2 Kings 21-22

2 Kings 21-22

Scripture Thought (What I Learned):

Chapter 21: Manasseh Does Evil

                Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign and he reigned for 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. Manasseh did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. Manasseh raised the high places and replaced the groves and images that his father Hezekiah had worked so hard to remove. The Lord was angered by him and caused all of Jerusalem and Judah to the same evil.

                Manasseh dies and his son Amon reigned in his stead. Amon was 22 years old when he began to reign and he reigned for 2 years in Jerusalem. But Amon also did evil in the sight of the Lord, so the servants in his house conspired against him and killed him, putting his son Josiah in as the king, who reigned in his stead.

Chapter 22: Josiah Reigns in Righteousness

                Josiah was 8 years old when he started to reign and reigned for 30 years in Jerusalem. Josiah did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, he did righteously. Josiah sent Shaphan to go to the high priest Hilkiah that he might take the tax money from the people to hire people to work on and restore the temple.

                While in the temple they find the "Book of the Law" and they take it Josiah who reads it and 

decides that they must follow the law so that they do not receive the wrath of God.