Bible Readings for December 30th 2 Chronicles 35 | Revelation 21 | Malachi 3 | John 20 The accounts of Josiah’s reforms of Judah’s worship that we began to read about in 2 Chronicles 34 continue in today’s reading from 2 Chronicles 35, where we read about the Passover...
Bible Readings for December 29th 2 Chronicles 34 | Revelation 20 | Malachi 2 | John 19 As we would expect, the account of Josiah, the final great king of Judah, opens first with a thoroughgoing reform of the worship in Judah. Although Josiah does not have the Book of...
Bible Readings for December 28th 2 Chronicles 33 | Revelation 19 | Malachi 1 | John 18 The contrast between the godly King Hezekiah and the wicked King Manasseh is striking. Hezekiah had been a champion for the pure worship of Yahweh, but Manasseh does what is “evil...
Bible Readings for December 27th 2 Chronicles 32 | Revelation 18 | Zechariah 14 | John 17 What the Chronicler emphasizes in 2 Chronicles about Hezekiah is strikingly different than what we read about this godly king in 2 Kings. In 2 Kings (as well as Isaiah 36–39),...
Bible Readings for December 26th 2 Chronicles 31 | Revelation 17 | Zechariah 13 | John 16 As we studied the story of King David in 1 Chronicles, one of the main themes (a theme we did not find in the accounts of David in the books of Samuel) had to do with his...
Bible Readings for December 25th 2 Chronicles 30 | Revelation 16 | Zechariah 12 | John 15 In 2 Kings 23, King Josiah (the great-grandson of King Hezekiah) restores the Passover feast. Even though that restoration of Passover comes much later in time than the story we...
