“He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel”

Day 1 · The Northern Kingdom Falls

1. Which empire carried the northern kingdom of Israel away captive (about 721 BC), scattering the “lost ten tribes”?
2. Why did Israel fall, according to the record?
3. Who was the last king of the northern kingdom before it fell?
4. Related material: Assyria resettled the land with foreign peoples who mixed their worship with Israel's. What group descended from them — despised in Jesus' day, yet whom He taught and served?
5. What repeated warning had the Lord given Israel “by all the prophets” before the fall?

Day 2 · Hezekiah Trusts the Lord

1. What object of Moses did good king Hezekiah break in pieces because Israel had begun to worship it as an idol?
2. Which Assyrian king invaded Judah and threatened Jerusalem?
3. When the Assyrians sent a threatening letter, what did Hezekiah do with it?
4. Which prophet reassured Hezekiah that Jerusalem would be spared?
5. How was Jerusalem delivered from the Assyrian army?

Day 3 · Hezekiah's Added Years

1. When told he would die, what did Hezekiah do?
2. How many years did the Lord add to Hezekiah's life?
3. What sign confirmed the Lord's promise to heal him?
4. What unwise thing did Hezekiah do when envoys came from Babylon?
5. What did Isaiah prophesy would result from it?

Day 4 · Josiah and the Book of the Law

1. How old was Josiah when he began to reign?
2. What was found in the temple during Josiah's repairs that sparked a great reformation?
3. Which prophetess did Josiah's servants consult about the newly found book?
4. How did Josiah respond after the law was read to him?
5. Related material: Josiah burned the bones of Bethel's idolatrous priests on that altar — fulfilling a prophecy given centuries earlier (which you met on Day 1 of the first daily week). Who gave it?

Day 5 · Judah Falls to Babylon

1. Which Babylonian king conquered Jerusalem and carried Judah into captivity?
2. What did the Babylonians do to Solomon's temple?
3. What happened to most of the people of Judah?
4. About how long did Jeremiah prophesy the Babylonian captivity would last?
5. Related material: which prophet, warned of Jerusalem's destruction, left with his family just before it fell — beginning the record we call the Book of Mormon?

Day 6 · Rediscovering the Scriptures

1. When the book of the law was rediscovered and read to King Josiah, he wept and led the people to renew their covenant with the Lord. What can we learn from Josiah's example for our own scripture study?

Day 7 · “How Rare a Possession—the Scriptures!”

1. President Spencer W. Kimball taught that we must all do what, “just as King Josiah did,” letting it work mightily within us?