2 Chronicles 22:10-23:21 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Evil Athaliah
Questions for Study 9

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Memory Verse: 21:7
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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. Athaliah and Joash (22:10-12)

1. How did Athaliah respond when she learned of Jehu's actions? (10-12) How was the line of David kept? What does this say about the character of Athaliah and Jehosheba?

II. Athaliah Dethroned and Killed (23:1-21)

2. What did Jehoiada do? (1-3) How was this an act of faith? (2 Sam. 7:11b-16)

3. What did Jehoiada do when he established Joash king of Judah? (8-11)

4. What irony is in Athaliah's words? (12-13) How does selfishness and pride blind us to own sins? (Matt. 7:1-6)

5. What were the priests sure to do? (14-15) Why?

6. What was the first things done during Joash's reign? (16-17) From the people's reaction what can we learn about Athaliah's reign? (18-21)

7. Considering that the line of David who received a promise from the Lord about his descendant what can we learn about God that his line was preserved?