2 Kings 24
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon invaded Judah during the reign of Jehoakim and he is forced to serve as a vassal king to Babylon for 3 years Jehoakim then got tired and rebelled against the king of Babylon.
The bible says that God sent armies from Babylon, Aram, moab, and Ammonites to invade Judah in accordance with the words of the prophets as the result of the sins of Manasseh.
Jehoakim died and his son Jehoiachin became the next king at the age of 18 years old and he ruled for 3 months and was recorded as a bad king.
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem and Jehoakim surrendered to the king of Babylon who made him a prisoner and took captive all the elite and craftsmen and all the army, 10000 people were deported and only the poorest remained.
Nebuchadnezzar also ransacked the temple in Jerusalem and removed all articles with any value.
Jerusalem was left virtually deserted with only the poorest people remaining
He appointed Jehoakim's uncle Mattaniah as king over the remnant of Jerusalem and changed Mattaniahs name to Zedekiah, who ruled for 11 years until he rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Zedekiah did evil in the eyes of God and during his time Jerusalem finally fell and Judah as a nation was destroyed and sent into exile
2 Kings 25
I the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar laid siege again to Jerusalem.
For nearly 2 years the siege was imposed, by which time food had run out completely and the city walls were ready to collapse.
In a brave final last stand the king and the army made a run for it at night, but the Babylonians gave chase and caught Zedekiah and his soldiers were scattered.
Zedekiah was forced to watch as his sons were killed then they blinded Zedekiah and led him to Babylon in chains
This time the Babylonians totally ransacked Jerusalem, burning down the temple, and destroying the city walls leaving Jerusalem defenceless.
He also carried into exile everybody else who had not been carried off before.
The army cut up and removed all the bronze items that were in the temple - like the pillars and the large water container known as the sea. Taking away all the articles used in the temple that could be carried.
All of Judah and Israel had by now been exiled from the land that God promised to Abraham and a nation of Israel only came back into existance in the 1940's.
The land of Judah would now be looked after by a provincial governor rather than a king.
The governor was assassinated by some rebels of royal blood, but they fled to Egypt afterwards.
After nearly 40 years in captivity Jehoachin was released from prison and welcomed at the table of king Awel-Marduk the new king of Babylon, who spoke kindly to him and Jehoachin lived out his years as an honoured companion to the king of Babylon
I'm kind of tempted here to make some kind of comment on the situation today in the middle East and particularly the situation between Israel and Palestine , but I really don't feel qualified. I think that Israel and Palestine could do a lot worse than embrace the law of God in particular the laws of equality, mercy and Justice.
I don't know about you, but having blogged my way wearily through the books of Samuel and Kings I next see the books of Chronicles - which cover a lot of the same ground
What I think I'm going to do is to do a summary of the books in perhaps a couple of posts rather than repeat the kings stories.
I may come back to Chronicles at a later date if there is anything I think we missed. but right now I don't fancy going over the kings again for the third time!
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon invaded Judah during the reign of Jehoakim and he is forced to serve as a vassal king to Babylon for 3 years Jehoakim then got tired and rebelled against the king of Babylon.
The bible says that God sent armies from Babylon, Aram, moab, and Ammonites to invade Judah in accordance with the words of the prophets as the result of the sins of Manasseh.
Jehoakim died and his son Jehoiachin became the next king at the age of 18 years old and he ruled for 3 months and was recorded as a bad king.
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem and Jehoakim surrendered to the king of Babylon who made him a prisoner and took captive all the elite and craftsmen and all the army, 10000 people were deported and only the poorest remained.
Nebuchadnezzar also ransacked the temple in Jerusalem and removed all articles with any value.
Jerusalem was left virtually deserted with only the poorest people remaining
He appointed Jehoakim's uncle Mattaniah as king over the remnant of Jerusalem and changed Mattaniahs name to Zedekiah, who ruled for 11 years until he rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Zedekiah did evil in the eyes of God and during his time Jerusalem finally fell and Judah as a nation was destroyed and sent into exile
2 Kings 25
I the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign Nebuchadnezzar laid siege again to Jerusalem.
For nearly 2 years the siege was imposed, by which time food had run out completely and the city walls were ready to collapse.
In a brave final last stand the king and the army made a run for it at night, but the Babylonians gave chase and caught Zedekiah and his soldiers were scattered.
Zedekiah was forced to watch as his sons were killed then they blinded Zedekiah and led him to Babylon in chains
This time the Babylonians totally ransacked Jerusalem, burning down the temple, and destroying the city walls leaving Jerusalem defenceless.
He also carried into exile everybody else who had not been carried off before.
The army cut up and removed all the bronze items that were in the temple - like the pillars and the large water container known as the sea. Taking away all the articles used in the temple that could be carried.
All of Judah and Israel had by now been exiled from the land that God promised to Abraham and a nation of Israel only came back into existance in the 1940's.
The land of Judah would now be looked after by a provincial governor rather than a king.
The governor was assassinated by some rebels of royal blood, but they fled to Egypt afterwards.
After nearly 40 years in captivity Jehoachin was released from prison and welcomed at the table of king Awel-Marduk the new king of Babylon, who spoke kindly to him and Jehoachin lived out his years as an honoured companion to the king of Babylon
I'm kind of tempted here to make some kind of comment on the situation today in the middle East and particularly the situation between Israel and Palestine , but I really don't feel qualified. I think that Israel and Palestine could do a lot worse than embrace the law of God in particular the laws of equality, mercy and Justice.
I don't know about you, but having blogged my way wearily through the books of Samuel and Kings I next see the books of Chronicles - which cover a lot of the same ground
What I think I'm going to do is to do a summary of the books in perhaps a couple of posts rather than repeat the kings stories.
I may come back to Chronicles at a later date if there is anything I think we missed. but right now I don't fancy going over the kings again for the third time!
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