Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)

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Though born the second son of King Ahaz, Hezekiah is not protected from his father s perverted attempts to gain the favor of the idol Molech Terrified and powerless at the foot of Molech s altar, Hezekiah encounters for the first time the one true God of his royal ancestry, Yahweh But his journey to the Holy One is riddled by influence from an assortment of men Zechariah, a grandfather of noble standing who has fallen into drunkenness Uriah, the High Priest whose lust for power forces him to gamble the faith he proclaims and Shebna, the Egyptian intellectual who guides Hezekiah s instruction For the two women who love Hezekiah, the meaning of love and its sacrificial essence will direct the course of their lives and help shape the young prince s future. Read Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1) – kino-fada.fr I read this book because I was offered a free copy and because a friend recommended it to me On the plus side, I agree with my friend that the author writes withcomplexity than the marketing for her books would lead one to believe if such a thing can be determined from reading one book And I found the plot to be compelling enough that I was eager to get back to the book when I had to put it down However, the dialogue was wooden and the characters were two dimensional at best But my m I read this book because I was offered a free copy and because a friend recommended it to me On the plus side, I agree with my friend that th...Hezekiah, prince of Judah, lives in a kingdom under siege from hostile forces within and without His father, King Ahaz, has abandoned the worship of Yahweh and led his nation into idolatry Gods Kings chronicles Hezekiah s coming of age, detailing his turbulent childhood when he saw his father sacrifice his older brother Eliab to the pagan god Molech Overwhelmed by fear, Hezekiah first encounters the life changing touch of God through the love and teaching of his grandfather, Zechariah, Hezekiah, prince of Judah, lives in a kingdom under siege from hostile forces within and without His father, King Ahaz, has abandoned the worship of Yahweh and led his nation into idolatry Gods Kings chronicles Hezekiah s coming of age, detailing his turbulent childhood when he saw his father sacrifice his older brother Eliab to the pagan god Molech Overwhelmed by fear, Hezekiah first encounters the life changing touch of God through the love and teaching of his grandfather, Zechariah, a Levitical priest These seeds of faith are all that Hezekiah has to guide him in a kingdom threatened by invasion and corrupted by idolatry But surrounded by threats to his very existance, can he hope to survive and be given the chance to change the future of his country This is one of the best biblical fiction series out there, easily on par with Angela Hunt s Legacies of the Ancient River series I don t feel that Austin s writing is...I love this book It is interesting because it tells the same story that is repeated in the scriptures good king dies, bad king takes over, he is slothful, arrogant, brutal, evil, most of the kingdom is sinful and won t repent, prophets who call them to repentance are beaten, then one of his sons will take over and be a good king and get the nation back to worshipping God Yahweh in this book instead of pagan idols I really like it because of the same lessons taught as the scriptures, but th I love this book It is interesting because it tells the same story that is repeated in the scriptures good king dies, bad king takes over, he is slothful, arrogant, brutal, evil, most of the kingdom is sinful and won t repent, prophets who call them to repentance are beaten, then one of his sons will take over and be a good king and get the nation back to worshipping God Yahweh i...This book isof a 2.5 star book for me because there were parts I liked and parts I really didn t.The first three books of the series Chronicles of the Kings tells the story of Hezekiah, a king of Judah, who s story is found in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah The only thing I could remember about Hezekiah before reading this book was that he was a decent king who was granted 15years to live by God after he asked not to die, and that in that time period he gave birth to an heir who This book isof a 2.5 star book for me because there were parts I liked and parts I really didn t.The first three books of the series Chronicles of the Kings tells the story of Hezekiah, a king of Judah, who s story is found in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah The only thing I could remember about Hezekiah before reading this book was that he was a decent king who was granted 15years to live by God after he asked not to die, and that in that time period he gave birth to an heir who tur...There was much about this book that I needed to just read past I tried to imagine that this was a story pulled from an ancient text that WASN T a text I ve read and studied and that WASN T a thread in the dominant religion in our current society Both of those were tricky to pretend away and, at moments, I wanted to set the book aside for theological or social reasons.If you set...2.5 stars maybe Dialog including internal way too modern voiced and jarring to the ancient setting While reading, I did not envision an ancient setting such as Jerusalem at the time of the Assyrian Empire should have evoked in my mind I also felt the portrayal of everyday life and the traditional major life events and ceremonies were poorly researched a...I am now on the third book of this series and am really enjoying the whole series Though these are centered around the life of King Hezekiah, I am learning so much about the history of this time period that I have a whole new perspective on other stories from the Old Testament I now completely understand Jonah and why he ran away when God told him to go to Nineveh Those Assyrians were so incredibly brutal, heartless and had no mercy for anyone, not even babies Anyways, this is a really fanta I am now on the third book of this series and am really enjoying the whole series Though these are centered around the life of King Hezekiah, I am learning so much about the history of this time period that I have a whole new perspective on other stories from the Old Testament I now completely understand Jonah and why he ran away when God told him to go to Nineveh Those Assyrians were so incredibly brutal, heartless and had no mercy for anyone, not even babies Anyways, thi...I really enjoyed this biblical historical novel The time period and events detailed in this book had only been names from the Old Testament to me, and I never really knew the story of their names This book does an excellent job of bringing to life King Hezekiah, his father King Ahaz, his maternal grandfather Zechariah, and the Prophets Isaiah and Micah These names from the Bible are now fully fleshed people to me, and I can now picture the time they lived in, the idol worshiping that occurred I really enjo...I love historical fiction that can place you in the setting with the sights, sounds, and culture of that day Now when I read of Hezikiah in the Old Testament, I will have a better appreciation than I did before because of this account You can easily see how the Jews left God and why and how terri...Just finished Gods and Kings, Christian fiction based on the book of Chronicles about King Hezekiah I liked her message, but it was writtenmodern than I liked Her characters were missing too much of the ancient philosophies and customary attitudes of the time.

Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)
  • English
  • 06 January 2017
  • Paperback
  • 317 pages
  • 0764229893
  • Lynn Austin
  • Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)