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HEZEKIAH

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HEZEKIAH

(GOOD)

• Cleansing and rededicating the Temple

• Reinstating the Passover

• Mediator for his people when attacked by Assyria



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MANASSEH

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MANASSEH(BAD)

Apprentice king (ruled along side his father at age 12)

Judah’s worst king?

• Reversed his father’s religious reforms—blended false gods and pagan practices with worship of the Lord.

• Made Judah a vassal state of Assyria again

• Repented too late to avoid judgment or to affect change among his people.



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JOSIAH

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JOSIAH(GOOD)

One of Judah’s best kings.

No one had his passion (heart, mind and soul) for the Law of the Lord!

• Purged the idols, and restored the Temple.

• Found the Book of the Law (Moses) and read it aloud to the people.

• Worked for reform.

• Died in battle when he ignored God’s will.



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NAHUM

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NAHUM(spoke God’s

judgment against

the Assyrian Empire)

• Assyria is a “young lion” drunk with power and filled with evil.• Assyria will pay for their cruelty and exploitation when Babylon destroys them.

WhirlwindFire

Earthquake

LocustsFlood

Zephaniah, the ProphetZephaniah, the Prophet• Zephaniah = “The Lord protects”

• Zephaniah was a descendant of King Hezekiah

• Contemporary of Jeremiah and Habakkuk

• Prophesied during Josiah’s reign

• Spoke God’s judgment against Judah Repeated emphasis on “the Day of the Lord”

• Warned of invasion by the Babylonians.

The Book of ZephaniahThe Book of Zephaniah• One of the minor prophetic books (#9)

• Folds the threefold message pattern:• Announcement of judgment• Call to repentance• Promise of a time of restoration

• Complaints against syncretism & social injustice

Structure of the book:•The Day of the Lord (1:2 – 2:3)

•Judgment Against the Nations & Jerusalem (2:4 - 15)

•Salvation of the Nations & Jerusalem (3:1 – 13)

•Yahweh’s Universal Reign (New Heavens, New Earth)

Excerpts from ZephaniahExcerpts from Zephaniah

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. Though they build houses, they will not live in them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink the wine.” (1:12 -13)


Gather together, gather yourselves together, you shameful nation, before the decree takes effect and that day passes like windblown chaff……Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. ” (2:1- 3)


Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

She obeys no one, she accepts no correction.

She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.

(3:1 – 2)

Judah’s Quick Downhill SlideJudah’s Quick Downhill SlideKing What

Happened?Explanation Length

of Reign

JOSIAH

2 Kings 22:1 – 2; 22:20;23:25



of Reign

JOSIAH

2 Kings 22:1 – 2; 22:20;23:25

The people would

experience

disaster, but it

would not happen while Josiah

was alive.

Josiah has been faithful, but the people

would not truly

repent.

31 year

s



of Reign

JEHOAHAZ

2 Kings 22:16 – 17; 23:31 – 35;



of Reign

JEHOAHAZ

2 Kings 22:16 – 17; 23:31 – 35;

Pharaoh Neco

put him in chains and sent him into exile in Egypt where he

died. Neco also

imposed heavy

tribute on Judah.

The sins of the people were

so great and their

reforms were

insincere.

3 mont

hs



of Reign

JEHOIAKIM

2 Kings 23:36 – 24:7; Jeremiah 36:1-3;36:24 – 26



of Reign

JEHOIAKIM

2 Kings 23:36 – 24:7; Jeremiah 36:1-3;36:24 – 26

God sent Babylonian and other

raiders against him and

the people of

Judah.

He followed the sinful ways of

his fathers. He even burned

Jeremiah’s scroll

that containe

d the word of

the Lord.

11 years


Happened?

Explanation Length of

Reign

JEHOIACHIN

2 Kings 24:8 – 17


Happened?Explanati

onLength

of Reign

JEHOIACHIN

2 Kings 24:8 – 17

The Babylonians invaded.

They carried off the temple treasures,

the king and the10,000

people in exile to

Babylon.

He followed

in the evil

ways of his

ancestors

3mont

hs


Happened?

Explanation Length of

Reign

ZEDEKIAH

2 Kings 24:18-20



of Reign

ZEDEKIAH

2 Kings 24:18-20

God thrust

the people

of Judah from his

presence.

He did evil just

like his father.

11 year

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