Biblical Studies 1115

writer of 1 Kings and 2 Kings

Unknown; many scholars believe the prophet Jeremiah could have been the writer

1 and 2 Chronicles form...

a miniature new testament

1 and 2 Chronicles cover the same time period as

1 Samuel through 2 Kings; it emphasizes the kings of Judah and completely ignores the kings of Israel

Ezra

believed to be the writer of Chronicles

Adonijah

the oldest living son of David; attempted to take the throne from Solomon

Solomon asked

the lord for an understanding heart, to be able to properly judge his people, and discern good and bad

God granted

Solomon what he had asked for and also gave him riches and honor

Solomon's wisdom excelled

the wisdom of all... For he was wiser than all men

The Temple took

seven years to build; Solomon had much of it overlaid with gold

And it came to pass, when the

priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the lord... for the glory of the lord

Rehoboam

decided to follow foolish counsel

the 10 tribes of Israel made

Jeroboam their king

Samaria

became Israel's capital during Omri's reign

Ahab

remembered for his wickedness and his un-godly marriage to Jezebel

it was through Jezebel that Baal worship became common throughout

Israel

Elijah

the Prophet of Fire

to avoid rain Ahab road his chariot to

Jezreel

was discouraged because he thought he was the only servant of God left

Elijah

Israel slew of the Syrians

an hundred thousand footmen in one day

And it came to pass, when the lord would take up Elijah into heaven by

Whirlwind

Elisha said to Elijah

Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me

and it came to pass... there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire...

and Elijah went up by whirlwind

Some "little children" at ______ ridiculed Elisha. They called him bald head, which was very disrespectful.

Beth-el

the captain of the host of the king of the Syrians was a leper

Naaman

God protected Elisha from a ______ army with horses and chariots and fire and then smote them with blindness

Syrian

Jehu was to smit the house of Ahab for God to avenge the blood of his servants shed at the hand of

Jezebel

So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of______ till he had destroyed him

Ahab

Jehu appointed _____ men to kill everyone inside the house of Baal

80

______'s mother Athaliah had all the royal seed of Judah destroyed and crowned herself queen

Ahaziah

a dead Israelite man was thrown into the _______ of Elisha and was revived as soon as his body touched Elisha's bones

sepulchre

______ became proud of his strength and God smote him with _______ until the day of his death

Azariah; leprosy

_______ became king in Israel, and it was during his reign that _______ started to carry the Israelites away into captivity

Pekah; Assyria

Israel repeatedly sinned and_______ against God, "Therefore the LORD, removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only,"

rebelled

the Assyrians finally defeated ______ and scattered them throughout Assyria and Media

Israel

the Assyrians then _____ Israel with people from nearby nations

repopulated

_______ seduced the Jews, "to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel"

Mannesah

_____ oversaw a revival in Judah like no king before him

Josiah

Nebuchadnezzar oversaw _____ deportations of Jews from their land, leaving only the _______

three; poorest

2 Kings 4:9, 10 ; And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is the an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually...

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither

2 Chronicles 27:6

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God