1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hi, faith for listeners, Welcome and good morning. Thank you 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: for tuning into the Bible Explain podcast. On this lovely 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,319 Speaker 1: day before Thanksgiving. We're going to be reading through Second 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Chronicles ten today and discussing King Solomon's son who takes 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: over the throne and immediately causes civil war, but then, 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: like I don't know, three days after he takes the throne, 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: so it's not really good stuff. We will get into 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: that topic in just a moment, all right, just a 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: little bit of past keeping for you guys before we 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: begin today's episode. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I will not 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: be doing an episode, but Friday there will be an 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: episode as normal for all of you Faithful members. So 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: I hope tomorrow that you have a very happy Thanksgiving 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: and contact me and tell me what you are doing 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving. I'd love to hear about that. But also 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: next week, I'm going to be taking a short sabbatical, 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: so I'll be taking off December fourth, which is a Thursday, 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: all the way to the following Wednesday from the podcast. 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: There also won't be a Friday episode next week for 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: you members, and the reason being is because I haven't 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: taken time off in quite a while unless I was 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: like sick. So I'm going to be taking a few 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: days off next week from the podcast, just to let 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: all of you guys know about that. So thank you 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: for being an awesome audience and for giving me some 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: time off. I greatly do appreciate it. Before today, let's 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: go ahead and read it Second Chronicles ten one through nineteen. 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: This is the entire chapter we're going to talk about 29 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: the rain of Raya Boam and also the well the 30 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: starting rain of Jeroboam as well. Now, you guys are 31 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: gonna have to get used to those two names, okay. 32 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: Rao Baham and Jeroboum. I know they're very similar, but 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: it is important to differentiate them. Raya Boam is Solomon's 34 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: sun and Jeroboam is the He's the future king of 35 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: the northern tribes of Israel. Okay, So that is what 36 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: we're going to have to remember going forward into Second Chronicles. 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: So let's read Second Chronicles ten the entire thing. I'll 38 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: be reading as usual from the web, Rao Baum went 39 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: make him the king. When Jereboam, the son of Abat, 41 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: heard of it, for he was in Egypt, where he 42 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: had fled from the presence of King Solomon. Jeroboam returned 43 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: out of Egypt, they sent and called him, and Jeroboam 44 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: and all Israel came, and they spoke to Raaboam, saying, 45 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which 47 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: he put upon us later, and we will serve you. 48 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: He said to them, come again to me after three days, 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: so the people departed. King Raaboam took council with the 50 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: old men who had stood before Solomon, his father while 51 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: he yet lived, saying, what council do you give me 52 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: about how to answer these people? They spoke to him, saying, 53 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: if you are kind to these people, if you please 54 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: them and speak good words to them, then they will 55 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: be your servants forever. But he abandoned the council of 56 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 1: the old men which they had given him, and took 57 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: who stood before him. He said to them, what council 59 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: do you give that we may give an answer to 60 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: these people who have spoken to me, saying, make the 61 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: yoke that your father put on us lighter. The young 62 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, 63 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, 64 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter 65 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: on us. Thus you shall say to them, my little 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: finger is thicker than my father's waist. Now, whereas my 67 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add 68 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but 69 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: I will chastise you with scorpions. So Jeroboam and all 70 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: the people came to Raaboam the third day, as the 71 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: king had asked, saying, come to me again the third day. 72 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: And the king answered them roughly. And King Raabouam abandoned 73 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: the council of the old men and spoke to them 74 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: after the council of the young men, saying, my father 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. 76 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: Chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 77 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: So the king didn't listen to the people. For it 78 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: was brought about by God that Yahweh might establish his word, 79 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: which he spoke by a Hijah the Shylnite to Jerebohm 80 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: the Sun and Abat. When all Israel saw that the 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: king didn't listen to him, the people answered the king, saying, 82 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: what portion do we have in David. We don't have 83 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: an inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man, to 84 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: your tense, Israel, Now see to your own house, David. 85 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: So all Israel departed to their tents. But as for 86 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, 87 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: Raaboam reigned over them. Then King Raaboam sent Hatteram, who 88 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: was over the men subject to forced labor, and the 89 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King 90 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: Raaboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot to 91 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: fleet Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled against David's house to this day. 92 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: You'll remember in the last chapter that King Solomon died. 93 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: He died after a very long and very successful reign. 94 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: He made Israel extremely wealthy. But there are some problems 95 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: beginning to form in Israel, and that is laid out 96 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: in this chapter we read today. So after Solomon died, 97 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: his son Raa Boam took the throne. And what's really 98 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: funny about Rae Boham is the fact that he's the 99 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: only son mentioned that Solomon had. Even though Solomon had 100 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: like a thousand wives and concubines and probably had hundreds 101 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: of children, Raaboam is the only son mentioned. I have 102 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: no clue how ree Boham was chosen out of all 103 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: of Solomon's probably hundreds of children to become the next king. 104 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: But ree Boham was the guy for the task. So 105 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: Rae Boam, he says in verse one, goes to Shechem, 106 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him 107 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: the king. Now it's really bizarre about that, is Shechem 108 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: was actually on the northern part of Israel, and most 109 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: of the times the kings would get anointed in the 110 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: capital city of Jerusalem. So it's pretty clear that Israel 111 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: was already falling into some problems for Raa Boam to 112 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: have to leave Jerusalem to go up north in order 113 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: to establish his kingdom there, and that shows that the 114 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: northern parts of Israel were getting increasingly frustrated with Solomon's line, 115 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: with David's line. Rather, so Rea Boham goes up to 116 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: Shechem because all Israel had come to Shecham to make 117 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: him the king. And then it mentions here in verse two, 118 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: this guy named Jeroboam. Now you might remember Jeroboam. We 119 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: talked about him in a lot of depth actually when 120 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: we went through the Kings, because Jeroboam was the guy 121 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: who was going to eventually become the king of the 122 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: northern parts of Israel, and so Jereboam caused Solomon actually 123 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: a lot of problems, as you find out in First 124 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: Kings eleven. So let's read about that, because in First 125 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: Kings eleven, this entire chapter goes into Solomon's problems. Let's 126 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: say his idol worship, the amount of women he had 127 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: in his life that caused him to go astray, and 128 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: you know, worship all of these other false idols, including Molik, 129 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: who was one of the child's sacrifice idols. And Solomon 130 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: did it. He worshiped these disgusting idols. And God got 131 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: very angry about this because he had told Solomon, like 132 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: appeared to Solomon two times and gave him a warning. 133 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: So three separate occasions, God told Solomon, don't worship other gods. 134 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: If you just follow after me your entire life, everything's 135 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: going to go so well for you. Your children will 136 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: maintain the throne of Israel forever if you just do 137 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: what I tell you to do if you just worship 138 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: me like David your father did. And yet Solomon, in 139 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: spite of God's three warnings to him, did not do this. 140 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: In the end of his life, he straightway from God. 141 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: And of course God knew that this was going to happen, 142 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: hence why he tried to warn Solomon of this earlier on, 143 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: but Solomon did not listen. So God raises up this 144 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: man named Jereboam to be an adversary to Solomon, and 145 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: this was part of Solomon's punishment. Of course, so let's 146 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: read it first Kings eleven, starting in verse twenty six, 147 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: and read about the rise of Jeroboam. It says Jereboam, 148 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: the son of Nebat and Ephriamite of Zareda, a servant 149 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: of Solomon whose mother's name was Zeruiah, a widow, also 150 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: lifted up his hand against the king. This was the 151 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: reason why he lifted up his hand against King Solomon. 152 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: Solomon built Milo and repaired the breach of his father 153 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: David's city. The man Jereboam was a mighty man of valor, 154 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, 155 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: and he put him in charge of all the labor 156 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: of the House of Joseph. At that time, when Jereboam 157 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: went out of Jerusalem, the prophet of Hijah the Shylannite 158 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: found him on the way. Now, Ahijah had clad himself 159 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: with a new garment, and the two of them were 160 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: alone in the field. Ahijah took the new garment that 161 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. He 162 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: said to Jereboam, take ten pieces, for Yahweh, the God 163 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: of Israel, says, behold, I will tear the kingdom out 164 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: of the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes. 165 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: But he shall have one tribe for my servant, David's sake, 166 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen 167 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: out of all of the tribes of Israel. Because they 168 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: have forsaken me and have worshiped Ashtarith, the goddess of 169 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: the Sidonians, Chemish, the God of Moab, and Milcom, the 170 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: God of the children of Ammon. They have not walked 171 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: in my ways to do that which is right in 172 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, 173 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: as David his father did. However, I will not take 174 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: the whole kingdom out of his hand. But I will 175 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: make him prince all the days of his life for David, 176 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments 177 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: and my statutes. But I will take the kingdom out 178 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: of his son's hand and give it to you, even 179 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: ten tribes. I will give one tribe to his son, 180 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: that David my servant may have a lump always before 181 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for 182 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: myself to put my name there. I will take you, 183 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: and you shall reign according to all the your soul desires, 184 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: and shall be king over Israel. It shall be if 185 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: you will listen to all that I command you, and 186 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: will walk in my ways and do that which is 187 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, 188 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: as David my servant did that. I will be with you, 189 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: and will build you a sure house as I built 190 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: for David, and will give Israel to you. I will 191 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever. Therefore, 192 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and fled 193 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: into Egypt to Shishak, the King of Egypt, and was 194 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: in Egypt until the death of Solomon. So that is 195 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: clear that this guy Jeroboam started becoming very popular with 196 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: the people. In fact, Solomon saw that Jereboam was an 197 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: industrious young man, is what it says. So he was 198 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: a hard worker, he was strong. It says, he was valiant, 199 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: which means very courageous. And so Solomon actually set him 200 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: over the workforce of the entire tribe of Joseph, which 201 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: would have been the half tribes of Manassa and also Ephrium. 202 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: So those were the two tribes of ji Jo, and 203 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: Jereboam was over all of them. And then this prophet 204 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: named a Hijah goes to Jerobom and is like, hey, 205 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: God is going to give you ten tribes of Israel 206 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: and leave one tribe to Solomon's line because of the 207 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: sake of my servant David. Which is interesting because you know, 208 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: David had died already. So this absolutely shows that there 209 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: is life after death because God is still considering David 210 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: even though David had already died, Like there would be 211 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: no reason for God to consider David if there was 212 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: no life after death, because David's life had ended, it 213 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: didn't matter anymore. If God had continued on his promise 214 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: with David or not. So this shows that there is 215 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: life after death, which is interesting. But regardless, God says 216 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: he's going to give ten of the tribes to Jerobom 217 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: and rip them out of the line of David, but 218 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: he will give one tribe to David's line. Now you 219 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: might be like, well, wait a second, there's twelve tribes 220 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: in Israel, where'd the other tribe go. Well, technically, the 221 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: tribe of Simeon and Judah kind of merged into one tribe, 222 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: and Benjamin sorta did later on as well. So God 223 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: gave that giant tribe of Judah, Simeon, and part of 224 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: Benjamin to raye Boam, to Solomon's son, and then Jereboam 225 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: got the northern tribes of Israel, which would have been 226 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: the other ten tribes. So that would have been the 227 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: tribe of Joseph, which was Eprium, and Manassa, the tribe 228 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: of Dan Neftali, Zebulen, all of those up north. And 229 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: God specifically did this to Judge Solomon. But right after 230 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: Jeroboam hears of this prophecy that he's going to become 231 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: the next king. Historians actually say that Jeroboam rose up 232 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: against Solomon and tried to make Solomon look really bad 233 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: and tried to gain power for himself, and that was 234 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: why Solomon ended up trying to kill Jeroboam. So Jeroboam 235 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: fled to Egypt until Solomon had died. And so now 236 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: that Solomon is dead, Jeroboam returns home. And you can 237 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: see how popular he is, because if you go back 238 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: to our passage for today, in second Chronicles ten, it 239 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: says in verse two, when Jerebom, the son of Nebat, 240 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: heard of it, for he was in Egypt, where he 241 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: had fled from the presence of King Solomon. Jeroboam returned 242 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: out of Egypt, and they sent and called him. That 243 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: would be the northern tribes of Israel sent and called 244 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: for Jeroboam. That means Jerobom had gained a lot of 245 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: power before Solomon had died. That the people, like all 246 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: the people, liked Jeroboam and called for him when they 247 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: found out he was back in Israel. And so Jeroboam 248 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: and Israel goes up to Shechem where rare Baoham was 249 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: about to be anointed king, and they say this to 250 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: him in verse four, your father made our yoke grievous. 251 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: Now therefore make the grievous serve of your father and 252 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: his heavy yoke which he put on us lighter and 253 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: we will serve you. So we've talked about this in 254 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: some depth before on the podcast. You know, Solomon was 255 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: a go getter. He was a workaholic for sure, and 256 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: he probably placed a lot of burdens on his people. 257 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: We do know that he had slave labor, though it 258 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: does say in scripture that he did not make Israelite 259 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: people his slaves, but they were still his servants. They 260 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: were still forced in a way to serve him, but 261 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: they would just get paid for it, if that makes sense. 262 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: And you know, Solomon, being such a go getter, probably 263 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: did not give his people a very good work life 264 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: balance and put these big burdens on their backs. And 265 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: the people were just getting so frustrated with this. And 266 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: don't forget who Jereboam is, and this is why he's 267 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: so popular, because he was the leader of the workforce 268 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: of the tribe of Joseph, and Jereboam probably used that 269 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: position to tell the people, you know, Solomon is so 270 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: terrible to you guys, like I'm sorry, your workforce is 271 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: so hard. I'm going to make it easier on you guys, 272 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to do my best. So Jeroboam gained a 273 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: lot of respect with the tribe of Joseph specifically, which 274 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: was a very big tribe by the way. So Jeroboam 275 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: probably used his position to make Solomon look even worse, 276 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: which is why the people call Jerobom when they find 277 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: out he's back from Egypt. They call him to go 278 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: to Rayeboam, Solomon's son, and tell him, please make our 279 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: load lighter, and we will in fact serve you. So 280 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: Rae Boham listens to the speech that Jeroboam gives and 281 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: all the people of Israel, and he says to them 282 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: in verse five, come back to me after three days. 283 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: So in other words, let me think about this for 284 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: a few days, and I will give you my answer. 285 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: So the people listen and they depart. So King raya 286 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: Bom takes all the counselors, all the old men that 287 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: had served under Solomon, and he asks them for advice. 288 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: It says he asked them, what council do you give 289 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: me about how to answer these people. So they spoke 290 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: to him saying, if you are kind to these people, 291 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: if you please them and speak good words to them, 292 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: then they will be your servants forever. And this was 293 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: very sound advice. Obviously. You know, these people were very 294 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: frustrated over Solomon and over the lack of work life 295 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: balance that they had. That they were on the verge 296 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: of a civil war. And the old men understood this. 297 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: They saw what was happening throughout their lives. They had 298 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: good advice to give. Not to mention that we've already 299 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: seen some cracks forming in Israel even back in David's time. 300 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: You'll remember that even David at one point practically had 301 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: a civil war on his hands because the people couldn't 302 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: stand the fact that somebody from the tribe of Judah 303 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: was the king. They felt that the tribe of Judah 304 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: got all of the benefits, whereas all of the other 305 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 1: eleven tribes of Israel weren't getting those same benefits. So 306 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: even David was struggling with unity in Israel during his lifetime. 307 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: Now Solomon maybe a little bit less, but once again 308 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: those problems are beginning to come back, and Israel is 309 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: starting to fracture. The old men. The advisors see this 310 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: and they tell ree Bohm, you have to give them 311 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: what they want. They will serve you forever. Just be 312 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: kind to them and ease their burdens. But it says 313 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: in verse eight that Raa Bohm did not take their advice. 314 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: He did not like the advice from the old people. 315 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: He wanted advice from the hip, younger people. So he 316 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: asks his friends who had grown up with him, what 317 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: would you guys do in this situation? And so his 318 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: friends tell him, They're like, you tell them, I'm going 319 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: to be a dictator that if you think Solomon was 320 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: a hard king, i am going to make your burdens 321 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 1: so much harder. You are going to fear me. You 322 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: are going to listen to what I say. And Rea 323 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: Bohama was like, oh, yeah, that's a really really good idea. 324 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna do. And so that is what 325 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: Raya Boam does. He says in verse twelve, Jeroboam and 326 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: all the people returned to Rae Boham on the third day, 327 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: as the king had asked, saying, come to me again 328 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: on the third day, And so the king answered them roughly. 329 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: The king abandoned the council of the old men and 330 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: spoke to them after the council of the young men, saying, 331 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: my father made your yokeevy, but I will add to it. 332 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise 333 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: you with scorpions. And obviously the people were not very 334 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: happy about that. They did not like what Raya Boham said, 335 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: and so they're like, why are we even dealing with this? 336 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,479 Speaker 1: Why are we dealing with a king from the tribe 337 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: of Judah. That's what they say. They said, Israel saw 338 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: that the king didn't listen to them in the peace, 339 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,719 Speaker 1: answered the king, what portion do we have in David? 340 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: In other words, what portion do we have in the 341 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 1: tribe of Judah. We don't have an inheritance in the 342 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, Israel. Now 343 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: see to your own house David. So all Israel departed 344 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: to their tents. So now civil war is on Rae 345 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: Boham's hands because he did not answer the people correctly. 346 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: He did not give the tribes what they needed. And 347 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: so they go back home and they say, we are 348 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: done with the line of David. We're going to get 349 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: our own king. And Raa Boham doesn't even realize how 350 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: much of a problem he has caused yet until this 351 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: is so ridiculous verse eighteen. Then King Raa Boam sent Hatteram, 352 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: who's over the men subject to forced labor, and the 353 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. So 354 00:19:54,359 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: first Kings divulges that this guy Hatteram was the man 355 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: who oversaw all the forced labor, so he was in 356 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: charge of the slave labor under Solomon, and Raa Baouam 357 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: feels like it's a good idea to be like this 358 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: dictator who is going to make people fear him, so 359 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: he sends Hatteram out to collect taxes from all of 360 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: the people. And the Israelites were furious over this, absolutely 361 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: furious because they're like, this guy who's in charge of 362 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: the slave labor is now coming and demanding taxes from 363 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: us when we have this huge burden already placed on 364 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: our backs due to Solomon. And they stone Hatterum, and 365 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: you know, this was not the right response from Israel. 366 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: Israel rarely has the right response. They're always doing the 367 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: wrong thing. This wasn't Hatteram's fault. He just had a 368 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: job to do. And the people stone Hatterum and now 369 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: Raya Boham realize the trouble he has caused, and so 370 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 1: it says that king Raya Boam hurried to get himself 371 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: up to his chariot to flee back to Jerusalem. So 372 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: Israel rebelled against David's house to this day, is what 373 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: it says. So that is the start of the civil 374 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: war that occurs between the House of David, or the 375 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: tribe of Judah and the northern tribes of Israel. And 376 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: now two nations are born. The two nations are Israel 377 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: and Judah is what they are going to be called 378 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: in the future. Now, one thing I should mention is 379 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: that Chronicles is a little different from the Kings. The 380 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: books of the Kings focus a lot more on Israel, 381 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: and the Chronicles focus a lot more on the Kings 382 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: of Judah. So we're going to read almost nothing practically 383 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: about the northern tribes of Israel from this moment forward. 384 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: We'll read a little bit here and there, but generally 385 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: the Chronicles are going to focus on the Kings of 386 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: the South, the Judaean kings from here on out. And 387 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 1: that's cool because we didn't learn as much about them 388 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: in First and Second Kings, because, like I said, the 389 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: Kings focused on the Kings of Israel. So we're gonna 390 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: learn a lot more about the Judean kings and how 391 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: they fell into sin time and time again. Even though 392 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: Judah in general had a very solid start, they are 393 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: going to fall into sin even worse than Israel did 394 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: by the time Second Chronicles is finished. So faith listeners 395 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: don't forget that there will not be an episode tomorrow 396 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving, and that next week I will be taking 397 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: that short break from the podcast just to rest and relax. 398 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: I will be gone from next Thursday, the fourth until 399 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: the following Wednesday, and that includes for you members as well. 400 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: But for you members, of course, there will be an 401 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: episode this Friday over on the Bible Explained on Fridays, 402 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: So I hope to see all of you members over 403 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: there for a discussion from the Psalms. But for all 404 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: the rest of you Faithful listeners, have a fantastic and 405 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: wonderful and happy Thanksgiving. I'll see you guys Monday. Until then, 406 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: happy listening, happy Thanksgiving, and God bless you all.