Transcript Intro to the Divided Kingdom

Intro to the Divided Kingdom
Introducing Israel’s kings
• The name of the king and the name of his
father
• Dating the king’s coronation in terms of the
reigning king in Judah
• The name of the capital city
• The length of the reign
• A characterization of the reign of the king.
Introducing the Judean kings
• The name of the king and his father
• The date of the king’s coronation in terms of
the reigning Israeli king
• The age at which the king came to the throne
and the length of his reign
• The name of the queen mother
• A comparison of the king’s reign with that of
David
Trouble with Chronology
• “Read all the books of the Old Testament, and
you will find such discord as to the number of
the years of the kings of Judah and Israel, that
to attempt to clear up this question will
appear rather the occupation of a man of
leisure than of a scholar.”
• ---- Jerome, 4th century A.D.
Three Chronological Procedures
• Each kingdom used a different calendar
• Each counted the years a king reigned
differently.
Accession vs. Non-Accession
• Non-Accession counting: immediately began
counting. The first partial year was the first
year of the king.
• Accession counting: did not begin counting
until the beginning of the next calendar year.
Three Chronological Procedures
• Each kingdom used a different calendar
• Each counted the years a king reigned
differently
• Each used its own system in referring to the
other country’s kings.
Overlapping Reigns (Co-regencies)
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Tibni and Omri in Israel (1 Kings 16:21)
Menahem and Pekah (Hosea 5:5)
Jehoash and Jeroboam 2 (2 Kings 13:10,14:23)
Amaziah and Azariah (Uzziah)
Jotham and Azariah (2 Kings 15:5)
Jehoram and Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 8:16)
Jehoshaphat and Asa (2 Chron. 16:12)
Manasseh and Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:1,6)
Dynasties
• In Israel, at least 8 different dynasties.
• In Judah, only one, despite lasting an extra
150 years.
• 2 Samuel 7. God keeps His word.