Question

Outline the forms in which Israelite leaders went against God as foretold by Samuel

Answer 1

1. Solomon brought forced labour
2. Solomon brought heavy taxation
3. Solomon worshipped the gods of his wives.
4. Solomon married foreign wives.
5. Refusal by Rehoboam (his son) to listen to people’s grievances.
6. Emergence of Jeroboam to lead to Northern kingdom
7. Jeroboam encouraged the people to ignore Jerusalem as centre for worship and setting up two places for worship.
8. Jeroboam built two golden calves to be worshipped
9. Building places of worship similar to those of the Canaanites
10. Instituting feasts in the Northern kingdom on the same dates as those celebrated in Judah.
11. Making Israelites offer sacrifices to the golden calves
12. Choosing priests from ordinary families to serve Yahweh.
13. Burning incense at the altar of gods