Session 201: 2Kings 18-2Chronicles “Why Judah Fell.”

Key points:

The people were not practicing their faith. (23:22) 

2Kings 25:8-26 The nation of Judah (the two southern tribes of David and Benjamin) fell to the Babylonians, exiles began in 597,  the final exile and the Temple was destroyed in 586BC.  The brightest people were exiled to serve in the Babylonian administration. Some managed to escape to Egypt.(v.26)

1and 2 Chronicles go over the same events we have seen in previous books, but sometimes with a different viewpoint, just as 2 newspapers can view the same event differently.  For example, 1Chronicles 11-29 parallels 2Samuel 5-24 in describing David’s kingship, but completely avoids mentioning David’s sin with Bathsheba and the resultant murder of Uriah.

Both Chronicles books (originally one book) were written around 400BC (after the exile and return.) Written to answer “Why did this (loss of a nation) happen to us?”

handout - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HCRQFq9xTUW3j_TmAaHU09dKaZFSukVM/view?usp=sharing