Welcome to the club and the book of Second Kings.

In chapters 22 and 23 of Second Kings, King Josiah discovered the long-lost book of the law.

Written under Moses, this set of scrolls was the crucial set of instructions

for how to live in a relationship with God, and it proves that Judah had fallen far.

Fortunately for Judah, Josiah was a very good king. He read the book and took immediate action.

He called for a covenant renewal, and he demolished idolatry. Despite Judah's reform,

the consequences of their past evil prevail. The Lord was firm on his decision to remove Judah

from his presence. What follows, explains why. There are no good kings left. Josiah's sons

both do evil. First, Jehoahas, who was carried off by Pharaoh Niko of

Egypt and died, then Jehoakim was made king and he became a vassal to Pharaoh Niko. This is the last

episode for season 12. All good and bad kings must come to an end for a time. Until we get to the only king who will

never do evil, but instead will overcome evil with good in the New Testament. Now in the next

three scenes of this episode, there will be three Babylon invasions of Judah. In the first invasion, Jeholyakim is king. He is a vassal to Egypt and Pharaoh Niko.

Scene 1. The first Babylonian invasion against King Jehoiacim. Chapter 24. During Jehoiacom's reign,

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, invaded the land, and Jehoiacim became a vassal for three years.

Now, Jehoia Kim was a puppet king. He played vassal to whoever chose to threaten him.

First to Faroniko and now to King Nebuchadnezzar.

However, Jeholyakim must have liked being subject to Pharaoh Niko better

because he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. He probably thought the Pharaoh would come to his rescue.

But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramaan, Moabite,

and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah in accordance with the word of the Lord, proclaimed by his servants the prophets.

Surely, these things happened to Judah according to the Lord's command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding

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