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circa 930–586 BC

The Divided Kingdom

The kingdom splits into Israel and Judah; prophets warn of judgment as both nations slowly drift into idolatry and exile.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:17

    Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

  2. 2 Chronicles 16:9

    For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  3. 2 Chronicles 15:7

    Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

  4. 2 Chronicles 15:2

    And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  5. 2 Chronicles 32:8

    With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:2–4c. 810 BC

    2Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

    3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

    4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

  2. 2 Kings 15:5–6c. 765 BC

    5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

    6And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  3. 2 Kings 15:7c. 758 BC

    So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

  4. 2 Kings 15:8–9c. 773 BC

    8In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

    9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  5. 2 Kings 15:10–11c. 772 BC

    10And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

    11And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

  6. 2 Kings 15:12c. 884 BC

    This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

  7. 2 Kings 15:13–18c. 772 BC

    13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

    14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

    15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

    16Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

    17In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

    18And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  8. 2 Kings 15:19–20c. 771 BC

    19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

    20And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

  9. 2 Kings 15:21–22c. 772 BC

    21And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

  10. 2 Kings 15:23–24c. 761 BC

    23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

    24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  11. 2 Kings 15:25–26c. 759 BC

    25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

    26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.