The Divided Kingdom

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The Divided Kingdom
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Till There Was No Remedy

• Elisha Purifies a Spring of Water
• The Divided Kingdom
• 2 Kings 219 327

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Characters In Tonights Lesson...

• Elijah
• For what event is he most remembered?
• In the NT, he appears with Christ and Moses in
  the transfigeration scene
• Jesus likened him to John the Baptist
• (Matt. 17)
• A father figure to Elisha

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Characters In Tonights Lesson...

• Elisha
• Followed Elijah for about 7 or 8 years
• Witnessed Elijah taken up into heaven
• Requested and possessed a double portion of
  Elijahs spirit
• Performed 12 miracles. Name one.
• Healed Naaman the leper
• Made 7 prophecies

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Characters In Tonights Lesson...

• Jehoshaphat
• Son of Asa
• Good king
• Removed altars and wooden poles
• Sent teachers and priests to teach the people the
  law
• Allied himself with Ahab of Israel
• Scolded by God for helping Ahab in battle with
  Syria
• Reigned for 25 years

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Characters In Tonights Lesson...

• Jehoram of Judah
• Son of Jehoshaphat
• Married Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel
• Wicked king
• Reigned for 8 years

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Characters In Tonights Lesson...

• Jehoram of Israel
• Son of Ahab, brother of Ahaziah
• Wicked king
• He persisted in the sins of Jeroboam (golden
  calves)
• But, put away the poles of Baal worship
• Made alliance with Judah

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From the last lesson...

• Ahaziah died from an fall
• His brother, Jehoram, became king of Israel
• Elijah and Elisha went from Gilgal to Bethel then
  to Jericho
• The sons of the prophets told Elisha that Elijah
  would be taken that day
• Elijah parted the waters of the Jordan river and
  they crossed over

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From the last lesson...

• A chariot of fire came down and took Elijah away
  in a whirlwind to heaven
• Elisha picked up Elijahs cloak, struck the
  waters of Jordan and crossed back over to Jericho
  on dry land

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The First Days of Elishas Ministry 2 Kings
212-25

• He parted the Jordan
• He pacified some prophets by allowing them to
  search for Elijah
• He purified a spring of water
• He departed Jericho and went to Bethel
• He punished some mocking youths for their
  disrespect for him as a prophet
• From Bethel, he went to Mt. Carmel and from there
  to Samaria

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King Jehoram Of Israel 2 Kings 31-3

• Israel
• Jehoram (Joram) reigning - wicked
• Ahaziahs brother
• Son of Ahab and Jezebel
• Reigned 12 years evil
• Jehoram's idolatry
• Kept the sins of Jeroboam the golden calves

• Judah
• Jehoshaphat reigning in his 18th year
• Jehoram co-reigning in his 2nd year
• His wife was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel

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Judah and Israel Fight Moab 2 Kings 34-9

• Moabites rebelled against Israel
• Refused to pay tribute after Ahab died
• Jehoram asked Jehoshaphat for help
• Got Judah to help fight the Moabites
• The plan was to go south around the Dead Sea to
  approach Moab
• Edom joined the two armies
• Edom was under the control of Judah
• Jehorams ineptness
• Ran out of water for the armies and the cattle

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Jehorams Efforts Against The Moabites Israel,
Judah, and Edom joined together in the effort The
armies ran out of water Where is God when we need
Him? Our plan didnt work!
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Elisha and King Jehoram 2 Kings 310-27

• The Indignant Prophet
• The request Seek instruction from a prophet
  10-12
• The rebuke Elisha wanted no part of Jehoram
  13-14
• The reply God sent good news of water 15-19
• The red water Deceived the Moabites 20-23
• The routing Moabites defeated 24-27

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Till There Was No Remedy

• The Divided Kingdom
• Death of Jehoshaphat

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In Judah

• Death of Jehoshaphat -1 Kings 2245-50
• Jehoram (or Joram) 2 Kings 816-24
• 8 years of evil
• Had married into Ahabs family
• Kills his brothers 2 Chron.212-4
• God arouses neighboring revolts
• Edom revolts 2 Kgs.820-22
• Libnah revolts 822

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Judah has Problems without (Edom) And Problems
within (Libnah) See next slide
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More Problems

• Jehoram receives a letter from Elijah 2
  Chron.2111-15
• Invasion of the Philistines and Arabians
  2116,17
• Two Year Disease Agonizing Death 2118-21
• Obadiah prophesies during this time.

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Till There Was No Remedy

• The Divided Kingdom
• Prophetic Themes
• 2 Kings 4

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Prophetic Themes

• General Summary
• Call for repentance
• The Day of the Lord
• Gods concern for nations
• The Messiah
• A New Spiritual Order to come

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Joram

• Disease and Agonizing Death of Jehoram of Judah
  2 Chron.2118-20
• Jehoram, son of Ahab, still reigns in Israel

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More Stories About Elisha

• Elisha Increases A Widows Oil 2 Kings 41-7
• The widows crisis v.1-2
• Elishas miraculous aid 3-7
• A Shunammite Woman 48-37
• A room for hospitality 8-10
• A reward she will have a son 11-17
• A Trial her son dies 18-21
• A Testimony Elisha is empowered by God to raise
  the son from the dead 22-37

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More Stories of Elisha

• Elisha Purifies Stew 2 Kings 438-41
• The Poisonous Food
• Caused by wild gourds
• Purified by flour and miracle
• Do you see parallels between Elisha and Jesus?

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Till There Was No Remedy

• The Divided Kingdom
• Elisha Feeds 100 Men

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More Stories About Elisha

• He feeds 100 men with 20 loaves 2
  Kgs.442-44
• He heals Naaman of his leprosy 2 Kings
  51-27

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• Disease 51

2 Kings 51 Now Naaman, commander of the army of
the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man
in the eyes of his master, because by him the
LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a
mighty man of valor, but a leper.
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• Determination 2-5

2 Kings 52-5 And the Syrians had gone out on
raids, and had brought back captive a young girl
from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman's
wife. (3) Then she said to her mistress, "If
only my master were with the prophet who is in
Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy."
(4) And Naaman went in and told his master,
saying, "Thus and thus said the girl who is from
the land of Israel." (5) Then the king of Syria
said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the
king of Israel." So he departed and took with him
ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of
gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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• Detainment 6-8

2 Kings 56-8 Then he brought the letter to the
king of Israel, which said, Now be advised, when
this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman
my servant to you, that you may heal him of his
leprosy. (7) And it happened, when the king of
Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes
and said, "Am I God, to kill and make alive, that
this man sends a man to me to heal him of his
leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how
he seeks a quarrel with me." (8) So it was,
when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of
Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the
king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes?
Please let him come to me, and he shall know that
there is a prophet in Israel."
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• Displeasure 9-13

2 Kings 59-13 Then Naaman went with his horses
and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha's
house. (10) And Elisha sent a messenger to him,
saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times,
and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you
shall be clean." (11) But Naaman became
furious, and went away and said, "Indeed, I said
to myself, 'He will surely come out to me, and
stand and call on the name of the LORD his God,
and wave his hand over the place, and heal the
leprosy.
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• Displeasure 9-13

(12) Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the
rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?"
So he turned and went away in a rage. (13) And
his servants came near and spoke to him, and
said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to
do something great, would you not have done it?
How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash,
and be clean'?"
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• Deliverance 14

2 Kings 514 So he went down and dipped seven
times in the Jordan, according to the saying of
the man of God and his flesh was restored like
the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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• Dedication 15-19

2 Kings 515-19 And he returned to the man of
God, he and all his aides, and came and stood
before him and he said, "Indeed, now I know that
there is no God in all the earth, except in
Israel now therefore, please take a gift from
your servant." (16) But he said, "As the LORD
lives, before whom I stand, I will receive
nothing." And he urged him to take it, but he
refused. (17) So Naaman said, "Then, if not,
please let your servant be given two mule-loads
of earth for your servant will no longer offer
either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods,
but to the LORD.
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• Dedication 15-19

(18) Yet in this thing may the LORD pardon your
servant when my master goes into the temple of
Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand,
and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon--when I
bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD
please pardon your servant in this thing." (19)
Then he said to him, "Go in peace." So he
departed from him a short distance.
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More Stories About Elisha

• Makes an ax-head to float
  2 Kgs. 61-7
• Blinds and Traps Some Syrian Soldiers 68-23
• His warnings to Israel upsets the Syrian attack
  strategies
• He is threatened by the Syrian king
• He believes Gods army is always bigger
• Blinds the Syrian army
• Leads them to Samaria
• Releases them

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Till There Was No Remedy

• Divided Kingdom
• The Siege of Samaria
• 2 Kings 624 - 86

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The Siege of Samaria

• Arameans besiege Samaria
• The Plight of the people cannibalism -624-29
• The Prejudice of the king blames Elisha and the
  Lord 630-33
• The Prophecy of Elisha 71-2
• The Panic of the Arameans 73-11
• The Plunder by the people 712-16
• The Passing of the Officer 717-20

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The Reminiscing About Elisha

• Gehazi and the woman of Shunam tell the king of
  Israel of Elishas deeds
• She relocated due to Elishas warning. 81-2
• She returned after the famine to get her house
  and land back -83
• She is restored her belongings when Gehazi
  explains the situation to the king

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