Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole.

Oh! you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the Word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with death of the Northern Kingdom as we pick up in Second Kings, Chapter 17,

verse one.

And now with today's message,

here's Pastor Chuck.

Kings Chapter 17.

In the 17th chapter, we come to the death of the Northern Kingdom, the nation of Israel. In the 12th year when Ahaz was the king in

Judah, that's the king of the southern kingdom, Hoshiya began to reign in Samaria over Israel. He reigned for nine years.

He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

And so unfortunately Israel did not have one

single king of which it was not testified that he did evil in the sight of the Lord. Not one king of Israel

followed after the Lord from the very beginning of Gerobong when the kingdom

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