Read or Summarize 2 Kings 22-23
My Summary
There had been a lot of bad kings in Israel. Most of them stopped believing in Jesus and praying to Heavenly Father. The temple was destroyed and used for evil purposes and to pay debts to other kings. The Israelites began to pray to Baal and idols and even sacrifice their children to these false gods.
Finally, King Josiah became the king. He was only 8- years old when he became the king. The scriptures say, “And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.” (2 Kings 22:2; 2 Kings 23:25)
King Josiah wanted to rebuild and fix the temple. When the workers were rebuilding the temple, Hilkiah found the book of the law. This was a scroll that contained the scriptures.
A servant read the scriptures to King Josiah. He was so sad that his people had turned away from God and forgotten the scriptures that he tore his clothes.
Josiah read the scriptures to his people, and they made a covenant to follow the Lord.
Discuss
Why do you think it is so important to read the scriptures? What do you think would happen if we didn’t have the scriptures in our lives? What scriptures have helped you? (If your children are too young, share some scriptures that have helped you in your life)
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