Saturday, January 28, 2012
2 Kings 23:25-26--"Now before him [Josiah] there was no king like him, who turned to the L ORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law Of Moses; nor after him did nay arise like him. Nevertheless the L ORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Do Not Neglect The Book
2 Kings 22:8, 10-11--"Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, 'I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.... Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, 'Hilkiah the priest has given me a book' And Shaphan... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Like Father, Like Son? Not Always.
2 Kings 21:2-3--"And he did evil in the sight of the L ORD, according to the abomination of the nations whom the L ORD had cast out before the children Israel. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he reaised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Superman-like Reversal Of Time
2 Kings 20:10-11--"And Hezekiah answered, 'It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten dregrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.' So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the L ORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz." In... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Lord's Stern Answer To Rage Against Him
2 Kings 19:28--"Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And my bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came." The word above is the Lord's and it comes from Isaiah in response to King Hezekiah's prayer... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Assyria De-Populates Isreal; The Lord De-Populates Occupied Israel
2 Kings 17:24-25--"Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the chirldren of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. And it was so, at the beginning of their... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sanctuaries Dismantled
2 Kings 16:17-18-- "And King Ahaz cut off the panels of the cars, and removed the lavers from them; and he took down the Sea [pool of water for priestly ritual washing] from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones. Also he removed the Sabbath pavilion which they had... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sin Of Omission Among The "Good" Kings
2 Kings 15:3-5--"And he [Azariah] did what was right in the sight of the L ORD, according to all that his faterh Amaziah had done, except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Then the L ORD struck the king, so that he was a leper... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Each Indiviidual And Generation Accountable
2 Kings 14:6--"But the children of the murdereers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the L ORD commanded, sayhing, 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a peson shall be... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Striking The Enemy Doggedly
2 Kings 13:18-19, 25--"Then he [Elisha] said, 'Take the arrows'; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, 'Strike the ground'; so he struck three times and stopped. And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria... Sign in to see full entry.