Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10 Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings. Last week we studied Rehoboam. He was Solomon’s son and he became the king after Solomon died. God had said that the kingdom would be divided, and we will continue learning about the kings. God let Rehoboam have two tribes as part of his kingdom: Judah and Benjamin. They were the southern kingdom. Rehoboam was the King of Judah. The rest of the tribes rebelled and Jeroboam became the king of the other tribes known as the Northern Kingdom or King of Israel. We learn how that happened in 1 Kings 12-14. Solomon saw that Jeroboam was brave and hard-working and made him an officer over the workforce. Ahijah the prophet met Jeroboam when he left Jerusalem. They were alone in the field and Ahijah put a new garment on him. Ahijah took the garment and tore it into 12 pieces. He told Jeroboam to take 10 of the pieces. Ahijah said that “God will take the kingdom away from Solomon and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam. Solomon would keep one tribe because of David and one for Jerusalem. They worship idols and do not walk in God’s ways. God said that you will be king over Israel.” Solomon searched for Jeroboam to kill him. But, he went to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died. When Solomon died, the people sent word to Jeroboam and he returned. The people gathered together with the new king Rehoboam. They told him that his father Solomon had made their lives a burden and they asked that he lighten their load. He told the people to return in 3 days. When they were assembled together again, Rehoboam said he would make their burden even harder. He listened to his friend’s advice instead of the older men. This was God’s plan to divide Solomon’s kingdom. The people rebelled against this burden. They sent for Jeroboam and made him king over Israel. The only ones that stayed with Rehoboam was Judah. Rehoboam gathered 180,000 men from Judah and Benjamin to fight. So, he had the tribes of Judah and Benjamin for his two tribes. Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and told him “The Lord says you will not go fight the people of Israel because this is because of Me.” They obeyed God and didn’t fight. Jeroboam lived in Ephraim in the mountains. He made two calves of gold and told the people that it was too much trouble to go to Jerusalem to worship. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan and told them “Here are your gods!” He built shrines in high places and made priests from all the tribes except for the tribe of Levi. He created a new feast and sacrificed to the gold calves he made. He made these changes “in his own heart” and these sacrifices and incense burning were not what God said to do. There was a man of God that told Jeroboam that a child named Josiah would be born and will stop the priests from false sacrifices. When King Jeroboam heard about this, he stretched his arm over the altar and said to arrest him. His hand instantly withered and the altar split apart and the ashes poured out. Jeroboam asked him to pray and return his hand to normal. The man of God did and Jeroboam’s hand went back to normal. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. He asked his wife to go see the prophet Ahijah disguised so he wouldn’t recognize her. But God told Ahijah who it was and what to say. He told her that because Jeroboam had not kept the commandments of God, their son would die when she returned to the city. It happened just as God said and the people mourned for Abijah. Jeroboam was the first king of Israel for 22 years. When he died, his son Nadab became king. This set of worksheets is an idea from Christina Barkley. As you can see, there is an assortment of printing options and a teacher's answer sheet is included. Click here to download. Jeroboam is one of the kings with a worksheet available. Click here to download. The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king. The Jeroboam application pack includes the fill-in-the-blank worksheet, word search, maze, map, the information poster, the posters shown above and more. Click here to download the application pack. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. Click here to see all the kings lessons in this series. Click here to see the lesson and Magnetic Board Visuals for the old prophet and the man of God in 1 Kings 13:11-34.
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10 Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings. Last week we studied Rehoboam. He was Solomon’s son and he became the king after Solomon died. God had said that the kingdom would be divided, and we will continue learning about the kings. God let Rehoboam have two tribes as part of his kingdom: Judah and Benjamin. They were the southern kingdom. Rehoboam was the King of Judah. The rest of the tribes rebelled and Jeroboam became the king of the other tribes known as the Northern Kingdom or King of Israel. We learn how that happened in 1 Kings 12-14. Solomon saw that Jeroboam was brave and hard-working and made him an officer over the workforce. Ahijah the prophet met Jeroboam when he left Jerusalem. They were alone in the field and Ahijah put a new garment on him. Ahijah took the garment and tore it into 12 pieces. He told Jeroboam to take 10 of the pieces. Ahijah said that “God will take the kingdom away from Solomon and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam. Solomon would keep one tribe because of David and one for Jerusalem. They worship idols and do not walk in God’s ways. God said that you will be king over Israel.” Solomon searched for Jeroboam to kill him. But, he went to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died. When Solomon died, the people sent word to Jeroboam and he returned. The people gathered together with the new king Rehoboam. They told him that his father Solomon had made their lives a burden and they asked that he lighten their load. He told the people to return in 3 days. When they were assembled together again, Rehoboam said he would make their burden even harder. He listened to his friend’s advice instead of the older men. This was God’s plan to divide Solomon’s kingdom. The people rebelled against this burden. They sent for Jeroboam and made him king over Israel. The only ones that stayed with Rehoboam was Judah. Rehoboam gathered 180,000 men from Judah and Benjamin to fight. So, he had the tribes of Judah and Benjamin for his two tribes. Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and told him “The Lord says you will not go fight the people of Israel because this is because of Me.” They obeyed God and didn’t fight. Jeroboam lived in Ephraim in the mountains. He made two calves of gold and told the people that it was too much trouble to go to Jerusalem to worship. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan and told them “Here are your gods!” He built shrines in high places and made priests from all the tribes except for the tribe of Levi. He created a new feast and sacrificed to the gold calves he made. He made these changes “in his own heart” and these sacrifices and incense burning were not what God said to do. There was a man of God that told Jeroboam that a child named Josiah would be born and will stop the priests from false sacrifices. When King Jeroboam heard about this, he stretched his arm over the altar and said to arrest him. His hand instantly withered and the altar split apart and the ashes poured out. Jeroboam asked him to pray and return his hand to normal. The man of God did and Jeroboam’s hand went back to normal. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. He asked his wife to go see the prophet Ahijah disguised so he wouldn’t recognize her. But God told Ahijah who it was and what to say. He told her that because Jeroboam had not kept the commandments of God, their son would die when she returned to the city. It happened just as God said and the people mourned for Abijah. Jeroboam was the first king of Israel for 22 years. When he died, his son Nadab became king. This set of worksheets is an idea from Christina Barkley. As you can see, there is an assortment of printing options and a teacher's answer sheet is included. Click here to download. Jeroboam is one of the kings with a worksheet available. Click here to download. The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king. The Jeroboam application pack includes the fill-in-the-blank worksheet, word search, maze, map, the information poster, the posters shown above and more. Click here to download the application pack. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. Click here to see all the kings lessons in this series. Click here to see the lesson and Magnetic Board Visuals for the old prophet and the man of God in 1 Kings 13:11-34.
Bought for a pittance at a market in 1980, 8th century BCE paleo-Hebrew inscription is the earliest writing found on a clay seal impression in the Land of Israel, study shows
Scripture: 2 Kings 18-20 & 2 Chronicles 31:20 Hezekiah was the son of King Ahaz. Ahaz was the king of Judah. Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became the 13th king of Judah, and Hezekiah was the king for 29 years in Jerusalem. Hezekiah did what was right in the sight of the Lord. Hezekiah repaired the temple and took down the idols that the people had been worshipping. (2 Chronicles 29:3) God said 'Do not have idols!' God had told Moses to make a bronze serpent for the people to look at when they were bitten by a snake while they were in the wilderness. But, over time, the people started to worship it and burn incense to it. Hezekiah knew that was wrong, so he broke it into pieces. (2 Kings 18:4) King Hezekiah trusted God. The Bible tells us in 2 Kings 18:5-6 that there wasn't any other king of Judah before or after him that was like him. Hezekiah stayed faithful to God, always following Him. He kept God's commandments that had been given to Moses. The Lord was with King Hezekiah and he prospered (did well) everywhere he went. The King of Assyria sent a great army to Jerusalem. They were standing at the aqueduct and called to King Hezekiah. Some of King Hezekiah's men went out to talk to them. They made fun of them and mocked King Hezekiah. (19) The army wanted Hezekiah's people to make a pledge to the king of Assyria, and shouted to everyone that the king of Assyria would win the fight and they shouldn't listen to King Hezekiah! King Hezekiah will not win the battle! Don't listen to King Hezekiah! When King Hezekiah heard about this, he tore his clothes and went into the temple. He sent his men to find Isaiah the prophet. (2 Kings 19:2) Isaiah told them to tell the king that the Lord has spoken and said not to be afraid. God said the King of Assyria will hear a rumor and will return home. He will die by the sword in his own land. King Hezekiah prayed to God to save the people. God told Isaiah the prophet that the King of Assyria would not fight in their city. Here is what happened. During the night, the angel of God went out and went to the Assyrian camp. The angel killed 185,000 people. When the people got up early the next morning, they found all the people dead. So, the king of Assyria returned home and stayed at Nineveh. (35-36) 2 Chronicles 31:20 Hezekiah was faithful to God. He did what was 'good and right and true'. All the work he did was according to the law and commandments of God. Hezekiah put his whole heart into his works and he prospered (did well). Click here to download. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the updated visuals. All are not Shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Click here to see the application pack with posters, a crossword puzzle and the bronze serpent poster shown above (and more). See more about Hezekiah here. See Hezekiah for preschool here.
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10 Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings. Last week we studied Rehoboam. He was Solomon’s son and he became the king after Solomon died. God had said that the kingdom would be divided, and we will continue learning about the kings. God let Rehoboam have two tribes as part of his kingdom: Judah and Benjamin. They were the southern kingdom. Rehoboam was the King of Judah. The rest of the tribes rebelled and Jeroboam became the king of the other tribes known as the Northern Kingdom or King of Israel. We learn how that happened in 1 Kings 12-14. Solomon saw that Jeroboam was brave and hard-working and made him an officer over the workforce. Ahijah the prophet met Jeroboam when he left Jerusalem. They were alone in the field and Ahijah put a new garment on him. Ahijah took the garment and tore it into 12 pieces. He told Jeroboam to take 10 of the pieces. Ahijah said that “God will take the kingdom away from Solomon and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam. Solomon would keep one tribe because of David and one for Jerusalem. They worship idols and do not walk in God’s ways. God said that you will be king over Israel.” Solomon searched for Jeroboam to kill him. But, he went to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died. When Solomon died, the people sent word to Jeroboam and he returned. The people gathered together with the new king Rehoboam. They told him that his father Solomon had made their lives a burden and they asked that he lighten their load. He told the people to return in 3 days. When they were assembled together again, Rehoboam said he would make their burden even harder. He listened to his friend’s advice instead of the older men. This was God’s plan to divide Solomon’s kingdom. The people rebelled against this burden. They sent for Jeroboam and made him king over Israel. The only ones that stayed with Rehoboam was Judah. Rehoboam gathered 180,000 men from Judah and Benjamin to fight. So, he had the tribes of Judah and Benjamin for his two tribes. Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and told him “The Lord says you will not go fight the people of Israel because this is because of Me.” They obeyed God and didn’t fight. Jeroboam lived in Ephraim in the mountains. He made two calves of gold and told the people that it was too much trouble to go to Jerusalem to worship. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan and told them “Here are your gods!” He built shrines in high places and made priests from all the tribes except for the tribe of Levi. He created a new feast and sacrificed to the gold calves he made. He made these changes “in his own heart” and these sacrifices and incense burning were not what God said to do. There was a man of God that told Jeroboam that a child named Josiah would be born and will stop the priests from false sacrifices. When King Jeroboam heard about this, he stretched his arm over the altar and said to arrest him. His hand instantly withered and the altar split apart and the ashes poured out. Jeroboam asked him to pray and return his hand to normal. The man of God did and Jeroboam’s hand went back to normal. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. He asked his wife to go see the prophet Ahijah disguised so he wouldn’t recognize her. But God told Ahijah who it was and what to say. He told her that because Jeroboam had not kept the commandments of God, their son would die when she returned to the city. It happened just as God said and the people mourned for Abijah. Jeroboam was the first king of Israel for 22 years. When he died, his son Nadab became king. This set of worksheets is an idea from Christina Barkley. As you can see, there is an assortment of printing options and a teacher's answer sheet is included. Click here to download. Jeroboam is one of the kings with a worksheet available. Click here to download. The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king. The Jeroboam application pack includes the fill-in-the-blank worksheet, word search, maze, map, the information poster, the posters shown above and more. Click here to download the application pack. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. Click here to see all the kings lessons in this series. Click here to see the lesson and Magnetic Board Visuals for the old prophet and the man of God in 1 Kings 13:11-34.
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10 Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings. Last week we studied Rehoboam. He was Solomon’s son and he became the king after Solomon died. God had said that the kingdom would be divided, and we will continue learning about the kings. God let Rehoboam have two tribes as part of his kingdom: Judah and Benjamin. They were the southern kingdom. Rehoboam was the King of Judah. The rest of the tribes rebelled and Jeroboam became the king of the other tribes known as the Northern Kingdom or King of Israel. We learn how that happened in 1 Kings 12-14. Solomon saw that Jeroboam was brave and hard-working and made him an officer over the workforce. Ahijah the prophet met Jeroboam when he left Jerusalem. They were alone in the field and Ahijah put a new garment on him. Ahijah took the garment and tore it into 12 pieces. He told Jeroboam to take 10 of the pieces. Ahijah said that “God will take the kingdom away from Solomon and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam. Solomon would keep one tribe because of David and one for Jerusalem. They worship idols and do not walk in God’s ways. God said that you will be king over Israel.” Solomon searched for Jeroboam to kill him. But, he went to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died. When Solomon died, the people sent word to Jeroboam and he returned. The people gathered together with the new king Rehoboam. They told him that his father Solomon had made their lives a burden and they asked that he lighten their load. He told the people to return in 3 days. When they were assembled together again, Rehoboam said he would make their burden even harder. He listened to his friend’s advice instead of the older men. This was God’s plan to divide Solomon’s kingdom. The people rebelled against this burden. They sent for Jeroboam and made him king over Israel. The only ones that stayed with Rehoboam was Judah. Rehoboam gathered 180,000 men from Judah and Benjamin to fight. So, he had the tribes of Judah and Benjamin for his two tribes. Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and told him “The Lord says you will not go fight the people of Israel because this is because of Me.” They obeyed God and didn’t fight. Jeroboam lived in Ephraim in the mountains. He made two calves of gold and told the people that it was too much trouble to go to Jerusalem to worship. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan and told them “Here are your gods!” He built shrines in high places and made priests from all the tribes except for the tribe of Levi. He created a new feast and sacrificed to the gold calves he made. He made these changes “in his own heart” and these sacrifices and incense burning were not what God said to do. There was a man of God that told Jeroboam that a child named Josiah would be born and will stop the priests from false sacrifices. When King Jeroboam heard about this, he stretched his arm over the altar and said to arrest him. His hand instantly withered and the altar split apart and the ashes poured out. Jeroboam asked him to pray and return his hand to normal. The man of God did and Jeroboam’s hand went back to normal. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. He asked his wife to go see the prophet Ahijah disguised so he wouldn’t recognize her. But God told Ahijah who it was and what to say. He told her that because Jeroboam had not kept the commandments of God, their son would die when she returned to the city. It happened just as God said and the people mourned for Abijah. Jeroboam was the first king of Israel for 22 years. When he died, his son Nadab became king. This set of worksheets is an idea from Christina Barkley. As you can see, there is an assortment of printing options and a teacher's answer sheet is included. Click here to download. Jeroboam is one of the kings with a worksheet available. Click here to download. The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king. The Jeroboam application pack includes the fill-in-the-blank worksheet, word search, maze, map, the information poster, the posters shown above and more. Click here to download the application pack. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. Click here to see all the kings lessons in this series. Click here to see the lesson and Magnetic Board Visuals for the old prophet and the man of God in 1 Kings 13:11-34.
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10 Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings. Last week we studied Rehoboam. He was Solomon’s son and he became the king after Solomon died. God had said that the kingdom would be divided, and we will continue learning about the kings. God let Rehoboam have two tribes as part of his kingdom: Judah and Benjamin. They were the southern kingdom. Rehoboam was the King of Judah. The rest of the tribes rebelled and Jeroboam became the king of the other tribes known as the Northern Kingdom or King of Israel. We learn how that happened in 1 Kings 12-14. Solomon saw that Jeroboam was brave and hard-working and made him an officer over the workforce. Ahijah the prophet met Jeroboam when he left Jerusalem. They were alone in the field and Ahijah put a new garment on him. Ahijah took the garment and tore it into 12 pieces. He told Jeroboam to take 10 of the pieces. Ahijah said that “God will take the kingdom away from Solomon and give 10 tribes to Jeroboam. Solomon would keep one tribe because of David and one for Jerusalem. They worship idols and do not walk in God’s ways. God said that you will be king over Israel.” Solomon searched for Jeroboam to kill him. But, he went to Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died. When Solomon died, the people sent word to Jeroboam and he returned. The people gathered together with the new king Rehoboam. They told him that his father Solomon had made their lives a burden and they asked that he lighten their load. He told the people to return in 3 days. When they were assembled together again, Rehoboam said he would make their burden even harder. He listened to his friend’s advice instead of the older men. This was God’s plan to divide Solomon’s kingdom. The people rebelled against this burden. They sent for Jeroboam and made him king over Israel. The only ones that stayed with Rehoboam was Judah. Rehoboam gathered 180,000 men from Judah and Benjamin to fight. So, he had the tribes of Judah and Benjamin for his two tribes. Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and told him “The Lord says you will not go fight the people of Israel because this is because of Me.” They obeyed God and didn’t fight. Jeroboam lived in Ephraim in the mountains. He made two calves of gold and told the people that it was too much trouble to go to Jerusalem to worship. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan and told them “Here are your gods!” He built shrines in high places and made priests from all the tribes except for the tribe of Levi. He created a new feast and sacrificed to the gold calves he made. He made these changes “in his own heart” and these sacrifices and incense burning were not what God said to do. There was a man of God that told Jeroboam that a child named Josiah would be born and will stop the priests from false sacrifices. When King Jeroboam heard about this, he stretched his arm over the altar and said to arrest him. His hand instantly withered and the altar split apart and the ashes poured out. Jeroboam asked him to pray and return his hand to normal. The man of God did and Jeroboam’s hand went back to normal. Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. He asked his wife to go see the prophet Ahijah disguised so he wouldn’t recognize her. But God told Ahijah who it was and what to say. He told her that because Jeroboam had not kept the commandments of God, their son would die when she returned to the city. It happened just as God said and the people mourned for Abijah. Jeroboam was the first king of Israel for 22 years. When he died, his son Nadab became king. This set of worksheets is an idea from Christina Barkley. As you can see, there is an assortment of printing options and a teacher's answer sheet is included. Click here to download. Jeroboam is one of the kings with a worksheet available. Click here to download. The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king. The Jeroboam application pack includes the fill-in-the-blank worksheet, word search, maze, map, the information poster, the posters shown above and more. Click here to download the application pack. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Click here to download the pictures to color. Click here to see all the kings lessons in this series. Click here to see the lesson and Magnetic Board Visuals for the old prophet and the man of God in 1 Kings 13:11-34.
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10
Lesson 2 The Divided Kingdom: Jeroboam First King of Israel 1 Kings 12:20-14:20 & 2 Chronicles 10
Amos was written and the prophecies correlate with the reign of King Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:23-29). The prophet Jonah was also during this time. I previously blogged about 2 Kings so there are mor…
Bought for a pittance at a market in 1980, 8th century BCE paleo-Hebrew inscription is the earliest writing found on a clay seal impression in the Land of Israel, study shows