All the Stories of the Bible - Full Length

https://www.btstories.com/a-well-of-mud/ Stories 159 – 164 happened during the life and ministry of Jeremiah, the prophet. The Lord gave Jeremiah a message for the people. He said, “The choice is yours. You can have life or death. If you stay in Jerusalem, you’ll suffer hunger, disease, and death. If you surrender to the Babylonian army, you’ll live. I’ve given this city to them, and they’ll total...

https://www.btstories.com/jerusalem-under-siege/ Stories 159 – 164 happened during the life and ministry of Jeremiah, the prophet. Nebuchadnezzar had made Zedekiah king of Judah. After he had been king for nine years, he rebelled against Babylon. He thought Egypt would help him. Jeremiah said, “If you do this, the king of Babylon will totally destroy Jerusalem.”

https://www.btstories.com/jeremiah/ Stories 159 – 164 happened during the life and ministry of Jeremiah, the prophet. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, invaded Judah. King Jehoiakim dropped his allegiance to Egypt and swore his loyalty to Babylon. Several years later, Babylon and Egypt got into a fierce battle. Jehoiakim switched his loyalty back to Egypt. Jeremiah warned him not to do this, but he...

https://www.btstories.com/cutting-burning-the-book/ Stories 159 – 164 happened during the life and ministry of Jeremiah, the prophet. Jeremiah had been prophesying for 23 years when Jehoiakim became king. Judah was under the control of Egypt and the king paid them high taxes year after year. God told Jeremiah to go to the Temple and tell the people to repent or the Temple would become ruins. After...

https://www.btstories.com/broken-pot/ Stories 159 – 164 happened during the life and ministry of Jeremiah, the prophet. During the time of King Josiah, the prophet Jeremiah was called of God to preach to the people of Judah. The Lord said, “You’re to tell them they’re wicked, and Babylon will come and take them away. It’ll be useless to resist this invasion because I’m the one making it happen.” J...

https://www.btstories.com/josiahs-reforms/ King Josiah and the nation of Judah renewed their commitment to the Laws of God. The king then took all the false altars out of the Temple and had them burned. The people also went throughout Jerusalem and destroyed all the idols that were in the city. Once that was done, the king personally went throughout the land of Judah and oversaw the destruction of...

https://www.btstories.com/a-book-is-found/ Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah. He walked with the Lord from the day he became king until the day he died 31years later. He was the last great king before the people of Judah went into captivity. When he was 26 years old, he hired men to restore the Temple. Money had been given for that purpose, so he gave it to the workmen and sa...

https://www.btstories.com/evil-king-who-repented/ Hezekiah was one of the best kings of all the descendants of David. His son Manasseh, however, was one of the most wicked of them all. He became king when he was 12 years old, and he ruled for 55 years. He acted worse than the kings of Canaan before the Israelites got there. His father had destroyed all the altars to false gods, but Manasseh had th...

https://www.btstories.com/fifteen-years/ King Hezekiah became extremely sick. The prophet Isaiah went to him and said, “God told me this sickness will kill you. So prepare to die.” He then turned and left the room. Hezekiah cried out to God. “Oh Lord! I’ve walked with you and lived according to your commandments. Please spare my life.” He turned his head to the wall and cried bitterly.

https://www.btstories.com/king-of-assyria/ The Assyrian army invaded Judah when Hezekiah was king. They had already conquered Israel a few years before. When they arrived at Jerusalem, the commander of the Assyrian army called for a meeting with Jewish officials outside the walls of the city. He said, “Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, sends this message to Hezekiah: Why do you resist my gre...

https://www.btstories.com/hezekiah/ Hezekiah became king when he was 25 years old. He followed the Lord more than any king since David. The first thing he did was to open the Temple his father had closed. He said to the priests and Levites, “We all know God has turned against us because of our sin. We’re almost like the kingdom of Israel and nearly beyond hope. But I’m making an agreement with the...

https://www.btstories.com/israel-in-captivity/ Israel had been a separate kingdom from Judah for many years. Their first king set up two golden calves for worship. None of their kings destroyed the calves, and none of them followed the Lord. Some of the greatest prophets who ever lived were sent to Israel. Still, the people refused to turn to God. So, after many warnings, God finally allowed them...

https://www.btstories.com/gomer/ God said to Hosea the prophet, “Go find a prostitute and marry her.” So, Hosea went to where prostitutes lived and chose one named Gomer. She agreed to be his wife, so the prophet arranged a wedding and they were married. After the wedding, Gomer once again went back to seeing her many lovers.

https://www.btstories.com/Ahaz/ Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king of Judah. Unlike his father and grandfather, he didn’t follow the Lord. He started the worship of Baal in Jerusalem, and even practiced the ritual of child sacrifice.

https://www.btstories.com/uzziah/ When Amaziah died, the people made his son, Uzziah, king. He was 16 years old and served as king for 52 years. God gave him great success because he followed the Lord and wanted to please him. Uzziah did many wonderful works. He defeated the enemies of Judah and was known far and wide as a powerful king. He restored Jerusalem and strengthened the other cities of J...

https://www.btstories.com/thistle-the-cedar/ After Joash died, Amaziah became king of Judah. He started off as a good king, and followed the Lord for many years. Eventually, he decided to attack Edom and bring them under his control. He organized an army of 300,000 soldiers. He then hired another 100,000 soldiers from Israel and paid them four tons of silver.

https://www.btstories.com/jonah-the-vine/ Once again, God said to Jonah, “Leave right now and go to Nineveh. You’re to tell them I’m going to judge them because of their wickedness.” This time, Jonah immediately got up and went to Nineveh. The city of Nineveh was extremely large. It took three days to walk from one side to the other. So Jonah started his walk across the city. He shouted, “God is g...

https://www.btstories.com/jonah-the-fish/ The Lord said to Jonah the prophet, “Leave right now and go to Nineveh. You’re to tell them I’m going to judge them because of their wickedness.” Jonah knew that God was merciful and would forgive Nineveh if they repented. He didn’t want that, so he ran away from God’s will and went to the seaport town called Joppa. He bought a ticket and got on a ship goi...

https://www.btstories.com/death-of-elisha/ After Jehu died, his son became king of Israel. Unfortunately he wasn’t a good king. Still, there was one time he desperately needed God’s help, and the Lord helped him. After he died, his son Jehoash became king. During his reign, Elisha became sick and was about to die. The king knelt down beside the prophet’s bed and cried. He said, “My father, my fath...

https://www.btstories.com/joash/ Joash was seven years old when he became king of Judah. Jehoiada, the high priest, taught the king and helped him live a godly life. As long as Jehoiada lived, Joash followed the ways of the Lord. When the king was older, he decided to make repairs on the Temple of the Lord. Athaliah had taken every thing of value out of it to use in the worship of Baal.

https://www.btstories.com/athaliah/ Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, wanted to establish a good relationship with the kingdom of Israel. To do that, he had his oldest son marry Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, king of Israel. Unfortunately, Athaliah influenced her husband to follow the sinful ways of Israel. As soon as Jehoshaphat died, his son became king and put idols all around Judah, and built a tem...

https://www.btstories.com/jezebel/ After Jehu killed the two kings, he went back to Jezebel to find Jezebel. She knew he was coming, so she put on makeup, brushed her hair, and sat next to her second floor window. When he arrived, she called down to him, “Why are you here—to keep killing people who are better than you?”

https://www.btstories.com/jehu/ Elisha selected one of the young prophets. He said to him, “Take this bottle of oil and go to Jehu. He’ll be with his friends, so ask to see him alone. Anoint him king of Israel. Once you’re done, open the door and run away.” The young prophet found Jehu visiting with the other commanders of the army. The young man said to him, “I have a message for you.”

https://www.btstories.com/elisha-crying/ Elisha went to the Shunammite woman and said, “Take your family and leave Israel as soon as you can. A famine will hit the land and last for seven years.” She did as the man of God said. Her family left Israel and moved to the land of the Philistines and stayed there seven years. When she came back to Israel, she went to the king to ask that their family ho...

https://www.btstories.com/four-lepers/ The king of Syria once again invaded Israel. His army surrounded Samaria and set up camp just outside the city walls. They cut off all supplies going into the city. Eventually there was no food, and the people started to starve. It was so bad that a donkey’s head sold for two pounds of silver, and a small bowl of dove’s droppings sold for two ounces of silver...