Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and we'll
be reading today in the book of
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2nd Kings, were reading the
stories of the years of the time
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the kings reigned over Israel
and Judah. And some of the kings
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followed the Lord with all
their heart and others did not.
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but I've taken note in several
instances where even the king's
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who were following after God
and obeying his commandments,
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many times the phrase, But they
did not remove the high places,
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where they still sacrificed in
the high places, that has become
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part of the story. In other
words, the king did not wholly
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commit to following the Lord.
Before we begin, let's pray
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together. Dear God, help
us to learn from these stories
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the lessons you have for
us, including the lesson that
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we must completely submit our
lives to you, not just partly
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but in all of the high places
of our heart, tear down anything
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that stands between us and
who you would have us to be.
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Please send your Holy Spirit
now to bring understanding as we
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hear your word. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Amen. We're continuing
in 2nd Kings, chapter 13,
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picking up in verse 7, and
this is the King James Version.
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Neither did he leave
of the people to Jehoahaz,
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but 50 horsemen and 10
chariots, and 10,000 footmen;
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for the king of
Syria had destroyed them,
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and had made them
like the dust by threshing.
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Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoahaz, and all that he did,
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and his might, are they
not written in the book of the
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chronicles of the kings of
Israel? And Jehoahaz slept with
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his fathers; and they buried him
in Samaria: and Joash his son
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reigned in his stead. In the
thirty and seventh year of Joash
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king of Judah began Jehoash the
son of Jehoahaz to reign over
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Israel in Samaria, and reigned
16 years. And he did that which
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was evil in the sight of the
Lord; he departed not from all
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the sins of Jeroboam, the son
of Nebat, who made Israel sin:
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but he walked therein. And
the rest of the acts of Joash
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and all that he did, and
his might wherewith he fought
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against Amaziah king of Judah,
are they not written in the book
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of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? And Joash slept with
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his fathers; and Jeroboam sat
upon his throne: and Joash was
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buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel.
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Now Elisha was fallen sick
of his sickness whereof he died.
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And Joash the king of Israel
came down unto him, and wept
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over his face, and
said, O my father, my father,
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the chariot of Israel
and the horseman thereof.
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And Elisha said unto
him, Take bow and arrows,
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And he took unto him bow and
arrows. And he said to the king
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of Israel, Put thine hand upon
the bow. And he put his hand
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upon it: and Elisha put his
hands upon the king's hands.
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And he said, Open the window
eastward. And he opened it.
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Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he
shot. And he said, The arrow of
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the Lord's deliverance, and the
arrow of deliverance from Syria:
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for thou shalt smite the
Syrians in Aphek, till thou have
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consumed them. And he
said, Take the arrows.
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And he took them. And he
said unto the king of Israel,
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Smite upon the ground. And
he smote thrice, and stayed.
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And the man of God was
wroth with him, and said,
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Thou shouldest have smitten five
or six times; then hadst thou
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smitten Syria till thou
hadst consumed it: whereas now
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thou shalt smite Syria
but thrice. And Elisha died,
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and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded
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the land at the coming in of
the year. And it came to pass,
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as they were burying a man,
that behold, they spied a band
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of men; and they cast the man
into the sepulchre of Elisha:
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and when the man was let down,
and touched the bones of Elisha,
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he revived and stood up on his
feet. But Hazael king of Syria
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oppressed Israel all the days
of Jehoahaz. And the Lord was
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gracious unto them,
and had compassion on them,
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and had respect unto
them, because of his covenant
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with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
and would not destroy them,
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neither cast he them from
his presence as yet. So Hazael
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king of Syria died; and
Benhadad his son reigned
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in his stead. And Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz, took again
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out of the hand of Benhadad
the son of Hazael the cities,
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which he had taken out of
the hand of Jehoahaz his father
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by war. Three times did
Joash beat him, and recovered
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the cities of Israel.
We're continuing with 2nd Kings
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chapter 14, and this
is the King James Version.
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In the second year of Joash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
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reigned Amaziah the
son of Joash king of Judah.
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He was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and
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reigned twenty and nine years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's
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name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
And he did that which was right
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in the sight of the Lord,
yet not like David his father:
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He did according to all
things as Joash his father did.
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Howbeit the high places were not
taken away: as yet the people
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did sacrifice and burnt
incense on the high places.
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And it came to pass, as soon
as the kingdom was confirmed
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in his hand, that he slew
his servants which had slain the
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king his father. But the
children of the murderers
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he slew not: according unto that
which is written in the book
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of the law of Moses, wherein
the Lord commanded, saying,
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The fathers shall not be
put to death for the children,
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nor the children be put
to death for the fathers;
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but every man shall be
put to death for his own sin.
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He slew of Edom in the valley
of salt, 10,000, and took Selah
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by war, and called the name
of it Joktheel unto this day.
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Then Amaziah sent messengers
to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz
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son of Jehu, king of Israel,
saying, Come, let us look
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one another in the face.
And Jehoash the king of Israel
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sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that was in
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Lebanon sent to the cedar that
was in Lebanon sent to the cedar
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that was in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son
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to wife: and there passed by a
wild beast that was in Lebanon,
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and trode down the thistle.
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
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and thine heart hath lifted thee
up: glory of this, and tarry at
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home: for why shouldest
thou meddle to thy hurt,
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that thou shouldest fall,
even thou, and Judah with thee?
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But Amaziah would not hear.
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel
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went up; and he and Amaziah
king of Judah looked one another
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in the face at Bethshemesh,
which belongeth to Judah.
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And Judah was put to the worse
before Israel; and they fled
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every man to their tents.
And Jehoash king of Israel took
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Amaziah king of Judah, the son
of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah,
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at Bethshemesh and came to
Jerusalem, and brake down the
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wall of Jerusalem from the gate
of Ephraim unto the corner gate,
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400 cubits. And he took all
the gold and silver, and all the
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vessels that were found
in the house of the Lord,
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and in the treasures of
the king's house, and hostages,
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and returned to Samaria. Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoash
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which he did, and his might,
and how he fought with Amaziah
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king of Judah, are they
not written in the book of the
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chronicles of the kings
of Israel? And Jehoash slept
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with his fathers, and was buried
in Samaria with the kings of
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Israel; and Jeroboam his
son reigned in his stead.
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And Amaziah the son of Joash
king of Judah lived after the
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death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel, fifteen years.
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And the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
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Now they made a conspiracy
against him in Jerusalem:
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and he fled to Lachish;
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but they sent after him to
Lachish, and slew him there.
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And they brought him on horses
and he was buried at Jerusalem
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with his fathers in the city
of David. And all the people of
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Judah took Azariah, which was
16 years old, and made him king
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instead of his father Amaziah,
He built Elath, and restored it
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to Judah, after that the
king slept with his fathers.
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in the 15th year of Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah,
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Jeroboam the son of Joash
king of Israel began to reign in
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Samaria, and reigned forty and
one years. And he did that which
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was evil in the sight of
the Lord: he departed not
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from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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who made Israel to sin. He
restored the coast of Israel
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from the entering of Hamath unto
the sea of the plain, according
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to the word of the Lord God
of Israel, which he spake by the
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hand of his servant Jonah,
the son of Amittai, the prophet,
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which was of Gathhepher.
For the Lord saw the affliction
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of Israel, that it was very
bitter: for there was not any
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shut up, nor any left, nor any
helper for Israel. And the Lord
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said not that he would blot out
the name of Israel from under
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heaven: but he saved them by
the hand of Jeroboam the son of
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Joash. Now the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam and all that he did,
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and his might, how he warred,
and how he recovered Damascus,
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and Hamath, which belonged to
Judah, for Israel, are they not
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written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings
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of Israel? And Jeroboam slept
with his fathers, even with the
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kings of Israel; and Zachariah
his son reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now in
2nd Kings, chapter fifteen,
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And this is the
King James Version.
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In the twenty and seventh
year of Jeroboam king of Israel
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began Azariah son of
Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
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Sixteen years old was
he when he began to reign,
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and he reigned two and
fifty years in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name
was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all that
his father Amaziah had done;
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Save that the high
places were not removed:
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The people sacrificed and burnt
incense still on the high places
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And the Lord smote the king, so
that he was a leper unto the day
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of his death, and dwelt in
a several house. And Jotham
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the king's son was over the
house, judging the people of the
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land. And the rest of the acts
of Azariah, and all that he did,
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are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the
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kings of Judah? So
Azariah slept with his fathers;
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and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David:
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and Jotham his son
reigned in his stead.
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In the thirty and eighth
year of Azariah king of Judah
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did Zachariah the son of
Jeroboam reign over Israel
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in Samaria six months.
And he did that which was evil
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in the sight of the
Lord, as his fathers had done:
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he departed not from the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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who made Israel to sin.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh
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conspired against him, and
smote him before the people,
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and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.
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And the rest of the acts
of Zachariah, behold, they are
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written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of
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Israel. This was the word of the
Lord which he spake unto Jehu,
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saying, Thy sons shall sit
on the throne of Israel unto the
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fourth generation.
And so it came to pass.
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Shallum the son of Jabesh
began to reign in the nine
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and thirtieth year of Uzziah
king of Judah; and he reigned
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a full month in Samaria.
For Menahem the son of Gadi
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went up from Tirzah, and came
to Samaria, and smote Shallum
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the son of Jabesh in Samaria,
and slew him, and he reigned
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in his stead. And the
rest of the acts of Shallum,
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and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written
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in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
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Then Menahem smote Tiphsah,
and all that were therein,
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and the coasts thereof from
Tirzah: because they opened not
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to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein
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that were with child he ripped
up. In the nine and thirtieth
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year of Azariah king of Judah
began Menahem the son of Gadi
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to reign over Israel, and
reigned 10 years in Samaria.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord:
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He departed not all his
days from the sins of Jeroboam
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the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin.
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And Pul the king of Assyria came
against the land: and Menahem
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gave Pul a thousand talents of
silver, that his hand might be
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with him to confirm the kingdom
in his hand. And Menahem exacted
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the money of Israel, even of
all the mighty men of wealth,
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of each man 50 shekels of silver
to give to the king of Assyria.
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So the king of Assyria turned
back, and stayed not there
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in the land. And the
rest of the acts of Menahem,
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and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of
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the chronicles of the kings
of Israel? And Menahem slept
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with his fathers; and Pekahiah
his son reigned in his stead.
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In the 50th year of Azariah king
of Judah, Pekahiah the son of
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Menaham began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned
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two years. And he did that which
was evil in the sight of the
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Lord: he departed not from
the sins of Jeroboam the son of
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Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah,
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a captain of his, conspired
against him, and smote him
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in Samaria, in the palace of
the king's house, with Argob and
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Arieh, and with him 50 men of
the Gileadites and he killed him
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and reigned in his room. And the
acts of Pekahiah, and all that
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he did, behold they are written
in the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Israel. Goodbye.
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