336 Oakwood Avenue Orange, NJ Rev. Melvin E. Wilson, Pastor/Teacher Email: [email protected] Cell: (914) 562-6331 “Almost” Everything You Need to Know About…” All the Kings in the Bible Tuesday, September 15, 2020 6:30 pm Online I. Reset and Restart: “Almost” Everything You Need to Know About…” A. What we were studying B. Why we were studying this C. Reminders: 1. We will meet online via Zoom on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm. We will also broadcast on Facebook Live. 2. Have access to your Bibles (the actual book) during Bible Study 3. We will pick up our study of an alternate Old Testament or New Testament book each week. 4. Remaining books to review: • Galatians Isaiah • 1 & 2 Kings 1 & 2 Peter • Ephesians Jeremiah & Lamentations • 1 & 2 Chronicles Ezekiel • Philippians Daniel • Ezra & Nehemiah 1, 2 & 3 John • Colossians Hosea • Esther Joel • 1 & 2 Thessalonians Amos • Job Obadiah • 1 & 2 Timothy Jonah • Psalms Micah • Titus Jude • Proverbs Nahum • Philemon Habakkuk • Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs (Solomon) Zephaniah • Hebrews Haggai • James Zechariah Malachi Revelation II. By Request: All The Kings in the Bible A. In the Bible, “King” is a very general term to denote “one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited.” B. Other positions of authority: Page 1 • Pharaoh • Tetrarch • Queen • Prince • Governor • Judge C. Scripture applies the title of “King” to God and to Christ. 11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. Matthew 27:11 13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14 to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen. 1 Timothy 6:13-16 III. How Did We Get Kings Anyway? When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. 3 But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. 4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” 6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.” 10 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[c] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 19 But the people refused to listen 20 to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king overPage 2 us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.” A. The Process • Jehovah God was King • The people wanted a human King (note the reason) IV. Chronological List of Hebrew Kings A. Kings of the 12 Tribes of Israel Before the Tribes Divided 1. Saul 2. David 3. Solomon B. Kings of the Kingdom of Judah After the Division 1. Rehoboam—Israel split during his reign and both Judah and Israel sank in increasing moral and spiritual decay 2. Abijah 3. Asa 4. Jehoshaphat 5. Jehoram 6. Ahaziah 7. Athaliah 8. Joash 9. Amaziah 10. Uzziah 11. Jotham 12. Ahaz—wicked 13. Hezekiah 14. Manasseh 15. Amon 16. Josiah 17. Jehoahaz 18. Jehoiakim 19. Jehoiachin 20. Zedekiah C. Kings of the Kingdom of Israel After the Division 1. Jeroboam—wicked 2. Nadab—assassinated 3. Baasha—wicked 4. Elah—wicked (son of Baasha) 5. Zimri—wicked 6. Tibni 7. Omri—wicked 8. Ahab—wicked Page 3 9. Ahaziah—wicked 10. Jehoram—wicked 11. Jehu 12. Jehoahaz—wicked 13. Jehoash 14. Zechariah 15. Shallum 16. Menahem—wicked 17. Pekahiah—wicked, assassinated 18. Pekah—wicked 19. Hoshea—wicked V. 108 Kings Mentioned or Alluded to in the Bible Abijam Abimelech Adonibezek—wicked /subdued 70 others (Judges 1:7) Achbor Achish Adoni-zedec Adonizedek Agag Agrippa I Ahab Ahasuerus Ahaz Ahaziah Alexander the Great Amaziah Amon Amraphel Aretas Arioch Artaxerxes Asa Asnapper Augustus Baal-hanan Baalis Baasha Bela Belshazzar Ben-hadad Berodach-baladan Birsha Chedorlaomer Chushan-rishathaim Cyrus Debir Eglon Elah Eliakim Eth-baal Evil-Merodach Darius, the Mede David Hadad Hadadezer Hadarezer Hadar (Gen. 36:38) Hanun Herod Agrippa I Herod the Great Hezekiah Hiram Hoham Hoshea Hur Husham (Gen. 36:34-35; 1 Chr. 1:45-46) Jabin Japhia Jechoniah Jehoash Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam—wicked Joash Jobab Josiah Lemuel Melchizedek Menahem Mesha Nadab Nahash Nebuchadnezzar Necho II Nero, the Caesar that probably martyred Paul Nimrod Og Omri Oshea Osnapper Piram Pul Rehoboam Rezin Rezon Sargon Samlah of Masrekah (Genesis 36:36-37; 1 Chronicles 1:47-48) Saul of Edom Saul, 1st king of Israel Sennacherib Shallum Shalman Shemeber Shinab Shishak I Sihon So Solomon Talmai Tiglath-Pileser III Tirhakah Toi Uzziah Xerxes Zachariah Zedekiah Zerah For Next Week: The Book (Letter) of Galatians Join us on the St. Matthew Prayer Line at 6 am & 9:30 pm daily - (206) 806-9984 “Wednesday in the Word Worship” Returns Tomorrow at 12 Noon (30 Minutes) Join us on Zoom & Facebook Live Page 4 Page 5 .