The writer of 1 & 2 Kings was very brief about the sins of the people of Israel (in both kingdoms) until what we heard yesterday. He seems to have saved the moral of the story until chapter 17. And then we have the wonderful contrast with Hezekiah in chapter 18. Then the Assyrian king mocked the God of Israel at the end of chapter 18. We hear God's answer today and we are introduced to the prophet Isaiah.
It would appear that Solomon wrote this Song of Ascent, Psalm 132, as part was quoted by him at the dedication of the temple.
In yesterday's reading, Jesus said that the disciples would be (in a literal translation) ‘in Him’ and He ‘in them’. This phrase crops up a lot in the New Testament, such as in statements like “in Him we have the victory.” ‘In’ does not mean ‘inside’, but ‘in oneness/unity’, such as we will hear today as Jesus says another of His great ‘I am’ statements: “I am the vine.” Note that this still is happening in the upper room.
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