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Day 189 & Day 190 - Hezekiah and His Foreign Affairs

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King Hezekiah and Isaiah https://www.thetrumpet.com/17413-how-the-seals-of-isaiah-and-hezekiah-speak My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at any time! | Using The NRSV Daily Bible and other sources. Today’s Reading 7/8/2019     Day 189 Isaiah 32:1 – 35:10 7/9/2019     Day 190 Isaiah 36:1 – 39:8 Reflection | Today -   Chapter 32 - Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. Chapter 33 -  God will arise and save us and give us a great King.  Chapter 34 - God will judge the nations. Watch out! Chapter 35 - Even nature will rejoice when God saves the people! Chapter 36 - Assyria comes to Jerusalem and threatens the king: Chapter 37  - The king repented and consulted with Isaiah - don’t worry for you will be victorious becau...

Day 104 - Hezekiah

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King Hezekiah, clouthed in sackcloth, spreads open the letter before the Lord. Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at anytime! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 4/14/2019     Day 104 2 Chronicles 29:1 – 32:33 Reflection | Today Chapter 29 - Hezekiah (727/715 - 698/687) - Restores the Temple and the Levitical priesthood - worship is restored - Chapter 30 - Passover happens - further religious reforms - great feasts - everyone please worshipping again. Chapter 31 - Pagan shrines destroyed - reorganization of the priesthood Chapter 32 - restored the walls and towers - defeated an invasion - Hezekiah got ill and died; his life recounted (NOAB5) Background Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org | 1 & 2 Kings were artificially divided with the LXX (Latin Septuagint)  and should bread as one book. Detailed listing of the Kings o...

Day 209 - Tuesday after Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |    Day 209 | Tuesday | July 28 | Isaiah 63: 15– 64: 12  Isaiah 65: 1– 66: 24  2   Kings 20: 20-21  2   Chronicles 32: 32-33  Date | ? 701- 686 BC - Some scholars call this section Second Isaiah in that it may have been written by a "school of Isaiah" after the passing of Isaiah. 2 Isaiah covers chapters 40 - 66. Reading | prayer for repentance; God is merciful; God is just; new creation; Hezekiah dies; buried with David. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 Additional Reading |  John J. Collins |  Introduction to the Hebrew Bible | ©  2004 Fortress Press|   Click here Next |  2   Kings 21: 1-9   2   Chronicles 33: 1-9  2   Kings 21: 10-17  2   Chronicles 33: 10-19  2   Kings 21: 18  2   Chronicles 33: 20  2   Kings 21: 19-26  2   Chronicles 33: 21-25  2   ...

Day 203 - Wednesday after the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 203 | Wednesday | July 22   2   Kings 20: 1-11  Isaiah 38: 1-8  2   Chronicles 32: 24-31  Isaiah 38: 9-22  2   Kings 20: 12-19  Isaiah 39: 1-8  Date | Hezekiah reigns ?713-687? Reading | Hezekiah takes ill, calls Isaiah where Isaiah delivers the message of death to him and departs; Hezekiah prays to the Lord; the Lord hears him and says to Isaiah that he will live for another 15 years; Isaiah says this to H and H praises the Lord; envoys of Babylon come to visit - see H wealth and Isaiah predicts the Exile. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 Additional Reading |  John J. Collins |  Introduction to the Hebrew Bible| ©  2004 Fortress Press|   Click here Next |  Day 204 | Thursday | July 23  Isaiah 40: 1-31  Isaiah 41: 1-29  Isaiah 42: 1-9, 10-17, 18-25  Isaiah 43: 1-13, 14– 44: 5  +++ The Lord's Prayer mus...

Day 202 - Tuesday after the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 202 | Tuesday |July 21   2   Kings 19: 1-19  Isaiah 37: 1-20  2   Chronicles 32: 9-19  2   Kings 19: 20-37  Isaiah 37: 21-38  2   Chronicles 32: 20-23  Date | Hezekiah reigns ?713-687? Reading | Hezekiah hears of attach coming and begins to mourn; Isaiah delivers a message;  Hezekiah goes to the Temple and asks for help from God; Isaiah says Judah will be delivered; The angel of the Lord at night slays 185,000 in the Assyrian camp; The Lord saved them. Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 Additional Reading |  John J. Collins |  Introduction to the Hebrew Bible| ©  2004 Fortress Press|   Click here Next |  Day 203 | Wednesday | July 22   2   Kings 20: 1-11  Isaiah 38: 1-8  2   Chronicles 32: 24-31  Isaiah 38: 9-22  2   Kings 20: 12-19  Isaiah 39: 1-8  +++ The Lord's Praye...

Day 184 - Friday after the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 184 | Friday | July 3   Proverbs 30: 1-33  Proverbs 31: 1-9, 10-31 Date | 716 BC Background | The Book of Psalms: An Overview | Dr. Felix Just, S.J. |  Click here Reading | Hezekiah collected many of Agur's proverbs to be used in common life as in the reading today. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting - but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Next |  Day 185 | Saturday | July 4   Psalm 42: 1-11 Psalm 43: 1-5 Psalm 44: 1-26 Psalm 45: 1-17 Psalm 46: 1-11 Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 +++ Confession of Sin Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your S...

Day 183 - Thursday after the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 183| Thursday | July 2   Proverbs 25: 1– 29: 27   Date | 716 BC Reading | Hezekiah collected many of Solomon's proverbs to be used in common life as in the reading today. Next |  Day 184 | Friday | July 3   Proverbs 30: 1-33  Proverbs 31: 1-9, 10-31 +++ Sufferages V. Show us your mercy, O Lord; R. And grant us your salvation. V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness; R. Let your people sing with joy. V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; R. For only in you can we live in safety. V. Lord, keep this nation under your care; R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth. V. Let your way be known upon earth; R. Your saving health among all nations. V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. V. Create in us clean hearts, O God; R. And sustain us by your Holy Spirit. Collect of the Day Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus...

Day 182 - Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Read |  Day 182 | Wednesday | July 1   2   Chronicles 29: 3-17, 18-36 2   Chronicles 30: 1-9, 10-27 2   Chronicles 31: 1-21 Date | 716 BC Reading | Hezekiah reopens the Temple; Passover; religious reforms Next |  Day 183| Thursday | July 2   Proverbs 25: 1– 29: 27     +++ V. Show us your mercy, O Lord; R. And grant us your salvation. V. Clothe your ministers with righteousness; R. Let your people sing with joy. V. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; R. For only in you can we live in safety. V. Lord, keep this nation under your care; R. And guide us in the way of justice and truth. V. Let your way be known upon earth; R. Your saving health among all nations. V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. V. Create in us clean hearts, O God; R. And sustain us by your Holy Spirit. Collect of the Day Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apo...