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After Solomon’s death, a new era for God’s people began with the division of the kingdom into two parts (Israel and Judah). The story God’s Nation Divides describes how the kingdom is divided. The Kingdom of Israel never had good kings.
The Kingdom Divided. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.”
The Divided Kingdom. The Bible Period by Period — Josiah Blake Tidwell. 1 King, 12-2 K.17.2 Chron.10-38. The Division of the Kingdom. Several things must be set down as contributory causes of the division of the nation. (1) There was an old jealousy between the tribes of the north and south reaching as far back as the time of the Judges.
At this moment, the kingdom is divided into two nations, with two kings. Worse yet, these two nations are frequently in conflict with one another. How can God’s promises to the patriarchs possibly be fulfilled now?
The term divided kingdom refers to the period beginning in 922 BCE—when the kingdom of Israel split into Israel in the north and Judah in the south—and ending with the destruction of Israel (the northern kingdom) by the Assyrians in 721 BCE.
Inductive Bible study on the divided kingdom period in an Old Testament survey series. Includes cross references, questions, verse by verse commentary, outline, and applications on 1 Kings 11-12.
In this lesson, we are going to learn about the next major phase of Israelite history - the divided kingdom. Journeying through the Old Testament, we have been through several major periods in the life of the Israelites: The Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and his 12 sons. Egyptian Captivity.
