April 26 Readings

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Today's reading 2Kings 15-17
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2Kings 15-17
2Kings 15.1-7; 2Chronicles 26.3-4; 21-23
King Azariah of Judah (also known as King Uzziah) was a good king, he did not remove the high places and the people continued to offer sacrifices and incense there. The Lord afflicted Uzziah with leprosy because he became proud and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. He died when Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up (Isaiah 6).

2Chronicles 26.21-23; 2Kings 15.5-7


Zechariah king of Israel, 2King 15.8-12, was an evil king.
Shallum, king of Israel, 2King 15.13-16, was an evil king.
Menahem, king of Israel, 2King 15.17-22, was an evil king.
Pekahiah, king of Israel, 2King 15.23-26, was an evil king.
Pekah, king of Israel, 2King 15.27-32, was an evil king.


More verse on Uzziah: 2Chronicles 26.21-23; 2Kings 15.5-7

In 2Chronicles 27.1-4, 7-9; 2 Kings 15.33-38, Jotham was king of Judah and he was a good king. He obeyed the Lord like his father Uzziah did. He did not remove the high places and the people continued to offer sacrifices and incense there.


2Kings 16
In 2Kings 16.1-20; 2Chronicles 28.1-27; describes the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Ahaz reigned during the ministry of Isaiah the Prophet, , he offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree. He put his trust in Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria to save Judah from Israel and Aram. He was rebuked by Isaiah in Isaiah 7. Ahaz stripped parts of the the temple and gave them as tribute to the king of Assyria.

2Kings 17
Hoshea was the last king of Israel (2Kings 17.3-7; 2Kings 18-9-12). Shalmaneser king of Assyria capture Samaria in 722 B.C. and deported the Israelites to Assyria. No one knows what happened to the ten tribes after that. Israel was exiled because they worshiped other gods and follow the practices of many nations. (v. 7-21). Samaria was resettled by other peoples who introduced other gods, and the inhabitants continued worshipping these gods. This happened for many generations and that was how the Samaritans came into existence in the times of Jesus from peoples from other nations intermarrying with the remaining peoples from the Northern Kingdom.


Figure 2Kings 17.26

Kings of Israel and Judah
Information on the Kings of Israel
Information on the Kings of Judah

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2 Kings 15, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 16, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 17, with Commentaries, verse by verse

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