The Greatest Passover Part 1
by Pastor Don Elmore
April 13, 2014
Scripture Reading: II Chronicles 34:1-7
Josiah was King of Judah in the latter days of the kingdom, before it was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. His grandfather, King Manasseh, was one of the worse, if not the worse King in the history of Judah and maybe in all of Israel. Manasseh began his reign when he was twelve years old and he reigned for 55 years. He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
He built the high places which his father, King Hezekiah, had broken down. He reared up altars for Baalim, and made idols, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. Also he built altars in the house of the LORD. He caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, and used enchantment, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with a medium, and with wizards. He made and set an idol in the House of God. So, Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the nations, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
Think about that last sentence for a moment. How bad were the Israelites? It says that they were worse than the Canaanites.



