Entries by David Guzik
A Great King
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him. For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses. (2 Kings 18:5-6) The […]
When Good Things Become Idols
He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan. (2 Kings 18:4) After the fall of the kingdom of the norther tribes […]
Löwen des Gerichts
Aber der König von Assyrien ließ Leute aus Babel und aus Kuta, aus Awa, Hamat und Sepharwajim kommen und siedelte sie an Stelle der Kinder Israels in den Städten Samarias an. Und sie nahmen Samaria in Besitz und wohnten in dessen Städten. Und es geschah, als sie zu Anfang ihrer Niederlassung dort den Herrn nicht […]
They Feared the Lord, Yet…
So they feared the LORD, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods — according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. (2 Kings […]