Kings and Chronicles, Part 2: Seeds of Hope
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Lesson OneHezekiah (2 Kings 17–20, 2 Chronicles 28–32)19 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Kings 17–20, 2 Chronicles 28–32
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In | Workbook: Understanding Hezekiah’s Illness
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In | Understanding Hezekiah’s Illness
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In | Kings and Chronicles Compared
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: The “Good, but …” Kings
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: Kings and Foils
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In | Run-up to Hezekiah’s Revival: Hezekiah’s Purge
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In | Hezekiah’s Passover and Rebellion
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In | Hezekiah’s Folly and Judgment
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Behind | The Battles of 701 BC
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Behind | Hezekiah’s Response: Water
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Behind | Onsite: Inside Hezekiah’s Tunnel
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Behind | Hezekiah’s Duel with Sennacherib
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Behind | Sennacherib: The Rest of the Story
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In Front | What Does a Miracle Look Like?
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In Front | Workbook: Pondering a “Miracle”
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In Front | The Pain of a Miracle
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoJosiah and the Fall of the South (2 Kings 21–23, 2 Chronicles 33–35)23 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Kings 21–23, 2 Chronicles 33–35
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In | Workbook: Manasseh’s Repentance
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In | Manasseh and the Background for Josiah’s Revival
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In | Finding the Word of God
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In | The Word and Creation
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In | Josiah's Folly
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In | Josiah’s Revival and Jerusalem’s Fall
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In | The Last Kings of Judah
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In | Workbook: The Last Kings of Judah
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Behind | Babylon
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Behind | Babylonian Invasion
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Behind | iMap: Babylonian Invasion
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Behind | Onsite: Judas and the Potter’s Field
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Behind | Child Sacrifices
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Behind | Child Sacrifice in Context: Dr. Catherine McDowell
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Behind | Har Megiddo and Armageddon
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Behind | The Annals of Nebuchadnezzar
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Behind | The Traffic of Babylonian Exile
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In Front | Unconditional Promises?
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In Front | The Nature of “Revival”
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In Front | Workbook: Reflecting on Revival
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeOverview of 1 and 2 Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1–7, 14–29, 2 Chronicles 29–36)22 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Chronicles 1–7, 14–29, 2 Chronicles 29–36
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In | Workbook: Comparing Chronicles and 2 Samuel
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In | Genealogies and Hope
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In | Kings vs. Chronicles
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In | Chronicles and Kings Compared: What’s Missing?
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In | Chronicles and Kings Compared: What’s Added?
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In | Chronicles on Worship
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In | Resetting the World
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In | Bible Project: Chronicles
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Behind | Experiencing the Temple
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Behind | Workbook: Experiencing the Temple
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Behind | Onsite: In the Holy of Holies - Steve Wunderink in Luxor, Egypt
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Behind | Worship in the Ancient Near Eastern Context
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Behind | Workbook: Worship in the Ancient Near Eastern Context
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Behind | No Priestesses in Israel
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Behind | Authorship of Chronicles
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In Front | Kingdom of God in Chronicles
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In Front | Agency
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection on Agency
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourRitual and Sacramental Living (1 Chronicles 13, 21, 2 Chronicles 1–27)24 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Chronicles 13, 21, 2 Chronicles 1–27
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In | Workbook: The Rituals of 1 Kings 8
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In | Workbook: Bringing the Ark into Jerusalem
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In | Workbook: The Land Gets Its Rest
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In | Workbook: Rituals Are Acts of Faith, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Rituals Are Acts of Faith, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Temple Ritual and God’s Presence, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Temple Ritual and God’s Presence, Part 2
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In | Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple
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In | Workbook: Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Moses’ Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Does the LORD Really Dwell in His House? Part 1
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In | Workbook: Does the LORD Really Dwell in His House? Part 2
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 1
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 2
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 3
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 4
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Behind | Instruments of Ritual
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Sacred Ritual of Coffee Prep
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In Front | God’s Presence
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In Front | Workbook: You, the Temple
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In Front | Workbook: Spiritual Disciplines as Temple Ritual
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveWisdom Literature (Proverbs 1–4, Ecclesiastes 1–3, 12, Job 1–4, 40–42)18 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Read Proverbs 1–4, Ecclesiastes 1–3, 12, Job 1–4, 40–42
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In | Workbook: Proverbs 1:1-7 and Wisdom Literature
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In | What Is Wisdom Literature?
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In | Bible Project: Proverbs
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Proverbs
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In | Bible Project: Ecclesiastes
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Ecclesiastes
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In | Bible Project: Job
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In | Workbook: Reflecting on Job
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In | Workbook: Solomon’s Knowledge
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In | Solomon’s Knowledge
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Behind | The International Flavor of Wisdom Literature
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Behind | Egyptian Wisdom Literature
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In Front | Workbook: Contemporary Proverbs
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In Front | Workbook: Becoming Skillful in Living
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In Front | Workbook: Reflections on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Behind | Workbook: Hospitality and the Gods, Part 4
As was the case for other religions in the ancient Near East, the Israelites could drive God from their midst by violating the covenant. He would leave the temple and they would lose the benefit of His provision and protection. This was the worst possible outcome for the people. Bible scholar Dr. Jacob Milgrom notes the similarity here between Israel and its neighbors.
On this point, Israel is in full accord with its neighbors’ obsessive compulsion to purify their temples. They too, in their more sophisticated cultures, believed that human transgressions were responsible for the departure of the deity from his sanctuary. Thus in a Babylonian stele, dedicated to the mother of Nabonides (dated 547 BC), we find, “Sin, the king of all the gods, became angry with his city (i.e., Harran) and his temple, and went up to heaven and the city and the people within it became desolate” (ANET3 560). Thus the sack of Harran (610 BC) is attributed not to the attacking forces but to the failings of its citizens.
The most noticeable difference in Israel was that the performance of prescribed ritual was not the guarantee of the deity’s presence. In fact, we’ll find the prophets often saying that this does not influence YHWH’s choice to stay or go. It is rather their relational fidelity to the covenant . . . to love God by showing mercy and justice to each other.
Source: Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16, 1991, pp. 254-262.