Plain and Simple

Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency. For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.-Hosea 8:1-6***Over 400 years after the Israelites were led across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Solomon, the 2nd son born to King David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. In Jerusalem, Solomon built the temple of the Lord according to the instructions given by the hand of the Lord upon David, and David's understanding of the plan. David was the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Israel was the northern nation and Judah was the nation in the south. Judah consisted of 2 tribes, Judah and Benjamin. Israel, the northern nation, consisted of the other Israelite tribes. Rehoboam was the 1st king to rule Judah, and Jerusalem was the royal city. Judah was always ruled by descendants of David, Solomon and Rehoboam, except for the 6 years that Athaliah ruled the kingdom. Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to rule the northern nation, according to the will of the Lord God. Shechem served as the royal city. Jeroboam established a system of idolatry throughout the kingdom, and placed a golden calf in Bethel and a golden calf in Dan. The northern nation was always ruled by murderers and idolaters. Tirzah served as the royal city in the northern nation until King Omri bought strategically located property and built Samaria. Omri was the 6th king to reign over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson King Uzziah (Azariah) was 9th king to rule Judah. Hosea the prophet proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites during the reign of Uzziah, and Uzziah's son King Jotham, and Jotham's son King Ahaz, and Ahaz's son King Hezekiah. Meanwhile, in the northern nation of Israel, King Jeroboam, the son and successor of King Jehoash (Joash), was the 13th king to rule the northern nation. Hosea continued proclaiming the words of the Lord God throughout the reigns of King Zachariah (Zechariah), King Shallum, King Menahem, King Pekahiah, King Pekah, and King Hoshea in the northern nation of Israel. Pekah was the 18th king to reign over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the reign of Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. During the reign of Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson King Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the 17th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and began looting the temple of the Lord. During the reign of Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin, the 18th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians began taking Israelites to Babylon. During the reign of Jehoiakim's brother King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites.  Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the birth tribe of Judah's  kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Hosea, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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