Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Answers to June 28 Questions

Whose example did Manasseh follow in his religious activities? He did as the Canaanite nations God drove out by Israel under Joshua

What does 33:9 say Judah did? More evil than Israel did when God had Assyria take them into captivity

What happened to Manasseh? He was taken captive to Babylon

What did he do then? He humbled himself greatly and prayed to God

What did he do when he was restored to his kingdom? He removed all his idols and restored worship of the Lord

How old was Josiah when he began to seek the Lord? Eight years old

Besides Judah, where else did Josiah reform the land? Most of the land of the original united kingdom of Israel

What did Hilkiah find when they repaired the temple? The Book of the Law of God

Who read it to the king? Shaphan the scribe

Who prophesied about Judah’s fate? A woman named Huldah

What passage from the Law alarmed Josiah? Deuteronomy 28

Who did Josiah call to hear the reading of the law? All the heads of all the families in Judah

What did Josiah tell the Levites to put in the temple? The holy ark (of the covenant)

Who prepared the Passover meals for the priests and the guards? The other Levites

Josiah’s observance of the Passover was compared to whose observance? Since the days of Samuel

In what battle was Josiah killed? Carchemish

Who wrote a lamentation for him in Lamentations? Jeremiah

Who removed Josiah’s son from being king after three months? Necho, king of Egypt

Who replaced Jehoahaz? His brother Jehoikim

Who took him captive after eleven years? Nebuchadnezzar

Who became king then? Jehoikim’s son Jehoichin

Who did Nebuchadnezzar make king after three months? Jehoishin’s uncle Zekekiah

How did he do wrong? He disobeyed God, he broke his oath to be loyal to Nebuchadnezzar

Why did God send messengers to warn Judah? (See 36:15) He was compassionate and wanted the people to have a chance to repent

Why did God exile Judah for 70 years? So the land would have rest to make up for the many Sabbath years the land did not rest

Who does God use to restore Judah and rebuild the temple? Cyrus

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