April 28 Readings

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Today's reading 2Kings 20-22
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links: 2Kings 20; 2Kings 21; 2Kings 22

In 2 Kings 20.1-11; 2Chronicles 32.24-26; Isaiah 38.1-8 Hezekiah was ill at at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord a remarakable prayer: 2Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3"Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. NKJV God sent Isaiah to tell him that he would be healed and lived for fifteen more years. Hezekiah asked for a sign. He asked that the shadow goes back ten steps. He was cured of his illness.

In 2 Kings 20.12-19; Isaiah 39.1-8 Envoys from Babylon came to visit Hezekiah and he showed them what he had in his storehouses and treasures. Isaiah came to Hezekiah after the visit and prophesied that the Babylonians would come and pillage all the treasures and take away his descendants to Babylon. Hezekiah said that the word of the Lord was good because he would not live to see this day happen to him.

2Kings 21
In 1Kings 21.1-10; 2Chronicles 33.1-10, Manasseh, his son became the King of Judah after Hezekiah's death. He was the most evil of the kings of Judah. Idolatry, sorcery and divination came back to Judah. He even sacrificed his own son. Manasseh led the people away from the Lord. Jewish Tradition said Manasseh ordered that Isaiah to be sawed in two.

In 2Kings 21.19-24; 2Chronicles 33.21-25; Amnon became King of Judah and he was an evil king just like his father Manasseh.

In 2Kings 22.1-20; 2Chronicles 34.1-2, 8-28, Josiah started his reign at eight years old. he turned out to be a good king. The Book of the Law was found by Hilkiah the high priest, Josiah heard about it, tore his robes, and asked Hiljiah to inquire of God for him and Judah about what was written in the book of the Law. Josiah was responsive to god and God honored that and delayed the disaster that would happen to Judah until 586 B.C.



Figure: Josiah hears the Book of the Law

Kings of Israel and Judah
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2 Kings 20, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 21, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 22, with Commentaries, verse by verse

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