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WEEK 2
TOPIC: CONCERN FOR ONE’S NATION.
CONTENT:
- The Captivity and destruction of Jerusalem 2 Kings 24, 25:1-17.
- Report on the conditions of the Nation. 1:3
- The concern of Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel for their nation and their response to the state of the nation despite opposition. Neh. 1: 1-11; 2:9-20; Ezra 1:5-11; 7:1-10.
- Reconstruction of the Nation in the face of opposition. – Ezra 4; 5:1-2, 6:13-22, 4:1-23.
Sub-Topic 1: THE CAPTIVITY AND DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 2 KINGS 24, 25:1-17
Judah slide back into apostasy after the death of Josiah. The kings who succeeded him could not maintain his religious reforms as a result of their moral and personal weakness. Consequently, the nation began to experience turbulent and unpleasant situations due to their rebellion against God which eventually led to the captivity and destruction of Jerusalem as a fulfilment of God’s word against their apostasy.
Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt in a battle at Megiddo. Consequently, Judah became a vassal of Egypt. Jehoahaz who succeeded his father Josiah as king at the age of twenty-three reigned for three months before he was deposed by Pharaoh Neco, and in his place made Jehoiakim (Jehoahaz brother) a vassal king over Judah.
Egypt was later defeated by Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar and Judah was therefore made a vassal of Babylon. Jehoiakim was encouraged by Egypt to revolt against Babylon contrary to the advice of Prophet Jeremiah who saw Babylon as an instrument of God’s corrective punishment for Judah. Jehoiakim died during the struggle and his eighteen years son, Jehoachin succeeded him on the throne.
In 598 BC, Nebuchadnezzar invade Judah and carried Jehoachin captive with his household, his mighty men of valour, the craftsmen, palace staff and body guards and some prophets, including prophet Ezekiel. All the precious vessels of gold in Jerusalem temple were plundered and carried to Babylon by
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