Good morning, everyone!
Today I read 2 Kings 20-22.
In today's reading, King Hezekiah (who did good in the sight of God) is very ill, and God sends word through Isaiah, the prophet, that Hezekiah will die.
Hezekiah listens to the words of Isaiah, and prays, asking God to remember him and how he walked in God's ways.
So God hears his prayer and sands Isaiah back to tell Hezekiah that he will live another fifteen years.
God warns, however, that soon Babylon will capture the kingdom of Judah.
When Hezekiah dies, his son succeeds him, and he does evil in the sight of God.
His son also does evil in the sight of God.
However, after them, Josiah becomes king, like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before him.
He was eight years old when he became king, and he did what was right in the sight of God. After reigning for eighteen years, the priests find a book, and when he reads it, he is greatly distressed. He inquires of God, who tells him that everything in the book will come to pass, because the people had rejected God.
But God promises to let Josiah die before His judgment begins, so that he may die in peace.
So, God favored Hezekiah and Josiah, who did what was right in His sight. He let Hezekiah live and reign for another fifteen years, and He promised to let Josiah die in peace before He allowed the calamities to come upon Judah.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read 2 Kings 23-25.
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