The Southern Kingdom The Southern Kingdom consisted of two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, and was known as the Kingdom of Judah. The first King of Judah was Rehoboam, and the capitol city was Jerusalem. Judah had nineteen kings and one queen who reigned over her. Unlike the Kingdom of Israel, Judah did have some good kings, although many were idolatrous and evil. Judah received her prophets from God also. They warned of the judgment of God, and His wrath that would surely come, unless they repented. Such men of God as Isaiah and Jeremiah were sent to Judah with a message of impending judgment. However, Judah refused to repent and in 606 B.C. this nation was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon (II Kings 25). This captivity was to last for seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11-12). Jer 25:11-12 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. While in Babylon, the Spirit of God moved on such men as Daniel and Ezekiel.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:04:07 +0000