After the successful reigns of David and Solomon, the story takes a dark turn with the splitting of the kingdom during Rehoboam's reign. We traced the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah and the dark days of evil king after evil king. We briefly visited God’s glory resting in the temple and later exiting the temple never to return. Our lesson concluded with a number of prophesies about the coming Messiah that gave a glimmer of hope during an otherwise hopeless exilic time.