Category: The Kings of Judah & Israel
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 37. Hoshea
(Deliverer) 2 Kings 15:30; 17:1-6 “Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.”—Proverbs 29:8 “In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.” He was the last of the nineteen kings…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 36. Pekah
(Watch) 2 Kings 15:27-31 Contemporary Prophet: Oded. “Righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.”—Proverbs 11:19 “In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah (Uzziah) king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 35. Pekahiah
(Jah has observed) 2 Kings 15:23-26 “The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.”—Proverbs 11:5 “In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. And…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 34. Menahem
(Comforter) 2 Kings 15:16-22 “By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.”—Proverbs 11:11 Menahem, Josephus asserts, and not without reason, was general of the Israelitish forces. His coming up from Tirzah to slay Shallum, and afterwards starting “from…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 33. Shallum
(Requital) 2 Kings 15:13-15 Contemporary Prophet: Amos (?) “An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.”—Proverbs 17:11 “Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 32. Zachariah
(Jah has remembered) 2 Kings 15:8-12 Contemporary Prophet: Amos. “Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.”—Proverbs 13:6 “In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.” There appears…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 31. Jeroboam II
(Whose people is many) (2 Kings 14:23-29) Contemporary Prophets: Hosea; Amos. “The froward is abomination to the Lord: but His secret is with the righteous.”—Proverbs 8:82 “In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 30. Joash (Or, Jehoash)
(Jehovah-gifted) 2 Kings 13:10-25; 14:8-16 Contemporary Prophet: Jonah (?) “A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.”—Proverbs 12:3 “In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria,…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 29. Jehoahaz
(Jehovah-seized) 2 Kings 13:1-9 Contemporary Prophets: Elisha, Jonah. “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”—Proverbs 29:2 “In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 28. Jehu
(Jehovah is He) 2 Kings 9—10 Contemporary Prophet: Elisha. “The great God that formed all things both reward-eth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.”—Proverbs 26:10 “And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 27. Joram (Or Jehoram)
(Exalted by Jehovah) 2 Kings 1:17; 3:1-27; 6:8—7:20; 9:1-26 Contemporary Prophet, Elisha. “The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.”—Proverbs 12:7 “Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 26. Ahaziah
(Whom Jehovah holds) 1 Kings 22:40, 49, 51; 2 Kings 1. Contemporary Prophet, Elijah. “The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”—Proverbs 10:27 “Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 25. Ahab
(Brother of [his] father) 1 Kings 16:29—17:1; 18:1—22:40; 2 Chronicles 18 Contemporary Prophets: Elijah; Micah son of Imlah. “When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.”—Proverbs 29:16 “And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 24. Omri
(Heaping) 1 Kings 16:15-28 Contemporary Prophet: Elijah (?) “The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but He blesseth the habitation of the just.”—Proverbs 3:33 Civil War, that most deplorable of all forms of armed conflict, followed Omri’s assumption of the throne of Israel. “Then were…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 23. Zimri
(Musical) (1 Kings 16:9-20) “Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.”—Proverbs 88:18 “In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 22. Elah
(An oak) 1 Kings 16:8-14 “Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.”—Proverbs 11:31 “In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. And his servant…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 21. Baasha
(“He who seeks,” or “lays waste.”) 1 Kings 15:27—16:7; 2 Chronicles 16:1-6 Contemporary Prophet: Jehu Son Of Hanani. “The Lord hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”—Proverbs 16:4 “In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 20. Nadab
(Willing) 1 Kings 15:25-31 “The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.”—Proverbs 14:11 “And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. And he did…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 19. Jeroboam
(Whose people is many) 1 Kings 11:26-40; 12-14:20; 2 Chronicles 10; 13:1-20. Contemporary Prophets: Ahijah; The Man Of God Out Of Judah; “TheOld Prophet Of Bethel. “The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”—Proverbs 10:7 Jeroboam is an example of what is not at all uncommon…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 18. Zedekiah
(Righteousness of Jehovah) (2 Kings 24:17—25:21; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21) Contemporary Prophets: Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Daniel; Obadiah. “Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more: her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.”—Lamentations 2:9 “And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in…
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