Monthly Archives: July 2017

Isaiah Encourages Hezekiah 1 And when King Hezekiah heardit,he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 […]

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery 1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to […]

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lorddispossessed before the sons of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt […]

Josiah Succeeds Amon 1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s namewasJedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2 He did right in the sight of the Lordand walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to […]

Josiah’s Covenant 1 Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 The king went up to the house of the Lordand all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both […]

Babylon Controls Jehoiakim 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servantforthree years; then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 The Lordsent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to […]

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem 1 Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. 2 So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of […]

David in Old Age 1 Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. 2 So his servants said to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her attend the king and become his nurse; and let […]

David’s Charge to Solomon 1 As David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 “I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 3 Keep the charge of the Lordyour God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, […]

Solomon’s Rule Consolidated 1 Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lordand the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people were still sacrificing on the high places, […]