Matthew

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:10a We learn in 2 Kings 21 that Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, was wicked in the eyes of the LORD.  He worshiped idols and actually set them up in the house of the LORD (2 Kings 21:4).  He provoked God to exercise judgment on […]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:9 Jotham became king at age twenty-five (2 Chronicles 27:1), but was not the youngest king as Joash, the great-grandfather of Jotham was only 7 years old whenever he became king (2 Chronicles 24:1).  Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the LORD,

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:8b King Jehoshaphat became allies with Ahaziah the king of Israel (2 Chronicles 20:35) but this was not favorable in the eyes of the LORD (2 Chronicles 20:37).  From here it tends to get very confusing as the names of the sons of the two

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:8a We learn about the reign of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 17-20 and 1 Kings 22:41-50.  Great things were done through the reign of King Jehoshaphat, and he obtained riches and sought the ways of his father Asa (2 Chronicles 17:1-6).  But we also

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 1:7b The nation of Israel has been divided.  War is about to break out between the tribes of Israel that have separated themselves from the tribe of Judah, which is the tribe of the king (2 Chronicles 10).  We begin to see a glimmer of