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2 Kings 16–25: He Trusted in the Lord God of Israel

Come Follow Me · Week 29 · July 13–July 19, 2026 · 2 Kings 18:5, 19:35, 20:5, 22:8, 23:3

Discover how Hezekiah's trust in God brought miraculous deliverance and how Josiah's discovery of the scriptures sparked a spiritual revolution

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Family discussion questions

Use these around the dinner table, in Sunday School, or for companionship study — each comes from this week's chapters.

  1. What would it look like to 'spread your problems before the Lord' like Hezekiah did? How could you do that this week?
  2. Why do you think physically going to the temple mattered to Hezekiah's prayer?
  3. If the Bible wrote one sentence about your life, what would you want it to say?
  4. What do you think it means to trust in the Lord the way Hezekiah did? How would that look in your daily life?
  5. Why do you think trust—more than intelligence or strength—is what the Bible praises most in Hezekiah?
  6. Why do you think God chose such a dramatic way to deliver Jerusalem instead of a quiet diplomatic solution?
  7. How does knowing God can handle 185,000 soldiers change how you feel about the problems in your life?
  8. Which of these modern parallels feels most relevant to your life right now? Why?

Sample questions from this week's game

The most powerful army in the world has surrounded your city. Their commander is shouting insults at your God and telling your people there's no hope. Your advisors are panicking. What do you do?

2 Kings 19:14-19

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Go to the temple, spread the threatening letter before the Lord, and pray for deliverance — Hezekiah's response to crisis was to bring his problem directly to God. He literally spread the threatening letter before the Lord and prayed. This is a powerful model for how we can handle overwhelming problems—take them to God honestly and completely.

2 Kings 18:5

2 Kings 18:5

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He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. — This verse is the highest praise given to any king in the Bible. Hezekiah's defining characteristic wasn't his intelligence, military skill, or wealth—it was his trust in God. That trust was tested severely by the Assyrian invasion, and Hezekiah passed the test.

Read the lesson

This week covers 2 Kings 18:5, 19:35, 20:5, 22:8, 23:3. Read the chapters at churchofjesuschrist.org.

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