1 Kings 15
Abijah becomes king of Judah in the 18th year of the reign of Jeroboam, he rules in Judah for 3 years only.
the Bible is quite scathing on him, he did not follow the law of God as his great grandfather, David had, yet God did not bring down judgement on him because of David who had wholeheartedly followed the law, apart from the incident with Uriah.
Abijah and Jeroboam were at war as well.
Asa, the son of Abijah becomes king on the death of Abijah and reigned for 41 years.
Asa did follow the law of God, as David had, he rid Judah of the shrine prostitutes and the Asherah poles and idols. He deposed his grandmother from her position as queen mother for making an idol.
Asa dedicated a lot of gold and silver to God and kept his promise until he was attacked by Israel at which point he bribed the king of Damascus to change his allegiance.
Meanwhile in Israel, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king for 2 years and he carried on as his father had, and after 2 years a guy called Baasha rebelled, killed all the members of Jeroboam's family, which is seen as the judgement of God on the sins of Jeraboam.
There was effectively civil war continually during the reigns of Jeroboam, Nadab and Baasha of Israel and Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa of Judah
It starts to look like David and Solomon were very much the golden age of Israel
Abijah becomes king of Judah in the 18th year of the reign of Jeroboam, he rules in Judah for 3 years only.
the Bible is quite scathing on him, he did not follow the law of God as his great grandfather, David had, yet God did not bring down judgement on him because of David who had wholeheartedly followed the law, apart from the incident with Uriah.
Abijah and Jeroboam were at war as well.
Asa, the son of Abijah becomes king on the death of Abijah and reigned for 41 years.
Asa did follow the law of God, as David had, he rid Judah of the shrine prostitutes and the Asherah poles and idols. He deposed his grandmother from her position as queen mother for making an idol.
Asa dedicated a lot of gold and silver to God and kept his promise until he was attacked by Israel at which point he bribed the king of Damascus to change his allegiance.
Meanwhile in Israel, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king for 2 years and he carried on as his father had, and after 2 years a guy called Baasha rebelled, killed all the members of Jeroboam's family, which is seen as the judgement of God on the sins of Jeraboam.
There was effectively civil war continually during the reigns of Jeroboam, Nadab and Baasha of Israel and Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa of Judah
It starts to look like David and Solomon were very much the golden age of Israel
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