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March 11 - 2 Kings 22 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday, the 11th of March,
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  and it's great to have your company as we continue down this
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  final handful of chapters in this book of kings, this
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  enormous book of kings that has taken us through this phenomenal
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  story of highs and lows. And today we are going to meet a
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  classic duo, you know, you know of Bonnie and Clyde, Who else is
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  there? Thelma and Louise, Laurel and
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  Hardy, Josiah and Hilkia, Josiah and Hilkia, yes, that's the
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  classic duo we're going to hear about today because when they
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  combine their powers, they make amazing things happen.
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  Yes, this, this is going to be the final glory days of the
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  people of Israel before before the end.
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  So settle in as you hear about this wonderful King and his High
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  Priest and how they go about pulling things together back in
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  the right direction as we read together Second Kings chapter
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  22. Josiah was eight years old when
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  he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 31 years.
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  His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adiah from Boscath.
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  He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight and followed the
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  example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing
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  what was right. In the 18th year of his reign,
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  King Josiah sent Chaffin, son of Azalea and grandson of Mushulam,
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  the court secretary, to the Temple of the Lord.
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  He told him go to Hilkiya, the high priest, and have him count
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  the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the
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  Lord's temple. Entrust this money to the man
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  assigned to supervise the restoration of the Lord's
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  temple. Then they can use it to pay
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  workers to repair the temple. They will need to hire
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  carpenters, builders and Masons. Also have them by the timber and
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  the finished stone needed to repair the temple.
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  But don't require the construction supervisors to keep
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  account of the money they receive, for they are honest and
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  trustworthy men. Hilkia, the high priest, said to
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  Shafan, the court secretary. I have found the book of the law
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  in the Lord's temple. Then Hilkia gave the scroll to
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  Shafan and he read it. Chaffan went to the king and
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  reported, Your officials have turned over the money collected
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  at the Temple of the Lord to the workers and supervisors at the
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  temple. Chaffan also told the king,
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  Hilkia, the priest has given me a scroll.
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  So Chaffan read it to the king. When the king heard what was
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  written in the book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
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  Then he gave these orders to Hilkia the priest, a Hikem son
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  of Chaffan Akbar, son of Makaya Chafin, the court secretary and
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  Desire, the King's personal advisor.
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  Go to the temple and speak to the Lord, for me and for the
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  people and for all. Judah, inquire about the words
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  written in this scroll that has been found.
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  For the Lord's great anger is burning against us because our
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  ancestors have not obeyed the words in the scroll.
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  We have not been doing everything it says we must do.
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  So Hilkia, the high priest Ahikum, Akbar, Chafin and Isaiah
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  went to the new quarter of Jerusalem to consult with the
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  prophet Halda. She was the wife of Shalom, son
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  of Tikvah, son of Hahas, the keeper of the temple wardrobe.
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  She said to them, the Lord the God of Israel has spoken.
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  Go back and tell the man who sent you.
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  This is what the Lord says. I am going to bring disaster on
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  the city and its people. All the words written in the
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  scroll that the King of Judah has read will come true.
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  For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to Pagan
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  gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have
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  done. My anger will burn against this
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  place and it will not be quenched.
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  But go to the King of Judah, who sent you to seek the Lord, and
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  tell him this is what the Lord the God of Israel says
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  concerning the message you have just heard.
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  You were sorry and humbled yourself before the Lord when
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  you heard what I said against the city and its people, that
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  this land would be cursed and become desolate.
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  You tore your clothing in despair, and wept before me in
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  repentance. And I have indeed heard you,
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  says the Lord. So I will not send the promised
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  disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace.
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  You will not see the disaster. I'm going to bring on this city.
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  So they took her message back to the king.
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  Ah, Lord, what a wonderful story of someone being so convicted of
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  what they know to be right that they turn everything in 180° and
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  head firmly in a different direction.
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  Ah, Lord, that we would have that kind of courage that when
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  you convict us of the truth of the right way to go, that all
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  else would be secondary, and that we would just follow You.
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  Lord, give us hearts to just want to please You and live
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  according to your will for our lives, so that when you speak,
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  we listen and when you lead us, we follow.
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  We are your people, we are your children, and we know that we're
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  loved by you so much more than we can ever comprehend.
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  And so we give you our love and we choose You continue to shape
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  us and mould US ever in your service, our wonderful, mighty
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  King and our loving Saviour. And we pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus, Amen.