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© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Jeroboam and kings of Israel worshipped idols
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Walking with
Kings and Prophets
(Part 2) Week 5
New kings in Israel and Judah
Sunday ................................................................................ 2
Abijah wins the war ................................................... 2
Monday ............................................................................... 4
Asa destroys idols ...................................................... 4
Tuesday .............................................................................. 6
Azariah encourages Asa ........................................... 6
Wednesday ....................................................................... 7
Kings Nadab and Baasha ........................................... 7
Thursday............................................................................ 9
Baasha and Asa war ................................................... 9
Friday ................................................................................11
Jehu speaks against Baasha ...................................11
Saturday .......................................................................... 13
Kings Zimri and Omri ............................................... 13
Chart showing kings of Israel and Judah ............. 14
Asa destroys idols in Judah
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© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Sunday
Abijah wins the war
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 13v13-22
(cp. 1 Kings 15v7+8)
1 Kings 15v3 says Abijah (Abijam) did evil. But the
writer in 2 Chronicles tells us the good he did.
1. What did Jeroboam do? (v13)
2. Who did Judah cry to? (v14)
3. What did the priests do? (v14)
4. What happened when the men of Judah
shouted? (v15)
5. What did Israel do? (v16)
6. How many men of Israel were killed? (v17)
7. Why did Judah win? (v18)
8. What cities did Abijah take? (v19)
Find them on a map
9. What did Jeroboam NOT do? (v20)
10. What did the LORD do? (v20)
11. Who became mighty? (v21)
12. How many wives did Abijah have? (v21)
Answers
1) Caused an ambush before and behind army of Judah;
2) The LORD; 3) Blew trumpets; 4) God smote Jeroboam
and all Israel; 5) Fled; 6) 500 000 men; 7) Because they
relied on the LORD God; 8) Bethel, Jeshanah and
Ephraim; 9) Recover strength again in the days of Abijah;
10) Struck him and he died; 11) Abijah; 12) 14 wives
When enemies surround us and
there seems no way out....
Remember no earthly power
can shut off God from above us.
Rely on Him alone for the
victory. He will NOT fail you.
“My help cometh from the LORD, which
made heaven and earth.”
(Psalm 121v2)
Did you know?
The books of Kings tell us stories about kings in
Israel and Judah. The book of 2 Chronicles tells
us stories about kings in Judah.
Sometimes the stories are in both Kings and
Chronicles. Be careful to check carefully where
the daily reading is found!
MEANINGS:
Ambushment = ambush, lay in wait
for a surprise attack;
Sounded = blew;
Smote = beat;
Delivered = saved;
Slaughter = great killing;
Prevailed = won;
Relied = depended, trusted;
Pursued = went after;
Waxed = became
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
“Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD
your God he shall fight for you.”
(Deuteronomy 3v22)
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Monday
Asa destroys idols
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 14v1-15
(cp. 1 Kings 15v9-15)
1. How long was there peace in the land? (v1)
It was the LORD who gave this peace (v6).
2. What did Asa do? (v2)
3. What did he take away?
(2 Chr 14v3+5; 1 Kings 15v12)
4. Why did he remove his mother from being
queen? (1 Kings 15v13)
Find Kidron on a map
5. What did he command Judah to do?
(2 Chr 14v4)
6. What did he build? (v7+8)
Asa knew there would be wars. So he used
the time of peace to get ready for it.
7. How many were in his army? (v8)
8. Where did Ethiopians come for war?
(v9+10) Find it on a map
9. Who did Asa trust to win the battle?
(v11)
10. Where did the Ethiopians flee to?
(v12+13) Find it on a map
11. What came upon the cities near Gerar?
(v14)
12. Where did the men of Judah carry great
spoil to? (v15) Find it on a map
Asa prepared for battle. But he
knew that only the LORD could
give the victory. Asa wanted the
LORD to show....no man can
beat the LORD.
True Christians are in a battle
against Satan. BUT victory still
comes from God. Have that
faith in God that says....Nobody
or nothing can win against God.
MEANINGS:
Strange = foreign;
High places = places where
sacrifices were made to other gods;
Groves = places where idols were
worshipped;
Sodomites = homosexuals;
Commanded = told to do;
Fenced cities = walled, protected
cities;
Prospered = had success;
Targets = small shields;
Valour = brave for battle;
Fourscore = 80;
Array = arranged for battle;
Multitude = very big crowd;
Prevail = win;
Pursued = went after;
Spoil = goods taken after winning a
battle;
Exceeding = very much;
Abundance = plenty
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Answers
1) 10 years; 2) Good and right in the eyes of the LORD; 3)
Altars of foreign gods, high places, images, groves, and
sodomites; 4) She had made an idol in a grove; 5) seek
the LORD and do the law and commandment; 6) Cities
with walls, towers, gates and bars; 7) 300 000 of Judah
and 280 000 of Benjamin; 8) Valley of Zephathah, near
Mareshah; 9) The LORD; 10) Gerar; 11) The fear of the
LORD; 12) Jerusalem
Stop and Think!
Asa had an army of 580 000 (v8). Zerah the
Ethiopian had a million in his army (v9). Asa knew
he didn’t have a chance of winning against this big
army. That’s why he cried this prayer to the LORD:
“LORD, it is nothing with thee to help,
whether with many, or with them that
have no power: help us, O LORD our
God; for we rest on thee, and in thy
name we go against this multitude.
O LORD, thou art our God; let no man
prevail against thee.”
(2 Chronicles 14v11)
Did you know?
Maachah was Absalom’s daughter. She
was married to Rehoboam. So, she was
Asa’s grandmother
(2 Chronicles 11v20+22)
David
Absalom
Maachah
Solomon
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Tuesday
Azariah encourages Asa
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 15v1-15
1. Who was upon Azariah? (v1)
2. What did he tell Asa? (v2)
3. What was Israel without for a long time?
(v3)
4. Why was there great trouble in the
nations? (v5+6)
5. Why was Asa to be strong? (v7)
6. What did Asa get courage to do? (v8)
7. Why did people from other tribes come
to him? (v9)
8. Where did they gather together? (v10)
Find it on a map
9. What did they offer to the LORD? (v11)
10. What did they covenant to do? (v12)
11. What happened to those who wouldn’t?
(v13)
12. Why did all Judah rejoice? (v15)
13. What did the LORD do? (v15)
“Be ye strong therefore, and let not
your hands be weak: for your work shall
be rewarded.” (2 Chronicles 15v7)
Azariah encouraged Asa to lead
the people to turn from idols to
serve the Only True and Living
God. Sometimes we need
someone to encourage us to
keep on doing right.
Our love for God and our zeal
for His work can cause others to
follow the LORD.
Answers
1) The Spirit of God; 2) The LORD is with you, while ye be
with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but
if ye forsake him, he will forsake you; 3) The true God, a
teaching priest and law; 4) God troubled them; 5) His
work would be rewarded; 6) Put away idols and renewed
the altar of the LORD; 7) They saw the LORD was with
him; 8) Jerusalem; 9) 700 cattle and 7000 sheep out of
the spoil; 10) To seek the LORD with all their heart and
soul; 11) Put to death; 12) At the oath they had made;
13) Gave them rest round about
MEANINGS:
Forsake = leave;
Season = time;
Vexations = troubles;
Inhabitants = people who live there;
Adversity = hard times of trouble;
Abominable = really, really hated;
Renewed = repaired;
Strangers = foreigners;
Abundance = plenty;
Spoil = goods taken in battle;
Oxen = cattle;
Covenant = agreement;
Sware = promised;
Oath = solemn promise
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Wednesday
Kings Nadab and Baasha
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 14v19+20;
15v25-34
(cp. 2 Chronicles 13v20)
1. How long was Jeroboam king of Israel?
(14v20)
2. Who was the new king? (14v20)
3. How long did Nadab reign? (15v25)
4. What sort of king was he? (15v26)
5. Who conspired against him? (v27)
6. Where did Baasha kill Nadab? (v27)
Find it on a map
7. Why was Nadab there? (v27)
8. Who else did Baasha kill? (v29)
Baasha didn’t just kill the men and boys. He
killed everyone from Jeroboam’s royal
family.
9. Who had said this would happen? (v29)
If Jeroboam had obeyed God, his kingdom
would have lasted....and many of his
descendants would have been kings (11v38)
10. What had Jeroboam done to the LORD?
(v30)
11. How long did Baasha reign? (v33)
12. What sort of king was he? (v34)
Many kings of Israel were
compared to Jeroboam. He was
known for his idolatry and sins.
Many of them were bad kings
like Jeroboam.
What kind of example do you
leave? Could it be said that
people do wrong just like you?
Did you know?
Ahijah the Shilonite was a prophet. He lived
in Shiloh. He told Jeroboam he would be
king (11v29-40). Find Shiloh on a map
Ahijah the father of Baasha was a different
man (15v27).
MEANINGS:
Chronicles = records;
Evil = sin, wrong;
Wherewith = with which;
Conspired = plotted;
Smote = beat;
Siege = army surrounds city;
Provocation = cause of being
angry;
Provoked = make angry
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Answers
1) 22 years; 2) His son Nadab; 3) 2 years; 4) Evil; 5)
Baasha; 6) Gibbethon; 7) Israel had a siege on it; 8) All
the house of Jeroboam; 9) Ahijah; 10) Provoked the LORD
to anger; 11) 24 years; 12) Evil
“Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity.” (Psalm 37v1)
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Thursday
Baasha and Asa war
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 15v16-19;
16v1-12
(cp. 1 Kings 15v16-22)
There was war between king Asa of
Judah and king Baasha of Israel all
their days (1 Kings 15v16)
1. How was Asa’s heart before the LORD?
(15v17)
This doesn’t mean he never did wrong. It
means he’d been wholehearted in serving
the LORD....up to that time.
2. What did he bring into the temple?
(15v18)
3. Why did Baasha build Ramah? (16v1)
Find it on a map
4. Who did Asa want to help him? (v2)
Find Syria on a map
5. What did Asa give him? (v2)
6. What did Asa ask him to do? (v3)
7. What cities did Benhadad destroy? (v4)
Find them on a map
8. What did Asa do? (v6) Find them on a map
9. What had Asa NOT done? (v7+8)
10. So, what would happen? (v9)
11. Why was Hanani put in prison? (v10)
12. What happened to Asa? (v12)
13. Who did he seek for a cure? (v12)
Asa had sought the LORD with
all his heart and destroyed idols.
Sadly, he ended up doing what
he thought right....without
seeking God.
Just because you stood well for
God yesterday.....doesn’t mean
that you can’t fall into sin. Your
faith can turn to unbelief if you
don’t keep on seeking God.
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to shew
himself strong in the behalf of them
whose heart is perfect toward him.”
(2 Chronicles16v9)
MEANINGS:
Grove = place where idols are
worshipped;
Perfect = wholehearted, faithful;
Dedicated = given for holy use;
Vessels = containers;
Intent = plan;
League = peace treaty;
Cease = stop;
Wherewith = with which;
Timber = wood;
Seer = prophet;
Relied = depended, trusted;
Host = army;
Henceforth = from this time;
Wroth = angry;
Oppressed = made to suffer much;
Physicians = doctors
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Answers
1) Perfect; 2) Silver, gold, vessels that he and his father
had dedicated; 3) So that no one could go out or come in
to Asa in Judah; 4) Benhadad king of Syria; 5) Silver and
gold from the treasures of the temple and the king’s
house; 6) Make a league with him and break his league
with Baasha; 7) Ijon, Dan, Abelmaim and store cities in
Napthali; 8) Carried away the stones for building Ramah,
and built Geba and Mizpah with them; 9) Relied on the
LORD; 10) He would have wars; 11) Asa was angry with
Hanani for telling him how God would punish him; 12) He
got a disease in his feet in the 39th
year of his reign; 13)
Physicians (doctors)
What’s wrong with
going to the doctor?
Nothing....BUT Asa’s problem
was that he turned away from
God. He wouldn’t go to God!
Stop and Think!
Asa seemed to forget his
covenant with the LORD
(15v12-15). Instead he made
a league with Benhadad. He
was a heathen king
worshipped idols. Then, Asa
wouldn’t listen to Hanani.
When we go wrong....God
seeks to bring us back to
Him. If we keep refusing to
listen to God....we will end up
badly.
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Friday
Jehu speaks against Baasha
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 16v1-14
1. Who spoke God’s Word against Baasha?
(v1)
Jehu was the son of Hanani (v1+7). Hanani
was the prophet king Asa of Judah had put
in prison (2 Chronicles 16v7+10).
2. How had Baasha made God angry? (v2)
3. How would the LORD punish Baasha? (v3)
4. Who would dogs and birds eat? (v4)
5. Where was Baasha buried? (v6)
Find it on a map
6. Who was the new king of Israel? (v6+8)
7. How long did Elah reign? (v8)
8. Who conspired against Elah? (v9)
Zimri was a captain in his army.
9. Where was Elah? (v9) Find it on a map
10. What was Elah doing? (v9)
11. Who killed all Elah’s family? (v10+12)
The prophet Jehu had said that Baasha’s
house would be destroyed (v3+4).
12. What had made the LORD angry? (v13)
“God judgeth the righteous, and God is
angry with the wicked every day.”
(Psalm 7v11)
Hanani hadn’t been afraid to
tell Asa God’s Word....and he
went to prison for it! Now his
son Jehu isn’t afraid to tell
Baasha God’s Word.
Maybe your Dad tells people
God’s Word. Do you follow what
he’s taught you? Or are you
afraid to tell people God’s
Word?
Answers
1) Jehu; 2) He’d walked in the ways of Jeroboam and
made Israel sin; 3) He’d make his house like the house of
Jeroboam; 4) Those that die of Baasha’s family; 5) Tirzah;
6) Elah; 7) 2 years; 8) Zimri; 9) In the house of Arza in
Tirzah; 10) Drinking himself drunk; 11) Zimri; 12) Their
vanities (worthless idols)
MEANINGS:
Forasmuch = since;
Exalted = lifted up;
Provoke = make angry;
Posterity = descendants;
Fowls = birds;
Prophet = man who tells people
what God says;
Conspired = plotted;
Steward = man over his house,
manager;
Kinsfolk = relatives;
Vanities = worthless idols;
Chronicles = records
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Stop and Think!
Elah was king for only 2 years.
All he is remembered for is
getting drunk and murdered.
What a terrible way to be
remembered!
“It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes strong drink: Lest they drink,
and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.”
(Proverbs 31v4+5)
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Saturday
Kings Zimri and Omri
Bible Reading: 1 Kings 16v15-28
1. How long did Zimri reign? (v15)
2. Where? (v15) Find it on a map
3. Where was Israel camped for battle?
(v15) Find it on a map
This is where Baasha had killed Nadab
(15v27).
4. Who did they make captain? (v16)
5. What did Omri do? (v17)
6. What did Zimri do? (v18)
7. What sort of king was Zimri? (v19)
8. How were the people divided? (v21)
9. What happened? (v22)
10. How long did Omri reign? (v23)
11. Where? (v23+24) Find them on a map
Samaria was the new capital city for the
kingdom of Israel in the north.
12. What sort of king was Omri? (v25+26)
13. Who was the next king? (v28)
“When the righteous are in authority,
the people rejoice: but when the wicked
beareth rule, the people mourn.”
(Proverbs 29v2)
Imagine being king for only 7
days! Zimri killed Elah and
made himself king. But the
people didn’t want him to be
their king.
Never try to force people to
make you their leader. Earn
their respect. God will open up
the way in His time....if that’s
His plan for you.
Answers
1) 7 days; 2) Tirzah; 3) Gibbethon; 4) Omri; 5) Besieged
Tirzah; 6) Burnt the king’s house with fire and died in fire;
7) Evil; 8) Half followed Tibni and half followed Omri; 9)
Omri won and reigned, Tibni lost and died; 10) 12 years;
11) He reigned 6 years in Tirzah and 6 years in Samaria;
12) Evil, worse than those before him; 13) Ahab
MEANINGS:
Encamped = camped;
Conspired = plotted;
Slain = killed;
Wherefore = therefore;
Besieged = army surrounds city to
force it to surrender;
Evil = wrong;
Treason = plot to overthrow the king
of his country;
Wrought = did;
Chronicles = records;
Prevailed = won;
Wherewith = with which;
Provoke = make angry;
Vanities = worthless idols;
Slept with fathers = died
© Search the Word Bible Studies 2013 Answers are based on the King James Version of the Bible http://www.searchtheword.org.uk/
Chart showing kings of Israel
and Judah