1 Kings 12–14
Israel splits, Jeroboam forges golden calves, and a prophet names King Josiah before his birth.
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KEY TOPICS & THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS
- Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ignores the elders, heeds his peers, and loses the ten northern tribes
- 1 Kings 12:15 and divine sovereignty: the hosts land in different places on how God split the kingdom
- Shemaiah's word stops a civil war: God at work through both quiet providence and direct prophecy
- Silver as common as stones (1 Kings 10:27): whose prosperity was it, the palace's or the laborers'?
- Wealth and contentment: from Eden and the wilderness to modern America and Guatemala
- Jeroboam, back from Egypt, brings Egypt to Israel with two golden calves echoing the wilderness idol
- Non-Levitical priests, high places, and a feast in a month Jeroboam devised in his own heart
- Why the most dangerous deceptions are the ones closest to the truth
- God's conditional promise to Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:38) and a dynasty lost by grasping for it
- Answering the claim that Josiah's name in 1 Kings 13:2 was added later
- Why Scripture recording its kings' failures, warts and all, points to honest history
- The man of God from Judah, the old prophet of Bethel, and the lion standing beside the donkey
- Abijah's illness and Ahijah the prophet: seeking God only when crisis hits
- Churches after 9/11, God as a good luck charm, and offering the Lord our leftovers
- Total depravity, Genesis 6:5, and whether unbelievers can do anything good
- Burial, cremation, martyrdom, and the resurrection of the body
- Ecclesiastes 2:18-19, Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 6, and discipling the next generation
A visual representation of the important, and often confusing, time-period of the kings of Israel and Judah.
This period of time stretches from the construction of the Temple to its destruction. Also included are the approximate ministry spans of the writing prophets.
Follow the line of the kings and prophets in the divided kingdom with this easy to read chart. Great to hang in an office or place for reference. Or, use it a quick reference while studying. Printed on thick, durable, matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%