DAY 170 Read 2 Kings 11 and 12; 2 Chronicles 23.
Today's reading: The apostasy of the northern kingdom spread into Judah because of Jehoshaphat's unwise friendship with Ahab. Wicked Queen Athalia shares the same fate as that of her idolatrous mother Jezebel.
Memory gem: "Johoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people" (2 Kings 11:17).
Thought for today:
"Jehoiada commanded the officers to lay hold of Athalioah and all her followers, and led them out of the temple to a place of execution, where they were to be slain.
"Thus perished the last member of the house of Ahab. The terrible evil that had been wrought through his alliance with Jezebel, continued till the last of his descendants was destroyed. Even in the land of Judah, where the worship of the true God had never been formally set aside, Athalia had succeeded in seducing many. Immediately after the execution of the impenitent queen, 'all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.' (2 Kings 11:18).
"A reformation followed. Those who took part in acclaiming Joash king, had solemnly covenanted 'that they should be the Lord's people." And now that the evil influence of the daughter of Jezebel had been removed from the kingdom of Judah, and the priests of Baal had been slain and their temple destroyed, 'all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet.' 2 Chronicles 23:16, 21."--Prophets and Kings, p. 216.
NOTE: Joash (see 2 Kings 11:2) is called Jehoash in verse 21 and elsewhere. Later a king of Jehu's dynasty in Israel was named Jehoash, also sometimes called Joash.
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Difficult or obscure words:
2 Kings 11:5. "Without the ranges"--between the ranks or under armed escort.
Today's reading: The apostasy of the northern kingdom spread into Judah because of Jehoshaphat's unwise friendship with Ahab. Wicked Queen Athalia shares the same fate as that of her idolatrous mother Jezebel.
Memory gem: "Johoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people" (2 Kings 11:17).
Thought for today:
"Jehoiada commanded the officers to lay hold of Athalioah and all her followers, and led them out of the temple to a place of execution, where they were to be slain.
"Thus perished the last member of the house of Ahab. The terrible evil that had been wrought through his alliance with Jezebel, continued till the last of his descendants was destroyed. Even in the land of Judah, where the worship of the true God had never been formally set aside, Athalia had succeeded in seducing many. Immediately after the execution of the impenitent queen, 'all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.' (2 Kings 11:18).
"A reformation followed. Those who took part in acclaiming Joash king, had solemnly covenanted 'that they should be the Lord's people." And now that the evil influence of the daughter of Jezebel had been removed from the kingdom of Judah, and the priests of Baal had been slain and their temple destroyed, 'all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet.' 2 Chronicles 23:16, 21."--Prophets and Kings, p. 216.
NOTE: Joash (see 2 Kings 11:2) is called Jehoash in verse 21 and elsewhere. Later a king of Jehu's dynasty in Israel was named Jehoash, also sometimes called Joash.
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Difficult or obscure words:
2 Kings 11:5. "Without the ranges"--between the ranks or under armed escort.
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