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Parables of the Kingdom
[Bible]The parables of the kingdom are the parables in which Jesus described the reign of God with the words "The kingdom of heaven is like unto…"; in the narrower sense, the term refers to the seven parables of Matthew 13.
Fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
[Bible]The fall of the northern kingdom of Israel was the late eighth-century BC event in which Assyria captured Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, and deported its inhabitants. It is recorded in 2 Kings 17.
Division of the Kingdom
[Bible]The division of the kingdom of Israel after the death of Solomon into the southern kingdom of Judah under Rehoboam and the northern kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam. It is recorded in 1 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 10.
King's Highway
[Bible]The King's Highway is the road the Israelites under Moses named when they asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through their lands. It is known as an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River.
King's Highway
[Bible]The King's Highway was an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River. In the Book of Numbers, it is the road Moses named when he asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through, promising to travel only along that way.
Kingdom of Judah
[Bible]The Kingdom of Judah, usually called simply "Judah" in the Bible, was the southern kingdom, with Jerusalem as its capital, that remained when the kingdom of Israel divided after Solomon's death. Descendants of David held its throne until its fall to Babylon.
Kingship of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.
1 Kings
[Bible]1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his construction of the temple, the division of the kingdom, and the ministry of the prophet Elijah.
Parable of the Wedding Feast
[Bible]The Parable of the Wedding Feast is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 22:1-14. A king invites guests to his son's wedding feast, but they refuse; he then has people gathered from the highways to fill the feast. Luke 14 contains a similar "Parable of the Great Banquet."
King James Version
[Bible]The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Bible produced at the command of King James I of England and published in 1611. For centuries it served as the standard Bible of English-speaking Protestantism.
Kingdom of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The kingdom of God is a Christian term for God's reign as king and for the realm over which that reign extends. It is the central theme of Jesus' proclamation. In Korean Protestant usage, it is also widely called cheonguk ("heaven").
2 Kings 17
[Bible]2 Kings 17 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria and the end of the northern kingdom of Israel under its last king, Hoshea. It explains the reasons for the kingdom's destruction and describes how the foreign peoples resettled in Samaria worshiped the LORD alongside their own gods.
Hoshea (King of Israel)
[People]Hoshea was the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He came to the throne by killing Pekah, and during his reign Assyria captured the capital, Samaria, bringing the northern kingdom to an end (2 Kings 17).
Sihon
[People]Sihon was an Amorite king who ruled the territory east of the Jordan River from his capital at Heshbon near the end of the wilderness period following the Exodus. He refused to let Israel pass through his land, fought against them, and was defeated (Numbers 21).
Jehoash (King of Israel)
[People]Jehoash (also Joash) was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and a member of the dynasty of Jehu. The son of Jehoahaz, he received from the dying Elisha the prophecy of "the arrow of the LORD's deliverance," which foretold victory over Aram, and he defeated Amaziah king of Judah in battle.
Baalis
[People]Baalis was king of the children of Ammon shortly after the fall of Jerusalem. He appears only once, in Jeremiah 40:14, in a report that he had sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to kill Gedaliah, the governor of Judah.
Zimri (King of Israel)
[People]Zimri was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who killed King Elah and reigned seven days in Tirzah. When Omri besieged him, he set the palace on fire and died inside it (1 Kings 16).
1 Kings 1
[Bible]1 Kings 1 recounts how, with the aged David's succession still unsettled, Adonijah attempts to make himself king, and how David, at the urging of Nathan and Bathsheba, has Solomon made king instead.
1 Kings 15
[Bible]1 Kings 15 records the reigns of Abijam and Asa of Judah in the south and of Nadab and Baasha of Israel in the north. Its central events are Asa's religious reforms, his alliance with Aram, and the destruction of the house of Jeroboam.
1 Kings 22
[Bible]1 Kings 22 recounts how King Ahab disregarded the warning of the prophet Micaiah, went to battle at Ramoth-gilead with King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and was killed. The chapter then summarizes the reign of Jehoshaphat and the accession of Ahaziah.