1-2 Kings

according to the Deuteronomist, The punishment of God (exile) is...

Proof of God's faithfulness.

according to the deuteronomist, the fall of the kingdoms happen because...

of idolatry.

Sennacherib

(704-681) Monarch of the Neo-Assyrian Empire who besieged Hezekiah's Jerusalem in 701.

Hezekiah

(715-687) The king of Judah; he restored the temple, reinstituted proper worship, and received God's help against the Assyrians

Shalmaneser V

(726-722) The Monarch Neo-Assyrian Empire who laid siege to Samaria, Capital of Israel, thus preparing the way for Israel's destruction.

Ahaz

(735-715) The king of Judah at a time when Isaiah was a prophet.

Tiglath-Pileser lll

(745-727) Monarch of the Neo-Assyrian Empire at the time of Isaiah and Syro-Ephraimite war. he has referred to as Pul in the biblical text.

Ahab

(869-850) King of Israel, married to Jezebel, who's Baalistic practices were opposed by the northern prophet Elijah.

Omri

(876-869) Founding king of an Israelite dynasty, father of Ahab, and established Samaria as the capital of the kingdom of Israel.

Rehoboam

(922-915) The son of Solomon who became the first king of Judah after the division of the kingdoms.

Solomon

(961-922) The son of David and Bathsheba Who became the king of united Israel after David; he was renowned for his wisdom; he built the temple of Yahweh Jerusalem.

Adonijah

A son of David who was executed by Solomon.

Elijah

An Israelite prophet during the reign of Ahab; defeated prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel and was taken to heaven in a firestorm.

Ahijah

An Israelite prophet who encouraged Jeroboam to rebel against Solomon's administration.

call narrative

An account found in some historical prophetic books that record the prophet's experience of being called into prophetic ministry; the call was usually issued in the presence of God.

Jeroboam

An administrator in Solomon's court who rebelled and became the first king of northern kingdom of Israel (922-901); he built shrines in the cities of Dan and Bethel.

The northern kingdom of Israel fell to...

The Assyrians in 722 with the distraction of its capital city Samaria.

The southern kingdom of Israel fell to...

The Babylonians in 587/586.

jezebel

The Phoenician wife of Ahab who promoted Baal worship in Israel and oppose Elijah the prophet.

Zion theology

The ideology in Israel that affirmed the divine promises to the house of David and the invulnerability of the city of Jerusalem.

Elisha

The prophet who succeeded Elijah in the northern kingdom of Israel.