“And Josiah set the priests in their charges, and
encouraged them to the service of the house of the
Lord”-2 Chronicles 35:2.
Josiah, as you remember, [...]
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“Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.”—2 Chronicles 33:13.
Manasseh is one of the most remarkable characters whose history is written in the sacred pages. We are accustomed to mention his name in the list of those who greatly sinned, and yet found great mercy. Side by side with Saul of Tarsus, with that [...]
“So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. And the Lord spake to Manasseh and to his people; but they would not hearken. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of [...]
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“And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.”—2 Chronicles 32:8.
It is very beautiful reading the story of Hezekiah , to see how the people always went with him. God had prepared the nation for a change, and when the hour came the man came with it. Under his father Ahaz, [...]
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them [...]
“But are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God?”—2 Chronicles 28:10.
This was a home stroke. When the children of Israel had bloodthirsty thoughts towards their brethren of Judah, the prophet very earnestly dissuaded them. “Why deal ye so sternly with your brethren who are in your power, simply because [...]