133 | Athaliah and Joash (2 Kings 11-12)

It's around 840 BCE, and the kingdom of Judah is in absolute chaos. We're talking about one of the darkest periods in the nation's history. Remember King Ahab and Queen Jezebel from the northern kingdom of Israel? That infamous couple who promoted Baal worship and killed God's prophets? Well, their family's toxic influence has spread south into Judah through strategic royal marriages. And the result? Brutal. Kings are getting assassinated left and right. Entire royal families are being wiped out. Religious corruption is rampant. The temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem—the very heart of Israel's worship—has been neglected, vandalized, treated like garbage, while Baal worship has taken root in the one place that was supposed to be devoted to the one true God.Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MEJYJ5bK_fxfv4L-N61yaUzrAereHp5c/view?usp=sharing