January 21, 2022
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Reading along with us in 2 Kings? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Kings 25 (NIV)
1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it. 2The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat..........Continue Reading
Such a sad chapter to see the fall of God’s people. The complete fall and either death or exile of the people of Judah. But this strange glimmer of mercy at the end of the chapter that the king of Babylon shows to Jehoiachin is intriguing. Like a small sign of hope that God is still there despite the awful circumstances around them.
2 Kings 25
So the end comes in misery and suffering and the people being exiled and yet at times rebelling against their captives. But I suppose if they were willing to rebel against the God of creation and Egypt and covenant, then why would you expect them to submit to an earthly ruler. And it is interesting this grace extended to this former king of Judah at the end of the chapter. You can imagine that is one part the grace and favor of God upon Him as well as the influence of Daniel and the like and how the God of Israel had gained quite a good reputation in Babylon.
Judah falls completely to the King of Babylon.