1. The Divided Kingdom II
The Prophet Zephaniah
2 Chron. 31; 2 Kin. 17

2. Quick Review of Divided Kingdom
Israel
Jeroboam – 22 yrs – Evil BC
Nadab – 2 yrs – Evil BC
Baasha – 24 yrs – Evil BC
Elah – 2 yrs – Evil BC
Zimri – 1 wk – Evil 876BC
Omri – 12 yrs – Evil BC
Ahab – 22 yrs - Evil BC
Judah Rehoboam – 17 yrs – Evil BC Abijah – 3 yrs – Evil BC Asa – 41 yrs – Good BC Jehoshaphat – 25 yrs – Good BC

3. Quick Review of Divided Kingdom
Israel
Ahaziah – 2 yrs – Evil BC
Jehoram – 12 yrs – Evil BC
Jehu – 28 yrs – Evil BC
Jehoahaz – 17 yrs – Evil BC
Jehoash – 16 yrs – Evil BC
Jeroboam II yrs - Evil BC
Zechariah – 6 months – Evil
Shallum – 1 month – Evil
Menahem – 10 years – Evil
Judah Jehoram – 8 yrs – Evil BC Ahaziah – 1 yr – Evil 843BC Athaliah – 6 yrs – Evil BC Joash – 40 yrs – Evil BC Amaziah – 29 yrs - Good BC Uzziah – 52 yrs – Good

4. Quick Review of Divided Kingdom
Judah
Uzziah – 52 yrs – Good
Jotham – 16 years – Good
Ahaz – 16 years – Evil
Hezekiah – 29 years – Good
Manasseh – 55 years – Evil
Amon – 2 years – Evil
Josiah – 31 years – Good
Israel
Pekahiah – 2 years – Evil
Pekah – 20 years – Evil
Hoshea – 9 years – Evil

5. Prophets of the DK The prophets during the Divided Kingdom
Obadiah – Judah in the days of Jehoram
Joel – Judah in the days of Joash
Jonah – Israel in the early days of Jeroboam II
Amos – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah
Hosea – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah
Isaiah – Judah in the days of Uzziah – Hezekiah
Micah – Judah in the days of Jotham – Hezekiah

6. Prophets of Judah Alone
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Nahum
Habbakuk

7. The Kings Since Samaria Fell
Hezekiah
Good king – Best since David
Instituted massive religious reforms
Tore down high places
God protected Jerusalem from Assyria’s attacks
Had sickness, but prayed and lived
Showed treasures to Babylon

8. The Kings Since Samaria Fell
Manasseh
Most wicked king ever in Judah
Worshipped idols, human sacrifice, high places
Worse than the Amorites in the land before Israel
In his day, judgment was announced as inevitable (2 Kings 21:10-15)
Carried away to Babylon with a hook in his nose
Humbled himself and returned to Jerusalem, but was unable to undo the damage of his evil ways

9. The Kings Since Samaria Fell
Amon
As evil as Manasseh, except he didn’t humble himself
Josiah
Very good king, perhaps the best of all
Eliminated idols from the land
We begin today’s lesson early in his reign

10. Intro to Zephaniah
The message of Zephaniah is one of imminent judgment
The “Day of the LORD” is near and dreadful
Judgment is certain for Judah and the nations
Zephaniah prophesied in the days of Josiah (1:1)
Though Josiah’s reforms would have been in progress, Zephaniah does not mention them
Assyria is the dominant kingdom, but Babylon is rising
Zephaniah was likely a descendant of King Hezekiah (1:1)

11. Overview of Zephaniah Judgment cannot be avoided in Judah (1:2-18)
A brief call to repentance (2:1-3)
Judgment is coming to the nations around Judah (2:4-15)
Judah’s injustice and God’s righteousness (3:1-8)
The promise of salvation (3:9-20)

12. Key Verses in Zephaniah
God is at the end of His tolerance of idolatry (1:3, 4, 5, 9)
God is at the end of His tolerance of complacency and injustice (1:12, 18; 3:3-4)
Judgment is unavoidable (1:2, 7; 2:3, 13)
God will punish the nations also (2:4, 8, 12, 13)
Salvation is coming! (3:9-10, 13, 16-17)