9.0  Judah: Rehoboam to Hezekiah (922-687 B.C.E.)

Last revised: 11/20/01
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         #. (9.1.1.) Match the king in the southern kingdom to the correct characterization.

____ 1) Rehoboam (922-915 B.C.E) a) Formed an alliance with Ahab in the northern kingdom that signaled a time of peaceful relations between the two countries.
____ 2) Abijam (915-913 B.C.E) b) Had a notably unseccessful reign, especially marked by having to pay enormous tribute to Shishak of Egypt.
____ 3) Asa (913-873 B.C.E) c) Had one of the longest reigns of any king in Judah and made efforts to abolish pagan religions.
____ 4) Jehoshaphat (873-849 B.C.E) d) Although he had a very short reign, he successfully invaded the northern kingdom of Jeroboam pushing the southern borders of Israel back northward som six to eight miles in places.


         #. (9.1.1) What kept Rehoboam from enforcing his will over the northern tribes according to 1 Kings 12:21-24?

“12:21 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 12:22 But the word of God came to Shemai’ah the man of God: 12:23 “Say to Rehobo’am the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 12:24 `Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your kinsmen the people of Israel. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they hearkened to the word of the LORD, and went home again, according to the word of the LORD.”

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        #. (9.1.2) What happened to bring an end to the hostilities between Israel and Judah in the reign of Jehosaphat in Judah according to 1 Kings 22:1-4?

22:1 For three years Syria and Israel continued without war. 22:2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 22:3 And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?” 22:4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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         #. (9.1.2) Using the timeline in Tulloch, pp. 386-387,  identify the king of the northern kingdom who entered into the alliance with Jehoshaphat during the years 860-850 B.C.E. according to 1 Kings 22:1-4. He was ___________________________.

         #. (9.2) Match the king in Judah to the correct characterization.

____ 1) Jehoram a)  The boy king who escaped Athaliah’s purge and enjoyed a long peaceful reign.
____ 2) Ahaziah b)  Had the same name as the king in the northern kingdom who reigned during the same time of 849-842.
____ 3) Athaliah c)  Came to power after his father’s assassination and ended up being captured by Jehoash of the northern kingdom.
____ 4) Joash d)  Was killed by Jehu during the purge in the northern kingdom.
____ 5) Amaziah e) The king who suffered leprosy but accomplished a lot during his long reign.
____ 6) Uzziah f) The only woman to rule either kingdom.
____ #. (9.2.2) The only woman to ever rule over the Judah was
a) Abijam b) Athaliah c) Joash


____ #. (9.2.3) The long, peaceful reign of Joash (837-800 B.C.E.) was interrupted by an attack from the Syrian king _____. (Use timeline in the back of Tullock to find answer)

a) Benhadad I b) Hazael  c) Shalmaneser III

 
2 Kings 15:1-7 2 Chronicles 26:1-5, 15-23
15:1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 15:2 He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoli’ah of Jerusalem. 15:3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 15:4 Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land. 15:6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 15:7 And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 26:1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 26:2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. 26:3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoli’ah of Jerusalem. 26:4 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 26:5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.
 26:15 In Jerusalem he made engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. 
 26:16 But when he was strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was false to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 26:17 But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor; 26:18 and they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the LORD God.” 26:19 Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests leprosy broke out on his forehead, in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense. 26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they thrust him out quickly, and he himself hastened to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 26:21 And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper dwelt in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land. 
 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote. 26:23 And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Answer the following questions from the above two texts:

         #. (9.2.5) In 2 Kings 15:1 the king of Judah is identified as Azariah, but in 2 Chronicles 26:1 he is called by what name?

         #. (9.2.5) How old was Azariah when he began his reign according to both OT records?

         #. (9.2.5) How long did Azariah reign according to both OT records?

         #. (9.2.5) Who was Azariah’s mother?

         #. (9.2.5) Compare the evaluations of his reign religiously in 2 Kings 15:3-4 to 2 Chronicles 26:4-5.

List the similarity:
 

List the difference:
 

Which text (chap & verse) contains this difference:


____ #. (9.2.5) Which account provides the greater details about Azariah’s leprosy?

a) 2 Kings b) 2 Chronicles
         #. (9.2.5) Which prophet is associated with Azariah’s reign in these OT records?

         #. (9.4) Just as Amos and Hosea served the northern kingdom, name the two prophets who served the southern kingdom during the same general period:

1)  2) 
         #. (9.4) While Isaiah was the southern kingdom prophet from royal blood and advised kings, the country preacher from Moresheth-gath who preached in the southern kingdom was


Isaiah 6:1-13
 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 6:2 Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 6:3 And one called to another and said:
       “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
        the whole earth is full of his glory.”
6:4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 6:5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 6:7 And he touched my mouth, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven.” 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” 6:9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
        ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand;
         see and see, but do not perceive.’
6:10  Make the heart of this people fat,
               and their ears heavy,
               and shut their eyes;
         lest they see with their eyes,
               and hear with their ears,
         and understand with their hearts,
               and turn and be healed.”
6:11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said:
       “Until cities lie waste
               without inhabitant,
        and houses without men,
               and the land is utterly desolate,
6:12 and the LORD removes men far away,
               and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
6:13 And though a tenth remain in it,
               it will be burned again,
        like a terebinth or an oak,
               whose stump remains standing
               when it is felled.”
       The holy seed is its stump.

Answer the following questions from the above passage from Isaiah 6:1-13:

____ #. (9.5.1.1) The above passage is known as a _____ literary form.

a) wisdom saying b) commissioning c) parable


        #. (9.5.1.1) Whose death prompted Isaiah to enter the temple for worship?

        #. (9.5.1.1) Identify the proper verse reference to the following aspects of the experience:

(1) Vision of God with reaction: verses ___  to ___

(2) Cleansing of Isaiah: verses ___ to ___

(3) Commissioning of Isaiah: verses ___ to ___


____ #. (9.5.1.1) The success of Isaiah’s ministry would be measured by how many in the southern kingdom he convinced to return of their sins and return to God.

a) True b) False

____ #. (9.5.1.2) Which of the following translations of Isa. 7:14  is based on the Septuagint, rather than the Hebrew text?
a) (NASB) “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
b) (NRSV) “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the yound woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”


____ #. (9.5.1.2) Which of the following translations of Isa. 7:14  is based on the original Hebrew text, rather than the Septuagint?

a) (NASB) “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
b) (NRSV) “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the yound woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”


____ #. (9.5.1.2) When Matthew’s gospel (Mt. 1:23) applied the prophesy in Isa. 7:14 to Jesus, the ____ text was cited.

a) Hebrew b) Greek (LXX)


____ #. (9.5.1.2) In the original historical setting in which Isaiah spoke the words in Isa. 7:14 to King Ahaz, the child to be born as a sign that the king could trust God to deliver the nation from Israel and Syria was most likely

a) Ahaz’s son, Hezekiah b) Isaiah’s son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.


____ #. (9.5.1.2) King Ahaz accepted Isaiah’s advice to trust God to deliver him and the southern kingdom from invasion by Israel and Syria.

a) True b) False


         #. (9.5.3.2) List the appropriate chapters to the following oracles in the book of Isaiah:

(1) Oracles concerning Judah and the Messiah: chaps

(2) Oracles against foreign nations: chaps

(3) The Isaiah apocalypse: chaps

(4) Oracles from various times: chaps


         #. (9.5.4) List the four major ideas/themes of the book of Isaiah according to Tullock:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)


____ #. (9.6.2.1) Micah’s preaching in the southern kingdom made no mention of the sins of the capital city Jerusalem.

a) True b) False


         #. (9.6.2.3) From the Micah 6:1-8 passage below list by verse reference the sections illustrating the procedures of an ancient law court.
  6:1 Hear what the LORD says:
             Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
                   and let the hills hear your voice.
   6:2     Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD,
                  and you enduring foundations of the earth;
             for the LORD has a controversy with his people,
                  and he will contend with Israel.
  6:3      O my people, what have I done to you?
                  In what have I wearied you? Answer me!
  6:4      For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
                  and redeemed you from the house of slavery;
             and I sent before you Moses, 
                  Aaron, and Miriam.
  6:5      O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised,
                  what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
             and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
                  that you may know the saving acts of the LORD.
  6:6     With what shall I come before the LORD,
                  and bow myself before God on high?
            Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
                  with calves a year old?
  6:7     Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
                  with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
            Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
                  the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  6:8     He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
                  and what does the LORD require of you
            but to do justice, and to love kindness,
                  and to walk humbly with your God?		 (1) The court is called to order: 6: 

(2) The indictment and evidence is presented: 6: 

(3) The defense pleads its case: 6: 

(4) The verdict is delivered: 6: 

____ #. (9.6.2.3) In Micah 6:1-8, who is to watch the trial as spectators?

a) the Lord b) The mountains c) the people


____ #. (9.6.2.3) Identify the type of parallelism in Micah 6:7.

    Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
            the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
a) Synonymous b) Antithetical c) Synthetic


____ #. (9.6.2.3) In Micah 6:1-8, the prophet condemned the worship of the people.

a) True b) False


____ #. (9.6.2.3) In Micah 6:1-8, the bottom line issue for the Lord to the people of the southern kingdom was

a) Faithful presentation of offerings and sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem
b) the relations with others being determined by justice, kindness and humility.
 
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