Good King Hezekiah

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Good King Hezekiah

• Assyria was conquering all the nations
• Israel (Northern Kingdom) 722 B.C.
• Judah is threatened (725-696 Hezekiah)
• 2 Kings 1917-19 prayer of Hezekiah
• 32 Gods answer through Isaiah
• 35 The Assyrian Defeat

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Good King Hezekiah

• Manasseh 696-641
• Evil 2 Kgs. 212-9, 16
• Punishment 2110-15
• Reform was too late 2 Chr. 3310-16
• Amon 641-640
• Josiah 640-609

• Amariah
• Gedaliah
• Cushi
• Zephaniah
• 630-625
• Theme The day of the Lord

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Josiah (640-609)

• Began reigning at 8 years old 2 Kgs. 221
• Last good king of Judah 2 Kgs. 222
• Repaired the Temple 3-7
• Discovered the Law 8-11
• Inquired of the Lord 12-14
• The day of the Lord is coming 15-17
• Josiah will not have to see it 18-20

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Josiah (640-609)

• Committed to the Covenant 2 Kgs. 231-3
• Removed Idols 2 Kings 234-20
• from Ahaz and Manasseh (12)
• from Solomon (13)
• from Jeroboam of Israel (15) 1 Kings 13
• Kept the Passover 2 Kings 2321-23
• Removed wizards and the like 24

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Death of Josiah

• 612 Nineveh (Assyria) falls to Babylon
• 609 Last stand of Assyria is in Carchemish
• Pharaoh-nechoh brings armies through Judah to
  enter the battle (2 Kings 2329)
• Josiah confronts them and dies in battle
• 606 Babylon defeats Judah (1st captives)
• 586 day of the Lord (Jerusalems destroyed)

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The Punishment is Set

• Goodness of Josiah could not stop the day of the
  Lord 2 Kings 2325-26
• The evil influence Manasseh had could not be
  undone by his reforms or his grandsons.
• The character of a leader can save him but not
  his followers
• There is a point of no return for a nation