
  and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
  21 He went out to the spring of water and threw
  salt in it and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I have
  purified these waters there shall not be from
  there death or unfruitfulness any longer.'"

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Waters of Jericho
Life of Israel
Paradigm for a spiritual reality
The city had a good physical location
Israel had physical prosperity
There was a spiritual poison
The water was bitter
The solution was to throw purifying salt into the
water
The solution was to bring the purifying influence
of Gods word
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2nd Kings 223-24

• Then he went up from there to Bethel and as he
  was going up by the way, young lads came out from
  the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up,
  you baldhead go up, you baldhead!" 24 When he
  looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in
  the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came
  out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of
  their number.

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If then, you act with hostility against Me and
are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the
plague on you seven times according to your
sins. And I will let loose among you the beasts
of the field, which shall bereave you of your
children and destroy your cattle and reduce your
number so that your roads lie deserted.
(Leviticus 2621-22).
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Lessons from the Bears

• The Lesson of the Representative Nature of God's
  Prophet
• The Lesson of Liability
• The Lesson of Leniency

We are reminded of a better prophet who, when He
was mocked, prayed for the Fathers forgiveness
of his mockers
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2nd Kings 31-3

• Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over
  Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of
  Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve
  years. 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD,
  though not like his father and his mother for he
  put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his
  father had made. 3 Nevertheless, he clung to the
  sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made
  Israel sin he did not depart from them.

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Asa (910-869 B.C.)
Zimri
Tibni
3rd Dynasty
Omri
Israel
Judah
Ahab (874-853 B.C.)

Jehoshaphat (872-848 B.C.)
Elijah
Ahaziah

Jehoram brother to Ahaziah (852-841 B.C.)
Jehoram (872-848 B.C.)
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2nd Kings 34-5

• Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and
  used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and
  the wool of 100,000 rams. 5 But when Ahab died,
  the king of Moab rebelled against the king of
  Israel.

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Moabite Stone

• Discovered by Rev. F. A. Klein in 1868
• Broken into pieces by Bedouins
• Made of black basalt

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...And Kemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo from
Israel. And I went in the night and fought
against it from the daybreak until midday, and I
took it and I killed the whole population seven
thousand male subjects and aliens, and female
subjects, aliens, and servant girls. For I had
put it to the ban for Ashtar Kemosh. And from
there I took the vessels of Yahweh, and I
presented them before the face of Kemosh. And the
king of Israel had built Yahaz, and he stayed
there throughout his campaign against me and
Kemosh drove him away before my face...
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2nd Kings 36-7

• And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that
  time and mustered all Israel. 7 Then he went and
  sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,
  saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against
  me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?"
  And he said, "I will go up I am as you are, my
  people as your people, my horses as your horses."

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2nd Kings 38

• He said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he
  answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."

Judah
Edom
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2nd Kings 39

• So the king of Israel went with the king of
  Judah and the king of Edom and they made a
  circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no
  water for the army or for the cattle that
  followed them.

Judah
Edom
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2nd Kings 310

• Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the
  LORD has called these three kings to give them
  into the hand of Moab."

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2nd Kings 311-12

• But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not a prophet of
  the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by
  him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants
  answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is
  here, who used to pour water on the hands of
  Elijah." 12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the
  LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and
  Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to
  him.

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Jehoshaphat
Jehoram

• King of Israel.

King of Judah.
Assumed that God had decreed the destruction of
his confederation (310).
Asked for a prophet of the Lord (311).
Assumes the worst of God.
Seeks the voice of God.
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Elishas Prophecy

• They are told to dig trenches
• You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain
  yet that valley shall be filled with water (2
  Kings 317).
• The Moabites are to be given into their hand

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2nd Kings 321-22

• Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had
  come up to fight against them. And all who were
  able to put on armor and older were summoned and
  stood on the border. 22 They rose early in the
  morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the
  Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as
  blood.

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2nd Kings 323-24

• Then they said, "This is blood the kings have
  surely fought together, and they have slain one
  another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!" 24
  But when they came to the camp of Israel, the
  Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that
  they fled before them and they went forward into
  the land, slaughtering the Moabites.

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2nd Kings 326-27

• When the king of Moab saw that the battle was
  too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who
  drew swords, to break through to the king of
  Edom but they could not. 27 Then he took his
  oldest son who was to reign in his place, and
  offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And
  there came great wrath against Israel, and they
  departed from him and returned to their own land.

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King of Heaven
Pagan King
Offered up his son as a sacrifice upon the walls
of the city
Offered up his son as a sacrifice outside the
walls of the city
Brought great wrath against Israel
Christ took great wrath upon Himself
Gained deliverance for his people
Gained deliverance for the world
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442

• Widow of a prophet

Shunammite woman
Sons of the prophets
Man from Baal-Shalishah
She was faced with unpaid debts
Her son died
Their stew was poisonous
He brought food to Elisha
Her oil was miraculously increased to pay the debt
Her son was raised from the dead
The stew was rendered palatable
The food was multiplied to feed all
Women
Men
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2nd Kings 51

• Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of
  Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly
  respected, because by him the LORD had given
  victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant
  warrior, but he was a leper.

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2nd Kings 52-3

• Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had
  taken captive a little girl from the land of
  Israel and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 She
  said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were
  with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would
  cure him of his leprosy."

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Little Girl
Naaman
He was a great men
She was a little girl
He has great status as the captain of the army of
Aram
She has no status she is only a captive slave
girl
He has great strength and power
She has no strength or power
He is a pagan unbeliever
She has a childs faith
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Elishas Response

• He speaks primarily in this chapter through
  intermediaries.
• He sends word to the king to send Naaman to him
• He sends instructions to Naaman to wash in the
  Jordan
• Washing in the Jordan is an act of faith
• Naaman is initially offended

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Naamans Conversion

• A Physical Healing
• A Spiritual Enlightenment
• He offers a present (515)
• He wishes to take some of the land home with him
  (517)
• He is thinking about future worship (518)

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Gehazi
Naaman
He had come to Elisha as a leper to be healed.
He was the servant of Elisha who, because of his
unfaithfulness, will become a leper.
He had undergone, not only a physical healing,
but perhaps a spiritual conversion.
He had spent some time as the servant of Elisha,
but he is seen here as self-seeking.
He is not interested in guarding his money and
freely gives to Gehazi twice the amount that was
requested.
He is plotting to gain some money from Naaman by
concocting a lie about a financial need.
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2nd Kings 525

• But he went in and stood before his master. And
  Elisha said to him, "Where have you been,
  Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant went nowhere."

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2nd Kings 526-27

• Then he said to him, Did not my heart go with
  you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet
  you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive
  clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep
  and oxen and male and female servants? 27
  Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to
  you and to your descendants forever. So he went
  out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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Jesus
Gehazi
Sought payment for work he did not do.
Made a payment for sins He did not commit.
He was punished with the leprosy that had
belonged to Naaman.
He took our sins upon Himself, bearing the guilt
that belonged to us.
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Story of the Floating Axe Head

• Connected by geography to the previous narrative
• The Jordan River
• The Jordan cures / the Jordan returns the axe
  head
• Both narratives tell us of the power of God

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King of Aram Elisha
King of Israel Elisha
King of Aram Elisha
King of Israel orders death of Elisha
King of Israel shows respect to Elisha
God delivers Samaria

1. Elisha protects Israel
2. Aram attempts to capture Elisha
3. Aramaic soldiers captured and released

1. Ben Hadad of Aram is sick
2. Hazael sent to inquire from Elisha
3. Elisha tells Hazael he shall be king to replace
   Ben Hadad

Takes place when Aram has lain a siege against
Samaria
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