The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 117, is 2 Kings 24-25: Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Temple is destroyed, and leading citizens are deported to Babylon.
Map of Jewish exiles in Babylon in 587 BC (Holman Bible Atlas)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 116, is 2 Kings 22-23: Josiah becomes 16th king of Judah: repairs the Temple, discovers the Torah, institutes religious reforms, tears down shrines and reinstitutes the Passover.
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 115, is 2 Kings 19-21: Hezekiah, a faithful king of Judah, prays to the Lord and is promised deliverance. But his reign is followed by Manasseh and Amon, terrible kings.
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 114, is 2 Kings 17-18: Assyrians destroy Samaria in Israel and exile its people, then threaten Judah also
Fall of Samaria (Israel) and deportation of the Israelites (732 BC). Holman Bible Atlas
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 113, is 2 Kings 14-16: Kings, kings, and more kings: four in Judah, six in Israel
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 112, is 2 Kings 11-13: Joash (Judah’s eighth king) tries to repair the Temple
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 111, is 2 Kings 9-10: Jehu becomes Israel’s tenth king and kills a lot of people; the bloodiest king in the Old Testament
The entrance of Jehu in Jezreel, by Edward Henry Corbould (1866)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 110, is 2 Kings 6-8: More from Elisha: a floating ax head and a blinded army
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 109, is 2 Kings 4-5: Elisha’s miracles: gets oil for a widow; raises a dead child; purifies some soup; feeds 100 hungry guys; heals Naaman of leprosy
The Shunammite woman falls at Elisha’s feet, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1649)
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The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 108, is 2 Kings 1-3: Chariots of fire take Elijah to heaven; Elisha takes over
Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire by Giuseppe Angeli (1740)
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