Who was Shealtiel Shealtiel was the son of King Jeconiah. He would at some point adopt his sons, Pedaiah, child, Zerubbabel. However we are not given any reason or events leading up to this. One can speculate that Pedaiah died early in Zerubbabel’s life and thus Jeconiah would have adopted him. Who was Zerubbabel Zerubbabel […]

Jeconiah was the son of King Josiah. Unfortunately he would end up being nothing like his father. Instead he would fall back to the old ways. He was imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco and later made King by him. He taxed people and basically was a puppet. He even changed his name to Jehoiakim because that […]

Josiah was the son of King Amon. He was only eight years old when he became king. He would reign for thirty one years. Unlike his absolutely monstrous fathers he would rule justly. He would purge the high places and the Asherim and the carved images and molten images. Josiah would tare down the alters […]

Amon was the son of King Mannaseh. He did evil in the sight of the Lord just like his father. He sacrificed to all the carved images his father had made and served them. Moreover he did not humble himself as Manasseh so it multiplied his guilt. He was so evil that his servants killed […]

Manassah was the son of King Hezekiah. Unlike his father he did evil in the sight of the Lord. He rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah destroyed. He also raised up Baals and made Asherim and worshipped all the hosts of heaven and served them. He built alters to them in the house of the […]

Hezekiah was the son of King Ahaz. He began his rule by opening the doors to the house of the Lord. He also repaired them. He reestablished the proper worship of God, gathering both the priests and Levites. Not only that but he restored temple worship. Hezekiah he reinstated the Passover and even invited all […]