Transcript Kings & Prophets

Kings
&
Prophets
Ch.5
Moses
• Saved by his mother
• Raised in Egypt
• Moses kills an Egyptian
and flees
• Burning Bush
• “let my people go”
• 10 plagues
• Red Sea
• 10 Commandments
• Does NOT take the
Israelites into Canaan
Joshua
• Born in Egypt
• A spy for Israel
• Became leader of
Israelites after Moses
• Took people into the
Promised Land
• Led Israelites in the
destruction of Jericho
• Tribes are separated and
given land
• Levites get 48 cities
Joshua dies and, for
the first time, Israel
does not have a
leader.
Judges
• Iron Age
• Gone is the time of
Miracles.
• Gone is the time where
good from bad is clear
• Judges were warriors
• Israelites fall into a
cycle of sin
• The sin of Israel is
worshiping Baal
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Othniel
Ehud
Shamgar
Deborah
Gideon
Tola
Joir
Jephthah
Ibiza
Leon
Abode
Samson
BA’AL
god of…
Rain
Thunder
Fertility
Agriculture
SIN
Silence
Salvation
Servitude
Repentance
CYCLE OF SIN
Samson
• Leader of the Danite
Tribe (Dan)
• Gets entangled with
Delilah (Philistine)
• Delilah wants Samson’s
secret of strength
• He finally tells her
• He is tortured
• He commits suicide
Book of Judges
• Led by judges for 200+ years
• Ends with the nation falling apart due
to weak leadership.
• The Israelites look at other nations
• The Israelites want a king
Samuel
Samuel
• Hears God speak
to him
• Israel
understands
Samuel was
chosen by God
The “Ark” is Captured
Eat More Chicken!
Samuel makes his sons
judges…
They were terrible!
Samuel
• Warned Israel that a King would bring:
- an army
- taxes
- slavery
• God selects Saul to be Prince…not
King.
Saul
• Rich
• Good looking
• That’s about it
Samuel anoints Saul
Saul
• Leads Israel into
battle and wins
• Becomes prideful
• Saul disobeys
God
• Samuel never
speaks to Saul
again
Saul
• Saul needs
Samuels help with
a battle.
• Samuel is dead
• Saul goes to a
witch in Endor
• The witch congers
up the spirit of
Samuel
Saul falls on his sword
David
• Skilled harpist
• Brave warrior
• Killed the
Philistine giant,
Goliath
• Was chased after
by a jealous Saul
David
• Ruled the southern kingdom – Judah
(7years)
• Eventually united the North and South
(33 years)
• Made Jerusalem Israel’s capital
• David had a son, Solomon