Week 22 2 Chronicles 10-36
A week ago I decided to rank the fifteen kings of Judah – I wanted a better & clearer idea of how they each graded-out.
This is what I found – Best-to-Worst:
1. Josiah
2. Hezekiah
3. Jotham
4. Jehoshaphat
5. Asa
6. Joash
7. Amaziah
8. Uzziah
9. Abijah
10. Rehoboam
11. Manasseh
12. Ahaziah
13. Jehoram
14. Ahaz
15. Amon
I feel pretty solid about my top three (and actually pretty good with my bottom four as well). But I guess every single one could be debated (for instance I heard a guy describe Joash as an outstanding king…but he was very lucky to land as high as #6 on my list).
One thing that impressed me was the poor overall quality of the kings. If I could assign an exact numerical percentage rating to each king (so let’s say Josiah is 90%) then the average of the fifteen kings would be low. The good grades of Josiah & Hezekiah & Jotham wouldn’t boost the rest very much. I’d be surprised if the Average King Rating was any more than 50%.
Note: end-of-month reading report: there’s the 403 chapters of Genesis – 2 Chronicles plus the 150 psalms. Those 553 chapters are 46.5% of the bible. And since 2023 is only 41.6% finished I’m ahead. So that’s good. It’s a relief too since May was a pretty ragged month for me. I credit my good outcome to the Rating-the-Kings exercise – it helped focus my attention after three pretty fuzzy weeks. It helped salvage my month.