We continue our journey through the history of Solomon’s Temple and all the kings who ruled Israel. So, picking up from yesterday, after Manasseh, his son Amon took the throne. But his reign was as short-lived as a New Year’s resolution. Amon was soon murdered by his own servants. We’re not really given any detail […]

We continue our slog through the history of Solomon’s Temple and all the kings who ruled Israel. So, next up on the list is Hezekiah’s son Manasseh. Similar to how Solomon ruled alongside David temporarily, Manasseh also shared the throne with his father for a brief period of time. However, after his father died in […]

Hezekiah will go down in history as the king who enlarged the Temple Mount until it formed the shape of a square about 800 feet on each side. He later added more buildings to the Temple infrastructure. This included a water tunnel that was created by boring a hole through pure stone all the way […]

So what was Hezekiah’s first act as the new King of Judah? His first act was to reopen the Temple doors. The Temple had fallen so far apart under his papa’s administration that major restoration work was needed. I ain’t just talking about surface-level cosmetic restoration. There were structural repairs that had to be addressed […]

Many existing history textbooks on the northern kingdom assert that Ephraim-Israel was conquered around 722 B.C. This was around the 3rd year of Hezekiah’s reign Now, I gotta tell ya, man. That ain’t the most accurate assertion in the world. Why? Because, as I already mentioned, 722 B.C. is just the year the last piece […]