2 Kings 14-25: The Scattering of Israel

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 332 minutes

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An in-depth study of the second half of 2 Kings, which recount the reigns of Amaziah, Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Josiah, kings of Judah. This lesson focuses on establishing historical context for the prophetic books to come, Jeckyl & Hyde, pride, overstepping our bounds, the evolution of apostasy, the ways of the world, the scattering of Israel, rededicating our temples, changing the mind of God, divine absence, the destruction of Jerusalem, and more. 0:00 Introduction 1:06 Historical & Personal Context 9:12 Amaziah's Jeckyl & Hyde 21:18 Pride Goeth Before the Fall 32:10 Uzziah's Help Going to His Head 45:11 Assyria Approaches & the Scattering Begins 57:19 Ahaz & the Evolution of Apostasy 1:21:20 Following the Ways of the World 1:38:11 Explaining the Scattering Play by Play 2:11:42 Hezekiah's Iconoclasm 2:24:27 Cleansing & Rededicating the Temple 2:50:41 Renewing the Passover 3:18:44 Taunting & Trust 3:37:28 Hezekiah & Isaiah 4:02:01 Changing the Mind of God 4:11:43 Tried by God's Absence 4:23:16 Hezekiah's Tunnel 4:29:28 Manasseh's Wickedness & Repentance 4:40:05 Josiah & the Book of the Law 4:54:05 Josiah's Reform 5:13:31 The Babylonian Captivity 5:20:22 The Destruction of Jerusalem 5:26:28 Conclusion

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0:00.0	When the Son of Man comeeth, shall he find faith on the earth?
0:06.0	Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.
0:13.0	May our testimonies be as deep and as strong as that of Jacob.
0:19.0	When confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,
0:23.0	I could not be shaken.
0:30.0	Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Unshaken.
0:40.0	I'm Jared Halverson, and I'm thrilled that you would invite me over for scripture study,
0:43.0	even on a week like this one.
0:45.0	And I say even, because for most people, the second half of second kings
0:48.0	isn't exactly their favorite part of the Old Testament.
0:51.0	They don't make any veggie tales of this section, as far as I know.
0:55.0	And for most people, it's a forsaken or forgotten part of Old Testament history,
1:01.0	mostly because it's just history.
1:03.0	Well, I don't say just, but it's incredibly historical.
1:07.0	We are dealing with the end of the northern kingdom and the end of the southern kingdom.
1:11.0	A couple centuries worth of history going on, as we bounce back and forth between north and south,
1:16.0	king to king, trying to make sense of what's going on.
1:19.0	And sadly, we're missing out on major prophets like we've enjoyed the last two weeks
1:24.0	with Elijah and Elijah.
1:25.0	I mean, that's dynamic duo.
1:27.0	How do you beat that?
1:29.0	With the prophets that we get today, many of them are unnamed or kind of one-hit wonders
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