Scripture summary (all based from the Catholic New American Bible stories)

2 Kings 9

Elisha sends someone to find and secretly anoint Jehu as the King of Isreal. This prophet pulls Jehu away from his Isrealite army and tells Jehu to rebel against Ahab's family and kill Jezebel. Jehu tells the commander he was just crazy but eventually tells them he was proclaimed the new king, in return, the other commanders spread their cloaks on the ground, agreeing he is the king. Guards keep watch at night as Jehu passes on his horse, he gets them to join, one guard told Joram it was Jehu, and Joram then tells Jehu about Naboth the Jezreelite. Joram asks Jehu if he wants peace and he says it is meaningless as long as Jezebel continues to fabricate her own Religion, and then as Joram gets angry and tries to leave, Jehu shoots him dead, and he kills Zaharias later also. Jehu meets with Jezebel and she asks if he intends to make peace, but he and some men throw her out the window and horses trample her. He eats and drinks in her home and orders servants to bury her, but dogs had eaten her (except skull, feet and palms).

2 Kings 11

Ahaziah's mom, Athaliah, discovered his death and ordered the rest of the royal family to be killed, so she would have power. Jorams daughter, jehosheba, hides Ahaziahs son, Joash, to save him; he and his nurse service the 6 year reign of Athaliah. In the 7th year, Jehoiada make sure that Doash has a permanent guard at all times to keep him safe, and they will kill anyone to tries to get to him, They have swords and shields. Doash is named King, Athaliah sees, and tears her clothes. Doash has his soldiers kill her and anyone with her. Jehoiada makes a covanent between joash and the people to be only the Lords, so they destroy Baal's temple me kill the head priest, Mattan. He has soldiers guard Gods temple. Joash takes place in the throne of Kings house, he was 7 when he began

2 Kings 21:1 -23-3

In his 18th of 31 years of reign, Josiah secretorys, Shapan, was sent to ask the priest Hilkiah to use the donations for the temple to make repairs on it. Hilkiah says he found "the book of law" and then Shapan reads it. Josiah becomes distressed after reading this book of law, when he realizes how far they have come from the laws of Moses, and tears his clothes. Josiah sends Shapan, Hilkiah, and some others to ask God what to do. They go to Huldah, prophetess, says that God will send his wrath for their sins, it God will have mercy in Josiah because he committed his ignorance. He will die and be laid in his grave in peace before the destruction coming for Judah. Then Josiah takes the elders, inhabitants of Judah, priests and prophets to the temple. Then they make a covenant to all follow the commandments.

Isaiah 6:1-6

In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah had a dream of God in his throne. Seraphim-Angels with 6 wings- or serving God and singing his praises. They cover their faces with two wings in their feet with two, and used the other 2 to 5. The temple filled with smoke, Isaiah said that he was a man of unclean lips living among people of unclean lips, but he saw God somehow. One of the angels comes to fix this problem he takes the burning coal and presses up against Isaiah's mouth, And it hurt him but his lips were clean and purified.

Isaiah 53

A suffering servant grew up in front of God, people ignored him rejected him, and despised him. He suffer so much because he's paying off his sins, and bearing the people's punishment silently. He is taken away by "perversion of justice, "and is buried with the wicked, then the ranch. In the and the servant will be all right he will see light, and find a righteous and mighty place.

Jeremiah 36

God instructed Jeremiah to write down all the prophecies he spoken so far against Judah, Israel, and the nations, from Josiah's rain up to the present. He thought this would get people to mend their Ways. Jeremiah cannot go in the temple anymore because the priests have had it with his jeremiads, so he sent the route to read it to the people. Officials decided that the king should hear these prophecies, but they make sure Baruch (Who read this to the people, because Jeremiah was not allowed in the church) and Jeremiah are safely hidden away. Jeremiah and Baruch are safely hidden away. As Jehudi reads the scroll, The King cut off pieces and throw some of the fire until it is all burned up, he wouldn't listen when people told him not to do this. He then ordered that Jeremiah and Baruch get arrested, but God had already hit in them. And Jeremiah remakes the scroll with more prophecies.

Jeremiah 38:1-13

A group of officials here Jeremiah telling the people that they'll be able to save their lives if they surrender to the Babylonians, and they consider this treason and lowering everybody's morals so they put him in a pit. An Ethiopian named Ebed-melech goes to the king and tells him what happened, and the king orders him to get three men and pull hi. Out before he dies, and they do, but he stays in prison.

Jonah 1-4

God sent Jonah to Ninevah. Nineveh was an enemy of Jonah's country, Israel. So, Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. Jonah tried to escape God. He tried to travel elsewhere, by ship. But there was a terrible storm. Jonah knew that God had caused the storm. So, he asked the sailors to throw him into the sea. But Jonah did not drown, because God sent a whale (large fish) to swallow Jonah. Then, Jonah prayed to God again. He thanked God, who had rescued him (Jonah 2). And God caused the fish to return Jonah to the dry land. So, Jonah went to Nineveh. He warned the people that they must confess their evil deeds to God. Otherwise, God would destroy their nation. The people obeyed Jonah. So, God forgave the people in Nineveh. God did not destroy Nineveh at this time. But Jonah was sad, because Nineveh was his enemy. Jonah wanted God to destroy Nineveh. But God told Jonah that God cares about the people from every nation.

Jonah's story was important because it proves you cannot run from God. God has a reason for everything and if you don't follow it he will obviously know. He is a forgiving person and is willing to help you, but for this relationship to work you must listen to him he is he has a reason for calling us to do certain things.

In the Bible, the books 2nd Book of Kings, Isaiah and Jeremiah are named "The Trouble Tears" because these were years of struggle and difficulty. During this time, there was one seem to be a loss of faith and connection with God, people stopped listening and following him and God had consequences. Each story individually demonstrated a time of trouble and someone or some group of people's lives and many of them were resolved with a negative ending, or suffering and pain before they were able to live in peace.