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Kings and Chronicles, Part 1: The Demise of Kingship
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Lesson OneRise and Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-8)20 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Kings 1-8
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In | Workbook: 1 Kings 1-2
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In | Introduction to Kings and Chronicles
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In | Reign and Succession of Solomon
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In | Workbook: David’s Final Charge to Solomon
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In | The Wisdom of Solomon?
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In | Solomon’s Rule over the Promised Land
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In | The Temple and the Palace
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Behind | iMap: Solomon’s Temple
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Behind | Onsite: Cedars and Royal Pretense: Ronit Maoz, Biblical Botanist
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Behind | Onsite: God’s Address on Earth - Edfu Temple, Upper Egypt
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Behind | Onsite: The Holy of Holies - The Edfu Temple: Egyptologist Essam Zeid
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Behind | Kingship
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Behind | Solomon’s Building Projects
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Behind | Phoenicia
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In Front | The "Wisdom" of Solomon
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In Front | Workbook: When Good Things Go Bad
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In Front | Solomon’s Mimicry
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoSolomon’s Fall (1 Kings 9-11)13 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Kings 9-11
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In | Workbook: Deuteronomy’s Law of the King and Solomon
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In | Preparing for the Downfall
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In | Workbook: Explaining Solomon’s Sin
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In | Workbook: Solomon’s Reign vs. the King’s Law, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Qualifications of David’s Covenant
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In | David's Covenant
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Behind | Egypt
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Behind | Onsite: Solomon's Fleet of Ships
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Behind | 360 View: Failed Fleet of Ships at Ezion-Geber
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In Front | Workbook: Legacies and Finishing Well
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeOverview of 1 and 2 Kings (1 Kings 12–16, 2 Kings 9–17)33 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Kings 12–16, 2 Kings 9–17
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In | Workbook: The Loss of the Promised Land
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In | The Tragedy of Kings
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In | The Sins of Jeroboam
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In | Workbook: The Rationale for the Fall of the North
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In | The Kings of Israel and Judah
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In | Prophets and Kings: 800-400 BC
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In | Workbook: Good and Evil Kings
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In | Good and Evil Kings
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In | Literary Patterns/Royal Summaries, Part 1
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In | Literary Patterns/Royal Summaries, Part 2
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In | The Covenant and Prophetic History
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In | Workbook: Anticipating the Falls
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In | Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic History: Dr. Daniel Block
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Behind | Shechem, Bethel and Dan
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Behind | Onsite: Reflections on Jeroboam’s Religious Revolution
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Behind | Onsite: The Beginning of the End - Shishak Attacks Rehoboam: Steve Wunderink
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Behind | Workbook: Civil War and the End of the North
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Behind | Civil War
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Behind | Moving Toward the End of the North
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Behind | Annals of Shalmaneser III
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Behind | Assyrian Terror
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Behind | The Fall of the North
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Behind | Onsite: The Siloam Pool and Hezekiah’s Tunnel
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Behind | Annals of Sargon II
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Behind | Assyrian Invasion
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Behind | iMap: Assyrian Invasion
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In Front | Typology
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In Front | Types
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In Front | Workbook: Reflections - Pursuit of Perfection, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Reflections - Pursuit of Perfection, Part 2
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FourThe Prophet Elijah (1 Kings 17 – 2 Kings 1)26 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Kings 17 – 2 Kings 1
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In | Workbook: Elijah and Ahab, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Elijah and Ahab, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Elijah on Sinai, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Elijah on Sinai, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Elijah on Sinai, Part 3
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In | Elijah on Sinai
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In | Prophets: Predictors, Encouragement, Warning and Miracles
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In | Workbook: On the Prophetic Institution
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In | Ahab, Jezebel and Elijah
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In | Elijah at Horeb
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In | Elijah and Elisha Parallels
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Behind | Samaria
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Behind | 360 View: Samaria, City of Temporary Affluence
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Behind | Samaria: The Capital of the North
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Behind | Onsite: Samaria, Capital of the North - Case Study in Syncretism
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Behind | Onsite: Elijah Confronts the Prophets of Baal - Background for the Contest on Mt. Carmel
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Behind | Onsite: Terror and Intimacy on Mt. Sinai - Elijah at the "Cleft of the Rock"
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Behind | Onsite: Vegetable Gardens and Royalty - Ahab and Jezebel's Mistake
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Behind | Naboth’s Vineyard
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Behind | Onsite: Tel Jezreel and Valley
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In Front | Onsite: Conditioning the Heart of a Prophet - Elijah in Sidon before Mt. Carmel
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In Front | Affluenza
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In Front | Workbook: When Appearances Are Deceiving
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveThe Prophet Elisha (2 Kings 2–9)17 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Kings 2–9
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In | Workbook: Elisha Story Arc, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Elisha Story Arc, Part 2
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In | Succession at the Jordan
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In | A Ministry of Compassion and Judgment
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In | Workbook: The Ministries of Elisha
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In | Workbook: Elisha’s Spring
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Behind | Onsite: Sweet Water in Jericho - A Visit to Elisha's Spring
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Behind | Onsite: Prophet of Compassion - Elisha's Banquet for the Arameans in Dothan
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In Front | Messianic Prototypes
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In Front | Onsite: Elisha the Healer
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In Front | Workbook: Caring for the Outsider
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In Front | Workbook: Elisha and the Dead Child
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In Front | Elisha and the Dead Child
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In Front | Workbook: “Go up, Baldhead!”
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Wrap-Up
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Lesson 2, Activity 12
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In Front | Workbook: Legacies and Finishing Well
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Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
This lesson has touched upon two particular legacies: David’s and Solomon’s. In the case of Solomon, it’s a complicated legacy. He did good things; he did bad things. Moreover, both good and bad things projected ripples out into the future.
David’s legacy is important because, as we saw in 1 Kings 11, it counteracted (to a certain extent) the negative implications of Solomon’s legacy.
Naturally, this brings into view our legacies.
- What are the most likely ways your life and work will be remembered? What kind of consequences might ripple into the future?
- “Finishing well” is all the more serious in light of numerous biblical figures who didn’t finish well, including both David and Solomon. Jot down examples of people you know who did and who did not finish well.
- Can you identify what made the difference?