The first three kings of Israel, Saul, David and Solomon were men of strength and weakness. When the kings listen to the message of God’s servants the prophets, they make the right decisions and experience the blessings of God. When the leaders reject the prophet’s inspired message, the entire nation suffers. Thus, everything ultimately rises or falls spiritually, socially, militarily, and politically because of leadership. As God’s anointed leaders, the kings are held accountable to maintain the standards of God’s covenant. Failure to do so ultimately brought the curses of the covenant on both Israel and Judah (Deut 28:15-68).
Each king virtures and faults were the ultimate reason they were rejected by God.
The Israelites asked for a king because it was …show more content…
This history of the Divided
Kingdom tells of the ten northern tribes who were known as Israel. They were ruled from their capital city of Samaria by nineteen different kings. Kings are the focus, but they are not the only people we see at work in these books. First of all, the work of kings affects the work of many others, such as soldiers, builders, craftspeople, and priests, and the books of Samuel, kings and
Chronicle pay attention to how the kings’ work affects these other workers. Secondly, kings themselves have work other than ruling, of which parenting is of particular interest in these books, Finally, as histories of Israel, these books take an interest in the people as a whole, and in many cases this means recounting the work of people not connected to the work of kingship.
All of these kings were evil and turned the people away from God, because they didn’t trust and obey him. Also, they went away from and didn’t keep the commandments that were given to
Moses. In conclusion, these men went through various challenges at different phases in their lives, so God dealt with each one accordingly, to fulfill his divine plan for their lives.
Each king virtures and faults were the ultimate reason they were rejected by God.
The Israelites asked for a king because it was …show more content…
This history of the Divided
Kingdom tells of the ten northern tribes who were known as Israel. They were ruled from their capital city of Samaria by nineteen different kings. Kings are the focus, but they are not the only people we see at work in these books. First of all, the work of kings affects the work of many others, such as soldiers, builders, craftspeople, and priests, and the books of Samuel, kings and
Chronicle pay attention to how the kings’ work affects these other workers. Secondly, kings themselves have work other than ruling, of which parenting is of particular interest in these books, Finally, as histories of Israel, these books take an interest in the people as a whole, and in many cases this means recounting the work of people not connected to the work of kingship.
All of these kings were evil and turned the people away from God, because they didn’t trust and obey him. Also, they went away from and didn’t keep the commandments that were given to
Moses. In conclusion, these men went through various challenges at different phases in their lives, so God dealt with each one accordingly, to fulfill his divine plan for their lives.