AZARIAH-UZZIAH B.C. 783 (?)- 737 JOTHAM B.C. 737-735 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Kings 15:32 "This is vanity, and it is a sore sickness." - Ecclesiastes 6:2. BEFORE we watch the last "glimmerings and decays" of the Northern Kingdom, we must once more revert to the fortunes of the House of David. Judah pa... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS, HOSEA, AND THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 15:8 "In them is plainest taught and easiest learnt What makes a nation happy and keeps it so. What ruins kingdoms and lays cities flat." - MILTON, "Paradise Regained" "We see dimly in the Present what is small and what is great, S... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DYNASTY OF JEHU Jehoahaz 814-797 2 Kings 13:1 JOASH 797-781 2 Kings 13:10; 2 Kings 14:8 JEROBOAM II 781-740 2 Kings 14:23 ZECHARIAH 740 2 Kings 15:8 "Them that honor Me I will honor, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed." - 1 Samuel 2:30 ISRAEL had scarcely ever... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AGONY OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM 2 Kings 15:8 Shallum B. C. 740 MENAHEM B. C. 740-737 PEKAHIAH B. C. 757-735 PEKAH B. C.735-734 "Blood toucheth blood."- Hosea 4:2 "The revolters are profuse in murders."- Hosea 5:2 "They have set up kings, but not by Me: they have made princes, and... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Kings 15:32 AZARIAH-UZZIAH B.C. 783 (?)- 737 JOTHAM B.C. 737-735 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Kings 15:32 "This is vanity, and it is a sore sickness." - Ecclesiastes 6:2. BEFORE we watch the last "glimmerings and decays" of the Northern Kingdom, we must once more revert to the fortunes of the House of... [ Continue Reading ]