Rehoboam In The Southern Kingdom

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After those jealous and hardhearted Jews killed the Lord, He arose on the third day, as He said He would. By His resurrection, He made good His promise; the very promise for which they killed Him.
The chief priest and elders sent that mob into the Garden called Gethsemane, to arrest Jesus and drag Him back for trial. When the Lord was brought before the authorities, they sent out a message that they were looking for witnesses to testify against Jesus. A reward (bribe money) is not mentioned, but it seems that quite a number of people lined up with a story to tell. Yet, out of all those who “tried out,” only two were thought to have a story (charge) with merit.
Even though the charge made by those witnesses was true, they were called “false …show more content…
With the death of Solomon, Rehoboam was next in line to become the king. However, the majority of the people rejected Rehoboam as their king in favor of Jeroboam; therefore, the kingdom was divided. Ten of the tribes selected Jeroboam, as their king and they formed the Northern Kingdom or Israel. The remaining two tribes formed the Southern Kingdom with Rehoboam as their king. The Southern Kingdom was known as Judah.
Although God had said that there would never be another united kingdom, Jeroboam did not trust God as fully as David had trusted Him. Jeroboam was fearful that if he permitted his people to return to Jerusalem in order to worship God in the beautiful temple, which Solomon had built, they might want to become one nation again; to consolidate with Judah. So Jeroboam made several changes in the religious practices of the people who made up the Kingdom of Israel. He caused two golden calves to be built and set up; one in Dan and the other in Bethel; therefore, the place of worship was changed from Jerusalem to Dan and …show more content…
Now, God had said that only a Levite could preside as a priest in religious services; including the burning of incense; however, Jeroboam, a non-Levite, was presiding that day.
Due to the actions of Jeroboam, God’s prophet who came from Judah had some condemning charges for King Jeroboam. When Jeroboam heard the words of the prophet, he angrily stretched out his arm pointing in the direction of the prophet and commanding that his servants arrest him. Yet, just then Jeroboam’s arm became stiff and he couldn’t “pull it in again”. He asks the prophet to pray for him so his hand and arm would be restored. When that was done, Jeroboam, the grateful king, invite the man of God to come to his house and eat.
The prophet responded to Jeroboam’s invitation by telling him that God had commanded him not to eat or drink while he was in Bethel and not to leave the city by the same route he had entered the city and the prophet said, “Because it was charged by the word of the Lord, I will not go with you even if you give me half of all that you possess”. With that, the man of God left the city by “another
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