Ahaz to

Steve Rowe

July 22, 2006

I.&n= bsp; = ; Ahaz [Judah, 731-715]

a.&n= bsp; Ahaz became King during Pekah&#= 8217;s reign. P= ekah was 2^nd to last king of Israel

b.&n= bsp; He did not = follow the Lord (1^st for Judah). He acted like the kings of Israel

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; He sacrific= ed and burned incense in high places

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He sacrific= ed his own son (2 Kings 16:3) to idols

c.&n= bsp; King Rezin of Aram and king Pekah of Israel warred with him

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; They took territory but couldn’t overcome him

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He sent a m= essage to Tiglath-pileser of As= syria asking for help

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Ahaz paid him off with treasures from the temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Assyria too= k Damascus and kille= d Rezin

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; Israel also attacked <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Judah

1.&n= bsp; Pekah killed 120,000 men in one day=

2.&n= bsp; He took 200= ,000 captives and great spoils

3.&n= bsp; A prophet t= old him to release the captives (2 Chron 28:9-11)

4.&n= bsp; Pekah fed and clothed the captives and let them go

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; The Philist= ines also attacked and took territory

d.&n= bsp; Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; While there= , he saw an altar and asked Urijah the priest to mak= e it

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He offered sacrifices to the Lord on it

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; He had it p= laced where the bronze altar was in the temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; He commande= d that all sacrifices be done on this altar (2 Kings 16:15)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; He also sacrificed to the gods of Dama= scus (2 Chron 28:23)

e.&n= bsp; Ahaz stripped the gold from the temple to pay Assyria (2 Kings 16:17-18)

f.&n= bsp; When Ahaz died, he was buried in Jerusalem but not in the tomb of the ki= ngs

II.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Hezekiah [<= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Judah, 715-686]

a.&n= bsp; He did righ= t in the eyes of the Lord, unlike his Father

b.&n= bsp; He removed = the high places and broke down the pillars and Asherah

c.&n= bsp; He destroye= d the bronze serpent of Moses because it had become worshipped<= /p>

d.&n= bsp; He trusted = God more than any other king of Judah, before or after (2 Kings 18:5)

e.&n= bsp; Hezekiah re= belled against Assyria

f.&n= bsp; He defeated= the Philistines as far as Gaza

g.&n= bsp; In his 6th year as king, Israel is taken into captivity by Assyria

h.&n= bsp; War with Assyria

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; In his 14th year, Sennacharib of Assyria attacked Judah

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Hezekiah pa= id Sennacharib 300 talents of silver and 30 talents of g= old

1.&n= bsp; he removed = all the gold from the temple and from his treasury

2.&n= bsp; he took the= gold from the doors and doorposts of the temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Sennacharib sent an army to Jerusalem anyway

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Sennacharib’s servant declared that the Lord had sent them to defeat Judah (2 Kings 18:25)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; They were a= sked to speak in Aramaic so they wouldn’t scare the people (2 Kings 18:26)= . They did not.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; They said t= he Lord would not deliver Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:33-35)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; vii. &= nbsp; Hezekiah or= dered the people not to respond

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; viii. = Hezekiah se= nt word to Isaiah asking for the Lord’s help

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ix. &n= bsp; Sennacharib was threatened by Egypt and pressed Hezekiah for surrender

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; x. &nb= sp; Hezekiah we= nt to the temple, spread out the letter before God. It is instructional to read his pr= ayer in 2 Kings 19:15-19)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; xi. &n= bsp; The Lord responded through Isaiah, “I have heard you”<= /p>

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; xii. &= nbsp; God promise= d Sennacharib would not attack the city (2 Kings 19:32,= 34)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; xiii. = In the midd= le of the night, the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; xiv. &= nbsp; 2 Chron 32:21 says the angel destroyed “every mig= hty warrior, commander, and officer”

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; xv. &n= bsp; Sennacharib was killed upon his return home

i.&n= bsp; Hezekiah= 217;s illness

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Hezekiah be= came mortally ill

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Isaiah deli= vered the word of the Lord, “Set your house in order for you shall die and = not live.”

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Hezekiah im= plored the Lord to spare him (2 Kings 20:3)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; The Lord he= ard his prayers. Before Isaiah le= ft the court, God told him to go back and tell Hezekiah he would be healed

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; God gave hi= m a sign and made the shadows retreat

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; Hezekiah was proud and didn’t benefit the Lord for his recovery<= /p>

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; vii. &= nbsp; Because of = this, the Lord was angry but his wrath wasn’t realized until after Hezekiah’s death

j.&n= bsp; Babylon visits

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Hezekiah was immensely rich and honored

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He built treasuries of all sorts

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; The son of = the King of Babylon came to visit

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; God used th= is as a test

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; Hezekiah sh= owed the prince everything, all storehouses, all treasures

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; Isaiah said eventually, all this would go to Babylon (2 Kings 20:17-18)

k.&n= bsp; Hezekiah di= ed and was buried in the tombs of David and his sons

III.= &nb= sp; Manasseh [<= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Judah, 695-642]

a.&n= bsp; Manasseah was 12 when he became king

b.&n= bsp; He did evil= in the sight of the Lord by following the gods of other nations

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; He rebuilt = the high places

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He erected = altars for Baals and made Asherim=

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; He built al= tars to the stars in the temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; He sacrific= ed children and practiced witchcraft

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; He put a ca= rved image of Asherah in the Temple

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; He killed m= any innocents

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; vii. &= nbsp; Tradition h= as it that he killed Isaiah

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; viii. = Manasseh le= d the people to do more evil than nations God had destroyed

c.&n= bsp; God sent wa= rnings but the people did not heed them (2 Kings 21:10-12)

d.&n= bsp; God sends <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Assyria

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Assyria att= acked and captured Manasseh and took him to Babylon. They placed hooks in his nose to l= ead him by.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; During his capture, Manasseh cried out to God who rescued him

e.&n= bsp; Upon his re= turn to Jerusalem, he threw out all of the idols and altars

f.&n= bsp; The people didn’t follow his lead and still sacrificed in the high places. They did so only to God, however.<= o:p>

g.&n= bsp; When he die= d, he was buried in the garden of his own house

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