{"id":1198,"date":"2021-08-01T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:21:05","slug":"lesson-1-1-kings-12-15-rehoboam-jeroboam-and-the-divided-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/01\/lesson-1-1-kings-12-15-rehoboam-jeroboam-and-the-divided-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1: 1 Kings 12\u201315: Rehoboam, Jeroboam, and the Divided Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation \u2026<\/strong> \u2014Matthew 12:25a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Have you ever heard the phrase \u201cthere is\nstrength in numbers?\u201d Think of the following instances to help in the\nunderstanding of this concept: Work is completed faster with more workers; a\nchoir has a stronger voice with more choir members singing; the more papers you\nhave stacked together, the harder it is to tear them in two; it is harder to\nbreak a bundle of sticks bound together than just one stick, etc. What happens\nwhen more than one person tries to explain rules to a game (especially if they\nlist different rules)? Unless everyone agrees, or works together, it is almost\nimpossible to play the game or even to accomplish a task. Also remember the\nfollowing: \u201cAnd if one\nprevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold\ncord is not quickly broken\u201d (Ecclesiastes 4:12).\nIn this lesson we will see what happened that caused the nation of Israel\nto become divided.  In our key verse for\nthis lesson, the word desolation<\/em>\nmeans \u201cbe laid waste; be made desolate (deprived of inhabitants; neglected;\ndestroyed).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis:<\/strong> We must learn from history. Israel\nrejected God and chose idol worship bringing division and destruction to the\nnation. The same division and destruction will occur in our lives if we reject\nGod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson\nSummary: <\/strong>Now that we have completed the Personal Books (mostly written by\nDavid and Solomon), we will continue with the History Books. If you remember,\nthe people rejected God as their king and wanted a man like all of the other\nnations to rule over them. God gave the people a man to become their king, just\nlike they wanted. We learned about the first three kings: Saul, David, and\nSolomon. Saul disobeyed God, and the kingdom was removed from him and his\nfamily. David was known as a man after God\u2019s own heart, and God promised him\nthe kingdom would never be removed from his family. Solomon, David\u2019s son,\nbecame the next king, but he ended up allowing his heart to be turned from God\nto idols. God promised to divide the kingdom because of this great sin, but\nbecause of God\u2019s promise to David, two tribes would be left to his family.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lesson, we will learn that Rehoboam,\nSolomon\u2019s only son, was a very foolish king. God left two tribes for him to\nrule. They became known as Judah (also known as the Southern Kingdom). God gave\nthe other ten tribes to Jeroboam, and they became known as Israel\n(the Northern Kingdom). When Jeroboam became king over\nthe Northern Kingdom, Israel,\nhe did not allow the people return to Jerusalem\nto worship God. He was afraid that he would lose his kingdom, and the divided\nkingdom would reunite as one. So he set up two places of worship, Dan and Bethel,\nwith golden calves in each city for the people to worship. When Jeroboam was\nwarned by a prophet of God while offering at the altar, Jeroboam rejected his\nwords. King Jeroboam\u2019s hand was withered and then restored. Later, when\nconfronted with his wickedness, he rejected God\u2019s prophet, and God rejected\nJeroboam telling him the kingdom would be removed from him and his family. And\nit came to pass \u2013 just as God said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel and Judah warred against each other continually. After this lesson, we will primarily continue our study with the Northern Kingdom (Israel). Afterward we will learn of the Southern Kingdom (Judah). To help keep the kings straight and find out a verse listed where they became king, refer often to the chart \u201cThe Kings and their Prophets.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year Two Quarter One – Lesson 1 Questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year Two Quarter One – Lesson 1 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One idea would be to have your children make a crown to help them remember the divided kingdom.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We must learn from history. Israel rejected God and chose idol worship bringing division and destruction to the nation. The same division and destruction will occur in our lives if we reject God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729],"tags":[733,732,731,568,730],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-two-quarter-one","tag-divided-kingdom","tag-jeroboam","tag-lesson-one","tag-rehoboam","tag-y2q1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}