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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 69
April 30, 2023
Week 69 Day 1: Reign of Rehoboam ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was he reign of king Rehoboam?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him but consulted the young men and brought hardship to Israelites.
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When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they all went home.
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God prohibited Rehoboam to fight against Jeroboam.
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The priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel sided with Rehoboam.
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Rehoboam had wives and children.
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After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.
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Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.
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Shishak carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - Rehoboam abandoned God when he had become strong. What was he leaning on? How may I avoid being complacent in my abundantly fulfilled life?
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Community - Facing the Israelites’ request, Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him but consulted the young men. What warning do I see in this?
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Community - God prohibited Rehoboam to fight against fellow Israelites. Do I have quarrel with my fellow Christians? What is God’s point of view on this? Can I obey God’s will?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 69 Day 2: Judah King Abijah ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was Abijah son of Rehoboam’s reigning as king?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
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Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.
Meditation: My Story
- Integrity - Was king Abijah serving the Lord with all his heart and all his soul? What part of his life was pleasing to the Lord and what wasn’t?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 69 Day 3: Asa became King ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was Asa’s life?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Abijah’s son Asa succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
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Zerah the Cushite marched out against Judah, Asa went out to meet him and the Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah.
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Azariah exhorted to Asa, Judah, and Benjamites to obey God. Asa accepted.
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Asa removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.
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King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah.
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In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah. Asa sought help from Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
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Hanani the seer rebuked Asa for relying on the king of Aram and not on the Lord. Asa was angry with the seer and brutally oppressed some of the people.
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In the forty-first year of his reign Asa died.
Meditation: My Story
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Integrity - Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord by removing idols and obeying God’s laws. What idols do I need to remove from my life? What laws do I need to remind myself to obey?
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Integrity - Hanani rebuked Asa but Asa did not take it well. How may I accept the criticisms and warnings from others? Would I hate them for their criticisms and retaliate?
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Integrity - There were stages in Asa’s life. He sinned in his old age that brought about the judgment. What warning do I see in this? How may I stay on the path of Christ’s salvation, not veering left or right?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 69 Day 4: King Jehoshaphat's Reign ⇧ ⇩
Question
What did Jehoshaphat do in the third year of his reign?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel.
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In the third year of his reign he sent his officials taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord to teach people in the towns of Judah.
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The fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not go to war against Jehoshaphat but paid tributes.
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Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab king of Israel by marriage.
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Ahab urged Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth Gilead together. Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel to first seek the counsel of the Lord through the prophets.
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The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah asked him to speak favorably. But Micaiah spoke only the word of the Lord to warn Ahab.
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Ahab put Micaiah in prison and made him suffer.
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The king of Israel entered the battle in disguise but was shot dead by a random arrow.
Meditation: My Story
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Integrity - In what stage of Jehoshaphat’s life did he ally with Ahab? What can I learn from that? How should I treat the wealth God has given me?
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Fidelity - Jehoshaphat prepared himself against Israel and obeyed God, followed His law. What can I learn from Jehoshaphat of the relationship between my own responsibilities and God’s work?
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Fidelity - Jehoshaphat motivated many of his officials to teach people with the Book of the Law of the Lord. How may I co-work by my fellow Christians to encourage all people to read Bible and to grow spiritually?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 69 Day 5: Jehoshaphat's new Policy ⇧ ⇩
Question
What new policies did Jehoshaphat put in place in Judah?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jehoshaphat returned safely to Jerusalem. Jehu the seer son of Hanani exhorted Jehoshaphat that he should not have helped the wicked.
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Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people and turned them back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
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In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests and heads of Israelite families to administer the law of the Lord and to settle disputes.
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The Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to wage war against Jehoshaphat. Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Jehoshaphat stood up at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard and prayed.
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah and told them “not to be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
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Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
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The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
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Jehoshaphat reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.
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Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked. The Lord would destroy their ships.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - Read again Jehoshaphat’s prayer when he faced the enemies. What can I learn from that?
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Fidelity - Jehoshaphat’s reform of his governance was to follow God’s standard. How does this inspire me? What attitude and knowledge should I have on the politics and laws of the world?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 69 Day 6: Bad king Jehoram ⇧ ⇩
Question
What disasters did Jehoram bring to Judah during the eight years of his reign?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jehoram succeeded Jehoshaphat as king. When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors.
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He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
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Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet to warn him of the Lord’s judgment.
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The Philistines and of the Arabs who lived near the Cushites became hostile against Jehoram. His bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain.
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Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, succeeded him as king and reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother encouraged him to act wickedly.
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Ahaziah went visit Jehoram and was killed by Jehu.
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When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, hid Joash son of Ahaziah at the temple of God for six years.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Although Jehoram’s grew up in the house of Jehoshaphat, his father, who did right in the eyes of the Lord but Jehoram did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Do our children who grew up in Christian families truly know and seek God?