Rehoboam
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OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
MAPS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
A MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
A MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
A LIST OF ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
A TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN EMPIRES
A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY
I. King Rehoboam and the Israelites (10:1-11:23)
1. What had Shechem been historically to Israel that Rehoboam wanted to be made king there? (Gen. 12:6-7, 33:18-19; Josh. 8:30-35, 24:1-17, 32) What did Jeroboam believe enough to return to Israel? (2, 1 Kings 11:34-37) Why would Israel send for him? (3-4) What opportunity did Rehoboam miss from the beginning? (5; Matt. 5:9)
2. Who did Rehoboam consult with first? (6) What obvious answer did they give? (7) Why might he seek a different opinion? (8-9) Why would the young men give the answer they gave? (10-11)
3. What kind of man would give the answer Jeroboam gave? (12-14) Who was behind this? (15)What can be learned about the Lord? (Rom. 11:33-36) How did Israel respond to the king? (16) Where all tribes involved in the rebellion? (17) Why would Rehoboam send his labor under-lord? (18-19)
4. How did Rehoboam's response further define his character? (12:1) What kind of faith must have Shemaiah have to deliver this message? (2-3) What did the Lord reveal to Judah and Benjamin? (4)
II. Rehoboam's Bad Example (12:1-11)
5. What happened to Judah? (1-6) Why? What did the leaders of Judah and the king do? (6)
6. What did the Lord do when he saw Rehoboam's respond? (7-11) What can be learned about God? What must have Rehoboam thought when he went to the Lord's temple after that?
III. Rehoboam's Repentance (12:12-16)
7. What did Rehoboam do after Egypt's attack? (12-16) How did the Lord respond? What can we learn about God?
8. Why did King Rehoboam so evil? What can be learned?
9. How was it between the northern tribes and the southern tribes? Where was a source of other information about the king? Are these available to us today?
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