Solomon’s proverbs: Hezekiah’s collection (part2)
Solomon’s proverbs: Proverbs 25−29 As part of his religious reforms, Hezekiah’s officials selected some of Solomon’s 3000 proverbs and copied them …
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Hezekiah turns the nation around
Hezekiah becomes king, reforms religious practices, and turns the nation back to God: 2 Kings 18:1−4; 2 Chronicles 29−31 Hezekiah’s …
Isaiah sees Jerusalem restored in the last days
Isaiah prophesies against Jerusalem and Judah, with (messianic) promises of a future restoration: Isaiah 1:21−5:30 Now Israel had fallen, Judah would be next. …
Don’t think like everyone else does
Isaiah prophesies about the Messiah and also the Assyrian invasion with its implications for Assyria and Judah : Isaiah 8−12 Isaiah saw a day …
Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm
Jotham then Ahaz rule Judah; Israel and Aram attack Ahaz, who doesn’t quite listen to Isaiah’s promise and buys the …
What sort of king was Joash?
Athaliah (the Queen mother) rules Judah until her grandson and rightful heir, Joash, comes out of hiding and is crowned …
Jehoshaphat let God win the war
Ahaziah king of Israel/Samaria dies and snubs Elijah (and God); his son, Joram, forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat (of Judah) …
The Elders’ complicity
Ahab kills Naboth and gets rebuked by God (through Elijah), then forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat to recover Ramoth-gilead from …
Elisha was no prosperity preacher
Elijah starts a drought, gets fed by ravens, takes on Baal and wins, calls Elisha, enrages Jezebel and Ahab and …
Abijam’s not-so-faithful reign
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Judah followed Rehoboam into sin
Israel and Judah stay split, but both fall away from God, fall into war and are invaded by Egypt and …
Jeroboam revives the golden calf
Solomon dies and Israel is split into two nations – Israel and Judah: 1 Kings 11:41−43; 2 Chronicles 9:29−31; 1 …
Jabez
The genealogy from Judah to King David: Ruth 4:13–22; 1 Chronicles 2:9–55 and 4:1–23 In the middle of a list of fathers, …
The joy of tithes and offerings
Volunteers move to occupy Jerusalem, the finished walls are dedicated and the tithe and offering system is re-established: Nehemiah 11–12; …
Shivering with cold and guilt
Ezra goes to Jerusalem with the support of king Atarxerxes, then he needs to reform local marriage practices with the …
The joy of the new Temple foundation
Cyrus lets the exiles return. They start rebuilding the Temple, but they are opposed by locals who stop the works: Ezra …
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