Justin Houtz

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  • Daily Bible Study

    2 Kings 19, John 4

    DateVersionReading Plan
    November 28, 2025ESV (2016)OT/NT Plan 2025 – 2027

    2 Kings 19

    Observation & Interpretation

    2 Kings 19:2 – Upon hearing of what the Rabshakeh had said concerning Jerusalem, Hezekiah sent Eliakim and Shebna to Isaiah the prophet.

    • The first appearance of Isaiah in the Bible.
    • (v. 1-7) Hezekiah was greatly distressed whtn he heard the Rabshakeh’s taunt. He sent messengers to Isaiah the prophet, saying that Judah was powerless when it needed strength the most. Further, he asked Isaiah to pray for the remnant of Judah and Jerusalem.” (BBC)

    2 Kings 19:29 – Isaiah spoke of a sign: first year to eat what grows of itself, second year to also eat what springs and third year to sow, reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

    • (v. 29-34) …turning to Hezekiah, the Lord gave a sign that the Assyrians would not conquer Jerusalem. For two years the people of Judah would not be able to raise normal crops because of the Assyrian presence, but would eat things that grew without cultivation. Then, in the third year, they would be safe enough from the threat of assault that they could carry on their normal activities. (BBC)

    2 Kings 19:35 – The angel of the LORD struct down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians (perhaps a plague – CSB Notes).

    John 4

    Observation & Interpretation

    John 4:10 – Jesus told the Samaritan woman that if she knew who Jesus was she would have asked him for living water.

    • …if she had realized that the One to whom she was talking was God manifest in the flesh, she would have asked him for a blessing, and He would have given her living water. The woman could only think of literal water and of the impossibility of His getting it without necessary equipment. She completely failed to recognize the Lord, or to understand His words. (BBC)

    John 4:24 – Jesus spoke that God is spirit and those worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

    • God cannot be properly worshipped without these elements.
    • There must be no sham or hypocrisy. There must be no pretense to being religious, when inwardly one’s life is corrupt. There must be no idea that in going through a series of rituals, God is thereby pleased. Even if God instituted those rituals Himself, He still insists that man approach Him with a broken and contrite heart. (BBC)

    John 4:28 – The Samaritan woman left the water jar at the well, went into town to tell the people about Jesus.

    • [The woman leaving her jar] symbolized the various things in life which she had used in an effort to satisfy her deepest longings. They had all failed. Now that she had found the Lord Jesus, she had no more need for the things which had formerly been so prominent in her life. (BBC)

    John 4:36 – Jesus spoke of how sower and reaper rejoice together.

    • In heaven, both sower and reaper will rejoice together. In natural life, the field must first be prepared for the seed, and then the seed must be sown in it. Later on, the grain is harvested. Thus is is in the spiritual life also. First of all, the message must be preached, then it must be watered with prayer. But when the harvest season comes, all who have a part in the work rejoice together. (BBC)

    John 4:16-42 – To obey is to worship, and worship is to the soul what water is to the body.

    Doing God’s will fills the body.

    Transgressing God’s commands leaves us empty.

    Sinning against the Lord leaves us weak.

    Doing God’s will increases optimism and joy.

    Committing iniquity leaves us deflated and depressed. (ESVEC – Response)

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