Judah Chapter Eight Summary

Following the United Monarchy separating into two different nations the Kingdom of Israel, sometimes referred to as Samaria, existed with nineteen kings for two-hundred and seven years from 928 to 721BC. Consisting of ten of the twelve tribes - Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Ash, Ephraim and Manasseh. The Kingdom of Israel became weakened after the breakup of the United Monarchy which the Egyptians take advantage of in 925BC when they invaded and made the Kingdom of Israel a vassal nation of Egypt followed by the Kingdom of Ammon which gains its independence from the Kingdom of Israel. Jeroboam I the first king of the Kingdom of Israel from 928 to 907BC, created worship centers in the cities of Bethel and Dan and encouraged the people to return to their worshipping of pagan deities such as El, Asherah, Baal and Dagan from the Canaanite Pantheon.

Chapter four examines the methods Jesus used to teach and spread his messages about the Kingdom of God. Jesus’s primary audience was the common people of first-century Galilee, so he had to adopt creative techniques to teach uneducated people about an unknown “fantastic” topic, the Kingdom of God. His strategy was successful; amassing a great amount of followers and started the foundation of modern Christianity. The methods he utilized, includes teaching through parables, debates and including examples with miracles and enacted parables.

So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's

Josiah found the copy of the law of God in the temple and when he heard the news that the people were not following the law, gathered all the people and kings to promise to obey the book of law. Jerusalem was filled with pilgrims for keeping the passover. They sacrificed more than 45,000 sacrifices. After the temple was refinished, The king of Egypt and his army gathered with the king of Jerusalem. The king of Egypt told the king of Jerusalem that the Lord had spoken to him telling him that if the king of Jerusalem interferes with him he will destroy the kingdom. In the battle, Josiah was badly hurt and died a few days later. Then, Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, instead of tearing his clothes he tore apart the book and the whole generation changed. Jehoahaz was the king of Judah for three months. When pharaoh defeated his father the kingdom, Judah was handed over to the Egyptians. He allowed the people to go back to practicing idolatry. When he stopped listening to the king of Egypt he imprisoned him and send him to Egypt where he died. Jehoiakim reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years and for the first four years he paid large tribute to Egypt and he reestablished idolatry then in 605 B.C., the Babylonian king, King Nebuchadnezzar, fought with Pharaoh and

Jotham was the son of Uzziah and the successor of his father’s throne (2 chronicles 26:19-23; 27:1-9; 2 kings 15:1-7, 32). He was the eleventh king of

In the passages 1 Kings 21:1-6 Jezebel betrays herself, Naboth and God. However prior to that in 1 Kings 20 King Ben-hadad of Aram threatened King Ahab to take possession of his silver, gold, wives and children. After messengers were sent to tell King Ahab the news, he prayed to God. The Lord allowed him to defeat King Ben-hadad and the Arameans. The Israelites were sure to defeat the Arameans because they devised a plan to attack them while they were comfortable and intoxicated. “They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booth, he and the thirty-to kings allied with him ”

It is apparent that the Southern Kingdom would have to face God’s judgment. The northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by Assyria because of the sins and idolatries. Assyria tries to destroy Judah as well, but because of God’s intervention, the Assyrian army is slaughtered by an angel before they can enter Jerusalem. King, Hezekiah the righteous king who is supposed to have been one of Judah's very best rule survives. When he became ill and was told by an angel he was going to die the cried and prayed to God for help, and because he was the recipient of divine favor God gave him another fifteen years onto his life and reign after nearly dying. Yet, again, bad follows good, and the wicked king Manasseh starts doing all sorts of idolatrous

Every king who ruled over Israel was evil. An example of this is, King Ahab who married Jezebel princess of Phoenicia, which would be the reason for the fall of the kingdom. Ahab was the son Omri. Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, King of Tyre.

During Hezekiah’s reign, he joined in a rebellion against king Sargon of Assyria, but the alliance suffered defeat (Wilcox, 2014). Fast forward, and king Sargon had died leaving the throne to his son Sennacherib, this transition provided the opportunity for another revolt against the Assyrians. Moreover, both the Egyptians and Babylonians requested Hezekiah’s support in the forthcoming rebellion. Meanwhile, the prophet Isiah warned against joining either kingdom in the insurgency, but Hezekiah disregarded Isiah’s counsel.

The land of Ancient Israel happened upon a multitude of kings throughout its time. Two of the major kings who brought Yahwist changes were Hezekiah and Josiah. Hezekiah reigned in Judah from 727 BC to 698 BC while Josiah reigned in Jerusalem from 639 BC to 609 BC. The bible provides a detailed explanation of worship and religious changes that took place under these two kings who trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. The Deuteronomistic reform began under Hezekiah and continued heavily through Josiah.

When Rehoboam the son of Solomon died, his son Asa became the king of Judah, while Omri became the king over the rest of the

After Solomon died, the kingdom was divided into two: the Northern Kingdom, called Israel and the Southern Kingdom, called Judah. Common elements of two nations are that both the kings of Israel and Judah practiced idolatry. One of the most terrible king of Israel is king Ahab who ignores the God and spread idol worship of Baal. Although many of the kings served idols, a few kings of Judah served the God faithfully. One of the good kings of Judah is king Jehoshaphat who worshiped the God and educate his people do so too.

Just on one stone, he killed all seventy of them. One brother got away and ran to Shechem and Beth Millo. There Jotham saw a crowd gathered together to crown his brother king. When he saw this, he got up on a tree and shouted to the crowd. Jotham shared with them about Abimelech and open their eyes to the wickedness in his brothers heart.

Abimelech, one of Gideon’s sons by a concubine, visits his mother’s family in Shechem (v. 1). He implores them to ask the men of Shechem whether or not it would be better to have many men reign over them or just one (v. 2). Apparently, his family liked what he had to say and did what he asked (v. 3). Abimelech hired several worthless and reckless men to assist him, and he kills all of Gideon’s other sons (v. 4-5). When he finished doing this, the men of Shechem made him their king (v. 6).

The film Jerusalem was very informative and it provided me with the layout of the city. Although this was my second time watching the video I still felt like I learned from the material presented in the movie. I find it very interesting how there is a division among the different religions in Jerusalem. The different perspective of the different areas of the city was interesting and how it seems like there is much tension among the groups. I find it hard to believe since they both believe and follow God, but have a different perspective can separate them so much.