The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-28
TWO BAD KINGS.

international s. s. Lesson July 3i)
The lesson is found In / Kings, 16:
1888
The Golden Text, righteousness
exalteth a nation; but sin is re
proach 10 our people, Prov. f4;9i.
The time Of these Kings Is the close
Of the 10th century before Christ
Places, Tirzah was the capital Of
the northern Kingdom under Jera-
boam and P's successors, down to
omri 1t seems. who also lived there
the FIRST half Of his reign, as the pres
ent lesson tells us. It was about 40
miles north Of Jerusalem. It was a
beautiful place evidently Is. Of s. = -
samaria IS the other place mentioned
in orr lesson. It was situated about
s miles northwest OF shechem. and
about 10 miles west Of Tirzah. II was
founded by 0nia, as we read in our
lesson, on the hill which ne bought
of Sheuier. and he called It samaria,
which later. was the name Of that
whole region. Samaria was the capi.
tai until the 10 tribes we're carried
away in 72i b. c. It is now called Sc
baste so named by Herod the Great,
who rebuilt &C.
Suggestions for Preparing Lesson.
l. Read the lesson from the Bible
several times. till It is thoroughly ia
miliar.
?. Read also Kings 1892, and
81 and. to get preceding historical
connection, Kings 15;25-s4.
g. Learn the Golden Text.
4. Look up lives and characters OF
the men we are studying, omri and
his son Ahab.
8. Look up the cities we have men
toned and any other points Of inter
est on the map.
The Kings Of Israel SO far have
been
!. Jeraboam, % years reign.
2. His son, Nadab, years reign.
3. Baasha. "a years reign.
4. His son, Elah, years reign
Z. Zimri. days reign.
4. Omri. II years reign.
2. His son. Ahab, % years reign.
In this lesson we go back some 80
years earlier than our last lesson.
Three OF our four lessons have been
about Judah mainly. Now for several
lessons on study about Israel, or the
Northern Kingdom. The last we stud
led OF this kingdom was three weeks
aeo, when Jeraboam began his evil
reign. by introducing idolatry. In the
81 years covered by the 7 kings down
70 Ahab, there have arisen four fam
lies or dynasties But Judah, or tho
Southern Kingdom had a single reign
ing family. Israel was the scene OF
revolution and regicide. till the whole
nation 200 years later was carried
away into hopeless slavery. Jeraboam
set a bad pace for an evil line OF kings.
Not single one OF them was good
Israel drifted surely and rapidly to
ruin Sin Is the destruction of ma
tions It was so with Israel, Judah.
Babylon. Nineveh, Greece, Rome,
Spain and Turkey. It will be the
same with all nations, Russia, Eng
land, France. or the United States, IL
they should continue wilfully in out
breaking sin. God is Judge Of all the
earth The nations are but as the
small dust in the balances Jeraboam
made Israel to sim. That Is The
reputation he has all through the
Bible And his successors were .as
bad or worse. Ills son Nadab was as
bad. and was slain by Baasha. who
took the throne, and destroyed the
whole house OF Jeraboam. and his
name was hlotted out. Sin did Il. 3ut
Boasha was az bad. and his son met
the same fate as Boasha had meted
out to Nadab. Elah reigned only two
years; bad years indeed; then while
he was drinking himself drunk"
Zimri. the captain Of the chariots.
killed him and slew his whole family.
Retribution follows each in turn. He
reigned only z days Hardly worth
the trouble. carnage and sin it re-
quired "The wages OF sin is death"
The DEVILS rewards come high Om-
ri. captain of the host of whom We
study today, was crowned and in
few days zlmr was trapped in the
city Tirzan and to save himself from
being taken, burned the royal house
over him and misera5ly perished. Sin
works out it's evil results rapidly. II
Is seen today IN The case OF the drink
er. gambler, spendthrft, profaner. no.
ertine and the so-called more refined
sins OF high society Sin Is sim where