Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
we're going to continue reading
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the story of King Hezekiah,
found in 2nd Kings. But before
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we start, let's pray together.
Dear God, thank you for this
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story of King Hezekiah, who has
served you with all his heart.
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And for the example that he
left for us. Thank you that your
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deliverance and your peace
keep us when we are following
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in your way. Please be with
us now as we read these words
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that we may be encouraged in our
own walk with you, to serve you
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better. We love you so much and
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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I'm picking up now when the
Lord is assuring Hezekiah that
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he will receive deliverance from
the Assyrians. We're reading in
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2nd Kings, chapter 19
and beginning in verse 35.
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This is the King James Version.
And it came to pass that night
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that the angel of the Lord went
out and smote in the camp of the
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Assyrians an hundred
fourscore and five thousand:
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And when they arose early in the
morning, behold, they were all
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dead corpses. So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed,
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and went and returned, and dwelt
at Nineveh. And it came to pass,
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as he was worshipping in
the house of Nisroch his god,
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that Adramelech and Sharezer his
sons smote him with the sword:
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and they escaped
into the land of Armenia.
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And Esarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now
in 2nd Kings, chapter 20,
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This is the King James Version.
In those days was Hezekiah
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sick unto death. And the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz came
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to him, and said unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Set thine house
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in order, for thou
shalt die, and not live.
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Then he turned his face to the
wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
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saying, I beseech thee, O Lord,
remember now how I have walked
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before thee in truth and with
a perfect heart, and have done
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that which is good in thy
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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And it came to pass, afore
Isaiah was gone out into the
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middle court, that the word
of the Lord came to him, saying,
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Turn again, and tell
Hezekiah captain of my people,
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Thus saith the Lord, the God of
David thy father, I have heard
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thy prayer, I have seen thy
tears: behold, I will heal thee:
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on the third day thou shalt go
up unto the house of the Lord.
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And I will add unto thy days 15
years; and I will deliver thee
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and this city out of the
hand of the king of Assyria;
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and I will defend this city
for mine own sake, and for my
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servant David's sake. And Isaiah
said, Take a lump of figs.
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And they took and laid it
on the boil, and he recovered.
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And Hezekiah said unto
Isaiah, What shall be the sign
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that the Lord will heal me,
and that I shall go up into the
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house of the Lord the 3rd day?
And Isaiah said, this sign shall
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thou have of the Lord, that the
Lord will do the thing that he
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hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forward ten degrees, or go back
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ten degrees? And Hezekiah
answered, It is a light thing
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for the shadow to go down ten
degrees: nay, but let the shadow
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return backward ten degrees.
And Isaiah the prophet cried
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unto the Lord: and he brought
the shadow ten degrees backward,
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by which it had gone
down in the dial of Ahaz.
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At that time Berodachbaladan the
son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
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sent letters and a present
unto Hezekiah: for he had heard
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that Hezekiah had been sick. And
Hezekiah hearkened unto them,
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and shewed them all the
house of his precious things,
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the silver, and the gold,
and the spices, and the precious
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ointment, and all the house
of his armour, and all that was
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found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house,
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nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah shewed them not.
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Then came Isaiah the prophet
unto king Hezekiah and said unto
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him, What said these men? and
from whence came they unto thee?
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And Hezekiah said, They
are come from a far country,
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even from Babylon. And he
said, What have they seen in
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thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that
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are in mine house, have they
seen: there is nothing among
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my treasures that I have
not shewed them. And Isaiah said
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unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of
the Lord. Behold, the days come,
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that all that is in thine
house and that which thy fathers
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have laid up in store unto
this day, shall be carried into
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Babylon: nothing shall be left,
saith the Lord. And of thy sons
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that shall issue from
thee, which thou shalt beget,
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shall they take away; and they
shall be eunuchs in the palace
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of the king of Babylon.
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah,
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Good is the word of the
Lord which thou hast spoken.
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And he said, Is it not good, if
peace and truth be in my days?
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And the rest of the acts of
Hezekiah, and all his might,
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and how he made a pool, and a
conduit, and brought water into
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the city, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Judah? And
Hezekiah slept with his fathers:
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and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing now
in 2nd Kings, chapter 21,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Manasseh was 12 years old when
he began to reign, and reigned
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50 and 5 years in Jerusalem. And
his mother's name was Hepzibah.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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after the abominations of
the heathen, whom the Lord cast
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out before the children of
Israel. For he built up again
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the high places which Hezekiah
his father had destroyed;
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and he reared up altars
for Baal, and made a grove,
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as did Ahab king of Israel;
and worshipped all the host of
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heaven, and served them. And
he built altars in the house of
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the Lord, of which the Lord
said, In Jerusalem will I put
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my name. And he built altars
for all the host of heaven
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in the two courts of the house
of the Lord. And he made his son
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pass through the fire,
and observed times, and used
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enchantments, and dealt with
familiar spirits and wizards:
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he wrought much wickedness
in the sight of the Lord,
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to provoke him to anger. And he
set a graven image of the grove
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that he had made in the house,
of which the Lord said to David,
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and to Solomon his son, In
this house, and in Jerusalem,
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which I have chosen out of all
tribes of Israel, will I put my
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name for ever: Neither will I
make the feet of Israel move any
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more out of the land
which I gave their fathers;
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only if they will observe to
do according to all that I have
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commanded them, and according
to all the law that my servant
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Moses commanded them. But
they hearkened not: and Manasseh
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seduced them to do more
evil than did the nations whom
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the Lord destroyed before the
children of Israel. And the Lord
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spake by his
servants the prophets, saying,
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Because Manasseh king of Judah
hath done these abomination,
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and hath done wickedly
above all that the Amorites did,
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which were before him, and hath
made Judah also to sin with his
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idols: Therefore thus saith
the Lord God of Israel, Behold,
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I am bringing such evil
upon Jerusalem and Judah,
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that whosoever heareth of
it, both his ears shall tingle.
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I will stretch over Jerusalem
the line of Samaria, and the
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plummet of the house of
Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem
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as a man wipeth a dish, wiping
it, and turning it upside down.
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And I will forsake the remnant
of mine inheritance, and deliver
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them into the hand of their
enemies; and they shall become
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a prey and a spoil to all their
enemies; Because they have done
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that which was evil in my
sight, and hath provoked me
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to anger, since the day their
fathers came forth out of Egypt,
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even unto this day. Moreover
Manasseh shed innocent blood
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very much, till he had
filled Jerusalem from one end to
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another beside his sin wherewith
he made Judah to sin, in doing
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that which was evil in the sight
of the Lord. Now the rest of the
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acts of Manasseh, and all
that he did, and his sin that he
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sinned, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Judah? And
Manasseh slept with his fathers,
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and was buried in the garden
of his own house, in the garden
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of Uzzah and Amon his
son reigned in his stead.
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Amon was twenty and two years
old when he began to reign,
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and he reigned two years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's
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name was Meshulemeth, the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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as his father, Manasseh. And he
walked in all the way that his
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father walked in, and served
the idols that his father served
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and worshipped them; and
he forsook the Lord God of his
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fathers, and walked
not in the way of the Lord.
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And the servants of
Amon conspired against him
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and slew the king in his
own house. And the people
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of the land slew all them that
had conspired against king Amon
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and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his stead
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Now the rest of the acts of
Amon which he did, are they not
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written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings
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of Judah? And he was buried in
his sepulchre in the garden of
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Uzza: and Josiah his
son reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing in 2nd
Kings, chapter 22, and this is
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the King James Version.
Josiah was 8 years old when he
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began to reign, and he reigned
30 and one years in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name was
Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah
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of Boscath. And he did that
which was right in the sight of
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the Lord, and walked in all
the way of David his father,
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and turned not aside to
the right hand or to the left.
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And it came to pass in
the 18th year of king Josiah,
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that the king sent Shaphan
the son of Azaliah, the son of
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Meshullam, the scribe, to
the house of the Lord, saying,
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Go up to Hilkiah the high priest
that he may sum the silver
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which is brought into the house
of the Lord, which the keepers
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of the door have gathered of
the people: and let them deliver
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it into the hand of the doers of
the work that have the oversight
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of the house of the Lord, and
let them give it to the doers
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of the work which is
in the house of the Lord,
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to repair the breaches of
the house, unto carpenters,
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and builders, and masons, and
to buy timber and hewn stone to
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repair the house. Howbeit there
was no reckoning made with them
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of the money that was delivered
into their hand, because they
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dealt faithfully. And Hilkiah
the high priest said unto
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Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house
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of the Lord. And Hilkiah
gave the book to Shaphan,
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and he read it. And Shaphan
the scribe came to the king,
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and brought the king word again,
and said, Thy servants have
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gathered the money that was
found in the house, and have
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delivered it into the
hand of them that do the work,
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that have the oversight
of the house of the Lord.
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And Shaphan the scribe shewed
the king, saying, Hilkiah the
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priest hath delivered me a book.
And Shaphan read it before the
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king. And it came to pass, when
the king had heard the words
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of the book of the law,
that he rent his clothes.
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And the king commanded Hilkiah
the priest, and Ahikam the son
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of Shaphan, and Achbor the
son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the
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scribe and Asahiah a servant
of the king's, saying, Go ye,
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inquire of the Lord for me,
and for the people, and for all
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Judah, concerning the words
of this book that is found:
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for great is the wrath of the
Lord that is kindled against us,
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because our fathers have
not hearkened unto the words of
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this book to do according
unto all that which is written
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concerning us. So Hilkiah the
priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor,
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and Shaphan, and Asahiah,
went unto Huldah the prophetess,
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the wife of Shallum the son
of Tikvah, the son of Harhas,
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keeper of the wardrobe; - now
she dwelt in Jerusalem in the
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college; - and they communed
with her. And she said unto them
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Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, Tell the man that sent
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you to me. Thus saith the Lord,
Behold, I will bring evil upon
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this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof,
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even all the words of the
book which the king of Judah
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hath read: Because they have
forsaken me, and have burned
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incense unto other gods, that
they might provoke me to anger
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with all the works of their
hands; therefore my wrath shall
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be kindled against this
place and shall not be quenched.
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But to the king of Judah which
sent you to inquire of the Lord,
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thus shall ye say to him, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel,
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as touching the words which
thou hast heard; Because thine
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heart was tender, and thou hast
humbled thyself before the Lord,
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when thou heardest what I spake
against this place, and against
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the inhabitants thereof, that
they should become a desolation
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and a curse, and has rent
thy clothes, and wept before me;
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I also have heard thee, saith
the Lord. Behold therefore,
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I will gather thee unto
thy fathers, and thou shalt be
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gathered into thy grave in peace
and thine eyes shall not see
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all the evil which I
will bring upon this place.
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And they brought
the king word again.
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Continuing to read in 2nd Kings,
chapter 23, and this is the
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King James Version.
And the king sent, and they
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gathered unto him all the elders
of Judah and of Jerusalem.
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And the king went up into the
house of the Lord, and all the
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men of Judah and all
the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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with him, and the priests, and
the prophets, and all the people
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both small and great: and he
read in their ears all the words
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of the book of the covenant
which was found in the house
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of the Lord. Thank
you for joining with me
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today to read the story
of king Hezekiah, and those
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that followed after him. And
by God's grace may we continue
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to give Him our full heart
and serve him only. Goodbye.
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