Chapter 6: The Monarchy

A servant of King Solomon who led an insurrection against King Rehoboam and founded the Northern Kingdom.

Jeroboam

The prophet who anointed both Saul and David as kings of Israel; he also has two books of the Old Testament named after him.

Samuel

Selected as the first king of Israel, though during his rule Israel was really a loose-knit organization of tribes.

Saul

In order to survive a long siege he expected when Sennacherib from Assyria attacked Jerusalem, this king had a tunnel built that allowed water to flow into Jerusalem.

Hezekiah

A Canaanite princess married to Ahab, one of the kings of the Northern Kingdom.

Jezebel

He succeeded Saul as king and was blessed by God despite his many sins.

David

Solomon's son who became his successor, but who ruled over only two tribes in the Southern Kingdom after the kingdom split.

Rehoboam

King of the Northern Kingdom who, along with his wife, exploited his royal power as seen especially in the story of Naboth's vineyard..

Ahab

David's son who became king and whom God blessed with both wisdom and wealth, but who also married pagan woman who fostered polytheistic religious practices.

Solomon

King of Egypt who protected Jeroboam from King Solomon's anger and later attacked Jerusalem during the reign of King Rehoboam.

Shishak

In the period of the divided monarchy, the majority of the Twelve Tribes sided with the Southern Kingdom.

False

Judah's kings considered themselves the legitimate rulers during the era of the divided monarchy because their ancestors could be traced to King David.

True

Only two of Israel's forty-two kings, Hezekiah and Josiah, receive unmitigated praise in the Old Testament because they faithfully followed the Lord.

True

David's path to the throne was clearly paved in blood as he systemtically eliminated rivals to the throne, including members of the family of Saul.

True

Rehoboam feared that Judah and Israel might reunify through continued worship at the temple in Jerusalem.

False

The pagan polytheistic practices, which appeared among the Israelites throughout the time of the judges, largely disappeared during the time of the kings.

False

During the rule of Saul, Israel was not an organized entity, much less a nation.

True

King Saul built the Jerusalem Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant.

False

Unlike the earlier kings of Israel, there is considerable archeological evidence of King Solomon's role as administrator of a united kindom thanks to his significant builidng projects.

True