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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 15:13-26.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

2 Kings 15:13-26 (NIV)
13  Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month.
14  Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

On verses 13-26:  In Israel, Shallum had killed Zechariah to become king. Then a month later Menahem kills Shallum to become king.  After Menahem reigns for 10 years, his son Pekahiah takes over only to be killed and succeeded 2 years later by Pekah.

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 15:1-12.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

2 Kings 15:1-7 (NIV)
1  In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
2  He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

On verses 1-7:  Here we read of King Azariah of Judah.  In verse 3 we learn that King Azariah of Judah did right in the eyes of the Lord. Yet in verse 5 we also learn that King Azariah had leprosy until he died and lived in seclusion.  Due to his disease, King Azariah basically had to let his son Jotham rule Judah for him.  What happened?  If we read 2 Kings 15:1-12 in isolation, we only see part of the story. 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 13:14-25.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

2 Kings 13:14-25 (NIV)
14  Now Elisha was suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
15  Elisha said, “Get a bow and some arrows,” and he did so.

On verses 14-19, 22-25:  In the final chapter to Elisha’s ministry and life on earth, Elisha meets Jehoash king of Israel, who weeps knowing that Elisha is sick and approaching death.  Testifying to Elisha’s greatness, Jehoash calls Elisha “the chariots and horsemen of Israel” (v14), just as Elisha had so called his mentor Elijah (2 Kings 2:12). 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 13:1-13.  As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.  See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

2 Kings 13:1-9 (NIV)
1  In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.
2  He did evil in the eyes of the LORD by following the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn away from them.
3  So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and for a long time he kept them under the power of Hazael king of Aram and Ben-Hadad his son.

On verses 1-9:  These verses describe the 17 year reign of Jehoahaz king of Israel, the son of Jehu.  Because Jehoahaz did evil in the Lord’s eyes by worshiping the golden calves Jeroboam had set up (v2), the entire nation under Jehoahaz were greatly oppressed by their foreign enemy, the Arameans (v3).