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Kings and Chronicles, Part 1: The Demise of Kingship

  1. Lesson One
    Rise and Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-8)
    20 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Solomon’s Fall (1 Kings 9-11)
    13 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Overview of 1 and 2 Kings (1 Kings 12–16, 2 Kings 9–17)
    33 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    The Prophet Elijah (1 Kings 17 – 2 Kings 1)
    26 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    The Prophet Elisha (2 Kings 2–9)
    17 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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If you want a challenge, try to memorize all the Kings and Queens of England. It’s not much easier to keep all the kings of Israel and Judah straight. There will be a lot of them, that’s true. But in this first lesson we’ll start by just watching how they are presented in the books of Kings. There are basically two types of kings to keep track of, and the characteristics of each type are obvious. Although the history here can be as depressing as it was in the book of Judges, you’ll see God’s faithfulness to one royal line. And that faithfulness will continue through the rest of the Old Testament, setting the stage for the arrival of Jesus Christ.