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June 8, 2025 – 2 Chronicles 35 – Josiah’s Passover

Once King Josiah had eliminated idolatry from the land, repaired the Temple and re-established the courses of the Levites for service, he arranged for the celebration of Passover. It was a momentous event, having been so long with the feasts … Continue reading

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June 15, 2025 – 2 Chronicles 35 – Josiah’s Passover

Once King Josiah had eliminated idolatry from the land, repaired the Temple and re-established the courses of the Levites for service, he arranged for the celebration of Passover. It was a momentous event, having been so long with the feasts … Continue reading

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June 1, 2025 – 2 Chronicles 34 – Josiah’s Good Reign

Josiah became king as a child of eight, but once he came of age, he regarded the idolatry he saw around him with increasing alarm. He purposed to eliminate it from Judah and the northern lands as well. Then he … Continue reading

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May 18, 2025 – Isaiah 22 – Eliakim, Messiah and the Key of David

An oracle by the prophet Isaiah – before his murder by King Manasseh – describes the rise of a man named Shebna who usurped the position of chamberlain from another man named Eliakim. But Isaiah leaves his prediction of Shebna’s … Continue reading

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May 11, 2025 – 2 Chronicles 33 – Manasseh’s Evil Reign

Manasseh had the longest and worst reign of any king of Judah. This evil king reinstituted idolatry, and imposed a cruel tyranny on the people. But when he was captured and tortured by the Assyrians, he repented, and God accepted … Continue reading

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April 27, 2025 – 2 Kings 20 – Hezekiah’s Illness and Healing

While threatened by Assyria, King Hezekiah falls ill, and God tells him he’s going to die. He cries out to God, and God heals him and gives in 15 more years to live, confirming it with a miraculous sign. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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April 20, 2025 – 2 Kings 19 – Hezekiah’s Prayer and the Miraculous Defeat of Assyria

When the Assyrian King Sennacherib invades Judah and threatens Jerusalem, Judah’s King Hezekiah “spreads out” his troubles before the Lord in the Temple. God responds by sending the prophet Isaiah to comfort the king with assurances that the enemy would … Continue reading

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