Category: The Kings of Judah & Israel
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 17. Jehoiachin
(Jehovah will Establish) (2 Kings 24:8-17) Contemporary Prophets: Jeremiah; Zephaniah; Ezekiel. “He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.”—Job 12:18 “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he I began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 16. Jehoiakim
(Whom Jehovah will raise) (2 Kings 23:34—24:6; 2 Chronicles 36:5-8) Contemporary Prophets: Jeremiah; Zephaniah; Ezekiel. “His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”—Job 18:14 “Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old I when he began to reign, and he reigned…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 15. Jehoahaz
(Jehovah-seized) (2 Kings 23:30-34; 2 Chronicles 36:1-4) Contemporary Prophets: Jeremiah; Habakkuk; Zephaniah. “The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.”—Lamentations 4:12 “Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 14. Josiah
(Supported by Jehovah) (2 Kings 22—23; 2 Chronicles 34—35) Contemporary Prophet, Jeremiah. “A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.”—Proverbs 20:26 “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years inJerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 13. Amon
(Training, or skilled) (2 Kings 21:19-26; 2 Chronicles 33:21-25) “Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?”—Job 34:18 “Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 12. Manasseh
(Forgetting) (2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33:1-20) Contemporary Prophet, Joel. “The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.”—Psalm 105:20. “Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: but did that which…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 11. Hezekiah
(Strength of Jehovah) 2 Kings 18—21; 2 Chronicles 29—32; Isaiah 38, 39. Contemporary Prophets: Isaiah; Micah; Nahum; Hosea. “The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.”—Proverbs 29:4 “Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 10. Ahaz
(Possessor) (2 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 28) Contemporary Prophets: Isaiah; Micah; Hosea; Oded. “It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.”—Proverbs 16:12 Ahaz was wicked as his father Jotham was righteous. “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 9. Jotham
(Jehovah-perfect) (2 Kings 15:32-38; 2 Chronicles 27:1-4) Contemporary Prophets: Isaiah; Micah; Hosea. “Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.”—Proverbs 20:28 “Jotham was twenty and five years old when he I began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 8. Uzziah
(Strength of Jehovah) (2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26) Contemporary Prophets: Zechariah, Of 2 Chronicles 26:5; Isaiah; Hosea; Amos. “He (the Lord) shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.”—Psalm 76:12. “Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who I was sixteen years…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 7. Jehoash (Or Joash)
(Jehovah-gifted) (2 Kings 11, 12; 2 Chronicles 22:10—24:27.) Contemporary Prophet, Zechariah, son of Jehoiada. “It is He that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David His servant from the hurtful sword.”— Psalm 144:10 “And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 6. Ahaziah
(Sustained by Jehovah)(Also Called, Jehoahaz, Or Azariah) (2 Kings 8:24; 9:29; 2 Chronicles 22:1-9) “For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.”—Psalm 48:4 Ahaziah must have reigned as his father’s viceroy during the last year of the latter’s sickness. This is evident from a comparison of 2 Kings 8:25 with 9:29. He…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 5. Jehoram
(1 Kings 22:50; 2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21) “Give not thy…ways to that which destroyeth kings.”—Proverbs 31:3 Of the seven sons of Jehoshaphat, Jehoram was the eldest; and to him his father gave the kingdom, “because he was the first-born.” It would seem, from 2 Kings 8:16, that he associated Jehoram with…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 4. Jehoshaphat
(1 Kings 15:24; 22:41-50; 2 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 17:1—21:3) Contemporary Prophets: Jehu Son Of Hanani; Jahazeel The Levite; Eliezer Soa Of Dodavah. “Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.”—Proverbs 20:28 The first thing recorded of Jehoshaphat is that he “strengthened himself against Israel. And he placed…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 3. Asa
Contemporary Prophets: Azariah, Son Of Oded; Hanani; Jehoram “Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.”—Ecclesiastes 4:13 “And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 2. Abijah
Contemporary Prophet, Iddo “Great deliverance giveth He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.”—Psalm 18:50. Abijah’s reign was a brief one. He outlived his father Rehoboam by only three short years. His mother Maachah was a daughter (or granddaughter) 3 of Absalom.…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, 1. Rehoboam
(1 Kings 12:1-24; 14:21-31; 2 Chronicles 10-12) Contemporary Prophet, Shemaiah. “In the multitude of people is the king’s honor:but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.”—Proverbs 14:28. Rehoboam was not what we call a strong character. He was, in the beginning of his reign at least, as his…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, Chronological Table
Chronological Table of the kings of Judah and Israel subsequent to the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon, each of which lasted forty years; from B.C. 1095 to b.c. 975. (After Ussher) Length of reign in years Kings of Judah B.C. Kings of Israel Length of reign in years 17…
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The Kings of Judah & Israel, by H A Ironside, Preface, Author’s Introduction, Introduction
By C. Knapp With An Introduction By H. A. Ironside Loizeaux Brothers, Publishers:New York Preface The field covered by the present volume has been practically unworked hitherto. The author knows only of a brochure of less than a hundred pages on the Hebrew kings, and treating but of the kings…