Daily Reflections

Thoughts from my personal time with God.

2 Kings 24:17 – 25:* (30) //

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Zedekiah… became king of Judah, and he… rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia… King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia made Gedaliah… governor of Judah, and placed him in charge… Ishmael, …a member of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men, attacked Gedaliah, and killed him. …Then all the Israelites, rich and poor alike, together with the army officers, left and went to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians.

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2 Kings 22:18 – 24:16

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As for the king himself, this is what I, the Lord God of Israel, say: You listened to what is written in the book, and you repented and humbled yourself before me, tearing your clothes and weeping, when you heard how I threatened to punish Jerusalem and its people. I will make it a terrifying sight, a place whose name people will use as a curse.

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2 Kings 21:19 – 22:17

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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).…

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2 Kings 20:12 – 21:18

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About that same time the king of Babylonia, …heard that King Hezekiah had been sick, so he sent him a letter and a present. Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them his wealth—his silver and gold, his spices and perfumes, and all his military equipment. There was nothing in his storerooms or anywhere in his kingdom that he did not show them.

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2 Kings 20:1-11

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About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, “The Lord tells you that you are to put everything in order, because you will not recover. Get ready to die.”

One (very last) task to take care of… I’ll need to start thinking of this.…

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 2 Kings 19:20-37

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Then Isaiah sent a message telling King Hezekiah…

Two heavyweights at a critical moment! What a blessing.

You sent… You boasted… you cut down… you reached… You boasted…

SELF. May it be entirely different with me, Father. May I be forever humble before you.

“Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out.”

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 2 Kings 18:31 – 19:19

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Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The emperor of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. You will all be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines…— until the emperor resettles you in a country much like your own… it is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. …Don’t let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the Lord will rescue you.

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 2 Kings 18:9 – 30

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The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners… Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them…

As promised as part of the covenant (Deuteronomy 28:36-37). Such formulas no longer apply; the “because” is much more elusive…

In the third year of the siege Samaria fell; this was the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign.

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