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Samuel's Mother Hannah prayed faithfully for a son. God blessed her with a son and she dedicated him to the temple. -
Samuel was dedicated to God by his mother Hannah, and lived with Eli in the temple.
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Samuel was sleeping, and he heard a voice call his name. He went to Eli who said to go back to bed. this happened 3 times. On the 3rd time, Samuel replied to God with "Here I am." -
One of the Israelites asked Samuel to appoint them a king because Samuel's sons did not walk in the way of the Lord when judging. Samuel refused them at first, but when he asked God, God granted them with their request. -
he was a good king at the beginning of his reign, but pride overtook his life, and took a turn for the worse in his later years of reign
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Jonathon was David's best friend and Saul's son. He was loyal to David and helped him escape from Saul
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Samuel tells Saul that he will be king. After a few days, Samuel gathers the people at Mizpah. When Saul is chosen to be king, they cannot find him because he hid in everyone's luggage. -
Jonathon and his armor bearer attacks the philistines and defeated them with God's help. -
David was a good king, and when he sinned, he would realize what his sin was a repented unlike Saul.
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David took some food to his brothers who were in battle. The Israelites were scared of Goliath. David took 5 stones and killed Goliath with the 1st stone. -
David believed that he should not kill Saul because he was God's annointed. -
Samuel came to anoint one of Jesse's sons as king. He went through all of David's older brothers and none of them were anointed. He asked Jesse if there were any others, and they brought him David. Samuel anointed him king, and he went back to shepherding his sheep. -
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From David's sin with Bathsheba, David's son dies. He stays by his sons bed for a week until he dies. when he dies, David says that it should have been him, not the sun. -
Solomon built the temple of God from the supplies that David gave him.
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Absalom crowns himself king and David flees. -
David is dying and Abishag is hired to take care of him. David promised that Solomon would be king. Adonijah sets himself to be king, with the help of Joab and a priest. David finds out and has Nathan anoint Solomon king. -
"Kill Joab, and go kill Simei because of what he did. act like a man of God, and follow Gods commandments." -
David collects the supplies to make the temple for Solomon. gives his last words to Solomon. David gives him an abundance of gold, silver. -
Be strong and courageous and do it do not be dismayed. God will not leave or forsake you, for he is with you. -
David reigned 40 years during his life as king. One major difference between David and Saul, was that when Saul would sin, he would blame it on other people, and not own up to his own sins. David on the other hand, would repent, and realize his sins, and what he did wrong. -
God came to Solomon in a dream, and told Solomon to ask whatever he wanted. Solomon asks for wisdom, and God gives him wisdom. -
Adonijah wanted to marry Abishag. Bathsheba asks Solomon if he can, and did not realize what Adonijah was doing, but Solomon did and he killed him. -
2 women came to Solomon and had 1 baby along. They were arguing over whose baby it was. Solomon said to bring a sword and that he would split the baby in half. the 1st woman begged him to just let the baby live and give it to the other woman. Solomon knew that the baby was the 1st woman's because of what she said. -
King Hiram was king of Tyre. He gave Solomon supplies and men to help build the temple. -
David gave Solomon supplies to build the temple. Solomon built it with gold, pure gold, cedar -
they sacrifice 22000 oxen and 120000 sheep, and they bring the art of the covenant into the temple. the cloud descended, and Solomon then prayed to God, and dedicated the temple to God as God's house of prayer. -
she came to Solomon and asked him many hard questions. he answered every one of them. She didn't believe all his wealth until she came and saw it for herself. -
Solomon built altars for his wives gods. He had 700 wives and 300 concubines. He disobeyed God's commands and was persuaded by his wives to follow their god's. -
Omri was the most evil king of Israel. he reigned for 22 yrs.
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Asa followed God with his whole heart and there was peace in the land of Judah. Then Ethiopia came against Asa and fought him, but Asa relied on God and God helped them strike down Ethiopia. Asa took courage and got rid of all idols, and he followed God. He made a mistake by asking Benhadad to help him out to fight Syria. He won, but God was not pleased because he asked someone other than God. the prophet told him he would be punished with a disease. He died in the year 870 BC.
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he was a hard worker and a servant for Solomon. Ahijah the prophet came and told Jeroboam that he would have 10 tribes of Israel, because Solomon rebelled. Solomon then died. He ruled in Israel. Jeroboam built 2 golden calves, 1 in the south and 1 in the north. God points back to scripture multiple times that this is the reason Israel had no good kings, and the reason why Judah had some more good kings. reigned for 22 years. -
The people of Israel told him to make it easier for them because of Solomon's hard taxes. he went to the younger advice, and followed their bad advice, by making their taxes higher. Israel rebelled against him because of this, and he fled with his chariot because they stoned the tax collector. He ruled in Judah for 17 years. -
God turned away from Rehoboam, because he abandoned the law of the Lord. God did not destroy them because the people repented, but he made them servants of Shishak, king of Egypt who they fought with in the battle. Rehoboam was a bad king and he did not repent, but the people did. -
He started his reign in the 3rd yr of Asa and was the son of Ahijah. He reigned for 24 yrs, and he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Jeroboam's son gets sick and he sends his wife in disguise to Ahijah.He was the prophet that said Jeroboam would be king. Ahijah tells her that this is their consequence for not obeying God. He said that he would bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and that the son would die. As soon as Jeroboam's wife got home, the son died. Jeroboam was 41 when he started to reign. Jeroboam disguised his wife, so the prophet wouldn't know that they r the people that is leading Israel in sin. -
a man of God came to Jeroboam while he was worshipping the idol and told him that the altar would be destroyed by a son named Josiah. Jeroboam tried to seize him, but God shriveled his hand up so he could not seize him. He told the man of God to come eat with him, but he refused because God told him not to.
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He was a bad king and had 1 battle verses Jeroboam. His son was Asa. Asa was the opposite of his dad and was a very good king that followed God.
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Nadab started his reign over Israel in the 2nd yr of Asa. He reigned for 2 yrs and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. His father was Jeroboam, and was killed by Baasha.
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Ahab was king of Israel and reigned for 22 yrs. He was evil in the sight of the Lord, and was the worst king of Israel.
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Elah was the son of Baasha and started his reign in the 26 yr of Asa. he was killed by his servant Zimri who reigned for 7 days.
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When he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Baasha and reigned for 7 days. he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He burnt the palace down with himself in it.
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Jehoshaphat was a good king and he destroyed all the bad idols and gods. He was the son of Asa and he reigned for 25 yrs. Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir attacked and Jehoshaphat prayed to God and fasted with the people and Zedekiah son of Zachariah declared that they would win without any fighting. they went into battle and had people sing. the enemies got confused and killed each other. It took 3 days to collect the spoil.
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He was evil in the sight of the Lord and reigned for 2 yrs. He reigned over Israel.
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Jeroham ruled over Israel and worshipped the golden calves. He was a bad king but he did not worship Baal.
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Elijah was a prophet of God. He was raised up into heaven on a chariot that was on fire.
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He was king of Judah, and was 32 years old when he became king. He reigned for 8 years and he was evil in the sight of the Lord, but God did not destroy the city because for the sake of David. the philistines battle against him many times, and he loses every time, but he refused to turn to God. God cursed him with a disease and because of that he died.
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Elisha gathers the prophets of Baal and the people of Israel on the mountain, and he built an altar to God and the prophets of Baal make sacrifices to Baal most of the day, and Elijah teases them that maybe their god is sleeping or on a journey. Elijah has water poured on the altar to God and he prays to God and God sends water down on the altar. -
Joash ruled in Jerusalem and reigned for 40 years. He was hidden in the temple when he was 1 year old, and he became king at 7 years old. His counselor was Jehoiada the priest and he followed God. Once Jehoiada died, Jehoash turned away from God, and worshipped idols.
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1 of the sons of the prophets anointed Jehu and told him that he would destroy the house of Ahab and his descendants. 3 ways he represents Jesus: meaning of name: Jehovah reigns the judgement he brings and the decision he gives: on my side? or Ahab's side? He reigned for 28 years.
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Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah and the daughter of Jezebel. She reigned over Judah and had all the royal family killed once Ahaziah died. She reigned for 7 years.
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Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army, and on a raid, they had captured a little girl, who was the servant for Naaman's wife. the little girl told Naaman's wife that there is a man in Israel who could heal Naaman of his leprosy. He goes, and does not want to do what he was told to do. Naaman's servants convinced him to go, and he went and washed in the Jordan river 7 times and was healed. -
the famine was very severe and Elisha told the people that there would be food the next day selling for extremely cheap. There was 4 lepers right outside the gate of the Syrians, and they decided to go in. they went in and there was no one there. the rest of the city heard and trampled a guy and killed him. The city recovered a lot of the Syrians supplies because they had ran back to their cities and left their stuff in the camp. -
Ben-Hadad the king of Syria was sick and told Hazael to go ask Elisha if he would live or not. Elisha told him that he would get better, but God has told me that he would end up dying. Hazael went back and told him that he would recover, but Hazael then killed Ben-Hadad and was king in his place.
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Ahaziah was the son of Jehoram of Judah, and was evil in the sight of the Lord. he started his reign when he was 22 years and reigned for 1 year. -
He reigns for 29 years and is the son of Jehoash king of Judah. He is a good king, and was 25 years old when he started to reign. When he started his reign, he executed all the people who killed his dad. He wins a battle against the Edomites, and he brings back idols as the spoil, and starts worshipping them. God sent a prophet and says that he knows that God will destroy him because he disobeyed God. Some of his servants killed him because they kept losing their battles.
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He reigned for 17 years and he reigned over Israel. He reigned after his father Jehu. He is a bad king and he worshipped idols. Hazael comes to war against him, and Jehoahaz called out to God and God listened, and gave him a saviour and they beat the Syrians. this is the one good decision that Jehoahaz did in his life. They kept loosing to the Syrians the army decreases a lot.
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He was the son of Joash king of Judah and he reigned 41 years. He was evil in the sight of God. His son Zechariah reigned in his place.
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he reigned for 16 years and was the son of Jehoahaz. He worshiped idols and was evil. Jehoash went to Elisha and he told Jehoash to shoot the arrow out the window, and Jehoash strikes the ground with the rest of the arrows on the ground 3 times. Elisha gets mad and wonders why he didn't do it 5-6 times because he would know win 3 battles and then lose the rest of the battles.
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Jehoash was near the end of the reign and because Zechariah had told the people to repent and turn to God, Jehoash had him stoned in the temple. Zechariah said that there would be revenge on him, right before he died. this is the reason why Jehoash was killed by his servants.
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some people were running away from a battle, and one of the guys dies, and the people with him throw him into the same cave that Elisha was buried. He landed on Elisha's bones, and the guy was alive again and he kept on running with the other guys. -
started his reign in the 38th year of Azariah king of Judah, and he was the son of Jeroboam. He reigned for 6 months and he did what was evil in the sight of God. Shallum then conspired against him and killed him.
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He was the son of Jabesh and he reigned for 1 month. Menahem stuck him down and reigned in his place.
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He killed Shallum and was the son of Gadi. he reigned for 10 years, and did what was evil in the sight of God.
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He was the son of Menahem and reigned for 2 years. He was evil in the sight of God, and Pekah the son of the commander of the army conspired against him with 50 men and killed him.
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Pekah was the son of Remaliah and he reigned for 22 years. he was evil in the sight of God. Hoshea killed him and reigned in his place
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He reigned in Judah and started his reign when he was 16 years old in place of his father Amaziah. He reigned for 52 years in Judah and he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He defeated the philistines many times with God's help, and his fame was know by many people. He grew proud and went to burn incense in the temple, and the priest told him that he was not supposed to do this because the high priest were the ones who made sacrifices. He became a leper unto the day of his death.
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He was a prophet of God
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He was Uzziah's son and he followed God and did what was right, but he did not enter the temple of God because he was probably afraid of what happened to his Father. He became mighty and fought battles. He was 25 years old when he became king and he reigned for 16 years in Judah
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Hoshea reigned over Israel for 9 years and was evil in the sight of God . the King of Assyria took Hoshea captive and put him up in prison and besieged Israel for 3 years.
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He reigned for 16 years and did not follow God. His greatest sin was sacrificing his sons on the idols. The Israelites took many people captive, men, women, and children and a lot of spoil and a prophet (Oded) came to the people, and told them to take them back. The Israelites took the captives back, and clothed and fed them. Ahaz cut up the altar of God and put up idols all over Jerusalem. The punishment for his idolatry was losing battles against Syria, Assyria and Israel.
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When Hezekiah first became king, he restored temple worship to God and he built up altars for God. He had many priests consencrate themselves and they made many sacrifices to God. they did a sin offering, a burnt offering, and an offering to consecrate the priests. Hezekiah then worshiped the passover for the first time in a while. -
Hezekiah was a good king and he followed God and did what was right. He reigned for 29 years and he was 25 years old when he became king. He cut down false idols and obeyed God
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the Assyrians attacked Hezekiah, and they sent a messenger to talk to all of Judah. the messenger told them that there gods were better than Hezekiah's God. He told them that if they would surrender, the Assyrians would treat them really good and if they didn't, the Assyrians would come and attack them and take them captives. Hezekiah prayed to God, and the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185 thousand Assyrians. the king of Assyria went home and his sons killed him. -
Hezekiah became sick and Isaiah came to him and told him to get the house in order because he will die. Hezekiah then prayed to God and wept. God heard his prayers and Isaiah came back and told Hezekiah that he has 15 years left to live and the judgement would go on his son. Hezekiah wondered what a sign would be, and Isaiah gave him an option of having the sun move forward 10 hours or 10 hours backward. the sun went 10 hours back and this was the sign that Hezekiah chose. -
the Babylonians cam to Hezekiah because they heard that he had been sick and because they found out that Hezekiah was the one who told the sun to move backward. Hezekiah showed them around the palace and showed them the temple. Isaiah came to Hezekiah and told him that there would be judgement for bringing the people into the temple, and for taking the credit for everything. Isaiah said that the judgement would be on his sons, and Hezekiah thought...Why not? -
Manasseh reigned after his father Hezekiah and he was worst than all the kings of Israel and Judah. He reigned for 52 years and started when he was 12yrs old. He worshipped all idols he could find, and was a very bad king. the Assyrians then attacked and took Manasseh as captive and he prayed to God and God heard his prayer.
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he was 22yrs old when he became, and he reigned for 2 yrs in Jerusalem. He was evil in the sight of God and he worshipped the same idols as his father Manasseh.
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He was 8 yrs old when he began his reigned and he reigned for 31 yrs. He followed God and obeyed Him.
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Josiah started his reign when he was 8 and in the 12 yr, he started tearing down altars for Baal and he destroyed the 2 golden calves. He dug up the bones of the priests of the idols and burned them up. He fulfilled the prophesy. -
Josiah sent a few people to go clean out the temple, and they find the scroll of David. they find out all the things they've did wrong and Josiah send for a prophetess. She said that they would be cursed from the curses and consequences they read. but because Josiah humbled himself before the Lord, he would not see the disasters of the curses. Josiah gathered all the elders together and he read to the people Genesis to Deuteronomy, and he tried to do everything to stop the judgement from coming. -
Egypt declared war that they would have to pass through Israel. Josiah tells him to not pass through because he would be fighting God if he fought him. Josiah went against Egypt in disguise and an archer shot him and he died.
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He was Josiah's son and he reigned for 3 months in Jerusalem. The people appointed him as king when he was 23 yrs old. the king of Egypt came and disposed of Jehoahaz and put Jehoiakim as king instead. Jehoiakim was his brother. -
He was Jehoahaz's brother and he reigned for 11 yrs starting when he was 25 yrs old. He was evil in the sight of the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against him and bound him up in his palace. this was probably the captivity that Daniel and his friends were captured in.
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he was 18 yrs old when he became king and he reigned for 3 months and 10 days. He was evil in the sight of the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar came and took him to Babylon and bound him up. He then made his brother Zedekiah king.
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Zedekiah was 21 yrs old when he began king and he reigned 11 yrs. He was evil and did not humble himself before God when Jeremiah spoke to him. He rebelled against Babylon and Babylon conquered them for the 4th time. they burned the city and took captive the people who did not die.
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Gedeliah was a governor and he served Babylon and listened to them. his servants did not like that he followed Babylon, and they rebelled Babylon and Babylon came back and destroyed Judah so that pretty much nothing is left. this was the 5th time that they rebelled. He reigned for about 7 months