Life-Study of 1 Kings

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Estudio-vida de 1 y 2 Reyes _{Message 1}

An Introductory Word
I. The intrinsic revelation of the books of history in the Old Testament from Joshua to Esther
II. The main striking point of the historical books concerning Israel
III. The two books of kings presenting us a full picture of the details by which God's elect remained in and participated in the good land
IV. The record of the first two chapters of 1 Kings being considered a conclusion of the history of David recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel
V. 1 and 2 Kings being one book in the Hebrew Scriptures
VI. The writers
VII. The time
VIII. The place
IX. The content
X. The central thought
XI. The sections

The Old Age and Decease of David _{Message 2}

I. Being old and fading away
II. Making Solomon the successor to his throne
A. Adonijah struggling in the way of usurping to be the successor to the throne of David
B. David's decisive declaration to make Solomon the successor to his throne
1. By the wise proposal of Nathan the prophet
2. Through Bath-sheba's intimate entreating
C. Solomon's accession to the throne of his father as the legal successor to the Davidic throne
1. Ordained by David his father
2. Carried out by Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the captain of the army
D. Adonijah's surrender
1. His submission to and begging of Solomon
2. Solomon's acceptance and pardon
III. Giving the final charge to Solomon his son as the successor to the DAVIDIC THRONE
A. Charging him to be strong and be a man
B. Charging him to walk in Jehovah's ways and keep His commandments
C. Charging him to end the lives of Joab and Shimei and to reward the sons of Barzillai
IV. Ceasing in his life on earth

The Reign of Solomon (1) _{Message 3}

I. Forty years in Jerusalem
II. The origin of Solomon
A. Begotten of David the king
B. Born of Bath-sheba
C. A very sinful source, pardoned by God
III. The names of Solomon
IV. Enthroned
A. Ordained legitimately by his father King David
B. Carried out officially by Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah
C. Accepted publicly by the people
D. Blessed with worship to God by his father David
V. Ending the factors of rebellion for the establishment of his kingdom
A. Sentencing Adonijah to death
B. Discharging Abiathar from the post of high priest
C. Sentencing Joab to death
D. Appointing Benaiah as the captain of the army and Zadok as the high priest
E. Sentencing Shimei to death
F. The kingdom being established in the hand of Solomon
VI. Marrying the daughter of the king of Egypt
A. The breaking of the separation of God's holy people from the people of Satan's cosmos
B. Not regulated and restricted by the law of God
C. Disobedient to God in carrying out God's economy
D. A sign of indulgence in the lust of the flesh
E. Laying a foundation for his future fall
VII. Seeking for God
A. Loving Jehovah and walking in the statutes of David his father
B. Sacrificing and burning incense in the high places
VIII. Seeking for wisdom
A. Jehovah appearing to him in a dream
B. Asking Jehovah to give him wisdom and an understanding heart to judge God's people
C. His request pleasing God
D. Solomon understanding where he should offer to God
IX. Judging the case of the two harlots' quarreling

The Reign of Solomon (2) _{Message 4}

X. The organization of his governmental administration
A. The officials
B. The twelve superintendents over all Israel
XI. HIS Prosperity under the rich blessing of God
A. His people Judah and Israel increasing and enjoying a life of peace, riches, and pleasure
B. His dominion extending from the great river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt
C. The twelve tribes providing the daily necessities of him and his vast family
D. His army
E. His God-given wisdom making him great in the world in his days
F. Receiving aid from a Gentile king
1. Being provided with cedar timber and cypress timber for the building of God's temple
2. Being helped in preparing great and costly stones for the building of the temple

The Reign of Solomon (3) _{Message 5}

XII. Building the temple of God with his own palaces
A. Beginning in the four hundred eightieth year after Israel came out of Egypt
B. On the ground of Mount Zion
C. According to the promise of Jehovah given to David
D. According to his father King David's charge
E. With the materials prepared by his father David
F. According to the design given by God to David
G. The materials for the building of God's temple and all its furniture and their significances in typology
1. Gold
2. Wood
a. Cedar
b. Cypress
c. Olive wood
3. Costly stones
4. Bronze
H. The main items of the building and their significances in typology
1. The temple
a. Signifying the incarnated Christ as God's dwelling on the earth
b. Signifying the church
c. Its size
d. Its windows for air and light
e. Its fixed lattices
f. The front portico
g. The outer temple, the Holy Place
h. The innermost sanctuary, the Holy of Holies
i. The side chambers
1) In three stories
2) Their widths
3) Their door
4) The winding stairs
j. Its two bronze pillars
k. Its inner court
1) Built with three courses of hewn stones
2) Built with one course of cedar beams
3) Becoming the separating wall
2. The bronze sea with ten bronze lavers
3. The golden table for the bread of the presence
4. The golden lampstands
5. The golden altar with its incense

The Reign of Solomon (4) _{Message 6}

I. His palaces built in association with God's dwelling
1. Built with the same materials as those for the temple
2. Indicating that God's government should go along with His worship
3. The typology and the New Testament reality
J. The dedication of the temple
1. The tabernacle being merged with the temple
a. The tabernacle being a portable precursor
b. The temple being a consummation of God's building in typology
c. The glory of Jehovah filling the temple
2. His blessing and declaration to the people
3. His prayer
a. Asking God to pay constant attention to the house he built for God
b. Supplicating God to hear from His dwelling place in the heavens
1) In judging God's people
2) In the defeat of His people
3) In drought
4) In famine and pestilence
5) Concerning the seeking Gentile stranger
6) In his people's being sent into battle
7) In the captivity of His people
4. His blessing to the people
5. He and the people offering a vast quantity of sacrifices to God
6. He and the people holding a feast for fourteen days
K. The spiritual significance, in typology, of Solomon and the temple he built for God

The Reign of Solomon (5) _{Message 7}

XIII. The highest peak of Solomon's glory among the nations
A. Jehovah accepting Solomon's prayer
B. Solomon's alliance with Hiram being established in their mutual giving of gifts
C. Solomon building further cities, levying the Canaanites as forced labor, and making the children of Israel men of war, servants, officers, and captains
D. Solomon three times a year offering burnt offerings and peace offerings
E. Solomon building up a navy
F. The queen of Sheba coming to pay her honor to Solomon
G. Hiram's fleet carrying gold from Ophir and a great number of almug trees and precious stones to Solomon
H. Solomon being enriched with the tribute by the kings of the nations and the tariff on the traders and merchants
I. Solomon building a defense of chariots and cavalrymen
XIV. The tragedy of Israel's history
A. Solomon's fall
1. In the indulgence of his lust
2. In forsaking God and worshipping the Gentile idols
B. God's chastisement
1. God becoming angry with Solomon
2. The actions of God's chastisements
C. Solomon's decease after reigning over all Israel for forty years
D. Solomon under the light of the spiritual life

The Division of the Kingdom of Israel and the Reigns of Rehoboam Over Judah and of Jeroboam Over Israel _{Message 8}

I. The division of the kingdom of Israel
A. Due to the fall and corruption of Solomon
B. The kingdom of God's elect being split into two
II. The reign of Rehoboam over Judah of one tribe
A. Rehoboam being a son of Solomon born of an Ammonitess
B. Continuing the reign after Solomon
C. Suffering the division of the kingdom and losing ten tribes
1. By the rebellion of Jeroboam
a. Jeroboam instigating the people's revolt
b. Taking Solomon's extraordinary luxurious life and his heavy levying on the people as the cause
c. The foolishness of Rehoboam in facing the situation
d. The revolt bursting out
2. Rehoboam struggling to wage war against Jeroboam
D. Enthroned when he was forty-one years of age and reigning over Judah for seventeen years
E. Fighting with Jeroboam continually
III. The reign of Jeroboam over Israel of ten tribes
A. Jeroboam being an able servant of Solomon
B. Ordained by God to reign over ten tribes of Israel
C. Foretold by Ahijah the prophet
D. Solomon seeking to kill Jeroboam
E. Instigating the rebellion against King Rehoboam
F. Enthroned by the people of the ten tribes of Israel
G. The apostasy of Jeroboam
1. Making two calves of gold and putting one in Bethel and the other in Dan
2. Building a temple at the high places and appointing common people to be priests
3. Ordaining a feast like the feast that was in Judah
4. Offering sacrifices on the altar at Bethel
5. Ordaining a feast and going up to the altar to burn incense
6. A type of the apostasy of today's Christianity
H. God's judgment on the altar at Bethel made by Jeroboam
I. Ahijah's prophecy concerning the tragic ending of Jeroboam
J. Jeroboam reigning twenty-two years over the ten tribes of Israel

The Reigns of Abijam and Asa Over Judah and of Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri Over Israel and the Reign of Ahab Over Israel (1) _{Message 9}

I. The reign of Abijam over Judah
A. Born of the daughter of Abishalom
B. Reigning three years in Jerusalem
C. Walking in all the sins of his father Rehoboam
D. For David's sake Jehovah giving David a lamp in Jerusalem
E. Fighting with Jeroboam
II. The reign of Asa over Judah
A. Reigning for forty-one years in Jerusalem
B. Doing what was upright in the sight of Jehovah with a perfect heart all his days
C. Bringing sanctified things into the house of Jehovah
D. War being waged between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days
E. Being diseased in his feet in his old age
III. The reign of Nadab over Israel
A. Reigning over the northern kingdom of Israel for two years
B. Doing evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Baasha conspiring against him
IV. The reign of Baasha over Israel
A. Reigning for twenty-four years
B. Doing evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. The prophet Jehu coming to rebuke Baasha
V. The reign of Elah over Israel
A. Reigning for two years
B. Zimri conspiring against him
VI. The reign of Zimri over Israel
A. Reigning for seven days in Tirzah
B. The people making Omri king over Israel
C. Omri with all the people of Israel besieging Tirzah
VII. The reign of Omri over Israel
A. The people of Israel being divided into two
B. Beginning to reign after the death of Tibni
C. Reigning over Israel for twelve years
D. Purchasing the hill of Samaria
E. Doing evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all who were before him
F. Being buried in Samaria
VIII. The reign of Ahab over Israel
A. Reigning over Israel for twenty-two years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah more than all who were before him
C. In his days the rebuilding of Jericho bringing in the curse to them as Joshua had prophesied

The Reign of Ahab Over Israel (2) _{Message 10}

D. God's dealing with Ahab through Elijah the prophet
1. Shutting up the heavens from rain
a. God sending Elijah to hide himself by the brook Cherith
b. God sending Elijah to go to Zarephath of Zidon
2. Opening the heavens to rain
a. God sending Elijah to see Ahab concerning the raining
b. Ahab coming to meet Elijah through Obadiah
c. Elijah challenging Ahab to have a test on Mount Carmel and prove who is the real God
1) The prophets of Baal offering a bullock to Baal and begging Baal to burn their offering
2) Elijah praying to God, and Jehovah sending fire to consume the offering
3) All the people falling on their faces and saying that Jehovah is God
4) Elijah commanding the people to seize the prophets of Baal
5) Elijah winning the case
d. Telling Ahab that rain was coming
e. The hand of Jehovah being upon Elijah
3. Elijah being threatened by Jezebel, the wife of Ahab
E. Jehovah's commission to Elijah in his discouragement
1. The word of Jehovah coming to Elijah
2. God charging him to go out and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah to hear his word
3. Telling Elijah that He had left Himself seven thousand in Israel who had not bowed down their knees to Baal
F. Elijah finding Elisha and gaining him

The Reign of Ahab Over Israel (3) and the Reign of Jehoshaphat Over Judah _{Message 11}

And the reign of Jehoshaphat over Judah
G. Ahab's dealing with Ben-hadad king of Syria
1. Ben-hadad's insulting challenge to Ahab
2. Ahab rejecting Ben-hadad
3. Ahab waging a war against Ben-hadad and Winning It
4. Ahab Being Warned That Ben-hadad would come back to attack him the next year
5. Ben-hadad reorganizing his army and changing his strategy
6. Ahab being rebuked because he had released a man whom God had devoted to destruction
7. Ahab going to his house sullen and vexed
H. Ahab taking Naboth's vineyard by force in injustice
1. Ahab's coveting of Naboth's inheritance
2. Jezebel's evil plot
3. Jehovah sending Elijah to condemn Ahab
4. Ahab repenting and humbling himself before God
I. Ahab's miserable ending
1. Ahab wanting to fight against the king of Syria
2. Jehoshaphat proposing to ask for the word of Jehovah
3. Ahab and Jehoshaphat going into battle
4. Buried in Samaria
IX. The reign of Jehoshaphat over Judah
A. Reigning for twenty-five years
B. Doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah
C. Making peace with the king of Israel
D. Putting away the male cult prostitutes from the holy land
E. Buried in the city of David

The Reign of Ahaziah Over Israel and the Rapture of Elijah _{Message 12}

I. The reign of Ahaziah over Israel
A. Reigning for two years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. His illness and death
1. Sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron
2. Jehovah sending Elijah to stop the messengers of Ahaziah
3. Ahaziah twice sending a captain of fifty with his fifty men to Elijah
4. Ahaziah sending a third captain with his fifty men to Elijah
5. Ahaziah dying according to the word of Jehovah
II. The rapture of Elijah
A. Elijah trying to leave Elisha, and Elisha not letting him go, in three steps
B. Elisha asking a double portion of Elijah's spirit to be upon him
C. A chariot of fire and horses of fire appearing to separate Elijah from Elisha
D. Elisha gaining the double portion of the spirit of Elijah

Elisha's Ministry of Grace _{Message 13}

I. Elijah being a type of John the Baptist in convicting people unto death
II. Elisha being a type of Christ in doing miracles of grace in life
A. Healing the bad water of Jericho
B. Calling the things not being as being
C. Resurrecting the dead from death
D. Nullifying the poison of the wild gourds with flour
E. Healing leprosy
F. Floating with a wooden stick the ax head that had fallen into the waters
G. Cursing the mocking boys

The Reign of Jehoram Over Israel _{Message 14}

I. The reign of Jehoram over Israel
A. Reigning for twelve years in Samaria
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Fighting against the king of Moab
D. Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, waging war against Israel
1. Elisha unveiling the strategy of Ben-hadad to Jehoram and instructing him
2. Ben-hadad sending an army to besiege the city of Dothan
3. Elisha's young attendant seeing the army and fearing
4. Elisha praying that Jehovah would open his young attendant's eyes
5. Elisha praying that God would strike Ben-hadad's army with blindness
6. Elisha instructing Jehoram to prepare a feast for the army of Ben-hadad
E. Ben-hadad king of Syria besieging Samaria
1. There being a great famine in Samaria
2. Jehoram king of Israel being angry with Elisha
3. Elisha prophesying concerning a rich provision of food
a. The captain who upheld the king not believing that there could be such a rich provision of food
b. Four lepers discovering the rich provision of food and reporting it to the king's household
c. The people of Israel going forth to plunder the camp of the Syrians
F. Elisha telling of a seven-year famine ordered by God
G. Elisha's friendly contact with Ben-hadad king of Syria
1. Elisha coming to Damascus when Ben-hadad was sick
2. Ben-hadad sending his servant Hazael to see Elisha with a great gift
3. Elisha answering that Ben-hadad would recover from his sickness
4. Hazael coming back to tell his master what Elisha said to him
II. In his ministry Elisha behaving himself as God's representative on the earth

The Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah Over Judah and the Reigh of Jehu Over Israel _{Message 15}

I. The reign of Jehoram over Judah
A. Reigning for eight years in Jerusalem
B. Marrying Ahab's daughter
C. Jehovah not willing to destroy Judah
D. Edom's revolt from under the hand of Judah
E. Libnah revolting at the same time
F. Jehoram dying
II. The reign of Ahaziah over Judah
A. Reigning for one year
B. Walking in the way of the house of Ahab
C. Joining Joram to fight with Hazael king of Syria
D. Joining Jehoram (Joram) to meet Jehu in his rebellion
III. The reign of Jehu over Israel
A. Being anointed by a son of the prophets
B. Being recognized and proclaimed to be the king
C. Rebelling against his master Jehoram king of Israel
D. Executing God's judgment on Jezebel
E. Slaughtering the seventy sons of Ahab
F. Killing the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah
G. Slaying all who were left to Ahab in Samaria
H. Slaughtering all the prophets of Baal
I. Not turning away from the sins of Jeroboam
J. Jehovah speaking to Jehu concerning his sons
K. Jehovah beginning to cut away portions of land in Israel
L. Being buried in Samaria

The Reigns of Athaliah and Joash Over Judah _{Message 16}

I. The reign of Athaliah over Judah
A. Athaliah destroying all the royal seed
B. The daughter of King Joram hiding Joash in the house of Jehovah
C. The high priest devising to anoint Joash
D. Athaliah reacting to the enthronement of Joash and being killed
II. The reign of Joash (Jehoash) over Judah
A. Jehoiada the high priest making a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people
B. Joash being enthroned at the age of seven
C. Reigning for forty years in Jerusalem
D. Doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah
E. Repairing the house of God
F. Hazael king of Syria coming up to seize Jerusalem
G. Being murdered by his servants

The Reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoash, and Jeroboam Over Israel and of Amaziah Over Judah _{Message 17}

I. The reign of Jehoahaz over Israel
A. Reigning for seventeen years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. The anger of Jehovah being kindled against Israel
D. Jehoahaz entreating Jehovah, and Jehovah giving Israel a deliverer
E. Buried in Samaria
II. The reign of Jehoash (Joash) over Israel
A. Reigning in Samaria for sixteen years
B. Doing evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. The glorious ending of Elisha's life and ministry
1. Not being healed by a miracle
2. Recognized by Joash king of Israel as the chariots and horsemen of Israel
3. Prophesying to Joash by the parable of the shooting and striking of arrows
4. Deceasing in the body yet still ministering in the spirit
D. Recovering cities out of the hand of Ben-hadad
E. Buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel
III. The reign of Amaziah over Judah
A. Reigning for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem
B. Doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah
C. Slaying his servants who had slain the king his father
D. Smiting ten thousand of Edom
E. Fighting against Jehoash king of Israel
F. Living for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash king of Israel
G. People in Jerusalem conspiring against him
H. Buried in Jerusalem
IV. The reign of Jeroboam over Israel
A. Reigning for forty-one years in Samaria
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Restoring the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of Arabah
D. Sleeping with his fathers

The Reigns of Azariah, Jotham, and Ahaz Over Judah and of Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah Over Israel _{Message 18}

I. The reign of Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah
A. Reigning for fifty-two years in Jerusalem
B. Doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah
C. Stricken by Jehovah so that he became a leper
D. His son Jotham being over the household
E. Building up Elath and restoring it to Judah
F. Buried with his fathers
II. The reign of Zechariah over Israel
A. Reigning for six months
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Shallum conspiring against him
III. The reign of Shallum over Israel
A. Reigning for one month in Samaria
B. Murdered by Menahem
IV. The reign of Menahem over Israel
A. Capturing Tiphsah and its borders
B. Reigning for ten years in Samaria
C. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah throughout all his days
D. Pul king of Assyria coming against the land
E. Sleeping with his fathers
V. The reign of Pekahiah over Israel
A. Reigning for two years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Murdered by Pekah
VI. The reign of Pekah over Israel
A. Reigning for twenty years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria invading Israel
D. Hoshea conspiring against him
VII. The reign of Jotham over Judah
A. Reigning for sixteen years
B. Doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah
C. Building the upper gate of the house of Jehovah
D. Jehovah beginning to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah against Judah
E. Buried with his fathers in the city of David
VIII. The reign of Ahaz over Judah
A. Reigning for sixteen years
B. Not doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God
C. Rezin king of Syria and Pekah King of Israel coming to attack Jerusalem
D. Rezin king of Syria restoring Elath to Syria
E. Ahaz seeking the help of the king of Assyria
F. Ahaz going to meet the king of Assyria at Damascus and adopting the pattern of the altar there
G. Buried with his fathers

The Reign of Hoshea Over Israel _{Message 19}

I. Reigning for nine years
II. Doing evil in the sight of Jehovah
III. The king of Assyria coming to attack him
IV. Conspiring against the king of Assyria
V. The people of Israel being carried away into Assyria
A. Forsaking the very God who brought them out of Egypt
B. Walking in the statutes of the nations
C. Doing wicked things and serving idols
D. Not hearing the prophets sent to them by Jehovah
E. Rejecting God's statutes and His covenant
F. Jehovah removing them from their land
G. The king of Assyria bringing people from Babylon and other heathen cities to the cities of Samaria

The Reign of Hezekiah Over Judah _{Message 20}

I. Reigning for twenty-nine years
II. DOIng what was right in the sight of Jehovah
III. Jehovah being with him
IV. The invasion of the Assyrians
A. The invasion under Shalmaneser king of Assyria
B. The attacking and challenging of Sennacherib king of Assyria
1. Going up against all the fortified cities of Judah
2. Hezekiah subjecting himself to him
3. Challenging with insult and blasphemy
4. Hezekiah appealing to Isaiah the prophet
5. Hezekiah praying to Jehovah
6. Jehovah answering Hezekiah through Isaiah the prophet
7. An angel of Jehovah going out and slaughtering the Assyrians' camp
V. The healing of Jehovah
A. Hezekiah becoming mortally ill
B. Hezekiah praying to Jehovah
C. Isaiah recovering Hezekiah
D. Hezekiah wanting a sign
VI. The failure of Hezekiah
A. The king of Babylon sending letters and a gift to Hezekiah
B. Hezekiah showing all his treasury and his armory and everything found among his treasures
C. Hezekiah being condemned by God through His prophet Isaiah
D. Hezekiah answering that the word of Jehovah was good
VII. Hezekiah making the pool and the conduit

The Reigns of Manasseh, Amon, and Josiah Over Judah _{Message 21}

I. The reign of Manasseh
A. Reigning for fifty-five years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. Jehovah bringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah
D. Manasseh sleeping with his fathers
II. The reign of Amon
A. Reigning for two years
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. His servants conspiring against him and killing him
D. Buried in the garden of Uzza
III. The reign of Josiah
A. Reigning for thirty-one years
B. Doing what was right in the eyes of Jehovah
C. Repairing what was broken in the temple
D. Hearing the book of the law, found by the high priest in the temple
E. Receiving the answer of Jehovah through Huldah the prophetess
F. Making a covenant before Jehovah
G. Making a thorough clearance of all the idol worshippers throughout the country
H. Holding the Passover to Jehovah
I. Jehovah not turning from His great burning anger against Judah
J. Josiah frustrating Pharaoh Neco's expedition
K. Buried in Jerusalem by his servants

The Reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah Over Judah and the Governing of Gedaliah _{Message 22}

I. The reign of Jehoahaz
A. Reigning for three months
B. Doing what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah
C. Pharaoh Neco imprisoning him
D. Jehoahaz dying in Egypt
II. The reign of Jehoiakim
A. Reigning for eleven years
B. Paying to Pharaoh Neco silver and gold
C. Doing what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah
D. Serving Nebuchadnezzar and rebelling against him
E. Jehovah sending the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Judah
F. Sleeping with his fathers
III. The reign of Jehoiachin
A. Reigning for three months
B. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
C. The king of Egypt not coming out of his land again
D. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon coming to take over Jerusalem
IV. The reign of Zedekiah
A. Made king by the king of Babylon
B. Reigning for eleven years
C. Doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah
D. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon coming to Jerusalem and building a siege wall against it
E. Nebuzaradan coming to Jerusalem to burn the house of Jehovah
V. The governing of Gedaliah
A. Nebuchadnezzar appointing Gedaliah over the people who were left in the land of Judah
B. Ishmael coming with ten men and striking down Gedaliah

A Concluding Word of the Life-Study of the History of the Kings Among Israel _{Message 23}

There being forty-one kings in the history of Israel
Nine kings being comparatively good in the eyes of God
Saul
David and Solomon
The remaining thirty-eight kings
A full picture of how the elect of God could partake of the good land and enjoy all its rights
The root of the evil of the evil kings being their forsaking of God and their turning away to the pagan idols
A serious warning
Kings ruling for God's eternal economy
The deputy authority of God on earth

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