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Jeroboam
-931-910bc -worked for solomon-administrator _met by ahijah-told of coming rule over 10 tribes -he, with elders, wanted their taxes lowered -made king for 10 years -started golden calf worship - moved holy days back one month -priests went to judah-started revival there -warned by prophet at the bethel alter;his arm is paralyzed;pleads with prophet and is healed -son gets ill-sends wife,disguised, to ahijah to plead for his life -son dies TERM 2
Omri
DEFINITION 2 -father of ahab _founded most notorious dynasty -given only 8 verses in the bible -gives israel international prestige -made treaty with ethbaal of phoenicia -sealed treaty with marriage of ahab to jezebel -moved capital to new city of samaria -mentioned on the moabite stone -sinfulness exceeded all before him -widely recognized-countries even called israel "house of omri" TERM 3
Ahab
DEFINITION 3 -most sinful of all kings -athaliah was his daughter -main king of omri dynasty -influenced strongly by jezebel -together they popularized the worship of baal -elijah emerged suddenly to announce 3.5 yr drought as punishment for baal worship -elijah returned to challenge baal on mt. carmel -jezebel helped him confiscate the vineyard of naboth -sought jehoshaphats help in retaking ramoth-gilead -micaiah warned him if he went he would die -disguised himself-killed by arrow TERM 4
Joram
DEFINITION 4 -experienced a famine that caused cannibalism -killed by jehu who took over his throne -wounded in battle at ramoth- gilead TERM 5
Rehoboam
DEFINITION 5 -son of soloman -tried to be king of all 12 tribes, at shechem - raised taxes against the peoples request;barely escaped to jerusalem -was the first king of 2 southern tribes -conscripted army-warned by shemaiah not to fight kingdom declined rapidly under his rule
Asa
-very young when father died -maacah, his mother, continued as queen for 14 yrs -adopted reforms-even destroyed his mother's idol -rebuked by hanani for his alliance with syria -fatal foot disease-died -did not recover from his defiance TERM 7
Jehoshaphat
DEFINITION 7 -pious administrator -inspired extensive reforms -divided the country into 12 districts-gave greater government efficiancy -joined ahab at ramoth gilead-was nearly killed in ensuing battle -son jehoram marries athaliah, ahabs daughter -was attacked from moab-proclaimed a fast--prayed-enemy defeated themselves TERM 8
Jehoram
DEFINITION 8 -influenced strongly by athailiah -murdered his 6 brothers after becoming king -ruled alone for only 2 yrs -died from fatal bowel disease -not buried in royal cemetery -no one regretted death TERM 9
Ahaziah
DEFINITION 9 -nephew of ahaziah of israel -only living son of athaliah and jehoram -had shortest reign of the period -killed by jehu while visiting his uncle joram, king of israel TERM 10
Jehu
DEFINITION 10 -established the longest dynasty in israel -an army captain under ahab -a furious chariot driver -marched on samaria - put kings of both kingdoms to death -ordered jezebel thrown out a window -killed the 70 sons of ahabs family eliminated baalism as a political move -pictured on the black obelisk stele -elisha the main prophet at the time
Hosea
-the prophet of gods love -prob. witnessed the fall of samaria -told to marry gomer who became a prostitute -gomer had 3 children 2 not his -named them titles of messages -gomer left him for her lovers -god told him to buy her back; he did with part grain and part silver TERM 17
Other prophets Shemaiah
DEFINITION 17 warned rehoboam not to fight jeroboam TERM 18
Ahijah
DEFINITION 18 told jeroboam of coming reign when soloman ruled and told jeroboams wife of their sons coming death TERM 19
Hanani
DEFINITION 19 rebuked asa for alliance with syria TERM 20
elijah
DEFINITION 20 told ahab of a coming 3 yr drought -showed ahab and baal prophets which god was the real god at the mt. carmel contest -confronted ahab in naboths vineyard -was taken to heaven in whirlwind
elisha
-told naaman how to be cured of leprosy -told of how a famine will be broken, and food will be plentiful in a day's time
