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In this chapter we see the instability and failure of the Northern Kingdom in this period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Religiously, Jeroboam\u2019s reforms become the norm, and unlike in Judah, the leadership fails to \u200erestore a pure mode of worship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Politically, each royal dynasty is brought to its untimely end \u200ethrough acts bloody assassinations, as opportunists repeatedly seize the throne.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following \u200etimeline of the northern kings (with wavy lines indicating a revolt or assassination) clearly \u200edemonstrates this state of affairs.\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeroboam \u2013 22 years\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Nadab \u2013 2 years \u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Baasha \u2013 24 years\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Elah \u2013 2 years\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Zimri \u2013 7 days\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Omri \u2013 12 years\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeroboam\u2019s heir, Nadab, is assassinated by Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar. This revolt \u200etakes places as the nation is engaged in military conflict with the Philistine city of Gibbethon. \u200eBaasha takes advantage of King Nadab\u2019s presence in the war camp to kill the newly appointed \u200emonarch \u2013 only two years into office \u2013 and usurp the throne. As if this were not enough, he \u200emurders all of Jeroboam\u2019s offspring, decimating the royal family.\u200e \u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Baasha\u2019s rule lasts twenty-four years, but his son, Elah, fares no better than King Nadab. \u200eOur one dismal glimpse of Elah\u2019s palace shows the king in a drunken stupor. After only two \u200eyears in power, he is killed in a coup by Zimri, the commander of half the chariotry. <\/span><\/p>\n

Zimri\u2019s political ambition is unmatched by his popularity, and his reign lasts a mere \u200eseven days, as the army marches against the capital Tirzah, to unseat him. Understanding that his \u200erevolution has failed, Zimri burns down the palace around himself in an act of suicide.\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Several years follow in which there are two contenders for the throne:\u200e \u200e Tibni and Omri. \u200eOmri, the chief of staff, eventually gains national support and is crowned king, and Tibni is \u200ekilled.\u200e \u200e With two rival candidates for the throne, these years are dogged by national in-fighting \u200eand a leadership vacuum.\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

The cumulative picture of this period offers little but violent upheaval. Furthermore, the \u200edisastrous civil war instigated by Baasha ends with the Aramean king Ben-Hadad seizing the entire Galilee panhandle (15:16\u201322). Thus, for fifty-two dismal years, the northern kingdom lacks any stability or \u200esuccess. These are difficult times.\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Israel, 1 Kings: Torn in Two<\/em>, Maggid Books, 2013, Civil War\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":61437,"id":61437,"title":"alex israel - kings 1","filename":"alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/adonijahs-scheme-to-ascend-the-throne\/alex-israel-kings-1\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"alex-israel-kings-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":61414,"date":"2019-08-19 12:13:44","modified":"2019-08-19 12:13:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1020,"height":1304,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-235x300.jpg","medium-width":235,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-768x982.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":982,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-801x1024.jpg","large-width":801,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1020,"1536x1536-height":1304,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1020,"2048x2048-height":1304,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-939x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":939,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alex-israel-kings-1-329x420.jpg","home_baner-width":329,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Excerpts from: 1 Kings - 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