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February 24 - 2 Kings 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Monday.
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  It's the 24th of February and it is great to have your company.
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  I have returned from a couple of weeks away doing my chaplaincy
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  Army training, which was really wonderful.
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  I got to do that with Air Force and Navy chaplains and some Army
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  chaplains and we spoke all about how do we do what we do in this
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  crazy military context and it was fantastic.
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  But now I'm back in normal life to keep on going.
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  And that is what we're going to do.
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  We're going to keep on going in this fascinating story.
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  And today, today we see the end of an era.
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  We have seen the Elijah Elijah story, which takes up like a
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  third of first and 2nd Kings. That comes to an end today as we
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  see the end of Elijah's life. And unfortunately, the Kings in
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  the North and the Kings in Judah are in such a bad way that they
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  can't even take any advantage when all of their political
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  adversaries around them are weak.
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  They can't do anything good for their countries because
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  spiritually they are still so corrupt.
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  So we continue to see the failings of earthly kings even
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  when the situation is ripe for their benefit.
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  No, it's not to be. So let's continue this story
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  today, friends, as we read together Second Kings chapter
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  13. Jehovah has son of Jehu began to
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  rule over Israel in the 23rd year of King Joash's reign in
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  Judah. He reigned in Samaria 17 years,
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  but he did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
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  He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat,
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  continuing the sins that Jeroboam had LED Israel to
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  commit. So the Lord is very angry with
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  Israel, and He allowed King Hazael of Aram and his son Ben
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  Haddad to defeat them repeatedly.
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  Then Jehoahas prayed for the Lord's help, and the Lord heard
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  his prayer, for he could see how severely the king of Aram was
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  oppressing Israel. So the Lord provided someone to
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  rescue the Israelites from the tyranny of the Arameans.
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  Then Israel lived in safety again, as they had in former
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  days, but they continued to sin, following the evil example of
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  Jeroboam. They also allowed the Ashrae
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  pole and Samaria to remain standing.
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  Finally, Jehovah's army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10
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  Chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers.
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  The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust
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  under his feet. The rest of the events in
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  Jehovah's reign, everything he did, and the extent of his power
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  are recorded in the book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
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  When Jehovah has died, he was buried in Samaria.
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  Then his son Jehovah became the next king.
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  Jehovah son of Jehovah has began to rule over Israel.
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  In the 37th year of King Joash's reign in Judah.
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  He reigned in Samaria 16 years. But he did what was evil in the
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  Lord's sight. He refused to turn from the sins
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  that Jeroboam, son of Nebat had LED Israel to commit.
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  The rest of the events of Jehoash's reign and everything
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  he did, including the extent of his power and his war with King
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  Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the Book of the History of
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  the Kings of Israel. When Jehoash died, he was buried
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  in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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  Then his son Jeroboam the Second became the next king.
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  When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel
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  visited him and wept over him. My father, my father, I see the
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  Chariots and charioteers of Israel.
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  He cried. Elisha told him get a bow and
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  some arrows and the king did what he was told.
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  Elisha told him put your hand on the bow and Elisha laid his own
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  hands on the King's hands. Then he commanded open that
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  eastern window and he opened it. Then he said shoot, so he shot
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  an arrow. Elisha proclaimed.
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  This is the Lord's arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for
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  you will completely conquer the Arameans at AFAC.
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  Then he said, Now pick up the other arrows and strike them
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  against the ground. So the king picked them up and
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  struck the ground three times, but the man of God was angry
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  with him. You should have struck the
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  ground 5 or 6 times, he exclaimed.
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  Then you would have beaten Aram until it was entirely destroyed,
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  but now you will be victorious only three times.
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  Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of Moabite Raiders used
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  to invade the land each spring. Once, when some Israelites were
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  burying a man, they spied a band of these Raiders, so they
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  hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled.
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  But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man
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  revived and jumped to his feet. King Hazael of Aram had
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  oppressed Israel during the entire reign of King Jehoiahas.
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  But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of
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  Israel, and they were not totally destroyed.
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  He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
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  and Jacob, and to this day he still has not completely
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  destroyed them or banished them from his presence.
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  King Hazael of Aram died and his son Ben Haddad became the next
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  king. Then Jehoash son of Jehoah has
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  recaptured from Ben Haddad son of Hazael the towns that had
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  been taken from Jehoash's father.
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  Jehoah has Jehoash defeated Ben Haddad on three occasions and he
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  recovered the Israelite towns. Ah Lord, there is no stopping
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  you. Even when your great prophet
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  dies, even his bones are able to continue your work.
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  Ah Lord, I wonder what part of our life we think is dead.
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  I wonder what part of our life we have given up on and are
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  ready to walk away from, but You are ready to bring life back out
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  of even even that set of bones lying on the ground there.
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  Ah, Lord, I pray for your creative energy, your presence,
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  and your life, that you would have your way in our life and
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  that through us you would bring your Kingdom realities to places
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  where all seems lost because you are indeed the God of the
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  impossible. And so we give you our praise
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  and we rest our faith at your feet.
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  We love you and we worship you. And it's in the name of your Son
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  Jesus that we pray all of these things.
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  Amen.