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January 22 - 1 Kings 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shawn here. It's Wednesday.
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  It is the 22nd of January. The year is still so new.
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  So new that I have not had to put on an Army uniform just yet.
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  Which means I have not had to comply with the Army dress
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  manual. Which means I have not had to
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  shave. Which means I have got a hairy
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  chin and a beard the way Sean used to before he joined the
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  Army. And, well, there's a little bit
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  more white hair than they used to be.
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  And my lovely wife not long ago compared me to one of the boys
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  fluffy toys from when they were a baby.
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  So there you go. I'm looking like a fluffy toy
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  these days, and I hope you are going well with whatever the
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  beginning of the year brings you.
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  But one thing we know is these years come and go and move
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  through, as is our Bible reading as we're moving through king
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  after king, reign after reign, in the north, in Israel and in
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  the South in Judah, as we see these kings, I was going to say
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  trying and failing, some of them not even trying, but some of
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  them doing the right thing. But yeah, that unfortunately is
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  the exception rather than the rule.
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  So let us continue with the story of these kings, North and
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  South, as we read together First Kings chapter 16.
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  This message from the Lord was delivered to King Basha by the
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  prophet Jehu, son of Hanani. I lifted you out of the dust to
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  make you ruler of my people Israel.
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  But you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam.
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  You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin,
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  so now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed
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  the descendants of Jeroboam, son of Nebat.
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  The member of Barsha's family who die in the city will be
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  eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by
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  vultures. The rest of the events in
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  Barsha's reign and the extent of his power are recorded in the
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  Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
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  When Barsha died, he was buried in Terza.
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  Then his son Elah became the next king.
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  The message from the Lord against Barsha and his family
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  came through the prophet Jehu, son of Hanani.
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  It was delivered because Barsha had done what was evil in the
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  Lord's sight, just as the family of Jeroboam had done, and also
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  because Barsha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam.
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  The Lord's anger was provoked by Barsha's sins.
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  Elah, son of Basha, began to rule over Israel in the 26th
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  year of King Assa's reign and Judah.
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  He reigned in the city of Terza for two years.
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  Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal Chariots, made
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  plans to kill him. One day in Terza, Elah was
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  getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the
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  palace. Zimri walked in and struck him
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  down and killed him. This happened in the 27th year
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  of King Assa's reign and Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.
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  Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Barsha,
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  leaving him not even a single male child.
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  He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.
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  So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Barsha, as the Lord had
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  promised through the prophet Jehu.
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  This happened because of all the sins Barsha and his son Elah had
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  committed and because of the sins they led Israel to commit.
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  They provoked the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel with
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  their worthless idols. The rest of the events in Elah's
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  reign and everything he did are recorded in the Book of the
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  History of the Kings of Israel. Zimri began to rule over Israel
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  in the 27th year of King Asa's reign in Judah, but his reign
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  and Teresa lasted only seven days.
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  The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of
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  Gibbethon. When they heard that Zimri had
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  committed treason and had assassinated the king that very
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  day, they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of
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  Israel. So Omri led the entire army of
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  Israel up from Gibbethon to attack Terza, Israel's capital.
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  When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the
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  citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in
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  the flames. For he too had done what was
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  evil in the Lord's sight. He followed the example of
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  Jeroboam in all the sins he had committed and LED Israel to
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  commit. The rest of the events in
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  Zimri's reign and his conspiracy are recorded in the Book of the
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  History of the Kings of Israel. But now the people of Israel
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  were split into two factions. Half the people tried to make
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  Tibnai, son of Ginath, their king, while the other half
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  supported Omri. But Omri's supporters defeated
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  the supporters of Tibnai, so Tibnai was killed and Omri
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  became the next king. Omri began to rule over Israel
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  in the 31st year of King Assa's reign and Judah.
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  He reigned 12 years in all, six of them in Teresa.
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  Then Omri brought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner
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  Shema for 150 lbs of silver. He built a city on it and called
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  the city Samaria in honour of Shema.
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  But Omri did what was evil in the Lord's sight, even more than
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  any of the kings before him. He followed the example of
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  Jeroboam, son of Nebat. In all the sins he had committed
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  and LED Israel to commit. The people provoked the anger of
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  the Lord the God of Israel with their worthless idols.
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  The rest of the events in Omni's reign, the extent of his power,
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  and everything he did are recorded in the Book of the
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  History of the Kings of Israel. When Omri died, he was buried in
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  Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the
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  next king. Ahab son of Omri began to rule
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  over Israel in the 38th year of King Ass's reign and Judah.
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  He reigned in Samaria 22 years. But Ahab son of Omri, did what
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  was evil in the Lord's sight, even more than any of the kings
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  before him. And as though it were not enough
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  to follow the simple example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel,
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  the daughter of King Athbaal of the Sedonians, and he began to
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  bow down in worship of Bal. First Ahab built a temper and an
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  altar for Bal and Samaria. Then he set up an ashrapole.
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  He did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel,
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  than any of the kings of Israel before him.
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  It was during his reign that Heil, a man from Bethel, rebuilt
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  Jericho. When he laid its foundations, it
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  cost him the life of his oldest son Abram, and when he completed
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  it and set up its gates, it cost him the life of his youngest
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  son, Segum. This all happened according to
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  the message from the Lord concerning Jericho spoken by
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  Joshua son of Nun. My Lord, as we here in this
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  Bible reading, and we know only too well from the experience of
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  our lives, there is a lot of game playing that goes on in the
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  world around us. People jostling for advantage,
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  people subjecting others to terrible behaviour for their own
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  benefits, but all in pursuit of greed and our own self interest.
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  And Lord, we are not innocent, we have done things to position
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  ourselves where we want to be, often and sometimes at the
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  expense of others, and we put our own interests first before
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  those of others. Ah, but Lord, in you, our
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  perfect King, we see a different way, We see a better way, Jesus,
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  that you would come here, live your life and give up everything
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  for us, to sacrifice everything that was dear to You for our
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  benefit and not for yours. Lord, what an example you lead
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  for us. So Lord, I just pray that you
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  would continue your good work in us, that Your Spirit would
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  soften our hard hearts, shift our interest away from ourselves
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  to those around us so that like you, we can love wholeheartedly
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  and act to the benefit of others and not our own self interest
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  our Lord. And if we are all caring for
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  those around us, our needs surely will be met as well.
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  Thank you Lord for your love. Thank you that you give it
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  selflessly and that we are the lucky recipients.
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  We just thank you, we praise you, and we pray all of these
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  things in your wonderful name come in.