John Hall

“But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a written reply be returned concerning it.” Ezra 5:5 As we saw in Yesterday’s Reading, an entourage of 42,360 Jews has returned to Jerusalem. They have gone […]

“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:” Ezra 1:1 As

“There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet;” 2 Chronicles 35:18a As mentioned before, there are many Anomalies in the Bible where things just don’t make sense. We have Good Kings that come from Bad Fathers and Bad Kings that come from Good Fathers. Today

“When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.” 2 Chronicles 33:13 At the beginning of Chapter 33, we’re introduced to King Hezekiah’s son, Manasseh. We read that he “was twelve years

“Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 28:22 When Reading through the Bible, it helps to have an awareness of Time. Since yesterday and the death of Joash, almost 100 years has past. For the most part, this period enjoyed the Rule

“Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.” 2 Chronicles 24:2 King Ahaziah has died and his mother, Athalia, puts to death all the heirs to the throne; so she thinks. One son of Ahaziah has been spared, and when 7, installed to his rightful

“He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab’s daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 21:6 As I mentioned yesterday, King Jehoshaphat, as faithful as he was, sinned by aligning himself with King Ahab. He

“Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the Lord.”” 2 Chronicles 18:4 In Today’s Reading we’re told that King Jehoshaphat had “allied himself by marriage with Ahab”. Though this would become a snare to him in the years ahead, overall he was a good king. We also

“and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment.” 2 Chronicles 14:4 It’s been just 20 years since King Solomon has ruled. Already, the Nation has been plunged back into Idolatry. We’ve seen the failure of a son that King Rehoboam had been. His son,