The Book of Kings #18

All through this period of Kings, there is pattern that develops. The people would fall away, go after idols, and suffer all the results of that. In Judah, though, they would occasionally be led back to God by a reforming king—and God’s holy days would often be the reason for the reform. They showed the way back to God and out of idolatry.But in the House of Israel, from the time of Jeroboam, those holy days were gone. In a way, the people could no longer find the thread that pointed the way back to God. They were cut