Pox Assyriana - How to Keep the Peace

An in-depth study of the second half of 2 Kings, which recount the reigns of Amaziah, Uzziah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Josiah, kings of Judah. This lesson focuses on establishing historical context for the prophetic books to come, Jeckyl & Hyde, pride, overstepping our bounds, the evolution of apostasy, the ways of the world, the scattering of Israel, rededicating our temples, changing the mind of God, divine absence, the destruction of Jerusalem, and more.

0:00 Introduction

1:06 Historical & Personal Context

9:12 Amaziah's Jeckyl & Hyde

21:18 Pride Goeth Before the Fall

32:10 Uzziah's Help Going to His Head

45:11 Assyria Approaches & the Scattering Begins

57:19 Ahaz & the Evolution of Apostasy

1:21:20 Following the Ways of the World

1:38:11 Explaining the Scattering Play by Play

2:11:42 Hezekiah's Iconoclasm

2:24:27 Cleansing & Rededicating the Temple

2:50:41 Renewing the Passover

3:18:44 Taunting & Trust

3:37:28 Hezekiah & Isaiah

4:02:01 Changing the Mind of God

4:11:43 Tried by God's Absence

4:23:16 Hezekiah's Tunnel

4:29:28 Manasseh's Wickedness & Repentance

4:40:05 Josiah & the Book of the Law

4:54:05 Josiah's Reform

5:13:31 The Babylonian Captivity

5:20:22 The Destruction of Jerusalem

5:26:28 Conclusion