Why Do Kings Exist Throughout History

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Essay 2 Kings have existed throughout history since the beginning of time with Egypt having some of the first recorded monarchies beginning back in the 3rd Century with King Menes. Monarchies began because people needed a higher figure to look up to, to follow because they didn’t believe that God was the higher power or in some cases didn’t know who God was. The bible tells the story of God’s people constantly losing site of God as the center of their lives, so they thought they needed something more, they thought they needed a King.

God would rise up Prophets from among his people to interpret Gods word and share it with his people (Deuteronomy 18:15). God decided to use a young boy named Samuel to be his spokesman and to communicate …show more content…

God came to Samuel at night calling him to lead the nation of Israel back to him.

Samuel went on to judge the nation of Israel leading the people back to God. Unfortunately as he began to grow older the people once again lost faith in their God and were concerned with who was going to lead them after Samuel. They began to looks at other countries and wanted what they had, Kings, once again turning their back on their great God, which was really all the King they needed.

As had happened time and time again throughout the Bible, the people were not happy with where things were going. Instead of looking at all that God was doing right, they looked at all the ways things had been going wrong which caused their hearts to drift away from God. Unfortunately we sometimes have a hard time seeing God at work when things don’t go right in our lives. Israel had experienced a period of triumph and victory under Joshua. God was with him because of his faith in God, his life led by prayer to the Father and his courage …show more content…

Solomon faith in the Lord eventually leads to building of the Temple that his father David started preparing for during his reign. God is proud of Solomon and gives him wisdom making him the wisest man that ever lived. Unfortunately once again a man decided to follow his own heart instead of listening to God. Solomon eventually marries 700 wives from all different nations eventually turning his heart away from his God to follow after the other Gods that these women whom he had married worshiped. This eventually led to God’s displeasure and Israel lost God’s blessing under Solomon eventually leading to the division of

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