Daily Quiet Time Bible Study
These daily online studies are adapted from our Quiet Time Bible Guide. The studies go through the Old and New Testaments in just over two years. The approach taken by our quiet time Bible studies does not include answers. The goal of the study is to help you dig into Scripture for yourself. You can go deeper using a commentary, Bible background guide or Bible handbook.
2 Kings 22:1-23:35: Following God's Law
For more context before you begin studying, read this introduction to the book of 2 Kings.
Seniors in high school typically get a little huffy about restrictive school rules such as hall passes and washroom permits. Sometimes even teachers are not immune to similar feelings. When my daughter's music teacher, accustomed to working with diligent honors students, was confronted with the request for one more hall pass for an in-building errand, he wrote, "Sheri has my permission to be in the hall so that she can check the drug supply in her locker. Antonia is her bodyguard." (They weren't stopped.) There's something inside us that grates against laws—of any kind—unless, of course, we've had to live a long time without them. Judah had such an experience.
Warming Up to God
Much of today's culture ignores God's laws. What pressures do you feel to follow the culture rather than the law of God?
Discovering the Word
- What steps led to finding the Book of the Law (22:1-8)?
- What can you know about Huldah from verses 14-20?
- What effect would you expect the scene in 23:1-3 to have on the people?
- From 23:2-24 list some sixteen religious reforms that Josiah instituted. As you read through these reforms, what do you learn about the spiritual practices of the people before Josiah became king?
- How does the description of Josiah in 23:25 contrast with the description of Jehoahaz in 23:31-34?
Applying the Word
- What relationship do you see between our response to God's law and our concept of God?
- Study more carefully the words in 2 Kings 23:25 describing Josiah's commitment to God and to God's law. What aspect of that description would you like to make more a part of your own commitment?
- God's law is tied to his character. As you think of your own natural resistance to law, what steps could you take to bring your response to God's law into line with what you believe to be true of God?
Responding in Prayer
Make 2 Kings 23:25 your prayer that you would turn to the Lord with all your heart, soul and strength.
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