2 Kings 20- 25- We did it! Six books of the Old Testament and a few Psalms!
We are done! I really enjoyed that summer reading plan!! I hope you did too. It was great to be able to read about the rise of Israel with the first of their kings, Saul, David and Solomon (boy, that seems like a long time ago that we read about that!). And then, it was sad to read how Israel split into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, and all the subsequent kings who didn't want to follow in the way of the Lord. As a result, Israel is completely wiped out and then Judah, in short order, falls as well. Yet, after all that sad reading, we were left with a slight ray of hope!!!! Did you notice how the reading ended? 2 Kings 24 says that Jehoiachin is taken captive and brought to Babylon. He was 18 years old when that happened. Then 37 years later.....the King of Babylon released him from prison! What??... what came over that foreign king to speak "kindly" to Jehoiachin and give him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon? (25:28) I tel