Judah's Kings: Hezekiah to Amon Overview
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From Hezekiah to Amon
(2 Kings 18: - 21:26; 2 Chronicles 29 — 33)
1. a) Describe in a few words the political situation of Judah during the period.
what followed the fall of Samaria.
Judah, the southern kingdom, survived as a nation for nearly a century and a half after
the fall of Samaria. However, it had a precarious existence as it had to endure
crisis after crisis.
b) Why were there conflicts between Judah and the Assyrians and then with the Babylonians in
this period? c) Why did Judah not survive? (Give the spiritual reason.)
The conflict was about trying to reconquer their independence, looking at the spiritual side.
they did not place their faith in God but sought help from Egypt, so much so that God was seen
forced to discipline him using the Babylonians as an instrument of judgment. Judah was
taken into captivity.
2. a) What were the five aspects of the attitude and actions of Hezekiah that
Did he become an instrument in the hands of God? (See 2 Kings 18:3, 5, 6; 2
Chronicles 29:10.
1) He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father David did.
I had done, 2) I burn all the idols and also the serpent that Moses had made. 3)
I keep the commandments that Moses wrote.
b) How was he rewarded for his pious attitude and his reforming action? (Cf. 2
Kings 18:7, 8.
The Lord was with him wherever he went and prospered, and he also revealed himself against the king.
from Assyria and it did not serve him and he gave them victories in battles and wounded the Philistines
c) How did Hezekiah interpret the setbacks of his nation?
d) According to the writer of Kings, what was the outstanding aspect of the reform?
Hezekiah?
e) In what aspect of the reform does the chronicler place emphasis? Why? (It must
remember the difference between the viewpoints of the books of Kings and those of
Chronicles.)
3. Make a brief outline of the steps leading to revival,
using the account of Hezekiah's reform as a basis and applying each step to
the current situation of the Church.
4. a) What mistake did Hezekiah make that almost led his nation to the
ruin?
b) What did the prophet Isaiah mean in the liberation of Jerusalem?
c) What practical lesson do you see in Hezekiah's reaction to the threats of
the Assyrians? Analyze the arguments that Hezekiah used in his prayer.
5. a) Evaluate Hezekiah's reaction to the notice that he was going to die. What attitude should he have?
what does the believer have in front of such news?
b) What weakness in Hezekiah's character was brought to light when he was
healed?
6. a) In your opinion, why was Manasseh so opposed to the faith of his father? (Did he...
Have you seen similar cases in the present?
b) Extraiga dos lecciones espirituales de la historia de Manasés.