Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 17:1-18:12 Today’s reading marks the last reading from the first half of the year and the Old Testament portion focuses on the sad event in which the northern kingdom is thoroughly defeated by the invading armies of the...
Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 15:1-16:20 Azariah, also called Uzziah (2 Kings 15:13, 30), is the son of Amaziah and Jecoliah. At the age of 16, he begins his 52-year reign as King of Judah. Like his father, Amaziah (14:3-4), Azariah offers a...
Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 13:1-14:29 There is a particularly interesting incident that takes place prior to the death of Elisha. The King of Israel, Jehoash, (not the Joash/Jehoash we read about in the previous chapter, the surviving son of...
Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 KINGS 10:32-12:21 Both the northern and southern kingdoms felt the idolatrous impact of the house of Ahab. As Ahab’s wife Jezebel instituted Baal worship in the northern kingdom of Judah, so her daughter, Athaliah, through her...
Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 Kings 9:14-1 Jehu, commander of the Israeli army, is a man on a mission. Whatever his motives or the morality of his free actions, he is anointed by God to rise up against his king and fulfill the task of bringing judgment...
