"In a letter from Elijah to Judah’s King Jehoram, it was prophesied that this evil king would be struck with illnesses and eventually die of a disease of the intestines. Following his death, his youngest son Jehoahaz, also known as Ahaziah, became king in his place. Ahaziah’s mother was Athaliah, the daughter of evil King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.
After her son Ahaziah died, Athaliah secured her position as ruler and took control over Jerusalem and Judah. She ruled for about six years. She was evil. In the seventh year of her reign, in a surprise twist to the evil monarch, a young man, her grandson Joash, who had been hidden away for six years, is brought out and commissioned as the rightful and
tenth king of Judah. This was a dark time in Judah’s history.
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"There are twenty-two kings who reigned in Israel and Judah after Israel split. The thirteenth king of Judah was Jotham. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The Bible says that Jotham did right in the eyes of the LORD and that “…he prepared ...
"Hezekiah was an amazing king of Judah. The nation of Judah was formed after Israel rebelled against Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, forming two new nations calling themselves Israel and Judah. This split of the nation had happened a few hundred years before Hezekiah’s reign.
Hezekiah was the 15th king ...
"After Hezekiah’s reign, Judah experienced a string of evil kings. Hezekiah’s son Manasseh came into power when he was twelve years old. The Bible outlines the evil that King Manasseh did. Eventually, Manasseh was humbled and corrected, but unfortunately the damage of his 55 years in power was do...
