BIBLE
WOMEN
LESSON
26
Of
the Old Testament
The
Jewish Age
The
Division to the Captivity
388
Years; 1 Kings 11 & 12; 2 Kings 25
(References
in 2 Kings)
PERIOD
OF DECLINE
THE
GREAT WOMAN—THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN
1.
What was said of her greatness and her hospitality (4:8)?
2.
Working with her husband, what plans were made for Elijah (4:9-10)?
A.
What oneness should exist between companions (Eph 5:22, 25)?
B.
Was the room used by the prophet (4:11)?
C.
*How did the prophet and his servant want to compensate her (4:12-17)?
1.
What is meant by “I dwell among my own people”?
2.
Was she happy with her aged husband (4:13-14)?
3.
What was promised and later given to her (4:14-17)?
3.
*Tell of the sad event of the sickness and death of her child (4:18-22).
A.
How do you know that “was grown” does not mean that he was full-grown,
but that he grew?
B.
Where did she lay the child; why (4:21, 32)?
C.
Note her plans to get word to the prophet (4:22-25).
D.
*Tell of the meeting of the woman and the prophet (4:26-28).
1.
Thinking the child was still alive, what did Elijah order (4:29-31)?
2.
*Narrate how Elijah raised the child from the dead (4:32-36).
3.
With what happiness and gratitude did she receive the boy (4:37)?
4.
Later, what did Elisha tell the woman to do when there was a famine in the
land (8:1)?
A.
After she returned, what trouble does she have (2
kings 8:3)?
B.
How does Gehazi, Elisha’s servant, help (2 kings 8:5)?
C.
What was the outcome (2 kings 8:6)?
POINTS
TO CONSIDER:
1.
Considering 2 Kings 4:13; 2 Kings
8:6, Rom 12:13; 1 Tim 3:2; Titus 1:8 and 1 Peter 4:9, is being hospitable only
for the elders of the church? You
need to give a full answer here, showing that you understand the relationships between the verses given.
Do not just quote the scriptures.
2.
Why should elders be hospitable (1
Tim 3:1-7)?
THE
JEWISH MAID
1.
She was taken captive by whom (5:2)?
2.
She became the servant of whom (5:2)?
A.
From what malady was her master suffering (5:1)?
B.
What was the plan she suggested for her master to be healed (5:3)?
1.
*How did the captain misapply the instructions (5:4-7)?
2.
*Describe the healing of Naaman (5:8-14).
3.
How did her influence affect Naaman and the nation (5:15)?
A.
How was she taught by her parents (Deut 11:18-19)?
B.
Suppose she had not been taught, what might have happened?
C.
How does God often use the most humble instruments (1 Cor 1:27-28)?
POINTS TO CONSIDER:
1.
*Tell of the accounts of lepers
where only one was saved (Luke 4: 27).
2.
*Remember the phrase, “She has
done what she could” in Mark 14:8. Tell
how this concept applies to the little maid who helped Naaman be healed.
3.
We today should not grow weary
doing what we can for the Lord.
MAACAH—depression;
MAHALATH—mild; ABIHAIL—father of might
1.
These were wives of whom (2 Ch 11:18, 20)?
2.
Who was the favorite wife of the king (2 Ch 11:21)?
A.
How many wives and concubines did the king have (2 Ch 11:21)?
B.
How many sons and daughters did he have by them (2 Ch 11:21)?
3.
How was Abijah (Maacha’s son) honored; Why (2 Ch 11:22)?
A.
Did Maacah have a daughter (2 Chr 13:2; 2 Chr 13:2)?
B.
Who was Maacah’s (Maachah) mother (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chr 11:20)?
C.
Finally, how was her son honored so highly (2 Ch 13:1)?
D.
Strangely enough, all of the kings wives were related to whom (2 Ch 11:18,
20)?
E.
Note: these characters belong to 1
Kings 12.
(References in 1
Kings)
AZUBAH—an
Israelitess
1.
She was the mother of what great king (22:42; 2 Chr 20:1-32)?
2.
Who was the good king who was her husband (22:41; 1 Chr 3:10; 2 Chr 17:1)?
3.
Tell of the character of the husband and son (22:43).
AZUBAH—an
Israelitess
1.
Who is this lady and is she the same as the one above (1 Chr 2:18-20)?
2.
How many sons did she bear to Caleb (1 Chr 2:18-20; 1 Chr 2:42-49)?
3.
What were their names?