g1. King Shallum^A of Israel

15:13-15

• Shallum^A is king for only 1 month & is assassinated by Menahem

h1. King Menahem of Israel

15:16

• The people of Tiphsah [in Israel] refuse to let Menahem in the city, so he brutally attacks them

15:17-18

• Menahem sins like Jeroboam I [see 1 Kings 12:28-33]

15:19-22

• King Pul [a.k.a. King Tiglath-Pileser III] of Assyria attacks Israel; Menahem pays him to go home

h2. King Pekahiah of Israel

15:23-26

• Pekahiah sins like Jeroboam I [1 Kgs 12:28-33] & is assassinated by Pekah

i1. King Pekah of Israel

1^st (partial) exile of Israel

15:27-28

• Pekah acts idolatrously like Jeroboam I [see 1 Kgs 12:28-33] [& also attacks Judah, 2 Kgs 15:37, 16:5]

15:29

• King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria attacks Israel and deports many Israelites [including the three tribes situated in land east of the Jordan (Reuben, Gad, & half-tribe of Manasseh), see 1 Chron 5:26]

15:30-31

• Pekah is assassinated by Hoshea

B12. King Jotham of Judah

[cf. 2 Chron ch. 27]

15:32-38

• Jotham does what is right in God’s sight
• Judah begins to be attacked by King Rezin (of Aram) and King Pekah (of Israel) [they continue their attacks in the reign of King Ahaz, see 16:5-6]

[The prophet Micah began his ministry during Jotham’s reign]

B13. King Ahaz of Judah

[cf. 2 Chron ch. 28]

16:1-4

• Ahaz acts idolatrously [see 2 Chron 28:2] & [sacrifices] his son by fire [to Molech, cf. 2 Kgs 23:10]

16:5-9

• King Rezin (Aram) & King Pekah (Israel) attack Jerusalem [cf. Isa 7:1-16]
• Ahaz pays King Tiglath-Pileser III (of Assyria) for help, so the Assyrians capture Damascus & kill Rezin

16:10-20

• Ahaz visits Damascus, where he sees a [pagan] altar; he orders a similar one to be built for the temple [in Jerusalem, see also 2 Chr 28:22-25] & changes the temple’s designs [disregarding Ex 25:8-9, 1 Chr 28:11-19]

j1. King Hoshea of Israel

2^nd (final) exile of Israel

17:1-6

• Hoshea is evil before God
• King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacks & makes Hoshea his servant,
• but Hoshea rebels, so Shalmaneser besieges Samaria, then exiles the Israelites [as his slaves]

[Israel’s exile had been prophesied by Ahijah (during the reign of King Jeroboam I) in 1 Kings 14:15-16]

Recap: Israel’s wickedness

17:7-23

• It was because Israel was idolatrous & wicked that God sent them into exile in Assyria

The Samaritans

17:24-28

• The king of Assyria [King Esarhaddon, cf. Ezra 4:1-2] imports foreigners to live in Samaria
• They don’t worship God so are attacked by lions until a priest is sent to teach them to fear God

17:29-41

• The imported people worship God but they don’t keep His covenant & they also worship idols

[These people eventually become known as ‘Samaritans’, e.g. see John 4:9]

B14. King Hezekiah of Judah

[cf. 2 Chron ch. 29 – 32; Isaiah ch. 36 – 39]

18:1-4

• Hezekiah is good; he destroys altars & idols & the [idolatrous] snake of Moses [from Num 21:8-9]

18:5-8

• Hezekiah worships God; he refuses to serve Assyria; he is victorious against the Philistines

18:9-12

• Recap: In Hezekiah’s 4^th year, Israel was attacked by Assyria & went into exile (cf. 17:5-23)

18:13-16

• King Sennacherib (Assyria) attacks Judah; Hezekiah gives him silver & gold to withdraw

18:17-37

• King Sennacherib sends his chief officers and a great army to Jerusalem
• One of the chief officers says to the people in Jerusalem, ‘God cannot rescue Jerusalem from Assyria!’

19:1-7

• Hezekiah goes to the temple [to pray] & also consults Isaiah who says, ‘[Sennacherib] will die!’

19:8-13

• The chief officer leaves to fight other battles, but sends a threatening [letter] to Hezekiah

19:14-34

• Hezekiah lays the letter before God & prays
• Isaiah prophesies, ‘Assyria will be defeated!’

19:35-37

• That night, an angel kills the Assyrian army
• Sennacherib returns home & is assassinated

20:1-11

• Hezekiah is sick & Isaiah prophesies, ‘You will die!’
• Hezekiah weeps & prays, and God hears him & tells Isaiah, ‘I will add 15 years to his life!’
• Hezekiah asks for a sign [that God will allow him to recover], so a shadow moves backwards [miraculously]

20:12-21

• Babylonian envoys visit Hezekiah, so he [proudly] shows them all his treasures;
• Isaiah prophesies, ‘Babylon will take all the treasure you showed them!’ [fulfilled in 24:12-13]

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