Welcome to the club and the book of Second Kings.

In chapters 13 and 14, Jehovah Has was crowned king of Israel. He did evil and followed the ways of that first king of northern Israel, Jeroboam, which usually meant golden calves

worship and more. The Lord's anger began to burn, and he put them under the power of Haseel,

King of Aram. The result was promising. Jehovah has had a brief spark of faith and turned to the

Lord, but once the Lord delivered him, they were back to the same old

idolatry. Meanwhile, back in Judah, Amaziah was crowned king of Judah. He showed some promise he did

some right, but not as David had done. He won a battle against Edom and let it go to his head. He challenged

King Jehoahaz of Israel. King Jehoahaz

was not having it and soundly defeated Ah Messiah, going as far as robbing the temple of all its silver and gold.

Lastly, we said goodbye to Elijah the prophet. Without the light of this great prophet, Israel had little

hope. Elijah, a prophet known for his

compassion, must have been feeling their despair. Because he throws them one last bone of hope,

a miracle from his dead bones. Elijah raised a man from beyond the grave. It is as if he was saying

to Israel, remember my miracles, there is hope.

I am here in the presence of God and you can be too. Okay, get comfy because this episode covers a lot

and the Bible bender for me came at the end. First, we are heading south to Judah for a quick

king change. Before we do, I want to make a distinction between the good kings

and lukewarm kings of Judah. There are only four kings that did right in the eyes of the Lord as David did.

They are Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah. We've read about the first two, Asa and Jehoshaphat,

already. There are four other kings that

did write, but not as David had done. They are Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, and Jotham. These four

lukewarm kings are all in a row, father, son, father son. We have read about the first two. They did

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