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II CHRONICLES 32:25

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II CHRONICLES 33:10

spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. King Hezekiah’s pride Date - c.710 BC/AM 3290 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Notwithstanding 1 Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. READ NEXT – Isaiah 40-66 King Hezekiah exposes his wealth to the Babylonians (S/A - II Ki 20:12-19 & Isa 39:1-8) Date - c.710 BC/AM 3290 31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, 2 to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. The death of King Hezekiah (S/A - II Ki 20:20,21) Date - 698 BC/AM 3302 The co-reign of Manasseh Date - 697 BC/AM 3303 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the 3 vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the 4 book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers,

and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him 5 honour at his death. And 6 Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. II Chronicles 33 King Manasseh’s wickedness (S/A - II Ki 21:1-16) Date - 697 BC/AM 3303 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built again the high places 7 which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, 8 and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, 9 In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he caused his children 10 to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a 11 familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, 12 In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 9 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. 10 And the LORD 13 spake to Manasseh,

1. Note - Like Hezekiah, I’m not always humble... but I’m always thinking I should be (I Pet 5:5-6). 2. Deut 8:2,16 3. Isa 36,37 4. II Ki 18:13 & 19:37 5. Prov 10:7 6. Mt 1:10 7. II Ki 18:4 8. Deut 4:19 & 17:2-5 9. Deut 12:11 10. Lev 18:21 & 20:1- 5 & Deut 18:11 11. Exo 22:18 & Lev 19:31 12. II Sam 7:11-16 13. or, “admonished” Note – God always tries to talk you into what’s right (admonition) before He walks you into what’s right (nuture – vs 12)

33:10 God uses two means of correction to bring about godly results in the lives of His people: (1) admonition / reproof ( spake – vs 10); and (2) nurture ( Eph 6:4b )/ rod ( affliction – vs 12). Those who refuse to be corrected by way of His Word will be corrected by way of His hand (Deut 28). Those who refuse to be corrected by either are considered uncorrectable ( Amos 4: 6- 12 ), and are thus rejected ( Jere 24:5 ).