Lesson 17

The glorious and grand reigns of David and Solomon quickly faded during the reigns of succeeding kings. During the reign of Solomon’s son Rehoboam, a split occurred between the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom from which Israel never recovered. The subsequent history of the divided kingdom is a gradual descent into idolatry, defeat, and national destruction. Rejecting all the warnings of God’s prophets, both kingdoms were eventually conquered by foreign nations and the inhabitants taken out of their homeland into exile. In this lecture, Dr. Sproul discusses the history of the divided kingdom.