Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
today we're going to be reading
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from the book of 2nd Kings.
When we were last together,
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we were reading the story of
Jehu and how at God's command
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he is destroying the sons
of Ahab - the family of Ahab.
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Before we begin,
let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you so much
for another opportunity to come
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and to sit in your presence and
to hear your word. Please send
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the Holy Spirit in a special way
to bring wisdom into our hearts
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as we hear your word; that
it may bear fruit in our lives.
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We love you so much and
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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Jehu has just met up with
Jehonadab, and greeted him.
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And we're going to pick up
now in 2nd Kings, chapter 10,
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verse 16, and this is
the King James Version.
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And he said, Come with me
and see my zeal for the Lord.
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So they made him ride in
his chariot. And when he came to
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Samaria, he slew all that
remained unto Ahab in Samaria,
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till he had destroyed him,
according to the saying of the
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Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
And Jehu gathered all the people
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together, and said unto
them, Ahab served Baal a little;
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But Jehu shall serve him much.
Now therefore call unto me all
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the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests;
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let none be wanting: for I have
a great sacrifice to do to Baal;
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whosoever shall be wanting, he
shall not live. But Jehu did it
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in subtlety, to the intent that
he might destroy the worshipers
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of Baal. And Jehu said, Proclaim
a solemn assembly for Baal.
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and they proclaimed it. And
Jehu sent through all Israel:
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and all the worshippers of Baal
came, so that there was not a
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man left that came not. And
they came into the house of Baal
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and the house of Baal was
full from one end to another.
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And he said unto him that
was over the vestry, Bring forth
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vestments for all
the worshippers of Baal.
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And he brought them
forth vestments. And Jehu went,
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and Jehonadab the son of Rechab,
into the house of Baal, and said
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unto the worshippers of Baal,
Search and look that there be
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here with you none of
the servants of the Lord,
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but the worshippers of
Baal only. And when they went in
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to offer sacrifices and
burnt offerings, Jehu appointed
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fourscore men without, and said,
If any of the men whom I have
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brought into your hands
escape, he that letteth him go,
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his life shall be for the life
of him. And it came to pass,
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as soon as he had made an end
of offering the burnt offering,
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that Jehu said to the guard and
to the captains, Go in, and slay
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them; let none come forth. And
they smote them with the edge of
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the sword; and the guard
and the captains cast them out,
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and went to the city
of the house of Baal.
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And they brought forth the
images out of the house of Baal,
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and burned them. And they brake
down the image of Baal, and
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brake down the house of Baal,
and made it a draught house
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unto this day. Thus Jehu
destroyed Baal out of Israel.
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Howbeit from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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who made Israel to sin, Jehu
departed not from after them,
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to wit, the golden calves that
were in Bethel, and that were in
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Dan. And the Lord said unto
Jehu, Because thou has done well
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in executing that which is right
in mine eyes, and hast done
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unto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in
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mine heart, thy children of
the fourth generation shall sit
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on the throne of Israel.
But Jehu took no heed to walk
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in the law of the Lord God
of Israel with all his heart:
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for he departed not from
the sins of Jeroboam, which made
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Israel to sin. In those days the
Lord began to cut Israel short:
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and Hazael smote them in all the
coasts of Israel; from Jordan
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eastward, all the land of Gilead
the Gadites, and the Reubenites,
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and the Manassites, from Aroer,
which is by the river Arnon,
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even Gilead and Bashan. Now the
rest of the acts of Jehu, and
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all that he did, and all
his might, are they not written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
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And Jehu slept with his fathers:
and they buried him in Samaria.
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And Jehoahaz his son reigned
in his stead. And the time that
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Jehu reigned over Israel
in Samaria was 20 and 8 years.
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We're continuing now
with 2nd Kings, chapter 11,
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And when Athaliah the mother
of Ahaziah saw that her son
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was dead, she arose and
destroyed all the seed royal.
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But Jehosheba, the daughter of
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
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took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the
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king's sons which were slain;
and they hid him, even him and
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his nurse, in the bedchamber
from Athaliah, so that he was
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was not slain. and he was with
her hid in the house of the Lord
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6 years. And Athaliah did reign
over the land. And the 7th year
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Jehoiada sent and fetched
the rulers over hundreds,
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with the captains and the guard,
and brought them to him into the
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house of the Lord, and made a
covenant with them, and took an
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oath of them in the house of the
Lord, and shewed them the king's
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son. And he commanded them,
saying. This is the thing that
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ye shall do; A third part of
you that enter in on the sabbath
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shall even be keepers of
the watch of the king's house;
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And a third part shall be at the
gate of Sur; and a third part
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at the gate behind the guard: so
shall ye keep the watch of the
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house that it be not broken
down and two parts of all you
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that go forth on the Sabbath,
even they shall keep the watch
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of the house of the Lord about
the king. And ye shall compass
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the king round about, every
man with his weapons in his hand
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and he that cometh within
the ranges, let him be slain:
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and be ye with the king as he
goeth out and as he cometh in.
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And the captains over the
hundreds did according to all
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things that Jehoiada the
priest commanded: and they took
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every man his men that
were to come in on the sabbath,
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with them that should go out on
the sabbath and came to Jehoiada
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the priest. And to the captains
over hundreds did the priest
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give king David's spears and
shields that were in the temple
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of the Lord. And the guard
stood every man with his weapons
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in his hand, round about the
king, from the right corner of
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the temple, to the left corner
of the temple along by the altar
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of the temple. And he
brought forth the king's son,
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and put the crown upon
him, and gave him the testimony;
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and thy made him king, and
anointed him; and they clapped
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their hands, and said, God
save the King. And when Athaliah
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heard the noise of the guard and
of the people, she came to the
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people into the temple of
the Lord. And when she looked,
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behold, the king stood by
a pillar, as the manner was,
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and the princes and trumpeters
by the king, and all the people
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of the land rejoiced, and
blew with trumpets: and Athaliah
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rent her clothes, and
cried, Treason, Treason.
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But Jehoiada the
priest commanded the captains
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of the hundreds, the officers
of the host, and said unto them,
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Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that followeth
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her kill with the sword. For the
priest had said, Let her not be
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slain in the house of the Lord.
And they laid hands on her;
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and she went by the way by the
which the horses came into the
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king's house: and there was
she slain. And Jehoiada made a
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covenant between the Lord
and the king and the people,
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that they should be the Lord's
people; between the king also
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and the people. And all the
people of the land went into
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the house of Baal, and brake it
down; his altars and his images
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brake they into
pieces thoroughly,
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and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars.
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And the priest appointed
officers over the house
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of the Lord. And he took the
rulers over hundreds, and the
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captains, and the guard and all
the people of the land and they
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brought down the king from the
house of the Lord, and came by
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the way of the gate of the guard
to the king's house. And he sat
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on the throne of the kings.
And all the people of the land
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rejoiced, and the city was
in quiet: and they slew Athaliah
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with the sword
beside the king's house.
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Seven years old was
Jehoash when he began to reign.
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We're continuing now
in 2nd kings, chapter 12,
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And this is the
King James Version.
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In the seventh year of
Jehu Jehoash began to reign;
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and 40 years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name was Zibiah
of Beersheba. And Jehoash did
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that which was right in the
sight of the Lord all his days
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wherein Jehoiada the
priest instructed him.
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But the high places were
not taken away: the people still
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sacrificed and burnt incense
in the high places. And Jehoash
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said to the priests, All the
money of the dedicated things
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that is brought into the house
of the Lord, even the money
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of everyone that passeth the
account, the money that every
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man is set at and all the money
that cometh into any man's heart
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to bring into the house of the
Lord, Let the priests take it to
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them, every man of his
acquaintance: and let them
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repair the breaches of the house
wheresoever any breach shall be
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found. But is was so, that
in the three and twentieth year
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of king Jehoash the priests
had not repaired the breaches
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of the house. Then king Jehoash
called for the Jehoiada the
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priest, and the other
priests, and said unto them,
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Why repair ye not the breaches
of the house? Now therefore
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receive no more money of your
acquaintance, but deliver it
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for the breaches of the house.
And the priests consented to
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receive no more money of the
people, neither to repair the
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breaches of the house. But
Jehoiada the priest took a chest
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and bored a hole in the lid of
it, and set it beside the altar,
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on the right side as one cometh
into the house of the Lord:
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and the priests that kept the
door put therein all the money
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that was brought into the
house of the Lord. And it was so
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when they saw that there
was much money in the chest,
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that the king's scribe
and the high priest came up
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and they put up in bags, and
told the money that was found
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in the house of the Lord. And
they gave the money, being told,
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into the hands of them that did
the work, that had the oversight
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of the house of the Lord:
and they laid it out to the
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carpenters and builders, that
wrought upon the house of the
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Lord. And to masons, and hewers
of stone, and to buy timber
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and hewed stone to repair
the breaches of the house of the
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Lord, and for all that was laid
out for the house to repair it.
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Howbeit there were not made for
the house of the Lord bowls of
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silver, snuffers, basins,
trumpets any vessels of gold,
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or vessels of silver, of
the money that was brought into
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the house of the Lord: But
they gave that to the workmen,
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and repaired therewith the
house of the Lord: Moreover
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they reckoned not with the men,
into whose hand they delivered
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the money to be bestowed
on workmen: for they dealt
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faithfully. The trespass money
and sin money was not brought
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into the house of the
Lord: it was the priests'.
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Then Hazael king of Syria went
up, and fought against Gath,
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and took it: and Hazael set
his face to go up to Jerusalem.
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And Jehoash king of Judah took
all the hallowed things that
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Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of
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Judah had dedicated, and his
own hallowed things, and all the
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gold that was found in
the treasures of the house
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of the Lord, and in the king's
house, and sent it to Hazael
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king of Syria: and he went away
from Jerusalem. And the rest
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of the acts of Joash, and all
that he did are they not written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
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And his servants arose, and made
a conspiracy, and slew Joash
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in the house of Millo,
which goeth down to Silla.
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For Jozachar the son of Shimeath
and Jehozabad the son of Shomer,
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his servants, smote him, and he
died; and they buried him with
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his fathers in the city of David
and Amaziah his son reigned
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in his stead.
We're continuing now with
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2nd Kings, chapter 13. And
this is the King James Version.
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In the three and twentieth
year of Joash the son of Ahaziah
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king of Judah, Jehoahaz the
son of Jehu began to reign over
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Israel in Samaria, and reigned
17 years. And he did that which
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was evil in the sight of the
Lord, and followed the sins of
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Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, which made Israel to sin;
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he departed not there
from. And the anger of the Lord
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was kindled against Israel, and
he delivered them into the hand
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of Hazael king of Syria,
and into the hand of Benhadad
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the son of Hazael, all their
days. And Jehoahaz besought
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the Lord, and the Lord hearkened
unto him: for he saw the
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oppression of Israel, because
the king of Syria oppressed them
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and the Lord gave Israel a
saviour, so that they went out
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from under the hand of the
Syrians: and the children of
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Israel dwelt in
their tents, as beforetime.
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Nevertheless they departed not
from the sins of the house of
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Jeroboam, who made Israel sin,
but walked therein: and there
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remained the grove also in
Samaria. Neither did he leave
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of the people to Jehoahaz but
50 horsemen, and 10 chariots,
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and 10,000 footmen; for the king
of Syria had destroyed them,
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and made them like the dust by
threshing. Thank you for joining
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with me today. Please join again
next time to read the word of
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God. Until then may
God keep us all. Good bye.
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