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JAMB Christian Religious Studies 1978 Question 32

Question 32

Solomon and the Divided Kingdom

The fall of the Northern Kingdom was due to

  1. A.disorder in Israel after the death of Jeroboam II
  2. B.Jerusalem's attack by the Assyrian army
  3. C.Samaria being besieged and sacked
  4. D.Rezin's attack of Judah
  5. E.Ahaz's conspiracy with Rezin.
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Answer: A (disorder in Israel after the death of Jeroboam II)

Explanation

After Jeroboam II died, Israel had a run of kings murdered by their successors; this disorder (with the people's idolatry) weakened the kingdom before Assyria took it (2 Kings 15–17).