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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 16:1-20.  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 16:1-4 (NIV)
1  In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2  Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
3  He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
4  He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
 
On verses 1-4:  Ahaz replaces his father Jotham as king of Judah. Unlike his father, Ahaz is deeply into idol worship.  As part of worshiping an idol, Ahaz sacrifices his child in the fire (v3), hoping it will bring him prosperity.

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 14:1-16.  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 14:1-16 (NIV)
1  In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
2  He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3  He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.

On verses 1 to 16:  Here we read of the 29 year reign of Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash.  The author of 2 Kings describes Amaziah as:

– a good king who followed the Lord, although Amaziah failed to remove the high places in Judah where idolatry continued (v2-4).

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). 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 12:1-12.  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 12:1-3 (NIV) 
1  In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. 
2  Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 
3  The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

On verses 1-3:  Notice what it says in verse 2:  “Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.”  Here we see the importance of being teachable and accountable to someone you trust and respect.  Joash was blessed to have a wise and God-loving father figure and mentor in his life called Jehoiada.