08 OT-Outline

8.0 Israel Becomes Two: The History of the Northern Kingdom

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Last revised: 11/30/06

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8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Method of Approach
8.1.2 The Problem of Chronology
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8.2 The Division of the Kingdom (922-783 B.C.E.)
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8.2.1 Rehoboam's Folly (1 Kings 12:1-19)
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8.2.2 Jeroboam (I, 922-901 B.C.E.) Becomes King of Israel (1 Kings 12:20-24)
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8.2.3 Jeroboam's Reign (1 Kings 12:25-14:20)

8.2.4 The Parade of Kings in Israel (1 Kings 15:25-16:20)
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8.3 The Dynasty of Omri (876-842 B.C.E.)
8.3.1 Israel and Her Neighbors
8.3.2 The Influence of Omri (1 Kings 16:21-28)
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8.3.3 The Reign of Ahab (I, 869-850 B.C.E.) (1 Kings 16:29-22:4)
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8.3.3.1 The Canaanite Fertility Religion
8.3.3.2 Elijah Among the Prophets
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8.3.3.3 Elijah Confonts Ahab (1 Kings 17:1-24)
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8.3.3.4 The Contest on Carmel (1 Kings 18:1-46)
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8.3.3.5 An Angry Woman and a Scared Prophet (1 Kings 19:1-21)
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8.3.3.6 Ahab and Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:1-43)
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8.3.3.7 Ahab, Naboth, and Elijah (1 Kings 21:1-9)
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8.3.3.8 Two Kings and a Courageous Prophet (1 Kings 22:1-40)
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8.3.3.9 Ahaziah (I, 850-849), Lijah, and Elisha (1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 2:25)
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8.3.3.10 Jehoram (Joram) of Israel (849-842 B.C.E.) (2 Kings 3:1-27)
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8.3.4 Stories about Elisha (2 Kings 4:1-9:14)
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8.4 Jehu to Jeroboam II (842-746 B.C.E.)
8.4.1 Bloody Jehu (I, 842-815 B.C.E.) (2 Kings 9:1-10:34)
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8.4.2 Two Israelite Kings and the Death of Elisha (2 Kings 13:1-25)

8.4.3 Jeroboam II (I, 786--746 B.C.E.) (2 Kings 14:23-29)

8.5 Israel's Eighth-Century Prophets: Amos and Hosea
8.5.0 The Principles of Hebrew Poetry
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8.5.0.1 Parallelism
8.5.0.1.1 Synonymous Parallelism
8.5.0.1.2 Antithetical Parallelism
8.5.0.1.3 Formal or Synthetic Parallelism
8.5.0.2 Meter
8.5.1 Amos: The Shepherd from Tekoa
8.5.1.1 The Times
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8.5.1.2 The Man
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8.5.1.3 The Book
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8.5.1.3.1 The Introduction (Amos 1:1-2)

8.5.1.3.2 Look at what the neighbors are doing (Amos 1:3-2:5)

8.5.1.3.3 You are even worse, Israel (Amos 2:6-16)

8.5.1.3.4 Hear this word (Amos 3:1-5:17)

8.5.1.3.5 The day of the Lord is upon you (Amos 5:18-27)

8.5.1.3.6 Woe to the wealthy (Amos 6:1-14)

8.5.1.3.7 The visions of Amos (7:1-9:4)

8.5.1.3.8 A better day (Amos 9:10-15)

8.5.1.4 Amos: A Summary
8.5.2 Hosea: The Prophet with the Broken Heart
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8.5.2.0.1 The Rise of Assyria
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8.5.2.1 Israel (745-721 B.C.E.)
8.5.2.1.1 The parade of kings in Israel (2 Kings 15:8-31)
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8.5.2.1.2 Pekah (I), Jotham (J), Ahaz (J), and the Syro-Ephraimitic War (2 Kings 17:27-16:20; see also Isa. 7:1-25)

8.5.2.1.3 Hosea (I, 732-722/21 B.C.E.) Israel's last king (2 Kings 17:1-41)

8.5.2.2 The Man
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8.5.2.3 The Book
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8.5.2.3.1 Marriage and a family (Hos. 1:1-2:1)

8.5.2.3.2 Unfaithful wife -- unfaithful people (Hos. 2:2-23)

8.5.2.3.3 The purchase (Hos. 3:1-5)

8.5.2.3.4 Judgment Must Come, But There Is Hope (Hos. 4:1-14:9)

8.5.2.3.4.1 The Lord's lawsuit (Hos. 4:1-3)
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8.5.2.3.4.2 The guilt of the religious leaders (Hos. 4:4-10)
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8.5.2.3.4.3 The harlotry of the people (Hos. 4:11-5:2)
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8.5.2.3.4.4 The result of idolatry (Hos. 5:3-7)
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8.5.2.3.4.5 War on the horizon (Hos. 5:8-14)
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8.5.2.3.4.6 False repentance (Hos. 5:15-7:2)
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8.5.2.3.4.7 Anarchy in the country (Hos. 7:3-7)
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8.5.2.3.4.8 Ephraim is a half-baked cake (Hos. 7:8-16)
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8.5.2.3.4.9 False worship and false friends (Hos. 8:1-14)
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8.5.2.3.4.10 The judgment to come (Hos. 9:1-17)
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8.5.2.3.4.11 Increased altars -- increased sin (Hos. 10:1-8)
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8.5.2.3.4.12 Judment must come (Hos. 10:9-15)
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8.5.2.3.4.13 The Lord still loves Israel (Hos. 11:1-11)
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8.5.2.3.4.14 Judgment must come (Hos. 12:1-13:16)
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8.5.2.3.4.15 A plea to return (Hos. 14:1-8)
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8.5.2.3.4.16 A wisdom saying (Hos. 14:9)
8.5.2.4 Summary on Hosea
8.5.2.5 The Death of the Northern Kingdom