• Divided kingdom and defeat (I Kings 12 – II Kings 25; II Chronicles 10-36)
    • I Kings 12:12
    • Roughly 20 kings each, most of them bad. Israel had only bad kings.
    • Israel conquered in 732 BC.
    • Judah conquered in 586 BC.
    • I Kings 12:26-33 – Jeroboam’s first act as king was to lead the people away from God.
    • II Chronicles 11:14-16 – Jeroboam’s error ran off all the good people. Israel was left with people who were not focused on serving God.
    • You choose your own path
      • II Kings 16:3 – Ahaz
      • II Chronicles 18:1 – Hezekiah
      • II Kings 21:1 – Manasseh
      • II Kings 21:29-31 – Amon
      • II Kings 22:1-2; 23:25 – Josiah
      • II Kings 23:32, 37 – Josiah’s sons
      • The faith of your parents can only take you so far. You have to develop your own faith!
    • God is faithful
      • Deuteronomy 28:58-63
      • II Kings 19:30
    • Hezekiah’s tunnel
      • II Kings 20:20
    • Samaritans
      • II Kings 17:6, 24