1. I Kgs. 20: II Kgs. 6:24

5. How Israel fell
(1-6)
Why Israel fell
(7-23)
What happened in Israel after it fell
(24-41)

6. Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 BC) They overthrew their king Pekah
and I placed Hoshea as king over
them. I received from them 10
talents of gold, 1000 talents of
silver as their tribute . . .
Tiglath-Pileser III
( BC)

7. So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without
sense; they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hos. 7:11
Ephraim feeds on wind, and pursues the east
wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.
Hos. 12:1
Oholah (Israel) played the harlot while she was
mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the
Assyrians, her neighbors . . .
Ezek. 23:5

8. Samaria today

9. Assyria: the world’s
first real empire.
Its chief cities were
Ashur and Nineveh.

16. I besieged and con-
quered Samaria, led
away as captives 27,
290 inhabitants of it.
--Sargon II

18. Israel’s idolatry

19. But if you or your sons indeed turn away from
following Me, and do not keep My command-
ments and My statutes which I have set before
you, and go and serve other gods and worship
them then I will cut off Israel from the land
which I have given them, and the house which
I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out
of My sight..
I Kgs. 9:6,7

23. Nisan, 901 BC OF
PERSON CENTURY
THE
TIME
Nisan, 901 BC
King
Solomon

24. Question:
Is Judah learning from the history
unfolding just north of them?

25. Bigger Question:
Are we learning from the history of
so many who have gone before us?

26. Woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those
who constantly record unjust decisions so as to
deprive the needy of justice and rob the poor of
my people of their rights, so that widows may be
their spoil and that they may plunder the orphans.
Isa. 10:1,2
You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped
injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because
you have trusted in your way . . .
Hos. 10:13

27. Jim Nelson Black is senior analyst with Sentinel Research Associates and former executive director of The Wilberforce Forum in Washington, DC.