2 Kings 16-25 Part 1 • Dr. Mike Day • July 13-19 • Come, Follow Me

Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. Why did Jerusalem’s kings keep gambling with the Assyrian Empire, and how did that set the stage for the Book of Mormon? Dr. Michael Day explores Hezekiah’s faith crisis in the late monarchy world of Lehi. YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/pcAUyS3PdBE SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229ES FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook   WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter   SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Mike Day 2:29 Mike’s Top 3 4:55 Bio 8:51 Late monarchy overview 10:26 Chapter flyover 12:38 Hezekiah’s last stand 15:53 Ahaz and syncretism 19:01 What is a tribute? 21:33 Scattering begins 26:03 Deuteronomistic history 28:36 Trauma and the Bible 31:15 D&C 88 sidequest 33:50 Scattering timeline 36:43 Fortunate scattering 41:07 Hezekiah’s reign 44:04 Temple gold tension 45:03 Rabsakeh’s taunting Israel 49:49 Turn to Isaiah 37 53:10 Hezekiah’s prayer 57:28 Angel strikes Assyrian army 59:26 Prism 1:02:48 Promise to Hezekiah 1:04:48 Connection to Nephi 1:08:22 End of Part 1 - Dr. Mike Day Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Producer Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design   "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com