2 CHRONICLES 31
Hezekiah “prospered in everything” (2 Chron. 31.21) because…
HEZEKIAH WAS DETERMINED TO PUT GOD BACK WHERE HE BELONGED (v.2)
”Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.”
HE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO SERVICE (v.3)
“The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the LORD.”
HE DEVELOPED HIMSELF AND OTHERS (v.4)
“He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.”
HIS DEVOTION WAS DESIRED BY OTHERS v.5-6)
Israel gave generously until there were heaps of their offerings piled up.
HE DIRECTED ALL THE GLORY TOWARD GOD (v.8)
When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.
He Wasn’t Perfect But…
What’s written about him in the summation of his life declares that Hezekiah was the last time Israel, or the world, would know a righteous king until Jesus appeared on earth (Matt. 1.10ff).
“Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. He held fast to the LORD and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses” (2 Kgs 18.5-6).
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