Kings and Prophets

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Kings and Prophets

• Samuel - Kings

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Samuel, Saul,
And David
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Judges vs. Kings

• Judges
• Charismatic
• Tribal
• Occasional

• Kings
• Hereditary
• National
• Permanent

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On the Way to Kings

• Abimelech
• Judges 9 (Jothams fable 6-20)
• Samuel
• Birth and dedication (1 Sam 11 211)
• Vocation (1 Sam 31-18)

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Saul the King

• God chooses
• 1 Sam 915-21
• People prefer king to Gods rule
• 1 Sam 84-18
• The end determined early
• 1 Sam 131-15a

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Saul and David

• Anointing of David while Saul still king
• Saul and young David meet
• Music and Goliath
• Davids friendship with Jonathan
• Sauls envy and their separation
• David fights for the Philistines

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David becomes King

• Dirge over Saul
• 2 Sam 1
• Anointed by Judah
• 2 Sam 24
• Anointed by Israel
• 2 Sam 53
• Captures Jerusalem
• 2 Sam 56-10

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David and Religion

• The ark of the covenant
• And the tent prepared for it
• Nathans oracle
• God to establish Davids house
• Davids son to build Gods house
• Chroniclers expansions

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Divided Kingdoms
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Seeds of Division

• Rebellions in Davids family
• Solomon
• more like nations worldly wisdom
• taxing districts replacing tribes
• Rehoboam
• rash rejection of pleas
• Jeroboam
• appeal to the good old days

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Different Kingdoms

• Judah
• Single succession
• (one question)
• Single capitol
• More isolated internationally
• Vassal status in 722

• Ephraim (Israel)
• Dynastic changes
• (prophetic involvement)
• Capitol and cult centres separate
• More prominent internationally
• Eliminated in 722

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Other Nations

• Moab
• Syria (Aram)
• Tyre and Sidon
• Assyria
• Egypt
• Babylon
• Edom

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Between the Ends

• 722 Assyria conquered Samaria
• Some populations exchanged
• Some northerners returned to worship in Jerusalem
• Slight expansion of Judah at fall of Nineveh
• Battle of Carchemish
• Fall of Jerusalem (ca 586)

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Prophets
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Predecessor Prophets

• Israelite authorities
• Moses, Samuel
• Renegades
• outside the tent
• Outsiders
• Balaam

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Some Kinds of Prophets

• Court Prophets
• Schools of Prophets
• Sons of the prophets
• Individual Prophets

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Elijah

• Struggle with proponents of Baal
• Contest on Mt Carmel
• Flight and commission
• The still, small voice
• Disaster predicted for oppressor
• or his son!
• Naboths vineyard

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Elisha

• Successor of Elijah
• Turning back and Crossing over
• Not just to Israel
• Healing of Naaman
• Kingmaker
• Anointing Jehu