Author: Jayce Ran

  • 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…

  • Ahaz the son of King Uzziah. He did not do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Instead he walked in the ways of the king of Israel. He sacrificed his son through fire in accordance to the…

  • Jotham was son of King Uzziah. He too would do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Unlike his father, though he would not enter the temple. The people on the other hand continued to act corruptly. He…

  • Uzziah the son of Amaziah was sixteen years of age when he was crowned King of Judah. He restored much of Judah after the years of destruction brought be his forefathers. He did what was right in the sight of…

  • Amaziah was the son of King Joash, and one again not included in the genealogy. He reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord but not like David. The high places…

  • Joash was the son of Ahaziah. He too was not mentioned in the genealogy written by Matthew. He was only seven when he became King of Judah. His mother Zibiah was from Beersheba. He walked in the ways of the…

  • Who was Ahaziah Not mentioned in the genealogy, Ahaziah the son of Joram, was so evil that God chose to omit him from Matthew’s genealogy. He walked with the house of Ahab and did evil in the sights of the…

  • Jehoram, or Joram, was the son of King Jehoshaphat. He killed all his brothers with a sword and some of the rulers of Israel. He was thirty-two when he became king, he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He walked in…

  • Jehoshaphat is the son of King Asa. He was twenty-five years old when he began his rule in Jerusalem. He started his reign strengthening himself against Israel, placing soldiers in all the cities of Judah, fortifying them, and set up…