Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. …He rejected the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and disobeyed the Lord’s commands. Amon’s officials plotted against him and assassinated him in the palace.
This time, officals didn’t wait 55 years (2 Kings 21:1). It seems that the king’s officials were bastions for those zealous for the Lord (2 Kings 9:11-13).
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he…did what was pleasing to the Lord; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God.
May you judge me as being such, Lord! Saul, Absalom and Solomon were all passed over when it came to these evaluations. May I find my place in Hebrews 11!
In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah…
So, 26 years old at this point. 18 years had passed without iincident. May you use me in my old age, Father, please (Psalm 71:9).
“The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds.”
If nothing else, at least I have faithfully kept that reputation in Morocco, Lord. Thank you.
Shaphan delivered the king’s order to Hilkiah, and Hilkiah told him that he had found the book of the Law in the Temple.
THE book. Ouch! What if something had happened to it?! That makes me think of Jesus’ desciples: there was no Plan B.
Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to consult a woman named Huldah, a prophet who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. (Her husband Shallum, the son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, was in charge of the Temple robes.)
A woman prophet! And I love these details. This is a long way from “once about a time”…