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2 Chronicles 17 - God Is Ready To Help · The Bible Explained with Jenn Kokal

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  Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, howdy and good morning friends and faithful listeners,
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  Speaker 1: and welcome to the Bible Explained podcast. On this a
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  Speaker 1: lovely New Year's Eve, we're going to be talking about
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  Speaker 1: a brand new chapter of the Bible, Second Chronicles seventeen
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  Speaker 1: and delving into a new king in Judah's history. And
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  Speaker 1: we'll also be discussing some of the misconceptions about God
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  Speaker 1: in the Old Testament, mainly that, you know, people think
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  Speaker 1: that he's very mean and doesn't show up in scripture,
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  Speaker 1: only shows up to like curse people. But we're going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about how that's just not the case. So
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  Speaker 1: stay tuned for a great discussion. All right, faith listeners,
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  Speaker 1: And now let's get into the episode. Let's go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and turn two second Chronicles seventeen and we'll be reading
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  Speaker 1: the entire thing today, talking about a brand new king
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  Speaker 1: whose name is Jehashafat. As usual, I'll be reading from
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  Speaker 1: the web, but feel free to grab the version of
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  Speaker 1: the Bible that you prefer, and also your cup of
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  Speaker 1: coffee or a cup of tea this morning. And once
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  Speaker 1: you grab those things, let's go ahead and read Second
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  Speaker 1: Chronicles seventeen together. Jahasha Fat his son, reigned in his
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  Speaker 1: place and strengthened himself against Israel. He placed forces in
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  Speaker 1: all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in
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  Speaker 1: the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephrieim,
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  Speaker 1: which Asa his father had taken. Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat
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  Speaker 1: because he walked in the first ways of his father
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  Speaker 1: David and didn't seek the bales, but sought the God
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  Speaker 1: of his father and walked in his commandments and not
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  Speaker 1: in the ways of Israel. Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom
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  Speaker 1: in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and
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  Speaker 1: he had riches and honor in abundance. His heart was
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  Speaker 1: lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took
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  Speaker 1: away the high places and the ashera polls out of Judah. Also,
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  Speaker 1: in the third year of his reign, he sent his
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  Speaker 1: princes even ben Hale, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nathaniel, and Machiah to
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  Speaker 1: teach in the cities of Judah, and with them Leevites,
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  Speaker 1: even Shameah, Nathania, Zebediah, asse Hel, Schema, Rimath, Johonathan, Adanija, Tobaijah,
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  Speaker 1: and tobad on Nija the Levites, and with them Alishima
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  Speaker 1: and Jehorah the priests. They taught in Judah, having the
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  Speaker 1: book of Yahway's Law with them, they went about throughout
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  Speaker 1: all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
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  Speaker 1: The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of
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  Speaker 1: the lands that were around Judah, so they made no
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  Speaker 1: war against Jehoshaphat. Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents
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  Speaker 1: and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks
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  Speaker 1: seven thousand, seven hundred rams and seven thousand, seven hundred
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  Speaker 1: male goats. Jehashafat grew great exceedingly, and he built fortresses
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  Speaker 1: and store cities in Judah. He had many works in
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  Speaker 1: the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men
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  Speaker 1: of Valor in Jerusalem. This was the numbering of them,
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  Speaker 1: according to their father's houses. From Judah the captains of
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  Speaker 1: the thousands, aDNA the Captain, and with him three hundred
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  Speaker 1: thousand mighty men of Valor, and next to him Jehohannan
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  Speaker 1: the Captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand,
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  Speaker 1: next to him Amasia, the son of Zikar, who willingly
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  Speaker 1: offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand
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  Speaker 1: mighty men of Valor. From Benjamin Elieda, a mighty man
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  Speaker 1: of Valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with
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  Speaker 1: bow and shield, and next to him Jehoseah Bad and
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  Speaker 1: with him one hundred and eighty thousand, ready and prepared
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  Speaker 1: for war. These were those who waited on the king.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to those whom the king put in fortified
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  Speaker 1: cities throughout all Judah. It's always a fun episode when
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of names because I don't know how
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  Speaker 1: to pronounce any of the names. And you guys would
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  Speaker 1: be cracking up. If I played for you the unedited
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  Speaker 1: version of the reading I just did, you'd be laughing,
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  Speaker 1: which is why I'm not going to play it for you.
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  Speaker 1: So it says that Jehashafat his son, reigned in his
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  Speaker 1: place and strengthened himself against Israel. So whose son was this? Well,
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  Speaker 1: this was ASA's son. We just talked about King Asa
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  Speaker 1: not too long ago on Monday and how Asa was
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  Speaker 1: a really good king for Judah, and he was also
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  Speaker 1: a relatively devout king. But towards the end of his life,
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  Speaker 1: like the last five six years that Asa reigned, he
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  Speaker 1: just sort of fell away from Yahweh, not fully, but
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  Speaker 1: his faith was just not a good Towards the end
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  Speaker 1: of his life, Asa started making his own decisions, not
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  Speaker 1: relying on Yahweh, not trusting in Yahweh, but trusting in
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  Speaker 1: other people, even though these people couldn't really help Asa
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  Speaker 1: at all. So Asa, of course ended up dying as
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  Speaker 1: all men do, and it says that Jehosha Fat his son,
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  Speaker 1: reigned in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. So,
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  Speaker 1: as you know, Israel and Judah were two separate nations
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  Speaker 1: at this point, Asa and now Jehoshaphat were the kings
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  Speaker 1: of Judah. Israel was up north and they had a
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  Speaker 1: whole separate king. I believe Basha was still the king
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  Speaker 1: of Israel during this time. Now, because of the split,
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  Speaker 1: Israel and Judah were always fighting with each other like
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  Speaker 1: all the time, and actually, towards the end of ASA's life,
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  Speaker 1: Israel actually made a move against Judah. So the first
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  Speaker 1: thing that Jehashafat does after his father Asa dies is
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  Speaker 1: he strengthened himself against Israel. He placed forces in all
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  Speaker 1: the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the
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  Speaker 1: land of Judah and in the cities of Ephriam, which Asa,
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  Speaker 1: his father had taken. And Jehoshaphat, now that he is king,
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  Speaker 1: decides to strengthen those cities that his father had taken
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  Speaker 1: because he didn't want Israel coming and trying to take
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  Speaker 1: those cities back. So immediately he puts forces in all
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  Speaker 1: the fortified cities and set garrisons in the land of
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  Speaker 1: Judah and the cities of Ephriam, which his father had taken.
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  Speaker 1: And this was probably a smart move for Jehoshaphat, considering
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  Speaker 1: that Israel was pretty aggressive against Judah at this point.
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  Speaker 1: But it mentions in verse three that Yahweh was with
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  Speaker 1: Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his
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  Speaker 1: father David and didn't seek the bales, but sought the
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  Speaker 1: God of his father and walked in his commandments and
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  Speaker 1: not in the ways of Israel. God blessed Jehoshaphat because
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  Speaker 1: Jehoshaphat was not walking after any other God other than Yahweh.
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  Speaker 1: And it actually says right here it throws shade on Israel.
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  Speaker 1: It's like he walked in God's commandments, not in the
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  Speaker 1: ways of Israel. As we know, Israel is going through
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  Speaker 1: a whole mess of problems during this time as well.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually kind of funny to read through Israel's history
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  Speaker 1: during this time. I believe it's found in First Kings fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: where Israel was going through like king after king after king,
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  Speaker 1: because all the kings were just like killing each other.
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  Speaker 1: Asa the King of Judah was king for like forty
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  Speaker 1: one years, and during that time of ASA's reign, Israel
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  Speaker 1: went through like six different kings. I think it was
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  Speaker 1: because they just kept killing each other. So Israel was
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  Speaker 1: in a whole mess of problems going on themselves because
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  Speaker 1: they didn't worship Yahweh quite honestly, but Jehoshafat was not
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  Speaker 1: like the kings of Israel. He sought after Yahweh is
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  Speaker 1: what it says. Therefore, Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand.
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  Speaker 1: All Judah brought tribute to Jehosha Fat, and he had
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  Speaker 1: riches and honor in abundance. His heart was lifted up
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  Speaker 1: in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took away the
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  Speaker 1: high places and the ashra polls out of Judah. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for all of the things that we said
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  Speaker 1: about Asa on Monday's episode, you know how towards the
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  Speaker 1: end of his life he kind of fell away from Yahweh.
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  Speaker 1: There were so many things that he did that were
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  Speaker 1: very good, he said to Judah, kind of on the
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  Speaker 1: right track. Because Asa was the one who started the
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  Speaker 1: religious reform, getting rid of all of the bales and
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  Speaker 1: all of the altars to foreign deities, and he also
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  Speaker 1: taught jehoshah Fat his son to do the exact same thing.
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  Speaker 1: And that's something else that we should kind of praise
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  Speaker 1: Asa for was that he was a good dad. He
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  Speaker 1: actually taught his son how to follow in the footsteps
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  Speaker 1: of Yahweh, rather than some of these other kings were
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  Speaker 1: going to see in the future that didn't teach their
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  Speaker 1: kids anything, you know, in some ways, Asa was a
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  Speaker 1: better father than David was. It actually says in scripture
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  Speaker 1: that David never disciplined his children, never asked them why
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  Speaker 1: they were doing wrong things, Like David just wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: good dad to them. But yet Asa, for the faults
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  Speaker 1: that he had, he was a good dad and taught
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  Speaker 1: his son, who he knew was going to reign after him,
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  Speaker 1: taught him how to worship Yahweh. And so jehosh Fat
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  Speaker 1: is continuing. It says in his father's footsteps, his heart
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  Speaker 1: was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he
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  Speaker 1: took away the high places and the astrapoles out of Judah.
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  Speaker 1: Now that's the one thing about Asa that he did
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  Speaker 1: not do. He did not remove the high places, and
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  Speaker 1: the high places were something that God never liked, whether
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  Speaker 1: they were for him or for other deities. God hated
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  Speaker 1: them regardless because they were just places of idolatry. Even
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  Speaker 1: if a high place was dedicated to Yahweh, it was
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  Speaker 1: just not how worship was supposed to be done in Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And so God did not like the high places. Asa
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  Speaker 1: removed some of the high places, the ones that were
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  Speaker 1: for foreign idols, but he most likely did not remove
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  Speaker 1: the high places dedicated to God. And so now Jehoshaphat
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  Speaker 1: goes in and removes those high places. He removed them all,
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  Speaker 1: and he removed the remaining Ashera poles out of Judah.
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  Speaker 1: So now the Ashera cult is gone for the most part,
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  Speaker 1: as well as all of these high places that people
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  Speaker 1: were going and worshiping at. God wanted his people to
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  Speaker 1: worship at the temple that was in Jerusalem, and so
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  Speaker 1: now Jehoshaphat is encouraging the people to actually do that.
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  Speaker 1: And Jehoshaphat goes even further in verses seven through nine.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what he did. In the third year of his reign.
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  Speaker 1: He sent his princes ben hale Obadiah, Zechariah, Nathaniel, and
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  Speaker 1: Makaiah to teach in the cities of Judah, and with
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  Speaker 1: them Levites, and then it goes to name all the Levites,
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  Speaker 1: which this is where I was really struggling. Schamea, Nathania,
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  Speaker 1: Zebadhia Asael, Shemur, Remath, Johannathan, add A, Nija to Baijah,
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  Speaker 1: and tab Badda Nija the Levites. So yeah, crazy names there.
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  Speaker 1: I tried to do a little better during the reading portion.
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  Speaker 1: But regardless, Jehosha Fat sent out princes and Levites into
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  Speaker 1: all of Judah to go and teach the people about God.
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  Speaker 1: That was the point of Jehoshah Fat doing this. He
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  Speaker 1: was trying to follow the Old Testament laws. That was
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  Speaker 1: what the Levites were actually supposed to do from the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: The reason the Levites were the only tribe to not
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  Speaker 1: get any land of their own was because the Levites
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  Speaker 1: were supposed to go into Israel all over, to all
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  Speaker 1: the different tribes and teach God's laws to the people. Now,
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  Speaker 1: it's not to say the Levites couldn't own land, of
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  Speaker 1: course they could. They could own their own homes, but
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  Speaker 1: they were supposed to live among all the tribes instead
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  Speaker 1: of having a tribe all to themselves, if that makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: So now, finally, Jehoshah Fat is trying to implement this
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  Speaker 1: the way God wanted it from the beginning. He sends
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  Speaker 1: out these levites and clan leaders to all these different
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  Speaker 1: tribes so that they can teach Judah. It says they
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  Speaker 1: taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh's Law with them,
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  Speaker 1: They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and
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  Speaker 1: taught among the people. And here's what ends up happening.
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  Speaker 1: The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of
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  Speaker 1: the lands that were around Judah, so that they made
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  Speaker 1: no war against Jehoshah Fat. So because Judah is finally
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  Speaker 1: seeking after God the right way, God is beginning to
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  Speaker 1: bless Judah abundantly by not letting any people make war
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  Speaker 1: with Judah. They were scared of Jehoshaphat because he was
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  Speaker 1: such a powerful king at this time. Even the Philistines
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  Speaker 1: brought Jehosha fat presence and silver for tribute. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: the Philistines, they hated Judah, they hated Israel. They wanted
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do with the Israelites at all. But now
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  Speaker 1: they're actually bringing tribute to Jehosha Fat because they are
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  Speaker 1: fearful of what Judah might do. It says the Arabians
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  Speaker 1: also brought him flocks seven thousand, seven hundred rams and
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  Speaker 1: seven thousand, seven hundred male goats, so this likely would
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  Speaker 1: have been a yearly tribute that the Arabians were bringing,
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  Speaker 1: and the Arabians were probably the people to the south
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  Speaker 1: and south east, kind of close to Philista. But one
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  Speaker 1: of the things that this probably shows, since all of
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  Speaker 1: these different nations are bringing Jehosha fat tribute, is that
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  Speaker 1: Judah was likely in control of the trade routes from
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  Speaker 1: east to west, and it's possible that they implemented some
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  Speaker 1: sort of tax, which was one of the reasons why
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  Speaker 1: Judah was so wealthy at this time was because any
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  Speaker 1: nation that wanted to travel through would have to pay
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  Speaker 1: a tax or a tribute of some sort in order
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  Speaker 1: to actually use the roads for the trade routes. But
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  Speaker 1: this was all because of God's blessing on Judah. The
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  Speaker 1: people were finally seeking him. It says Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly,
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  Speaker 1: and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah. He
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  Speaker 1: had many works in the cities of Judah, and men
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  Speaker 1: of war, mighty men of valor in Jerusalem. So Jehoshaphat.
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  Speaker 1: He was a great king. He restored balance to Judah
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  Speaker 1: once again, not just in spiritual things, but in physical
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  Speaker 1: things as well. He was fortifying cities. He was building
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  Speaker 1: fortresses and brand new store cities all around Judah. It
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  Speaker 1: says that he had many men of war as well,
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  Speaker 1: mighty men of valor in Jerusalem. And then it goes
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  Speaker 1: into all of the men that were captains of the guard.
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  Speaker 1: In verses fourteen through nineteen, it mentions aDNA, the captain Jayjohanan,
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  Speaker 1: and Amasia. It says Amasia specifically willingly offered himself to Yahweh.
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  Speaker 1: So this means that Jehoshaphat was actually surrounding himsel self
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  Speaker 1: with men who loved Yahweh as well. And then it
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  Speaker 1: mentions a few other men, Eli Aida and Jehoseph Bad
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  Speaker 1: specifically were from the tribes of Benjamin, because don't forget,
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  Speaker 1: Judah and Benjamin were kind of melded together at this
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  Speaker 1: point and they became one nation. And then the other
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  Speaker 1: tribes to the north were the rest of Israel. But
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  Speaker 1: the point of this chapter is that God blesses his people.
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  Speaker 1: He kept his promise to Judah and to Israel. You know,
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  Speaker 1: way back in the wilderness when God and Israel first
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  Speaker 1: made that covenant together. Israel said, God, we will worship
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  Speaker 1: you and you alone, and God said, great, I will
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  Speaker 1: be your God. Just wait and see the blessings that
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  Speaker 1: I give you when you actually worship me. But then
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  Speaker 1: God also said, but if you break your covenant, if
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  Speaker 1: you break your promise, then I Am going to take
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  Speaker 1: my hand of blessing away. And that's where we see
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  Speaker 1: Israel at during this time period. God is taking his
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  Speaker 1: hand of blessing away from Israel because you know what
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  Speaker 1: was happening in Israel. Right at the same time as
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  Speaker 1: Jehosephad is flourishing down in Judah, a huge drought is
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  Speaker 1: taking place that lasted for three years. That's what's happening
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  Speaker 1: up in Israel during the time of Jehoshaphat. But jehoshah
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  Speaker 1: Fat and Judah weren't being touched by any of the
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  Speaker 1: problems afflicting Israel. And some people might look at that
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  Speaker 1: and be like, well, God is so mean because he
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  Speaker 1: only blesses people who worships him, But that's actually not true.
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  Speaker 1: Before that entire drought, God was pouring blessing down on Israel,
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  Speaker 1: and he was even still showing his mercy to Israel
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  Speaker 1: in spite of how far away Israel actually fell from God.
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  Speaker 1: God was still showing them blessings all the time, giving
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  Speaker 1: them the prophets, saving them from wars and from enemies
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  Speaker 1: that were coming and attacking them. So God is so merciful.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what I love about the Old Testament is
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  Speaker 1: it just constantly shows the loving mercy of God. When
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  Speaker 1: God didn't need to bless anybody or show anybody mercy
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  Speaker 1: because of how far they had fallen. And yet God
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  Speaker 1: is always showing up in the Old Testament waiting and
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  Speaker 1: wanting to bless his people. On Monday, we just recently
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  Speaker 1: read a verse about that, about how God wants to
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  Speaker 1: bless his people, And to conclude this episode, i'll read
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  Speaker 1: that verse for you right after a quick word from
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  Speaker 1: It says yahwais eyes run back and forth throughout the
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  Speaker 1: whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of
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  Speaker 1: those whose heart is perfect toward him. That is a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful verse that shows that God is ready and willing
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  Speaker 1: to help the people who worship him. God actually wants
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  Speaker 1: to show himself strong, and I think that that's really beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: And it's also what the Kings and the chronicles always
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  Speaker 1: prove about God is that He is right there, He
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