Who rules?

Leading a nation is tricky business

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LAW

HISTORY

Genres

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Big Picture

Law Rules King Rules Book RulesJoshuaJudgesRuth

United Kingdom1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Divided Kingdom2 Kings

2 Chronicles

EXILEEzra

NehemiahEsther

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1300 1000 586 500

Law RulesJoshuaJudgesRuth

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JOSHUA

•Canaan Defeated–Jericho–Achan’s Sin•Canaan Divided

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JUDGES

Judges 2:11-19

SERVE THE LORD

A JUDGE RAISED UP

CRIED TO THE LORD

BECAME SLAVES

SINNED/ IDOLATRYISRAEL DELIVERED

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King RulesUnited Kingdom

1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings

1 Chronicles

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Three Kings

David SolomonSaul

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1 SAMUEL

SAMUEL

DECLINEOFJUDGES

RISEOFKINGSCH. 8

“We want a king”

CH. 15 Fall of Saul

Saul

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2 SAMUEL

Obedience

Ch. 11

Disobedience

Consequences

Relationship Rocky Relationship

Restored

David

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From Tribes to Kingdoms

The rules about Kings (Deuteronomy 17:14-20):• Don’t build a strong army• Don’t marry foreign wives• Don’t hoard wealth• Don’t exalt yourself above others

God wants people to live in loving communities, with God’s law as the leader.

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Solomon

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90 ft.

30 ft.

45 ft.

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King RulesUnited Kingdom

1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Divided Kingdom2 Kings

2 Chronicles

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Solomon Judah

Israel

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Assyria

Judah

Israel

Babylon

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EXILE!Ezekiel 5:5-8

Ezekiel 36:26-28

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Book RulesEzra

NehemiahEsther

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