daily bible readings

King Ahaz stood at a critical time in the history of God’s people, both the northern and southern tribes of what was once a united Israel. It was during this reign of Ahaz that the Isaiah prophecy of Emmanuel in Isaiah 7:14 was given. It was also the time during which the northern tribes fell to the emerging Assyrian empire.  Any hopes that Judah might be revived and learn from the fall of her norther sister are dashed into a million pieces by the reign of Ahaz.