Bible Readings for November 12th 2 Kings 25 | Hebrews 7 | Amos 1 | Psalm 144 In 2 Kings 24, we read about the beginning of the captivity of Judah to the Babylonians. Ominously, that chapter ended with this sentence: “And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon”...
Bible Readings for November 11th 2 Kings 24 | Hebrews 6 | Joel 3 | Psalm 143 Once Josiah dies, Yahweh lifts his temporary restraint and sends his people off into exile because of their sins (2 Kgs. 24:3–4). During the reign of Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, King...
Bible Readings for November 10th 2 Kings 23 | Hebrews 5 | Joel 2 | Psalm 142 In 2 Kings 23, we read a detailed account of the main reforms Josiah implemented in Judah. This chapter documents the sheer greatness of Josiah as king that we began to talk about in...
Bible Readings for November 9th 2 Kings 22 | Hebrews 4 | Joel 1 | Psalms 140–141 Josiah is the final great king of Judah. Despite being the grandson of Manasseh, who was Judah’s most wicked king, Josiah’s heart is inclined to Yahweh all the days of his life. Josiah...
Bible Readings for November 8th 2 Kings 21 | Hebrews 3 | Hosea 14 | Psalm 139 The reign of Manasseh is the anvil that breaks the camel’s back. While Judah has enjoyed several good kings along the way—including Manasseh’s own father, Hezekiah, who sought Yahweh’s...
Bible Readings for November 7th 2 Kings 20 | Hebrews 2 | Hosea 13 | Psalms 137–138 In 2 Kings 20, we see Hezekiah displaying two contradictory attitudes toward prayer—on the one hand, he prays fervently for God to save him, but on the other hand, he doesn’t even try...
