As you know, Jonah lived during the time of the divided kingdom. The kingdom divided after the reign of Solomon. Solomon's son Rehoboam should have been the next king for the entire kingdom, but when he told the people how he planned to rule them even more harshly than his father, the ten northern tribes revolted under the leadership of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. Earlier, Jeroboam had managed Solomon's laborers that he had conscripted for his massive building projects. These ten tribes made Jeroboam their king. Their portion of the kingdom was called Israel. Rehoboam was left with two tribes and the southern portion of the kingdom. It was called Judah.
On your "Times of the Prophets" sheet, you can see where the kingdom split after the reign of Solomon. You can see the line of kings who followed Jeroboam in the north and the line of kings who followed Rehoboam in the south. In the middle, the prophets are named. The first three prophets named are Elijah, Elisha, and Joel. Just after 790 BC (on the bottom of the sheet), you'll see Jonah. Who was king of Israel when Jonah lived? Who was king of Judah?
In 2 Kings 14:25, we read about a Jonah who gave the second Jeroboam a message.
What would make us think that this Jonah is the same person as the Jonah in the book of Jonah?
What did Jonah tell King Jeroboam?
How do you think that prophecy went over with the king and the citizens of Israel when Jonah made it? How do you think they felt when it came to pass? How would that make them feel toward Jonah?
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