Hey, welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

We're walking through Second Chronicles.

We're in chapters 31 through 33.

We're approaching the end of this book and the end of Chronicles as a whole.

And dare I say, the end of the Samuel King's Chronicles kind of trio that

we've had here with some overlapping themes so some really big moments coming for us Scott what

kings are we talking about today in our chapters all right so we've got we're going to start

with Hezekiah so we started started with him yesterday. We talked about

he's a great king over the southern kingdom of Judah. Most of the section is about him.

Yesterday we talked about how he restored to the temple after his father had shuttered it.

We saw him initiate this massive Passover celebration. Chapter 31, we continue to see his

devotion to the Lord. We see him destroy

all the idols throughout the land. He makes huge contributions to the temple for those serving

in the temple. I love verse 21 where it says he was diligent in serving the temple and in seeking

God, and thus he, quote, prospered. So cool. Chapter 32, this is actually one of my favorite scenes in all scripture.

I don't think I'm being too hyperbolic when I say that. I just, I love this moment.

You do have a lot of favorite scenes in scripture, but you're allowed. That's allowed, Scott.

Thank you. So this is when Issyria invades. So as a reminder, Syria was the dominant empire at the time.

They had destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel.

So this is a huge threat.

This is a very serious situation.

And for the exiles reading Chronicles for the first time, I have to imagine this scene in particular would have been really, really encouraging for them.

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