Unity and Division

Introduction

  1. The Building of the Temple - 1 Kings 1-10
    1. The anointing - 1 Kgs. 1:39
    2. The Word - 1 Kgs. 2:3
    3. Prayer - 1 Kgs. 3:7-9
    4. Wisdom - 1 Kgs. 3:28; 4:29-30
    5. Building - 1 Kgs. 5:5, 17; 6:7, 14; 7:13-15, 21
    6. The ark (Christ) - 1 Kgs. 8:1, 6, 10-11, 13
    7. The kingdom - 1 Kgs. 9;10:4-7

  2. The Division of the Kingdom - 1 Kings 11-2 Kings 25
    1. The inner factors (the heart) - 1 Kgs. 11:1-9
    2. The outward factors (environment) - 1 Kgs.11:13-14, 23
    3. God's sovereignty over division - 1 Kgs. 12:15, 24
    4. God's speaking - 1 Kgs. 13
    5. Israel's and Judah's kings - 1 Kgs. 14-2 Kgs. 25

  3. The Lord's Remnant during the Division - 1 Kings 17-2 Kings 13
    1. Elijah
      1. Supply and life - 1 Kgs. 17
      2. Absoluteness - 1 Kgs. 18:21
      3. The remnant and a still small voice - 1 Kgs. 19:10-12; Rom. 11:2-5
      4. The Word - 2 Kgs. 1:16
      5. Raptured - 2 Kgs. 2:1-12
    2. Elisha
      1. The Spirit - 2 Kgs. 2:9, 13-15
      2. Miracles - 2 Kgs. 3-8 (jar of oil, resurrection,meal in pot, leprosy healed, floating ax, etc.)
      3. God's direction and preservation - 2 Kgs. 9:1-3; 13:14-23

  4. The Recovery of the Temple - 2 Kings 11-23
    1. Consecration (Joash) - 2 Kgs. 12:2-5
    2. Prayer (Hezekiah) - 2 Kgs. 18:3-7; 19:1-5, 14-34; 20:2-6
    3. The Word (Josiah) - 2 Kgs. 22:1-2, 8, 10-11; 23:1-3

  5. Captivity and the Destruction of the Temple - 2 Kings 15-17; 22-25
    1. Israel (Assyrian) - 2 Kgs. 15-17
    2. Judah (Babylonian) - 2 Kgs. 24-25