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Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.-2 Kings 18:1-5***Moses was 80 years old and his brother Aaron was 83 when they led their fellow Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, into the desert wilderness of Shur, and the desert wilderness of Sin, according to the commands of the Lord God. In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites, and the Lord God make a covenant with the Israelites, and the Israelites said they would obey the words of the Lord God. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai 40 days and nights with the Lord God, the Lord God gave Moses commands about the offering willing Israelites were to bring, and the Lord God described to Moses and showed Moses the likeness of the tabernacle, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the other sacred items the Israelites were commanded to make, and the Lord God told Moses that only Aaron, and Aaron's sons and the sons born to their descendants were to serve the Lord God as priests. Meanwhile, the Israelites thought they were abandoned and told Aaron to make gods to lead them. The Israelites told Aaron to bring him their gold earrings, and Aaron made a golden calf that the Israelites worshiped and Moses burned and ground. During the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Aaron the high priest died upon Mount Hor. Sometime thereafter, King Arad, a Canaanite ruler, took some Israelites captive. The Israelites proclaimed a vow to the Lord God, and defeated Arad and destroyed his cities, according to the will of the Lord God. Amid another portion of their journey, the Israelites spoke against the Lord God and spoke against Moses. The Lord God sent fiery serpents, and many Israelites died after being bitten. The Israelites confessed their sin to Moses and asked Moses to pray to the Lord God. The Lord God told Moses to make a fiery serpent and put the serpent upon a pole and anyone who was bitten could look at the bronze (brass) serpent and live. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses the prophet died, and was divinely buried. Joshua was Moses' aide and successor from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, their firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. After the Lord God spoke to Joshua, and Joshua sent 2 spies to Canaan, and Rahab hid the spies, and the spies returned, Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Over 300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died, and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, Saul, from the tribe of Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin, became the 1st king to reign. David, the 2nd king to rule over all of the Israelites, was from the tribe of Judah, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah and their 4th born son Judah. Moses and Aaron were from the tribe of Jacob Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Solomon, a son born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king. During the 4th year of his 40-year reign, Solomon began building the temple of the Lord, and in the 11th year, workers finished building the temple in Jerusalem. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Ahaz was the 11th king to rule Judah. Ahaz was an idol worshiper, and during his 16-year reign he closed the temple. Hezekiah, the son born to Ahaz and Abi (Abijah), was the 12th king to rule Judah. Hezekiah only worshiped the Lord God and among Judah's kings, Hezekiah's trust in the Lord God was unparalleled. During the 1st year of his 29-year reign, Hezekiah reopened the temple and rid Judah and the temple of items associated with idolatry. Hezekiah led the Israelites to worship the Lord God, and ordered the priests and Levites to return to their sacred work, and contributed a personal offering, and ordered proper offerings to be given by the Israelites throughout Jerusalem,allowing the priests and Levites to continue their work without worry. When King Sennacherib, ruler of Assyria, came to conquer Jerusalem, Hezekiah told his fellow Israelites not to fear and said that the Lord God would fight for them. Sometime thereafter, Hezekiah invited everyone throughout Judah and the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land to commemorate the Passover. Before some of the celebrants returned home, they destroyed the remaining images of idolatry in Judah. After 54-year-old Hezekiah died, his body was buried in the tombs of the kings. Ahaz was not similarly honored.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 3:1-51, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-20:21, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-32:33, Isaiah 36:1-39:8, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.-Numbers 21:8-9
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.-2 Kings 21:1-6***Manasseh was born to King Hezekiah and Hephzibah. Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, and Manasseh was the 13th king to reign. Manasseh was an idolater and followed the actions and behavior of his idol worshiping grandfather King Ahaz, the 11th king to rule Judah. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Ahaz burned at least 1 of his sons in a sacrificial fire. Manasseh burned at least 1 of his sons in a sacrificial fire, and worshiped stars and other lights in the sky, and practiced wizardry, and sought advice from mediums, and disobeyed the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws of the Lord God, and was responsible for the shedding of innocent blood. The Lord God sent prophets to the Israelites, and the prophets proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites, including warnings about the disasters to occur because of the unprecedented evil committed. However, Manasseh and many more Israelites did not listen to the prophets. The Lord God allowed the king of Assyria to capture Manasseh and take Manasseh prisoner, using a hook and shackles. Manasseh cried, repented and prayed to the Lord God, and the Lord God brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem, the royal city. Manasseh threw away the idolatrous images and told the Israelites to worship the Lord God. Yet, as a result of Manasseh's sins that the Lord God was not willing to forgive, punishment awaited Judah. After Manasseh died, his body was buried on the palace grounds instead of in the tombs of the kings. Manasseh's great-grandson Jehoiakim (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and
King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During the 11th year of the reign of Jehoiakim's brother King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that over 125 years earlier, the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus 18:1-20:27, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 17:1-18:22, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-28,34, 2:1-16, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah 15:1-4, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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