Hezekiah was healed of a fatal illness, and lived a further fifteen years; but in that time fathered Manasseh, who was to be one of the very worst kings. Hezekiah also sowed the seeds of Judah's final fate by entertaining Babylonian envoys and showing them the treasury. Desecrated the temple so badly that prophets proclaimed him worse than the Amorites whom the Israelites had originally driven out of the land.
He repented towards the end of his life. Such an evil king that his own officials assassinated him, and made his son king in his place. The last good king, only eight years old at the start of his reign. At the age of 26, he instigated repairs for the temple, in the course of which the book of the law was rediscovered, precipitating a reaffirmation of the covenant and wide-ranging reforms. Died in the most stupid of circumstances: the Assyrian empire was crumbling, and the Egyptians marched through Judah to aid the remaining Assyrians against the Babylonians.
Josiah insisted on fighting the Egyptians - against the Pharoah's will - and was killed in battle. Reigned for only three months before the Egyptians, having invaded in the wake of Josiah's death, deported him, replacing him with his brother Eliakim who they renamed Jehoahaz. During his reign, Babylon wiped out the Egyptian empire, taking over most of its subject states including Judah.
When Jehoiakim rebelled against Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar attacked and conquered Jerusalem, imprisoning Jehoiakim and taking hostages including Daniel and his friends to Babylon. Many Jews, including Ezekiel, exiled to Babylon. Frankly, I get the impression that he never had a clue what was happening. When Nebuchadnezzar invaded again, he was deported to Babylon, where he was at least treated well.
His uncle Mattaniah was made king in his place, and his name changed to Zedekiah. Subsequent invasion of remains by Edom. Zedekiah, learning little from his predecessors and nothing from the prophet Jeremiah, rebelled against Babylon. The response this time was the total destruction of Jerusalem and deportation of all the remaining people except for some of the very poorest, who were left behind to work the land.
Esther becomes Xerxes' queen. Her cousin Mordecai discovers a plot against the king and saves his life, for which he goes unrewarded. When, later, he refuses to worship an official called Haman, Haman's revenge is a plot to wipe out all the Jews throughout the Persian empire. Encouraged by Mordecai, Esther resolves to plead for her people with the king.
This was something that the much-later and southern writers of Kings could not forgive, given their belief that the Jerusalem temple, located within the kingdom of Judah, was the only legitimate place for worshiping Yahweh.
The judgment is anachronistic, though, because centralization of worship in Jerusalem was only first established as an ideological principle under King Josiah of Judah over two centuries later, around B. After the overthrow of the first two dynasties in only their second generations, the Israelite dynasty of Omri, in the ninth century, finally established itself, spanning the reigns of three more kings: Ahab, Ahaziah, and Jehoram.
Its significance is also reflected, albeit negatively, in the preoccupation of Kings with the characters of Ahab an Israelite king and his wife Jezebel. The last two of these kings coincided with the rise of the Assyrian Empire, which destroyed forever the northern kingdom of Israel in B.
In reality, from the 10th to the late eighth century B. However, because Judah outlasted Israel, and because Judahite writers told the biblical history with their own theological spin, much of biblical literature portrays Judah as superior, at least morally, to its sister kingdom Israel.
Steven L. McKenzie, "Kingdom of Israel", n. McKenzie Professor, Rhodes College. His research and teaching interests include the history of ancient Israel, the literature of the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew language, the Dead Sea Scrolls, methods of biblical interpretation, and archaeology. The biblical texts create a complex portrait of a King David who was both a revered leader and a flawed man. Briefly united under David and Solomon, Israel in the north and Judah in the south were separate kingdoms for centuries, indicating strong differences between the two.
According to the Bible, the house of David ruled the southern kingdom of Judah for several centuries, and extrabiblical evidence appears to confirm this designation for the monarchy of Judah.
Mormon tradition answers an old theological problem—the position of America in a biblical worldview—by casting Native Americans as the 10 lost tribes of Israel. The story of Jeroboam and the sanctuaries at Dan and Bethel, as described in the book of Kings may tell us more about later religious struggles than about an actual reality. Archaeological evidence seems to confirm the existence of a shrine at Dan, but not necessarily at Bethel Betin.
The tribe of Judah emerges as the dominant southern tribe through its associations with David and Jerusalem. View more. Solomon Builds the Temple 1In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Isr God-designed structures. Gospels General Epistles Pauline Epistles.
Old Testament New Testament Genesis. Register Don't have an account? List of the kings of Israel. Let's try dividing them up like Clint Eastwood might—into the good, the bad, and the ugly.
When it comes to great kings, David and Solomon are clearly the most devoted to God, even without "Yah" in their names. David's story gets covered more fully in 1 Chronicles and we've already talked a whole bunch about Solomon elsewhere in this section, so let's skip ahead and deal with those other super competent and capable rulers who didn't happen to be named David or Solomon. In chronological order, they are:. He was one of the first major kings after Solomon. Jehoshaphat worshipped God and made sure that his people did, too.
He also tried to get a truce going between Israel and Judah. It didn't work out well in the end, but at least he gave it a shot. He also "had great riches and honor" We don't get a lot of info about this king, but what little we do hear is good. He built towers, defeated enemies, and "did what was right in the sight of the Lord" That's a lot more than we can say for some other kings.
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