2 Kings 23:1-30 — Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Widespread Reforms
REFORMATION WITHOUT INWARD TRANSFORMATION CAN’T DIVERT GOD’S JUDGMENT
2 Kings 22:1-20 — Refocusing on Top Level Priorities
REFORMS UNDER JOSIAH BEGIN WITH THE RECOVERY OF GOD’S WORD AS THE NATION REFOCUSES ON TOP LEVEL PRIORITIES
2 Kings 21:1-26 — Manasseh and Amon — The End of the Line
THE APEX OF APOSTASY AND IDOLATRY UNDER MANASSEH AND AMON ELICITS SEVERE JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH AND JERUSALEM
2 Kings 20:1-21 — Hezekiah’s Last Days — Healed and Humbled
RIGHTEOUS HEZEKIAH HOLDS ON AT THE END OF HIS REIGN AS HIS LIFE IS MIRACULOUSLY EXTENDED AND HIS VANITY IS PROPHETICALLY CHASTIZED
2 Kings 18:1-37 — History Threatens to Repeat Itself — Judah Under Attack
IN TIMES OF CRISIS SATAN USES MANY CRAFTY ARGUMENTS TO TRY TO UNDERMINE OUR FAITH
2 Kings 17:24-41 — Samaritans Practice a Syncretistic Religion Patterned after Apostate Jews
SYNCRETISTIC RELIGION NULLIFIES THE FEAR OF GOD AND VIOLATES THE EXCLUSIVITY OF THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
2 Kings 17:1-23 — End Game for Israel = Captivity and Exile
PRIVILEGED ISRAEL FINALLY FACES CAPTIVITY AND EXILE FOR HER COVENANT UNFAITHFULNESS AND PERSISTENT IDOLATRY
2 Kings 16:1-20 — Ahaz’s Evil Reign in the South
WHEN LEADERS GOVERN BY COMPROMISE INSTEAD OF CONVICTION THE SHORT TERM GAINS WILL BE WIPED OUT BY DIVINE JUDGMENT
2 Kings 15:1-38 — Kingdom Sandwich
UNSTABLE SUCCESSION OF KINGS IN ISRAEL SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO RIGHTEOUS KINGS IN JUDAH SHOW THE CONTRAST BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH – YET CONSISTENT DECLINE
2 Kings 14:1-29 — Reign of Amaziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel
GOD REMAINS FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD AND TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE DESPITE THEIR FAILURE TO REMAIN LOYAL IN TRUSTING HIM
2 Kings 13:1-25 — Jehoahaz and Jehoash Fail to Reform Israel
THE GOODNESS AND GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD REFLECT HIS ONGOING COVENANT LOYALTY TO ISRAEL DESPITE THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ AND JEHOASH