1. A KINGDOM DIVIDED
a) The kingdom divided – 1King 11:26-43.
2. THE PROPHETS BEFORE ISRAELS CAPTIVITY (2Kings 18)
a) Jonah – Amaziah/JereboamII – Jonah 1:1- cf 2Kings 14:23-25.
b) Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, Amos – Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah – Isa 1:1, Micah 1:1, Hosea 1:1, Amos – 2Kings 15:1-2Kings 20:21.
3. THE PROPHETS BEFORE JUDAHS CAPTIVITY (2Kings 24-25)
c) Habakkuk – Before the Chaldeans take Judah captive – Hab 1:5-6 – 2Kings 24:1-2.
d) Zephaniah – Josiah – Zeph 1:1 – 2Kings 21:24-25:1.
e) Jeremiah – Josiah, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah – Jer 1:1 – 2Kings 21:24-25
i. Lamentations - written by Jeremiah about the destruction of Jerusalem.
4. THE PROPHETS DURING CAPTIVITY
f) Daniel – Captivity Around 2Kings 24:1
g) Ezekiel – 5th year of captivity of Jehoiachin - Ezek 1:1 – 22years before 2King 25:27.
h) Haggai, Zechariah – During the reign of Darius and rebuilding of the temple – Haggai 1:1, Zech 1:1 – Ezra 6:14-15.
i) Malachi – After Ezra and Nehemiah and the building of the temple and alter – Mal 1:7-8, 3:3-4, 10.
5. OBSERVATIONS
a) Joel, Obadiah, and Nahum not in list because no dates given.
ii. Joel looks ahead to judgement.
iii. Obadiah deals with Edom
iv. Nahum deals with Nineveh
b) More prophets than just the books of the Bible – Elijah, Elisha, etc…
c) Important to know the kingdom divided and Israel scattered.
i. Prophecies about the kingdom reuniting – Ezek 37:16-24, Jer 33:6-9
ii. Jesus speaks of sheep “not of this fold” – John 10:16, 11:52, he chose 12 apostles.
iii. The new covenant made with Judah and Israel – Heb 8:8, James 1:1
d) Samaria became the capital of Israel – 1Kings 16:29 – 2Kngs 17:29
e) Exile was judgement because Israel kept not the law – Lev 26.
f) Israel was once “not a people” – Hosea 1:9-10, 1Pet 2:10.
g) Judah – All kings come from the line of David, Israel has 9 lines. (2Sam 7:15-16)
