Bible Question: Who was the Prophet of the Northern Kingdom? |
Bible Answer: A few months ago, I went on a STUDY journey to learn more about the prophets in the old testament. I found it like peeling an onion, I uncovered a need to learn more about the Kings in the divided Kingdom (post Solomon 930 BC) in order to really learn about them. I found that although both 1 and 2 Kings, and 2 Chronicles have documented most of the information about the kings, that 1 and 2 Kings emphasizes Israel (North) and 2 Chronicles emphasizes Judah (South). Of course after Israel falls, in 2 Kings the remainder is Judah. 1 Chronicles is a parallel account of the life of David just like 1 and 2 Samuel. You will find Amos, Hosea, Elijah, Elisha, were some to the Northern kingdom. As you read 1 and 2 Kings, you will see other oral prophets, seers, and unnamed prophets showed up on the scene through the generations too. Isaiah (740 BC) and Micah (historians disagree when?) spoke to both Israel and Judah. Shortly after Isaiah's term, the Northern Kingdom fell to the reigning world power Assyria (722 BC). Now Ninevah was, the capitol of Assyria, and so God sent Jonah (790 BC) and Nahum (663 BC) to preach and warn the Assyrians to repent. You will find God sent warnings to Israel's enemies through many of the prophets, Obadiah to Edom, Jeremiah to Judah warned most or all of the enemies, and others too. I will stop here. I encourage you to dig in yourself. The rewards to grasp the rest of scripture is inexplicable. There message quite often condemned the people for ignoring Moses directive to take care of the poor, orphan, and widows, feed the hungry, and be hospitable to the alien. If you know the New Testament, this should sound familiar? Remember 2 Chronicles 16:9 that tells us God's eyes scan the earth looking to strengthen those whose hearts are completely devoted to his commands/teachings. |
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