UNIT 7 QUIZ 3

God grants Solomon

Wisdom

Wisdom

Ability to lead his people and right ordering of his life

Solomon builds the temple

Connected to every covenant that has gone before, garden of Eden

The rule

Do not multiply horses/solidiers, wives and gold/silver

The fruit

Power, pleasure and possessions

Solomon has

1,400 chariots, 700 wives and 666 gold talents

Solomon ruled for ____ years

40

Takes Solomon's place

Rehoboam, his son

Northern tribes gather at

Shechem and send Jeroboam

Northern tribes request

Lower taxes

Rehoboams 2 groups

Elders and young men

The elders

Served Solomon and said do as the people say and gain respect

Young men

His friends and say do worse to the people

Rehoboam's Choice

He refuses to lower taxes and causes the kingdom to split

Northern Kingdom

Israel ,10 tribes, leader is jeroboam

Southern kingdom

Judah, 2 tribes, leader is rehoboam

Divided kingdom

Half the power, resources and people

Leaders

Meant to serve

Rules for a king

Protect true kingship

When people abandon what is true

They start believing in lesser things

Northern kingdoms problem

Temple is in the southern kingdom

Why is this a problem?

His people will go south to worship

Solution

Two temples with two golden calves

How does jeroboam justify this?

They aren't idols, he gives god a image

What is jeroboam afraid of?

Losing power

So he builds

A new priesthood and liturgy

Calves

Control

Which king moved the capital of the northern kingdom?

Omri

Where does he move it?

Samaria

King Aharon and his pagan wife

Bring pagan religion, 450 prophets of Baal

Elijah

Battles Baal, the god of storms and fertility, declared drought

What is Elijah's question to the king/people?

How long will you limp along between two opinions?

What does Elijah want to prove?

There is no comparison between god and Baal and god is the only god

How did jeroboam fall?

Built a temple with golden calves

What was ahabs biggest problem?

His pagan wife

What was Elijah's job as a prophet?

To prove god is the only god

4 facts about northern kingdom

Leader is jeroboam, 2 temples, called Israel and 10 tribes