THE KINGS OF JUDAH

Name of king:	Rehoboam (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	17 (931-913 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. King 14:21-31, 2. Chr 9:31-12:16
Good / bad king:	Bad king 2. Chr 12:14

 

1.

BATTLES:
Rehoboam mobilized 180.000 men to fight against Israel and king Jeroboam, but the Lord stopped them.

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.

ALLIANCES:

No alliances and there was constant war between Rehoboam and King Jeroboam in Israel.
 
OTHER EVENTS:
Rehoboam married Mahalath and Maacah and had a lot of concubines. He had in all 28 sons and 60 daughters.

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PROPHET’S NAME: Shemaiah, 2. Chr 11:2-4
MESSAGE: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home.
RESPONDS: They obeyed
FULFILLED: Did not fight against Jeroboam.

PROPHET’S NAME: Shemaiah, 2. Chr 12:5-8

MESSAGE: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shisak.
RESPONDS: They humbled themselves
FULFILLED: Because of the change in their hearts, the Lord did not completely destroy them

PROPHET’S NAME: Iddo the Seer, 2. Chr 12:15

MESSAGE:  N/A
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:
For King Rehoboam's first three years in office, he carefully obeyed the LORD, aided by the faithful who fled to his land from the evil King Jeroboam of neighboring Israel. Later, though, Rehoboam introduced cults into his land, aided by his wife Maachah. Although he repented, and so God stopped the punishment he had been planning, God's overall verdict of Rehoboam is evil because Rehoboam prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam^[ became the next king.

 
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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION:
Be careful to chose right advisers – with wisdom and experience! Rehoboam should have listen to the older men who had counseled his father Solomon.  Instead he listened to the advice from the group of young men he had grown up with. The consequences were fatal.

Name of king:	Abijam (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	3 (913-911 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. King 15:1-8, 2. Chr 13:1-14:1
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 1. King 15:1-3

1.

BATTLES:
War broke out again between Judah and Israel. As the armies faced each other, King Abijam addressed a sermon to the enemy army and invited them to reject Jeroboam and his cult and return to the LORD and rejoin Judah, predicting that the LORD would fight on behalf of his faithful people.

While Abijam made his appeal, Jeroboam's people prepared an ambush, surrounding Abijam's army. Seeing their plight, the soldiers cried out to God. God routed Jeroboam's army. Judah inflicted 500,000 casualties on Israel, and captured many border towns, including Bethel, one of the centers of Jeroboam's golden calf cult.

ALLIANCES:

No alliances and there was constant war between Abijam and King Jeroboam in Israel.

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

 
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PROPHET’S NAME: Iddo the Seer, 2. Chr 13:22
MESSAGE: N/A
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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:
Though his three years as king are declared to be evil, the only incident recorded does show some limited faith and success.

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Asa (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	41 (911-870 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. King 15:9-24, 2. Chr 14:1-16:14
Good / bad king:	Good king, 1 King 15:11-14

1.

BATTLES:
After a time of peace with preparation for war, the army of Ethiopia invaded Judah with 1 million soldiers. Asa's forces were far inferior. Asa expressed his helplessness and his faith in God to defend them. When the battle began, the Ethiopian army was massacred. The LORD had indeed defended them.

Late in King Asa's reign, King Baasha in Israel began to prepare for war with Judah. He closed the borders and fortified border cities. Asa saw this as a threat to be taken seriously. When Baasha's preparations were well along, Asa made the treaty with King Ben-hadad in Syria. Then Baasha finding his kingdom under attack, and ended his preparations against Judah and left to defend his kingdom. Asa took the opportunity to dismantle the abandoned work and confiscate the building materials, implementing a nationwide draft to provide the work force.

ALLIANCES:
King Asa made a treaty with King Ben-hadad of Aram who was ruling in Damascus. He asked Ben-hadad to break the treaty with King Baasha of  Israel.

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Azariah, 2. Chr 15:1,8
MESSAGE: Stay with the Lord, don’t abandon Him. Be strong and courageous!
RESPONDS: Asa took courage and removed  all the detestable idols, repaired the altar of the Lord and the people repent.
FULFILLED: The Lord gave them rest from their enemies.

PROPHET’S NAME: Hanani, 2. Chr 16:7-10

MESSAGE: Hanani told Asa that he had been negligent. God had intended to bring disaster on Ben-hadad, who was always hostile to Israel and Judah. But Asa had failed to consult God in this crisis, and so Ben-hadad had escaped. Hanani reminded Asa how God had rescued him earlier. But this time he had ignored God, and because of this, the remainder of his reign would be marked by war.
RESPONDS: Asa did not repent, and King Asa was furious. He had Hanani arrested, and abused his sympathizers.
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:
In king Asa’s 39 th. year of reign, he got a foot disease, but he did not seek the Lord’s help, but only his wn physicians. Then he died in his 41. th year of his reign.

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Jehoshaphat (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	25 (873-848 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. Kings 22:41-50, 2. Chr 17:1-21:1
Good / bad king:	Good king, 1. Kings 22:42-43

1.
BATTLES:

Against Syria (Ramoth-gilead)

During a meeting with Israel's King Ahab Jehoshaphat expressed his desire to recover territories taken from him by Syria. Jehoshaphat agreed to join him in this venture, on the condition that they first seek the LORD's approval.

The Lord did not approve. The prophet Micaiah foretold that Ahab would be killed in this battle. The Syrian king, who held a grudge against Ahab, had instructed his men to focus only on killing Ahab, ignoring every other battle objective.

Ahab was killed by a random arrow, and retreated to die near his palace at Jezreel.

Against Moabites, Ammonites and some of the Meunites

King Jehoshaphat had his greatest crisis when three nations joined, forming a vast army, and launched an invasion.  Then Jehoshaphat organized a national day of prayer. The entire population assembled at Jerusalem, fasting and praying. The king himself prayed and ended his prayer with the words, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”

Next morning the Lord told him they wouldn't have to fight — so the army was led by the temple choir! They marched to meet the enemy, singing praises to God. As the enemy heard the army of Judah approaching them, singing, they were thrown into confusion. The three armies began bickering with each other, then killing each other. By the time Jehoshaphat's army reached the battlefield, there was no sign of a single survivor.

The battle was followed by intense celebration, and as the news spread, the nearby kingdoms were so struck with dread that no one waged war against Judah for the rest of Jehoshaphat's reign.

Against Moab

King Jehoshaphat joined Jehoram, now Israel's king, in a war against Moab. (2.King 3). They wanted to seek advice from the Lord. They asked the prophet Elisha, and he told them that  the LORD would give them victory – and that happened. over Moab, and they were to impair Moab's future ability to arm themselves for war by destroying their timber, wells, and farm fields. They dug ditches, and the next morning a flood ran through the valley, filling the ditches with water. So the armies were rescued from death by dehydration.

That same morning, the army of Moab looked out over the valley where the three armies had camped the night before. In the light of the rising sun, the water-filled ditches looked like blood-covered fields, and the Moabites concluded that the three armies had quarreled and slaughtered each other. Rushing without caution to collect the plunder, they ran unarmed into Israel's camp, and were routed.

ALLIANCES:

After the death of King Ahab in Israel, Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with Ahab's son and successor, King Ahaziah. Together they built a fleet of ships, intending to embark on the international shipping trade.

However Ahaziah, like Ahab, was wholeheartedly committed to evil, and God found the alliance repugnant. A prophet told Jehoshaphat that the LORD would destroy the ships, and in fact they were shipwrecked before their first voyage.

Ahaziah urged Jehoshaphat not to give up, but to rebuild and try again. Jehoshaphat, however, listened to the LORD and refused.

OTHER EVENTS:
They teached the Lord’s Law for the people of Juda (17:9).
He was traveling around and couraging people to return to the Lord.

2.
PROPHET’S NAME: Micaiah, 2. Chr 18:14-24
MESSAGE:  Micaiah foretold that Ahab would be killed in the battle in Ramoth-gilead (18:22).
RESPONDS: They didn’t listen to Micaiah’s advice.
FULFILLED: Ahab died (18:34).

PROPHET’S NAME: Jehu, 2. Chr 19:2,3

MESSAGE:  He informed Jehoshaphat that the LORD was angry with him for entering the battle against the LORD's instructions, given by the prophet Micaiah. The partnership between godly Jehoshaphat and wicked Ahab was repulsive to God.
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED: Because this was an aberration from Jehoshaphat's usual stance of faith and obedience, the Lord did not punish Jehoshaphat (2. Chr 19:3).

PROPHET’S NAME: Jahaziel, 2. Chr 20:14-17

MESSAGE:  Jahaziel instructed the army to march against the invaders without fear, take up their battle positions, and watch the LORD fight this battle; the army would not have to fight at all.
RESPONDS: They did as God has said through Jahaziel.
FULFILLED: They won the battle. (2. Chr 20:24).

PROPHET’S NAME: Eliezer, 2. Chr 20:37

MESSAGE: Because you have allied yourself with king Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your work.
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED: The ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.

PROPHET’S NAME: Elisha, 2. King 3:14-19

MESSAGE: Elisha told them that  the LORD would give them victory over Moab, and they were to impair Moab's future ability to arm themselves for war by destroying their timber, wells, and farm fields. They dug ditches, and the next morning a flood ran through the valley, filling the ditches with water. So the armies were rescued from death by dehydration.
RESPONDS: They attacked!
FULFILLED: That same morning, the army of Moab looked out over the valley where the three armies had camped the night before. In the light of the rising sun, the water-filled ditches looked like blood-covered fields, and the Moabites concluded that the three armies had quarreled and slaughtered each other. Rushing without caution to collect the plunder, they ran unarmed into Israel's camp, and were routed.

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Jehoram (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	8 (848-841 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 8:16-24, 2. Chr 21:1-20
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2 Kings 8:16-18

1.
BATTLES:
In consequence of his evil deeds, Jehoram faced two rebellions. First Edom, previously a vassal state, rebelled and achieved their independence. Trying to suppress the revolt, Jehoram was surrounded and narrowly escaped being killed. Later Libnah, a well fortified city in Judah near the Philistine border, declared their independence and seceded.

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: Elijah, 2. Chr 21:12-15
MESSAGE: Elijah sent him a letter to Jehoram stating that the LORD would strike a heavy blow against his family, and that he himself would die a painful death from a lingering disease.
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED: Soon after, Judah was invaded by enemies. They plundered the king's palace, and took his wives and sons away, later killing them, only the youngest escaped.  Then Jehoram contracted a fatal disease, causing intense pain for two years, after which he died.

PROPHET’S NAME: Iddo the Seer, 2. Chr 12:15

MESSAGE:
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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Ahaziah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	1 (941 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 8:25-9:29, 2. Chr 22:1-9
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2. King 8:25-27

1.

BATTLES:
Ahaziah accompanied Jehoram in battle against Syria. Jehoram was wounded, and retired to his palace at Jezreel to recuperate. Ahaziah accompanied him there. As the two kings rested, Jehoram's general Jehu approached the city by chariot, having been sent by the LORD's prophet Elisha to kill all the descendents of evil King Ahab, and assume the throne of Israel. Both Jehoram and Ahaziah were descendents of Ahab. As Jehu's chariot approached, the two kings went together to meet Jehu, and he killed them both.

ALLIANCES:

Cooperated with king Jehoram against Syria.

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: N/A
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Queen Athaliah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	6 (841-835 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. King 11:1-20, 2. Chr 22:10-23:21
Good / bad king:	Bad king (queen), 2 Chronicles 24:7

1.

BATTLES: N/A

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: N/A
MESSAGE:
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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:
Athaliah was the daughter of Israel's King Ahab, was married to Judah's King Jehoram, and was the mother of Jehoram's successor, King Ahaziah. Jehoram died prematurely by disease, and Ahaziah was killed only a year later.

Then Athaliah decided not to allow her baby grandson to become king, but to assume the throne herself. To this end, she murdered every heir who might be a rival to the throne, and declared herself queen. However, her daughter Jehosheba managed to rescue Ahaziah's baby son Joash (next king).

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Joash (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	40 (835-796 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	1. King 11:21-12:21, 2. Chr 24:1-27
Good / bad king:	Good in youth, bad in old days, 2. King 12:2, 2 Chr. 24:17-21

1.

BATTLES:
Syria launched a second attack against Jerusalem, slaughtering the nobility and plundering their wealth. Since this was only a small strike force, Joash quickly assembled a full army and struck in defense of his kingdom. However, lacking the LORD's support, he was unable to fight well, and was defeated by Syria's tiny force. Joash himself was badly wounded.

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: Joel
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION:
There was much discontent over Joash's recent poor leadership, and especially his ruthless treatment of Jehoiada's son, and so a group of opponents took this opportunity to conspire, killing him as he lay recuperating in his bed.

 

Name of king:	Amaziah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	29 (796-767 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 14:1-20, 2. Chr 25:1-28
Good / bad king:	Good in youth, bad in old days, 2 Chr.25:1-2, 2 Chr. 25:27

1.

BATTLES:
A border war broke out between Judah and Edom. Amaziah mustered his army of 300,000 men for the battle. Considering this insufficient, he hired an additional 100,000 men from. After this large sum was paid and the army on hand, a prophet told King Amaziah that because of Israel's sin, the LORD would oppose Amaziah's army if Israel marched with them. Obediently, Amaziah sent Israel home, forfeiting the payment he had made.

The result was a great success. The army of Edom fled so swiftly that only 20,000 casualties could be inflicted. Amaziah captured Selah, deep in Edomite territory, and gave it the Hebrew name Joktheel. That Judah occupied it for a long time is indicated since the new name stuck.

After the battle, however, Amaziah looted Edom's temples and brought their idols home, there establishing his own center of idol worship.

ALLIANCES:

A kind of alliance, when Amaziah hired 100 000 men from Israel of nearly 4 tons of silver.
 
OTHER EVENTS: N/A

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Unnamed, 2. Chr. 25:7-9, 15,16
MESSAGE: The prophet pointed out to Amaziah that those idols hadn't saved the Edomites from him, and so it was foolish for him to trust them. Furious, the king silenced the prophet, threatening him with death. He later prophesied that God would destroy Amaziah for refusing to hear.
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Uzziah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	52 (767-740 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 15:1-7, 2. Chr 26:1-23
Good / bad king:	Good king, 2 Chronicles 26:3-4

1.

BATTLES:
Uzziah had an army of 307 500 well-trained warriors, but there is no battles mentioned.

ALLIANCES:  N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Isaiah, 2. Chr 26:5
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:
 
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INTERPRETATION:

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REMARKS:
He entered the Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar. Therfore God struck him with leprosy.

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Jotham (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	16 (740/750-731 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 15:32-38, 2. Chr 27:1-9
Good / bad king:	Good king, 2 Kings 15:32-34

1.

BATTLES:
Jotham led a rebellion by the Ammonites upon his father's death and conquered them.
There were some tensions  with Pekah and Syria.

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Isaiah
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

PROPHET’S NAME: Micah

MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:
 
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INTERPRETATION: N/A
 
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REMARKS:
He was rebuilt the Temple and did what was pleasing in Lord’s sight.

5.

LEADERSHIP APPLICATION:
He became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the Lord (2. Chr 27:6).

Name of king:	Ahaz (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	16 (715/735-715 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 16:1-20, 2. Chr 28:1-27
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2 King 16:2

1.

BATTLES:
On one occasion, Israel invaded Judah and took 200,000 wives and children of Judah's warriors to be slaves. The Lord, unwilling to abandon Judah in spite of Ahaz' commitment to evil, sent a prophet to meet the conquering army, threatening them with the Lord's anger for kidnapping their brothers' families. Ahaz refused to trust the Lord.

Later, when Judah was invaded by the combined armies of Israel and Syria, the Lord spoke through the prophet Isaiah, promising that the attack would not be successful — and within a couple years, both enemies' lands would be laid waste. But in spite of the Lord's offer of a miracle to verify the prophecy and aid Ahaz' faith, Ahaz wouldn't trust the Lord. He plundered the Lord's temple and his own palace to send a payment to the king of Assyria to rescue him. In response, Assyria captured Damascus, Syria's capital, and killed Syria's king.

ALLIANCES: N/A

 
OTHER EVENTS: N/A

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Isaiah (Isaiah 7:3-9)
MESSAGE:  The attack against Judah will not succeed.
RESPONDS: Ahaz wouldn't trust the LORD.
FULFILLED: Ahaz was rescued, but at a great cost: Judah became a vassal to Assyria.
 
PROPHET’S NAME: Micah
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION:

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REMARKS:
 
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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION:
In recognition of Ahaz' terrible leadership and its great cost to the nation, Ahaz was buried in a commoner's grave rather than the royal cemetery.

 

Name of king:	Hezekiah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	29 (715/729-686 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 18:1-20:21, 2. Chr 29:1-32:33, Is.36:1-39:8
Good / bad king:	Good king, 2 Kings 18:1-6

1.

BATTLES:
Recognizing that to gain independence, they would eventually have to suffer an Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, Hezekiah had spent years making preparations and his armies were well trained and obedient.

The siege came. Even though Hezekiah had met King Sennacherib's extreme demands, Assyria didn't withdraw as promised. Sennacherib's army surrounded Jerusalem, with Sennacherib himself on site for occasional supervisory visits. Appealing to Judah's army to rebel against Hezekiah in order to prevent their destruction, he made offers of payments to anyone who would overthrow Hezekiah and surrender to Assyria. Reflecting great faith in the Lord and their king, no one responded.

At this taunt, Hezekiah was crushed, recognizing his hopeless position. In great grief, he went to the temple to pray, comparing his bid for independence to a child about to be born, but lacking strength for the delivery.

Hezekiah took a letter from Sennacherib's to the temple, spread it out for the Lord to see, and prayed over it. The Lord responded by inspiring the prophet Isaiah to write a long poem about Sennacherib's defeat. He promised Sennacherib would be unable to attack the city.

That night, a plague struck the Assyrian army surrounding Jerusalem, and 185,000 soldiers died. Sennacherib, spooked by this, withdrew. Not long after, he was assassinated. The Assyrian threat was over. Judah was independent.
 
ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS:

Built the Walls and Hezekiah watertunnel in Jerusalem.

2.

PROPHET’S NAME: Isaiah
MESSAGE: The Lord sent the prophet Isaiah to tell Hezekiah not to be afraid — the LORD would arrange for Sennacherib to withdraw to handle another crisis, and he would be killed before he could return to Jerusalem.
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED: They wan the battle and Sennacherib was killed by his sons (Is. 37:36-38).

PROPHET’S NAME: Micah

MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Manasseh (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	55 (686/696-642 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 21:1-18, 2. Chr 33:1-20
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2. King 21:1

1.

BATTLES:
In the last time of  Manasseh's 55-year reign, Assyria attacked Jerusalem, captured Manasseh, and placed him in a prison 1,000 miles away. Humiliated and powerless, he sat in his cell and remembered his father's days.

He began to pray, confessing his sin and asking the LORD's help. The LORD heard Manasseh's prayer, freed him, and returned him to his throne in Jerusalem.

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: Nahum,
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

PROPHET’S NAME: Unnamed Prophets, 2. King 21:10, 2. Chr 33:18

MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:
He rebuilt High Places.

5.

LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Amon (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	2 (642-640 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 21:19-26, 2. Chr 33:21-25
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2 King 21:19-20

1.

BATTLES: N/A

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

 
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PROPHET’S NAME: N/A
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A
 
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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Josiah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	31 (640-609 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 22:1-23:30, 2. Chr 34:1-35:27
Good / bad king:	Good king, 2.King 22:1-2

1.

BATTLES:
Josiah and his army marched to fight Pharao Neco of Egypt, but Josiah got killed when they met at Megiddo. Sack of Nininive.

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS:

He repaired the Temple
There had never been a king like Josiah. He was turned to the Lord with all his heart and obeyed all the laws of Moses.

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PROPHET’S NAME: Jeremiah
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

PROPHET’S NAME: Zephaniah

MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

PROPHET’S NAME: Huldah, 2. King 22:14-20, 2. Chr. 34:22-28

MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS:                                                                
At 25 years of age, Josiah decided to rebuild the Lord's temple, deteriorated with age. As the workers were cleaning, they found an obscure book that no one had ever heard of — the Bible, forgotten by previous generations. As the king listened to his secretary read the Bible, he was struck with grief and terror, certain the Lord was furious with Josiah and his people for their disobedience.

Immediately, Josiah set upon a sweeping program to eliminate pagan worship and renew the ancient covenant of the Lord. He toured the land, destroying pagan shrines, and celebrated the Passover for the first time in decades.

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

Name of king:	Jehoahaz (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	3 months (609 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 23:31-34, 2. Chr 36:1-4, Jer. 22:1-12
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2. King 23:31-32

 

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BATTLES: N/A

ALLIANCES: N/A

OTHER EVENTS: N/A

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PROPHET’S NAME: Jeremiah
MESSAGE:
RESPONDS:
FULFILLED:

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INTERPRETATION: N/A

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REMARKS: N/A

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LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: N/A

 

Name of king:	Jehoiakim (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	11 (609-598 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 23:34-24:7, 2. Chr 36:4-8, Jer. 22:13-23, 26, 36
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2. Chr. 36:5, 8

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BATTLES:
Babylon invaded, as prophets had said they would. Jehoiakim submitted for three years, then declared his independence, and so the Babylonian king laid siege against Jerusalem. He intended to capture Jehoiakim and deport him to Babylon, but it didn't work out that way. Jehoiakim's people apparently judged him treasonous, killed him, and threw his body over the wall to appease Babylon.

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PROPHET’S NAME: Jeremiah
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PROPHET’S NAME: Habakkuk

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PROPHET’S NAME: Daniel

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PROPHET’S NAME: Urijah, Jer 26:20

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Name of king:	Jehoiachin (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	3 months (598-597 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 24:8-17, 2. Chr 36:9, 10, Jer. 22:24-30, 52:31-34
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2. King 24:8-9

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BATTLES:
Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem, and easily reconquered it. He deported everyone and everything of value — all the treasures from the palace and the temple, all the nobility and educated people, and the military. Only the poorest peasants were left. Nebuchadnezzar placed Jehoiachin's uncle, Zedekiah, as king over those few remaining, thereby fulfilling the prophecy that no descendent of Jehoiachin would be king of Judah.

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PROPHET’S NAME: Jeremiah
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PROPHET’S NAME: Daniel

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Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon and put in prison, where he spent 37 years. After that time, Babylon's new king released Jehoiachin from prison and gave him a job in government service until his death.

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Name of king:	Zedekiah (Judah – Davidic Dynasty)
Years of Reign:	11 (597-586 BC)
Scripture Refer.:	2. King 24:17-25:7, 2. Chr 36:11-21, Jer.39:1-10, 52:1-11
Good / bad king:	Bad king, 2 King 24:18-19

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BATTLES:
In his ninth year as king, Zedekiah severed relations with Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar was furious. He personally led his army in a siege against Jerusalem. As the confrontation progressed, Jeremiah repeatedly communicated the Lord's word that resistance would result in disaster, but if Zedekiah would surrender, all lives would be saved. Zedekiah listened, but maintained his hopeless rebellion.

The siege lasted three summers. At its end, when the food supply was exhausted, Zedekiah gathered his army, opened the city gate, and made a night-time escape.

Babylon's army made chase, and soon captured Zedekiah. He was taken to Babylon to die of old age in prison, thereby unwillingly fulfilling the prophecy that he would go to Babylon and die there, but never see it.

Nebuchadnezzar had thus squashed rebellion in Judah three times, and he would allow no more. He directed his army to break down completely the protective wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned the king's palace, the LORD's temple, and many other important buildings to the ground. Everything of value was taken to Babylon.

 The kingdom of Judah was gone, never to return. The people, however, did return — that is, their descendents returned — 70 years later, as the prophet Jeremiah had said would happen.

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PROPHET’S NAME: Jeremiah
MESSAGE: “Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction, but I will rescue you from those you fear so much. Because you trusted me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”
RESPONDS: The Lord gave a message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the other captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent to exile in Babylon.
Nebuzaradan said to Jeremiah that he is going to take off his chains and let him go wherever he would like.
FULFILLED: Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, gave Jeremiah some food and money and let him go. So Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived in Judah with the few who were still left in the land.

PROPHET’S NAME: Daniel

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PROPHET’S NAME: Ezekiel
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