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He repaired and cleansed the temple as soon as he became king. And he fortified the walls of Jerusalem. He was a good king
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Hoshea reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the eyes of the lord. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
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Ahaz reigned in Judah. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. And he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
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Pekah reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the lord. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.
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Pekahiah reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the lord. And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the people of Gilead, and struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; he put him to death and reigned in his place.
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Menahem reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power. Menahem struck down Shallum who was king before him.
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Shallum reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the lord. Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.
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Zechariah reigned in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the lord. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.
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Jotham reigned in Judah. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He fought against the Ammonites and prevailed against them. He became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
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Azariah reigned in Judah. He did what was right in the eyes of the lord. He did not take away the high places so got made him a leper.
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Uzziah reigned in Judah. He did what was right in the eyes of the lord. But when he became strong he became proud and was unfaithful to the Lord
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Jeroboam son of Joash began to reign in Samaria. He reigned forty-one years and did what was evil in the sight of the lord. The Lord saw the affliction of Israel was bitter. So he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash
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Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. He reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. He did what was right in the eyes of the lord except not wholeheartedly. He killed his servants who had struck down his father and he put their children to death. Amaziah was just about ready to go to war when a man of God came to him and told him not to go into battle. Amaziah listened and discharged the army of Israel who he had hired. This made them mad.
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Jehoash reigned in Israel for 16 years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the lord.
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Jehoahaz reigned for seventeen years in Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the lord. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria. And he died.
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Joash was 7 years old when he began to reign and he reigned for 40 years. Joash did what was right in the sight of the lord under the council of Jehoida the priest. The king made a chest to collect money to repair the temple of the Lord. Then Jehoida died and his son Zechariah went to Joash and asked him why he broke the commandments of the Lord so that he couldn’t prosper. But they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him. Later he was assassinated.
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One of Elisha's students was chopping down a tree when the ax head flew off into some water. He asked Elisha for help because it was a borrowed ax. Elisha then threw a stick in the water and the ax head floated to the top.
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Elisha fed one hundred men with a little bit of bread. This was similar to what Jesus did in the feeding of the five thousand
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Elijah went and cast his cloak upon Elisha. But Elisha asked to kiss his father and mother before he went
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When the Syrians saw Jehoshaphat they thought that he was the King of Israel. Then Jehoshaphat asked for help from God and God drove them away, but Ahab was killed.
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He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. When he became king he killed all of his brothers with a sword
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Jehoshaphat sends out Levites to teach the word of God. God blesses him at this time because of it.
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Ahab was an evil king and did what was wrong in the sight of the lord. He married a woman named Jezabel.
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At the beginning of Jehoshaphat's life, he did everything that God told him too. He was a king who loved the Lord
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He only reigned seven days. He went into the kings house and burned the house down on himself
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He reigned for 2 years. He made all of Israel sin which made the Lord angry
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He reigned for 12 years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord
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Asa reigned 41 years and did what was right in the sight of the Lord.
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He did not follow the lord
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Judah was in the south and Israel was in the North.
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The bible says that he took 13 years to build the temple. Solomon was extremely wealthy so he made the temple with lots and lots of Gold.
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"I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."
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God told Solomon that he could have whatever he wanted. Now this made Solomon think. He could have whatever he wanted. He could have asked for riches or a long life but instead he asked for wisdom so he could rule God's people well.
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Solomon sent word to Hiram asking him if he would cut down trees to help Solomon build the temple. Hiram agreed. Because Hiram helped Solomon, Solomon sent food to Hiram and his workers for their service.
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When Absalom was given permission by David to return to Jerusalem he tried to take the thrown from his own father. Fortunately David was a good warrior and had experienced men.
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David had lots of time on his hands when he was a young Sheppard boy. So he would play his harp and write Psalms.
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Because of the sin that David committed God had some consequences for him. One of this was his son dying.
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David saw Bathsheba and he wanted to take her as his wife. The problem was that she was married to one of David's mighty men. So David put him at the front of the line of battle because he wanted him to die. God punished him for this and David was very sorry.
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David was very kind to Mephibosheth who was the last relative of Saul
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David wanted to build the temple of the lord but God told him that his son would be the one to build the temple
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Saul told his armor-bearer to kill him but he refused. So instead Saul killed himself.
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David could have killed Saul because Saul was chasing him. But David knew that it was not right to kill the Lord's anointed
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Saul's hatred to David began when the people of Israel started praising David more than Saul
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Saul tried to kill David on two different occasions, even though David played soothing music for Saul
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Jonathan and his armor-bearer attack and kills 20 Philistines.
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Saul started to be jealous of David when people started singing songs about David after he killed Goliath. The people said that David killed thousands and Saul only hundreds.
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David killed Goliath with a stone and a sling
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When Samuel went to chose a King we thought that it was going to be a strong man. But God looked at the heart of the man and not on what men looked at.
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Samuel went and anointed Saul king because the people of Israel wanted a king to rule over them
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Jonathan was born to saul and was in the direct line to become the next king of Israel
