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Today's reading 2Kings 19-21; John 4.1-30
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links: 2Kings 19; 2Kings 20; 2Kings 21
In 2 Kings 19
Jerusalem’s deliverance foretold by Isaiah - 2Kings 19. 1-13; Isaiah 37.1-13
Hezekiah’s prayer 2Kings 19.14-19; Isaiah 37.14-20.
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links: 2Kings 19; 2Kings 20; 2Kings 21
In 2 Kings 20.1-11; 2Chronicles 32.24-26; Isaiah 38.1-8 Hezekiah was ill at at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord a remarakable prayer: 2Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3"Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. NKJV God sent Isaiah to tell him that he would be healed and lived for fifteen more years. Hezekiah asked for a sign. He asked that the shadow goes back ten steps. He was cured of his illness.
In 2 Kings 20.12-19; Isaiah 39.1-8 Envoys from Babylon came to visit Hezekiah and he showed them what he had in his storehouses and treasures. Isaiah came to Hezekiah after the visit and prophesied that the Babylonians would come and pillage all the treasures and take away his descendants to Babylon. Hezekiah said that the word of the Lord was good because he would not live to see this day happen to him.
2Kings 21
In 1Kings 21.1-10; 2Chronicles 33.1-10, Manasseh, his son became the King of Judah after Hezekiah's death. He was the most evil of the kings of Judah. Idolatry, sorcery and divination came back to Judah. He even sacrificed his own son. Manasseh led the people away from the Lord. Jewish Tradition said Manasseh ordered that Isaiah to be sawed in two.
In 2Kings 21.19-24; 2Chronicles 33.21-25; Amnon became King of Judah and he was an evil king just like his father Manasseh.
2 Kings 19, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 20, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Kings 21, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Kings of Israel and Judah
Information on the Kings of Israel
Information on the Kings of Judah
Guzik on 2Kings 19
Guzik on 2Kings 20
Guzik on 2Kings 21
Links to Commentaries and other References - Old Testament
Today's Reading John 4
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: John 4
John 4.1-21
John 4 with Commentaries, verse by verse
John 4.4-42
This is the story of Jesus reaching out to a Samaritan woman. In Jesus’ day, Jews NEVER speak to Samaritans much less associate with them. Jesus went to a village in Samaria where He saw a woman by the well where he had a conversation with her. He asked her for a drink of water, knowing what she would say that Jews do not associate with Samaritans. He introduced her to the idea of living water which whetted her curiosity. He stated that the water that He would give to a person, they would never thirst again. He was talking about eternal life. She had asked for this water.
.Link to the Hymn Fill My Cup, Lord.
What about us have we experienced this living water in our lives? Is Jesus Christ the One who can satisfy your deepest longings?
He told her to call her husband, she said that she had none. Jesus said She was married five times before and was living with a man. She tried to dodge the issue by saying He was a prophet. And the Samaritans worship on the mountain they were on while the Jews worship in Jerusalem, He told her that ‘God is spirit and his worshippers must worship in truth and spirit.’ She said that the Messiah was coming and He would explain everything to the Samaritans. He said that He was the Messiah.
When the disciples came back and saw Jesus with the Samaritan woman, they were surprised. The Samaritan woman went back to the village and said she met a man who knew everything that she did. Could this be the Messiah? Many Samaritans believe Jesus because of what the woman testified that He told her everything he did. They believed in Him not only of the woman’s testimony but because they heard Jesus themselves.
The Samaritans
Deffinbaugh Series on John
Ray Stedman on the Gospel of John
IVP Commentary on John
David Guzik's Commentary on John
Precept Austin on John
Links to Commentaries and other References - John
Jesus Saves
How to Become a Christian
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