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Steve Webb: Don't take it for granted.
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This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from
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Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I'm your
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OG God casters Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we're
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reading through the entire Bible in a year in today's history
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Tuesday, and we'll read Second Chronicles 21 through 24. After
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the reading, I've got some comments for you. And there's an
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on this date in church history segment. Man, I've got a comment
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to share with you today. I'm calling today's episode, the
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evil queen, the shownotes pages at Lifespring media.com/s 12 e
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Second Chronicles chapter 21. Then Jehoshaphat died and was
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buried with his ancestors in the city of David. Then his son
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Jehoram became the next king Jehoram his brothers were as
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Araya Jihyo Zechariah as Araya, Michael and shefa. Taya. They
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were the sons of King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
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Jehoshaphat gave his sons many gifts of silver, gold and
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precious things. He also gave them strong fortresses in Judah.
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But Jehoshaphat gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the
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oldest son Jehoram took over his father's kingdom and made
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himself strong. Then he used a sword to kill all his brothers.
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He also killed some of the leaders of Israel. Jehoram was
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32 years old when he began to rule. He ruled eight years in
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Jerusalem. He lived the same way the kings of Israel left, he
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lived the same way Ahab's family lived. This was because Jehoram
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married Ahab's daughter, and Jehoram did evil in the Lord's
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sight. But the Lord would not destroy David's family because
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of the agreement he made with David. He had promised to keep a
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lamp burning for David and his children forever. In Jehoram
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time, Edom broke away from other Judas authority. The people of
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Edom chose their own king. So Jehoram went to Edom with all
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his commanders and chariots, the Edomites army surrounded Jehoram
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and his chariot commanders, but Jehoram fought his way out at
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night. Since that time, and until now the country of Edom
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has been rebellious against Judah. The people from the town
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of Libnah, also turned against Jehoram. This happened because
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Jehoram left the Lord God. He is the God Jehoram 's ancestors
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followed. Jehoram also built high places on the hills in
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Judah, he caused the people of Jerusalem to start worshipping
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other gods, he led the people of Judah away from their God.
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Jehoram received this message from Elijah the prophet. This is
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what the Lord the God your Father, David followed, says,
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Jehoram you have not lived the way your father Jehoshaphat
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lived. You have not lived the way King ASA of Judah lived, but
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you have lived the way the kings of Israel lived. You have caused
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the people of Judah and Jerusalem to stop doing what God
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wants. This is what Ahab and his family did. They were unfaithful
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to God. You have killed your brothers and they were better
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than you. So now the Lord will soon punish your people with
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terrible suffering. He will punish your children, your wives
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and all your property. You will have a painful sickness in your
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intestines that will get worse and worse. Your intestines will
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finally come out and the Lord caused the Philistines and the
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Arabs living near the Ethiopians to be angry with Jehoram. They
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attacked Judah and carried away all the riches in the king's
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palace. They also took Jehoram sons and wives only Jehoram his
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youngest son, a Uzziah was left. After this happened, the Lord
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made Jehoram sick with a disease in his intestines that could not
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be cured. His intestines fell out two years later because of
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his sickness. He died in very bad pain, and the people did not
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make a large fire to honor Jehoram as they did for his
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father. Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king. He ruled
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eight years in Jerusalem. No one was sad when he died. And the
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people bury Jehoram in the city of David, but not in the graves
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where the kings are buried.
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Second Chronicles chapter 22. The people of Jerusalem chose a
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Messiah to be the new king in Jehoram xplace a Messiah was
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Jehoram, his youngest son, the people who came with the Arabs
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to attack Joe whoredoms camp killed all of your horns older
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sons. So as I began to rule in Judah, he was 22 years old when
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he began to rule. He ruled one year in Jerusalem. His mother's
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name was Atha Leia. Her father's name was Omri. A Uzziah also
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lived the way Ahab's family lived because his mother
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encouraged him to do wrong things. A Uzziah did evil in the
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Lord site. That is what Ahab's family did. Ahab's family gave
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advice to Aicha If after he his eyes father died, they gave a
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Uzziah bad advice that led to his death. He has I have
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followed the advice of Ahab's family and joined King Joram to
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fight against King hazy Oh from Aram. They fought near the town
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of Weymouth and Gilead. Joram, who was the son of King Ahab of
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Israel was wounded in the battle. He went back to the town
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of Jezebel to heal from the wounds he suffered at Rhema King
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a Messiah went there later to visit him. God caused his eyes
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death when he went to visit Joram. A Uzziah arrived and went
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out with Joram to meet G Hughes son of NIMH shy the Lord chose
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je who to destroy Ahab's family. G he was punishing Ahab's
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family. He found the leaders of Judah a day his eyes relatives
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who served a messiah. He killed the leaders of Judah and his
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eyes relative. Then g who looked for a messiah. G Hughes men
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caught him when he tried to hide in the town of Samaria. They
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brought him to G hue, they killed a Uzziah and buried him.
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They said, a messiah is the descendant of Jehoshaphat
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Jehoshaphat followed the Lord with all his heart. His eyes
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family had no power to hold the kingdom of Judah together. Hatha
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Leia was a as eyes mother. When she saw that her son was dead.
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She killed all the king's children in Judah, but Yehoshua
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took a his eyes son Joash and hit him geohash abba put Joash
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and his nurse in the inside bedroom. Joshua was king Jehoram
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his daughter, she was also Jehovah and his wife, Jehovah
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was a priest and Yehoshua was a his eyes sister Atha Leia did
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not kill Joash because Jehovah hid him. Joash was hidden with
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the priests in God's temple for six years. During that time,
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Ethel Leia ruled over the land is queen.
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Second Chronicles chapter 23. In the seventh year, Jehovah made a
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bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of
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hundreds as Araya Sena Jehoram, Ishmael son of Ji Ho Hainan
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Azariah, son of Obed, may Asiya, son of a Daya and Alicia fat SON
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OF A cry. They traveled throughout Judah and assembled
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the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the
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Israelite family members. They came to Jerusalem and the whole
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assembly made a covenant with a king in the temple of God.
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Jehovah has said to them, the king's son will rule just as the
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Lord promised David's descendants. This is what you
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must do. 1/3 of you priests and Levites, who are on duty during
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the Sabbath will guard the doors. Another third of you will
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be stationed at the Royal Palace and still another third at the
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foundation gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of
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the Lord's temple. No one must enter the Lord's temple except
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the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because
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they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out
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their assigned service to the Lord. The Levites must surround
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the king, each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever
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tries to enter the temple must be killed. You must accompany
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the king wherever he goes. The Levites and all the men of Judah
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did justice Jehoiada the priest ordered each of them took his
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men, those who are on duty during the Sabbath, and those
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who were off duty on the Sabbath Jehoiada the priest did not
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release his divisions from their duties. Jehoiada the priest gave
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to the officers of the units of hundreds King David's spears and
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shields that were kept in God's temple. He placed the men at
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their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined
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up from the south side of the temple to the north side in
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stood near the altar in the temple surrounding the king.
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Jehovah and his sons led out the king's son and placed on him the
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crown and the Royal insignia. They proclaimed him king and
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poured olive oil on his head. They declared Long live the
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king. When Atha Leia heard the Royal Guard shouting and
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praising the king she joined the crowd at the Lord's temple. Then
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she saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The
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officers and the trumpeters stood beside the king and all
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the people of the land were celebrating and blowing
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trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading
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the celebration. After Leia tore her clothes and yelled treason
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treason. Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the
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units of hundreds who were in charge of the army and ordered
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them to bring her outside the temple to the guards put the
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sword to anyone who follows her. The priest gave this order
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because he had decided she should not be executed in the
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Lord's temple. They seized her and took her into the precincts
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of the royal palace through the horse's entrance. There they
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executed her. Jehovah then drew up a covenant stipulating that
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he all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. All
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the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed
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its altar As an idol, they killed Matt and the priest of
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bail in front of the altars. Jehovah then assigned the duties
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of the Lord's temple to the priests, the Levites, whom David
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had assigned to the Lord's temple. They were responsible
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for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy in music.
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According to the law of Moses and the Edict of David. He
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posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who
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was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter. He summoned the
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officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers
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of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led
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the king down from the Lord's temple. They entered the royal
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palace through the upper gate and seated the king on the royal
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throne. All the people of the land celebrated for the city had
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rest now that they had killed Atha Leia,
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Second Chronicles chapter 24. Joash was seven years old when
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he became king, and he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His
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mother's name was xebia of Beersheba. Joash did what was
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right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada, the
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priest, and Jehovah took two wives for him, and he had sons
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and daughters. Now what happened after this, that Joash set his
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heart on repairing the house of the Lord. Then he gathered the
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priests and the Levites, and said to them, go out to the
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cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the
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house of your god from year to year, and see that you do it
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quickly. However, the Levites did not do it quickly. So the
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king called Jehovah, the chief priest and said to him, Why have
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you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from
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Jerusalem, the collection according to the commandment of
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Moses, the servant of the Lord, and of the assembly of Israel,
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for the tabernacle of witness, for the sons of Atha, Leia, that
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wicked woman who had broken into the house of God, and had also
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presented all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord
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to the bales. Then at the king's command, they made a chest and
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set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. And they made
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a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the
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Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God had imposed
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on Israel in the wilderness. Then all the leaders and all the
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people rejoiced, brought their contributions and put them into
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the chest until all had given. So it was at that time when the
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chest was brought to the kings official by the hand of the
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Levites. And when they saw that there was much money that the
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Kings scribe and the high priests officers came and empty
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the chest and took it and returned it to its place. Thus,
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they did day by day and gathered money in abundance. The King and
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Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the surface of
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the house of the Lord. And they hired masons and carpenters to
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repair the house of the Lord, and also those who worked in
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iron and bronze to restore the house of the Lord. So the
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workmen labored and the work was completed by them. They restored
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the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.
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When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money
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before the king and Jehoiada. They made from it articles for
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the house of the Lord articles for serving and offering spoons
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and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings
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in the house of the Lord continually all the days of
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Jehoiada. But Jehovah grew old and was full of days that he
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died. He was 130 years old when he died. And they buried him in
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the city of David among the Kings, because he had done good
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in Israel, both toward God and his house. Now, after the death
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of Jehovah, the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king,
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and the king listen to them. Therefore, they left the house
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of the Lord God of their fathers and served wooden images and
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idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their
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trespass. Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them back to
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the Lord, and they testified against them, but they would not
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listen. Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of
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Jehoiada, the priest who stood above the people and said to
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them, Thus says God, why do you transgress the commandments of
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the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have
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forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you. So they conspired
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against him. And at the command of the king, they stone him with
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stones in the court of the house of the Lord. Thus Joash the king
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did not remember the kindness which Jehovah his father had
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done to him, but killed his son. And as he died, he said, The
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Lord look on it and repay. So what happened in the spring of
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the year that the army of Syria came up against him, and they
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came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the
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people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the
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king of Damascus, for the army of the Syrians came with a small
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company of men, but the Lord delivered a very great army into
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their hand because they had forsaken the LORD God of their
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fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. And when
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And they had withdrawn from him, but they left him severely
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wounded. His own servants conspired against him because of
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the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest and killed
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him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the city of
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David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. These
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are the ones who conspired against him, the Zevia, the son
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of shimmy, F, V, M, and itis. And Joe has a bad the son of
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shimmer if the MO abiertas. Now concerning his sons in the mini
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Oracle's about him, and the repairing of the house of God,
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indeed, they are written in the annals of the books of the
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kings, then Amaziah, his son reigned in his place.
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Well, in today's chapters, we read about Joash, and how he was
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saved from the evil queen AF Elia, who killed every child of
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King Ahaziah, who was killed by Jehu. Every child but one.
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Jehosheba was the sister of King Ahaziah, and when she heard that
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Athaliah wanted to kill all of his children, she hid
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one-year-old Joash with the priests in the Temple for six
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years. Well, that's quite a story in itself. But this next
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part is what I find most interesting. And this point,
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Joash is the only living descendant of King David.
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Remember, God's promised to David, that there would always
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be one of his descendants on the throne? Well, God made sure that
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Joash was not killed. And then, of course, many generations
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later, Jesus came from the line of David. Well, it would be nice
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if we could say that Joe ash grew to be a good and godly
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king, but that didn't happen. Yes, he did right before the
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Lord while Jehoiada the priest was alive. But once Jehovah had
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died, Joash took a left turn, he turned away from God, and he and
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the leaders and the people of Judah began to worship false
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gods. And then God allowed Judah to be defeated by the smaller
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army of the Arameans. And Joash, was wounded, and then his own
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servants killed him on his own bed. And when he was buried, it
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was not in the place where the other kings were buried.
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Wouldn't you say this was a very sad ending to a life that was
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miraculously spared by God. The apostle Paul said in Philippians
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3:14, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God
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has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus, would the Joash
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had kept his eyes on God, coming from a believing family,
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beloved, is no guarantee. He was literally raised in the temple
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with a godly role model in Jehovah to the priest. Beloved,
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if you're a parent or a grandparent, or anybody with
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influence over children, it's eternally important that you
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impress upon the children how important it is to have a
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personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Don't take it for
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Got a comment from Denise on yesterday's episode Deuteronomy
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1-3: Moses On the Threshold. She said in Deuteronomy 1:37 and
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3:26, Moses seems to blame the Israelites for the fact that God
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a few episodes ago in numbers 20 That God prevented Moses from
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entering the promised land because of Moses disobedience at
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Meribah when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it. She
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says, Am I reading this right? Is Moses blaming others for
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something that was his own stupid fault? Yes, you know,
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Denise, I wonder to say anybody was going to comment on that.
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That's a good catch. Yes, I do think that there may be some of
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that in Moses attitude. But we have to keep in mind that Moses
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was a flawed person just like you and me. But I also think
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that maybe there's a bit of room for this interpretation. Moses
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might have been saying, You're complaining made me mad, which
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caused me to disobey God's command. I take responsibility
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for my disobedience. I should not have done that. But it was
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caused by your whining. Maybe that's what Moses was saying.
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But I picked up on that attitude as well. Thanks for your comment
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Denise.
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I have a first for on this date in church history we've never
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had one of these were two things happened on the exact same day
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on the exact same year, June 21 1821. The African Methodist
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Episcopal Zion Church was formally constituted in New York
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City on this day, with 19 clergyman present representing
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six African American churches from New York, Philadelphia, New
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Haven and Newark. And on this very same day, Henry W. Baker
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was born he was an English clergyman, musicologist and
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compiler of the hymnal called hymns, ancient and modern,
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regarded today as the unofficial Anglican Church hymnal. He also
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wrote a hymn based on Psalm 23, the king of love my Shepherd is,
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I can't help but think of Yoda when I read that title. I'm not
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going to do a Yoda voice. But think about it. The king of love
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my Shepherd is.
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Let's pray. Our Heavenly Father, we ask that you help us as we
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press on toward the goal. May Your Holy Spirit continue to
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