United kingdom
Even godly people can lose their way.
Saul
- I Samuel 10:2 – Saul started humbly enough.
- I Samuel 13:8, 11-14 – Saul didn’t fully obey.
- I Samuel 15:9, 28
David
- II Samuel 11:2-3; 12:9
- Let us never thing it can’t happen to us!
Solomon
- I Kings 3:3, 9-10 – Solomon started humbly and wisely.
- I Kings 11:3-4 – Solomon took a wrong turn.
- No one is immune to temptation.
Divided kingdom
Your faith is your own choice.
- I Kings 2:26-33 – Jeroboam invented idols an led Israel astray.
- All of the following kings in Israel follow his idolatry.
- But people don’t necessarily continue the faith of their parents. Examples:
- II Kings 16:3 – Ahaz did evil.
- II Kings 18:1-6 – Hezekiah turned from his father’s ways and did good.
- II Kings 21:1-3 – Manasseh did evil nearly his whole life.
- II Kings 21:19-21 – Amon did evil.
- II Kings 22:1-2; 23:25 – Josiah did right in God’s eyes.
- II Kings 23:32 – Jehoahaz did evil.
- II Kings 23:35 – Jehoiakim did evil.