A message the Lord God
revealed to Hosea the prophet:
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 Joshua led his fellow Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Solomon, a son born to King David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites. In Jerusalem, the royal city, Solomon built the temple of the Lord according to the instructions revealed to David by the hand of the Lord God upon him, and David's understanding of the details of the plans. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, 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. 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. Judah was the nation in the south and consisted of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin. Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation and consisted of the other Israelite tribes. Shechem was the 1st royal city and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Jeroboam established a system of idolatry throughout the kingdom, and placed a golden calf in Bethel, a city in the southern region, and a golden calf in Dan, a city in the northern region. Murderers and idolaters ruled the northern nation of Israel. Tirzah served as the royal city until King Omri, the 6th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, bought strategically located property and built Samaria. King Jeroboam, the son born to King Jehoash (Joash), was the 13th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. King Zachariah (Zechariah), was the 14th king, King Shallum was the 15th king, King Menahem was the 16th king, King Pekahiah was the 17th king, King Pekah was the 18th king, and King Hoshea was the 19th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. Meanwhile, in Judah, Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Uzziah (Azariah) was the 9th king, and Uzziah's son Jotham was the 10th king, and Jotham's son Ahaz was the 11th king, and Ahaz's son Hezekiah was the 12th king. When each of them reigned, Hosea the prophet proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. Moreover, during Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites captive. In the 9th year of Hoshea's reign, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Less than 140 years after Samaria was conquered, Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Jehoiakim (Eliakim) became the 17th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During the 11th year of the reign of Jehoiakim's brother 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 tribe of David and his descendants, all 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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