January 12, 2026
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Reading along with us in 2 Kings, Acts, & Hebrews? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Kings 15 (NIV)
Azariah King of Judah
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem.……Continue Reading
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2 Kings 15
Read 2kings 15. Have a headache
hope you feel better, Mark!
The obvious take away from this chapter; “he did evil in the eyes of the Lord” and it ended very badly! Even those that did right in the eyes of the Lord, let the people continue their sin and ultimately it still ended badly. What do they say is the definition of insanity is, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, seems like this pattern was pretty insane.
2 Kings 15
2Kings 15
Psalm 66; 2 Kings 15; Jeremiah 43
2 kings 15
What a stark contrast is intended between the 52 years that Azariah (Uzziah) served in obedience to God and the run of kings that ruled in Israel who did not. And when God is not the reference point all sorts of intrigue and evil occur. Outside of Him, often things devolve into might makes right. This is also the time frame when the Northern kingdom of Israel is being invade by Assyria in judgment for their disobedience. And so many of these are puppet kings and eventually the Northern kingdom will be invaded and some will be exiled and others will stay with the Assyrians occupying the land and intermarrying with the people. Thus creating the mix bread Samaritans that the Jews had such an issue with….and Jesu came to save as well.
Even those kings that did right in the sight of the Lord did not get rid of the high places. We were talking about the crusades the other day and about the propaganda we were taught about them, when in fact the church was defending her people from the invasion and slaughter from surrounding nations. Seems like God expected Israel and Judahs kings to destroy these places…like a crusade?