Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we're reading in 2nd Kings,
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continuing the story of Elisha.
Before we read, let's pray
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together. Dear Lord, please come
and be with us now and may the
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words that we read not just be
a message that we hear and then
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go away and forget; but
may these words go deep into
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our hearts, take root and
to bear fruit to your glory.
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Thank you so much for
loving us. We love you. Amen
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We're reading in
2nd Kings, chapter 8,
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This is the King James Version.
And Benhadad, the king of Syria,
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is sick. We're going to
pick up the story there.
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And the king said unto Hazael,
take a present in thine hand,
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and go, meet the man of God,
and inquire of the Lord by him,
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saying, Shall I recover of this
disease? So Hazael went to meet
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him and took a present with
him, even of every good thing
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of Damascus, 40 camels' burden,
and came and stood before him,
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and said, Thy son Benhadad, king
of Syria hath sent me to thee,
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saying, Shall I recover of this
disease? And Elisha said unto
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him, Go, say unto him,
Thou mayest certainly recover:
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howbeit the Lord hath shewed
me that he shall surely die.
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And he settled his countenance
stedfastly until he was ashamed:
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and the man of God wept.
And Hazael said, Why weepest
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my lord? And he answered,
Because I know the evil
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that thou wilt do unto
the children of Israel:
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their strong holds wilt thou
set on fire, and their young men
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wilt thou slay with the sword,
and wilt dash their children,
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and rip up their women
with child. And Hazael said,
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But what, is thy servant a dog,
that he should do this great
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thing? And Elisha answered, The
Lord hath shewed me that thou
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shalt be king over Syria.
So he departed from Elisha,
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and came to his master; who
said to him, What said Elisha
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to thee? And he answered,
He told me that thou shouldest
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surely recover. And it came to
pass on the morrow, that he took
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a thick cloth, and dipped it in
water, and spread it on his face
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so that he died: and
Hazael reigned in his stead.
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And in the 5th year of Joram
the son of Ahab king of Israel,
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Jehoshaphat being then king
of Judah, Jehoram the son of
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Jehoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign.
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Thirty and two years old
was he when he began to reign;
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and he reigned 8 years in
Jerusalem. And he walked in
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the way of the kings of Israel,
as did the house of Ahab:
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for the daughter of Ahab
was his wife: and he did evil
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in the sight of the Lord. Yet
the Lord would not destroy Judah
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for David his servant's sake,
as he promised him to give him
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alway a light, and to his
children. In his days Edom
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revolted from under the hand
of Judah, and made a king over
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themselves. So Joram went over
to Zair and all the chariots
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with him: and he rose by night,
and smote the Edomites which
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compassed him about, and
the captains of the chariots:
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and the people fled into
their tents. Yet Edom revolted
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from under the hand of Judah to
this day. Then Libnah revolted
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at the same time. And the
rest of the acts of Joram,
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and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the
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chronicles of the kings
of Judah? And Joram slept
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with his fathers and was buried
with his fathers in the city of
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David: and Ahaziah his
son reigned in his stead.
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In the 12th year of Joram
the son of Ahab king of Israel
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did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah begin to reign.
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Two and twenty years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign;
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and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name
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was Athaliah, the
daughter of Omri king of Israel.
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And he walked in the way of
the house of Ahab, and did evil
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in the sight of the Lord, as did
the house of Ahab: for he was
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the son in law of the house
of Ahab. And he went with Joram
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the son of Ahab to the war
against Hazael king of Syria
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in Ramoth-gilead and the Syrians
wounded Joram. And king Joram
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went back to be healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which
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the Syrians had given him at
Ramah, when he fought against
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Hazael king of Syria. And
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
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the king of Judah went down
to see Joram the son of Ahab
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in Jezreel, because he was
sick. We're continuing now with
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2nd Kings, chapter 9, and
this is the King James Version.
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And Elisha the prophet called
one of the children of the
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prophets, and said unto
him, Gird up thy loins, and take
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this box of oil in thine
hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
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And when thou comest thither,
look out there Jehu the son of
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Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi,
and go in, and make him arise up
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from among his brethren, and
carry him to an inner chamber;
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Then take the box of oil, and
pour it on his head, and say,
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Thus saith the Lord, I have
anointed thee king over Israel.
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Then open the door, and flee,
and tarry not. So the young man,
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even the young man the
prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
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And when he came, behold,
the captains of the host were
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sitting; and he said, I have
an errand to thee, O captain.
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And Jehu said, Unto which of
all of us? And he said, To thee,
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O Captain. And he
arose, and went into the house;
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and he poured the oil on
his head, and said unto him,
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Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, I have anointed thee
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king over the people of the Lord
even over Israel. And thou shalt
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smite the house of Ahab
thy master, that I may avenge
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the blood of my servants the
prophets, and the blood of all
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the servants of the
Lord at the hand of Jezebel.
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For the whole house of Ahab
shall perish: and I will cut off
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from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall, and him that
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is shut up and left in Israel:
And I will make the house of
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Ahab like the house of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and like the
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house of Baasha the son of
Ahijah: And the dogs shall eat
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Jezebel in the portion of
Jezreel, and there shall be none
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to bury her. And he opened the
door and fled. Then Jehu came
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forth to the servants of
his Lord: and one said unto him,
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Is all well? wherefore
came this mad fellow to thee?
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And he said unto them, Ye know
the man, and his communication.
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And they said, It is false; tell
us now. And he said, thus and
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thus spake he to me,
saying, Thus saith the Lord,
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I have anointed thee king
over Israel. Then they hasted,
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and took every man his garment,
and put it under him on the top
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of the stairs, and blew with
trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi conspired
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against Joram. Now, Joram had
kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all
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Israel, because of Hazael king
of Syria. But king Joram was
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returned to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds
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which the Syrians had given
him when he fought with Hazael
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king of Syria. And Jehu said, If
it be your minds, then let none
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go forth nor escape out of the
city to go to tell it in Jezreel
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So Jehu rode in a chariot, and
went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
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there. And Ahaziah king of Judah
was come down to see Joram.
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And there stood a watchman
on the tower in Jezreel,
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and he spied the company
of Jehu as he came, and said,
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I see a company. And Joram said,
Take an horseman, and send to
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meet them, and let
him say, Is it peace?
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So there went one on horse-back
to meet him, and said,
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Thus saith the king, Is
it peace? And Jehu said,
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What hast thou to do with
peace? turn thee behind me.
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And the watchman told, saying,
The messenger came to them,
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but he cometh not again. Then
he sent out a 2nd on horse-back,
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which came to them, and said,
Thus saith the king Is it peace?
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And Jehu answered, What
hast thou to do with peace?
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turn thee behind me. And
the watchman told, saying,
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He came even unto
them, and cometh not again:
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and the driving is
like the driving of Jehu
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the son of Nimshi;
for he driveth furiously.
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And Joram said, Make ready.
And his chariot was made ready.
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And Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
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each in his chariot, and
they went out against Jehu,
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and met him in the portion
of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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And it came to pass, when
Joram saw Jehu? that he said,
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Is it peace, Jehu? And
he answered, What peace,
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so long as the whoredoms
of thy mother Jezebel and her
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witchcrafts are so many? And
Joram turned his hands and fled.
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and said to Ahaziah,
There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
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And Jehu drew a bow with his
full strength, and smote Jehoram
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between his arms, and the
arrow went out at his heart,
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and he sunk down in his chariot.
Then said Jehu to Bidkar
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his captain, Take up, and cast
him in the portion of the field
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of Naboth the Jezreelite:
for remember how that, when I
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rode together
after Ahab his father,
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the Lord laid this burden
upon him; Surely I have seen
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yesterday the blood of Naboth,
and the blood of his sons,
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saith the Lord; and I
will requite thee in this plat,
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saith the Lord. Now therefore
take and cast him into the plat
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of ground, according
to the word of the Lord.
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But when Ahaziah the king
of Judah saw this, he fled
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by the way of the garden house.
And Jehu followed after him,
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and said, Smite him also in
the chariot. And they did so
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at the going up to Gur,
which is by Ibleam. And he fled
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to Megiddo, and died there.
And his servants carried him
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in a chariot to Jerusalem,
and buried him in his sepulchre
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with his fathers in the city
of Davie. And in the 11th year
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of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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And when Jehu was come to
Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it;
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and she painted her face, and
tired her head, and looked out
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at a window. And as Jehu entered
in at the gate, she said,
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Had Zimri peace, who slew
his master? And he lifted up
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his face to the window and
said, Who is on my side? who?
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And there looked out to him two
or three eunuchs. And he said,
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Throw her down. So they threw
her down: and some of her blood
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was sprinkled on the wall, and
on the horses: and he trode her
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under foot. And when he was
come in, he did eat and drink,
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and said, God see now this
cursed woman, and bury her:
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for she is a king's daughter.
And they went to bury her:
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but they found no more of
her than a skull, and the feet,
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and the palms of her hands.
Wherefore they came again,
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and told him. And he said,
This is the word of the Lord,
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which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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In the portion of Jezreel shall
dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
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And the carcase of Jezebel shall
be as dung upon the face of the
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field in the portion of Jezreel
so that they shall not say,
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This is Jezebel.
Continuing in the book
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of 2nd Kings, chapter 10.
This is the King James Version.
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And Ahab had 70 sons in Samaria.
And Jehu wrote letters and sent
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to Samaria, unto the rulers of
Jezreel, to the elders, and to
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them that brought up
Ahab's children, saying,
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Now as soon as this letter
cometh to you, seeing your
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master's sons are with you, and
there are with you chariots and
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horses, a fenced city also, and
armour; Look even out the best
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and meetest of your master's
sons and set him on his father's
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throne, and fight for your
master's house. But they were
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exceedingly afraid, and said,
Behold, two kings stood not
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before him: how then shall
we stand? And he that was over
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the house, and he that was
over the city, the elders also,
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and the bringers up of the
children, sent to Jehu, saying,
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We are thy servants, and will
do all that thou shalt bid us;
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we will not make any
king: do thou that which is good
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in thine eyes. Then he wrote a
letter the second time to them,
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saying, If ye be mine, and if
ye will hearken unto my voice,
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take ye the heads of
the men your master's sons,
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and come to me to
Jezreel by tomorrow this time.
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Now the king's sons, being 70
persons, were with the great men
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of the city, which brought
them up. And it came to pass,
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when the letter came to them,
that they took the king's sons,
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and slew 70 persons, and
put their heads in baskets,
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and sent him them to Jezreel.
And there came a messenger,
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and told him saying, They have
brought the heads of the king's
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sons. And he said, Lay ye them
in two heaps at the entering in
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of the gate until the
morning. And it came to pass
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in the morning, that he went
out, and stood, and said to all
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the people, Ye be righteous:
behold, I conspired against my
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master, and slew him: but who
slew all these? Know now that
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there shall fall unto the earth
nothing of the word of the Lord,
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which the Lord spake concerning
the house of Ahab: for the Lord
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hath done that which he
spake by his servant Elijah.
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So Jehu slew all that remained
of the house of Ahab in Jezreel,
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and all his great men, and
his kinfolks, and his priests,
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until h left him none remaining.
And he arose and departed,
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and came to Samaria. And as he
was at the shearing house in the
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way, Jehu met with the brethren
of Ahaziah king of Judah,
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and said, Who are ye? And they
answered, We are the brethren
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of Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king
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and the children of the queen.
And he said, Take them alive.
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And they took them alive,
and slew them at the pit of the
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shearing house, even two and
forty men; neither left he any
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of them. And when
he was departed thence,
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he lighted on Jehonadab the son
of Rechab coming to meet him:
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and he saluted him, and said
to him, Is thine heart right,
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as my heart is with thy
heart? And Jehonadab answered,
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It is. If it be, give me thine
hand. And he gave him his hand;
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And he took him up
to him in the chariot.
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Please join me again next
time as we read the word of God
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together. Goodbye.
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