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Genealogy of Jesus part 9 : King Asa, Jehoshaphat & Jehoram · The Living Freed Podcast

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Hey besties, what is up? Let me just say the
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weather in Wilmington has been amazing. It is
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82 degrees out today and sunny. And honestly,
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it's been that way every single day for the last
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few weeks. Now, it has been raining at night.
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That's super typical for the South for it to
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rain at night. And I'm never going to heat on
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a thunderstorm, especially when you're trying
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to sleep. I never sleep harder than when it's
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a thunderstorm. It's just once again, here's
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the word magical. It's just magical. So I live
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for it. It's fantastic. And with that, it keeps
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me outside. I look out the window and I go to
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be outside. And then outside, I'm like, if I
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could just live outside right now in this weather
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forever. Like Sunday, I went to the park to walk
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with this girl I know. Now, why we were at the
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park was to talk about the cult church because
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she was still going and she wanted to know why
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I left. So I had to spill the tea, which the
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tea should be coming your way next week, I believe.
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Oh, the weather in the park was so beautiful.
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It was just so beautiful. And then we sat down
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in the grass and talked, and I was like, it feels
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good to touch grass. I think all of us need to
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touch grass every once in a while. There's just
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something so nice about it. I have so much to
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do this week, though. I have my best friend Nikki's
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birthday coming up this weekend that I need to
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look at the details for. I have my friend Haley's
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birthday coming up next weekend and then starts
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the many weekends of weddings, which is going
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to be intense because once again, there's stuff
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happening behind the scenes in my life that I'm
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not ready to talk about just yet. But I had to
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get the ball rolling on some big things. I've
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got to and I'm just putting it off. So I don't
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know if it's a I'm trusting God or if it's a
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I'm just. really lazy or intimidated or whatever
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so I'll keep y 'all up to date on that once I'm
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ready to talk about it. Speaking of ready to
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talk about, let's talk about what's in. What
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is in is books, okay? And I'm talking specifically
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about Zodiac Academy. If you ever read Zodiac
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Academy, why didn't you put me on? And if you
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haven't read it, let me put you on. This book
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is series. It's a series. Honestly, I think it's
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like a 25 book series, I'm unsure. It's awesome.
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First book, I was like, what is this? One of
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my clients that's an English teacher recommended
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it and I was like, uh, here we go. But then I
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got into it and you go from like hating certain
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people into being obsessed with them by book
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like three or four. Uh, you never, I'm gonna
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warn you now, if you decide to pick up the book,
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you never catch a break. Never once it's not
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like the Sarah J Maas book where like all the
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action happens at the end No, the books start
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with action and they end with action and you
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always get left with a gasp of what is going
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to happen next I actually had to take breaks
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with other books in between to like give myself
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a mental break from the drama that was happening
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in the book, so let me just say 10 out 10 recommend
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I giggle out loud I gasp out loud um definitely
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gonna let you know too rated r for the smut like
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if you're gonna read it just be prepared rated
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r but the storyline is so good It's cheesy. There's
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some cheesy parts in there where I'm like, wow,
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what were you all going for? But the storyline
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itself, Chef's Kiss. Speaking of Sarah J Maas,
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if you haven't heard, let me be the first to
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tell you that she will be releasing two books
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in the next 365 days. So not just 2026, but also
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2027. The first one is October. The next one
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is January, I think. So yay for us. We just continue
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to get to go on that roller coaster. um okay
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what is out oh gosh what is out i honestly there's
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always something there can always be something
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out give me just a second i have to think about
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this i got it bridal gift shopping um these girls
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are trying to make me go broke as a joke with
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the weddings that are coming my way for april
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the amount of bridal showers i've gone to the
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amount of gift buying i have to do the amount
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of dress buying i have to do and i'm not even
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in the wedding parties not even i was supposed
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to be in one of them i pulled out for personal
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reasons um but yeah i'm broke just broke that's
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all i have that's what's out buying gifts for
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wedding showers broke is a joke all right um
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that was like pulling teeth to figure out what
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was out. I'm sure there's so much more. Also,
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side note, what also is out is Keenan, my roommate's
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cat. Let me tell y 'all, Keenan has been the
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devil reincarnated while she's been on her trip.
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Okay? She got back yesterday, but while she's
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been on this trip, he has been. a naughty in
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every possible way that a cat can be naughty
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and all he does is yell at me and then he wants
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to snuggle me as if he didn't just yell at me
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for 10 minutes and we have had a war going on
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in the house he's had to go into his room many
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many times because of his behavior and he knows
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why so what's also out Kenan we're canceling
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Kenan Kenan doesn't know he's being canceled
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Kenan is officially canceled okay Now that that's
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off my chest, let's dive into this week's episode.
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Welcome back to part whatever of the Genealogy
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of Jesus because truthfully I have no idea what
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part we're on, but I do know we are picking up
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with King Asa. This King's story starts in 1
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Kings chapter 15 verse 9 where Asa did all that
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was right in the eyes of God. He reigned 41 years,
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got rid of the cult male prostitutes, he removed
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the idols his father had made, and even removed
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his mom from being Queen Mother because she had
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had false idols images made as well. He was getting
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Israel back on track, one might say. And even
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though he did three huge things, he still allowed
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the high places of the idols to stay up according
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to Kings, but according to Chronicles, they say
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that he actually took them down. So that's up
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in the air. But King Asa's heart was fully God's,
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all the days that he lived on this earth. There
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were 10 years of no war while he began his reign
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as king, and he spent that time well, fortifying
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the cities within Judah. bringing back the laws
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of the commandments of Moses, and he claimed
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in 2 Chronicles chapter 14 verse 7, because they
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sought God, they had peace on every side. Eventually
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war did break out against Israel and Judah again,
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as always, and it is said that the king who ruled
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over Israel made them sin. I also just want to
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say in the 41 years of Esau, reigning, Israel
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went through seven different kings and I personally
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think that shows what a red flag they were. Just
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saying, like a girl with bad choices and boyfriends,
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they did the same things with their kings. There
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isn't much to say about Asa, except he seems
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to be an alright guy. His story shows us that
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our parents' lives and stories don't have to
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be the blueprint for ours. His story shows us
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that it's never too late to come back to God
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or try again and that God is waiting there for
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us. Now, after Asa, his son Jehoshaphat took
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his father's place as king at the ripe age of
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35. and was king for like 25 years. He did everything
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his daddy -o did and even made peace with Israel
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and went into business with the king of Israel,
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who once again was doing evil in the sights of
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God. Because of that, we see them get prophesied
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over in 2 Chronicles chapter 20 verse 37. and
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they're told that God is working against them
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and that their business venture will epically
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fail, which obviously it does. I think all we
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can say for Jehoshaphat is that the kid did good
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until the end. Making peace with Israel was a
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good thing, but he didn't have to become friends
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with the king and go into business with him.
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We can have peace with bad people, but we don't
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need to be friends with them. Let's just be clear.
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Let's pick up in 2 Chronicles verses 21 verse
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1 through 7. Feel free to read with me. This
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is the ESV version. I do want to point out that
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each version of the Bible will write the names
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down differently or pronounce them differently.
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So if you're jumping back between different versions,
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the names and the genealogy of Jesus might show
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up a little different. Just a warning. Okay,
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so verse 1, starting, Jehoshaphat slept with
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his fathers and was buried with his fathers in
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the city of David. In Jeruam his son reigned
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in his place. He had brothers, and the sons of
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Jehoshaphat, Azra, Jael, Zechariah, Aziel, Michael,
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and Shephata, all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat
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king of Israel. Their father gave them great
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gifts of silver and gold and valuable possessions,
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together with fortified cities and Judah, but
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he gave the kingdom to Jerome because he was
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the firstborn. When Jerome had ascended to the
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throne of his father and was established, he
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killed all his brothers with a sword and also
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some of the princes of Israel. Jerome was 32
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years old when he became king and he reigned
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8 years in Jerusalem. he walked in the ways of
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the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had
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done. For the daughter of Ahab was his wife,
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and he did what was evil in the sight of God.
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Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house
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of David because of the covenant he had made
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with David, and since he had promised to give
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a lamp to him and to his sons forever. Okay,
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we see a few things go down. It's very telenovela
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style. Jerroam becomes king after his dad dies.
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He knows his dad gave gifts to his brothers.
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No openly known beef was between him and his
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brothers, but he has them all slaughtered and
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some other kids too. He followed the lead of
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the kings of Israel, which by now we all know
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isn't a good thing and his wifey was from the
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family of the supposed enemy. We see here also
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God's grace and commitment to his promise to
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David. Even though God is pissed, he is not going
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to take it out on the whole line of David, which
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is basically Jerome, because he's king and he
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made sure he was basically the last man standing.
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After this, Edom, which is Esau's people, go
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to war with Judah, and a lot of other people
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also go to war with Judah. And then God sends
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a message, well, a letter to Jerome from Elijah
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in verses 12 through 15. And let's read what
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that letter says. Thus says the LORD, the God
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of David your father, because you have not walked
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in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in
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the ways of Asa king of Judah, but have walked
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in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have
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enticed Judah and the habitants of Jerusalem
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into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel
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into whoredom, and also you have killed your
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brothers of your father's house, who were better
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than you. Behold, the Lord will bring a great
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plague on your people, your children, your wives,
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and all your possessions, and you yourself will
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have a severe sickness with the disease of your
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bowels until your bowels come out because of
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the disease day by day. First off, let's just
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say that sounds like some southern mama curse
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being put on someone. Like, I can picture a few
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of my friends' moms lagging their head back and
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forth letting you know what is up. But... being
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back on track we see that that is just what happens
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they go to war he gets sick all of his children
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and wives get taken away well except for one
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child and he suffers a long and slow death and
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verse 20 says he was 32 years old when he began
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to reign and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem
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and he departed with no one's regret So like,
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literally nobody missed this man, and then they
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buried him in the city of David, but not in the
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tombs of the kings. That's on period. God said,
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ain't no way you're being late to rest with my
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favorites. Jehoaz, his youngest son, was the
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one that got left behind in the siege, and he
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is the one who becomes king next, so we will
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pick up with him next time. So, who was Jerome?
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He was a follower, not a leader. He didn't follow
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his father about, as he should have. Nope, he
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followed his friends, the kings of Israel, who
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really didn't have anything going for them. He
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got wrecked by God, sick, family stripped away,
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and the worst of it is when he died. He didn't
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just not get buried with the other kings, so
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no place of honor for him. But no one missed
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this man so much that no one missed him that
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they had to literally write it down in history.
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But God, our always favorite saying, but God
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kept his promise. He kept the line of David going
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as king. He saved Judah from an awful king and
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showed justice against the wicked. Our God is
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a promise keeper even when we aren't. And that
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is the end for part 9 of the Genealogy of Jesus.
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