Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read in 2nd Kings. Before
we start, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you again for an
opportunity to come and to hear
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your word. May it be not
just something that we spend
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15 minutes listening to
and walk away and forget about;
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but may it be something that
the Holy Spirit plants in our
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hearts, that changes our lives
and allows us to be more useful
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to you and a blessing to others.
We love you so much and thank
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you for loving us. Amen.
We're reading in 2nd Kings,
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chapter 23, beginning
in verse 3, and this is
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the King James Version.
And the king stood by a pillar,
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and made a covenant before the
Lord, to walk after the Lord,
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and to keep his commandments
and his testimonies and his
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statutes with all their heart
and all their soul, to perform
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the words of this covenant
that were written in this book.
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And all the people stood to the
covenant. And the king commanded
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Hilkiah the high priest, and
the priests of the second order,
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and the keepers of the door, to
bring forth out of the temple of
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the Lord all the vessels that
were made for Baal, and for the
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grove and for all the host
of heaven: and he burned them
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without Jerusalem in the fields
of Kidron, and carried the ashes
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of them unto Bethel. And he
put down the idolatrous priests,
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whom the kings of Judah
had ordained to burn incense
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in the high places in the cities
of Judah, and in the places
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round about Jerusalem; them also
that burned incense unto Baal,
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to the sun, and to moon and unto
the planets, and to all the host
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of heaven. And he brought out
the grove from the house of the
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Lord, without Jerusalem unto
the brook Kidron, and burned it
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at the brook Kidron, and stamped
it small to powder, and cast the
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powder thereof upon the graves
of the children of the people.
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And he brake down the houses of
the sodomites, that were by the
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house of the Lord, where
the women wove hangings for the
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grove. And he brought all
the priests out of the cities of
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Judah, and defiled the
high places where the priests
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had burned incense, from Geba
to Beersheba, and brake down the
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high places of the gates that
were in the entering in of the
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gate of Joshua the governor of
the city, which were on a man's
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left hand at the gate of the
city. Nevertheless the priests
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of the high places came not
up to the altar of the Lord in
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Jerusalem, but they did eat
of the unleavened bread among
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their brethren. And he defiled
Topheth, which is in the valley
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of the children of Hinnom, that
no man might make his son or his
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daughter to pass through the
fire to Molech. And he took away
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the horses that the kings
of Judah had given to the sun,
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at the entering in of the house
of the Lord, by the chamber
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of Nathanmelech the chamberlain,
which was in the suburbs,
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and burned the chariots of the
sun with fire. And the altars
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that were on the top of
the upper chamber of Ahaz,
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which the kings of Judah
had made, and the altars which
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Manasseh had made in the two
courts of the house of the Lord,
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did the king beat down, and
brake them down from thence,
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and cast the dust of
them into the brook of Kidron.
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And the high places that were
before Jerusalem, which were
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on the right hand of the mount
of corruption, which Solomon
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the king of Israel had builded
for Ashtoreth the abomination
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of the Zidonians, and for
Chemosh the abomination of the
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Moabites, and for Milcom the
abomination of the children of
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Ammon, did the king defile. And
he brake in pieces the images,
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and cut down the groves,
and filled their places with the
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bones of men. Moreover
the altar that was at Bethel,
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and the high place which
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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who made Israel to sin,
had made, both that altar
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and the high place, he brake
down, and burned the high place,
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and stamped it small to
powder, and burned the grove.
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And as Josiah turned
himself, he spied the sepulchres
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that were there in the mount,
and sent, and took the bones
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out of the sepulchres, and
burned them upon the altar,
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and polluted it, according
to the word of the Lord which
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the man of God proclaimed,
who proclaimed these words.
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Then he said, What
title is that, that I see?
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And the men of the city told
him, It is the sepulchre of the
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man of God, which came
from Judah, and proclaimed these
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things that thou hast done
against the altar of Bethel.
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And he said, Let him alone;
let no man move his bones.
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So they let his bones alone,
with the bones of the prophet
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that came out of Samaria, and
all the houses also of the high
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places that were in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of
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Israel had made to provoke the
Lord to anger, Josiah took away,
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and did to them according to
all the acts that he had done
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in Bethel. And he slew all
the priests of the high places
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that were there upon the altars
and burned men's bones upon them
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and returned to Jerusalem.
And the king commanded all the
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people, saying, Keep the
passover unto the Lord your God,
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as it is written in
the book of this covenant.
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Surely there was not holden
such a passover from the days
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of the judges that judged Israel
nor in all the days of the kings
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of Israel, nor of the kings
of Judah; but in the 18th year
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of king Josiah, wherein this
passover was holden to the Lord
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in Jerusalem. Moreover the
workers with familiar spirits,
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and the wizards, and the images.
and the idols, and all the
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abominations that were
spied in the land of Judah
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and in Jerusalem, did Josiah
put away, that he might perform
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the words of the law which were
written in the book that Hilkiah
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the priest found in the house
of the Lord. And like unto him
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was there no king before
him, that turned to the Lord
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with all his heart, and with all
his soul, and with all his might
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according to all the law
of Moses; neither after him
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arose there any like him.
Notwithstanding the Lord turned
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not from the fierceness of his
great wrath, wherewith his anger
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was kindled against Judah,
because of all the provocations
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that Manasseh had provoked
him withal. And the Lord said,
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I will remove Judah also out
of my sight, as I have removed
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Israel, and will cast off
this city Jerusalem which I have
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chosen, and the house of which
I said, My name shall be there.
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Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah, and all that he did,
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are they not written in
the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Judah?
In his days Pharaoh-nechoh
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king of Egypt went up against
the king of Assyria to the river
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Euphrates: and king Josiah
went against him; and he slew
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him at Megiddo, when he
had seen him. And his servants
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carried him in a chariot dead
from Megiddo, and brought him
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to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his own sepulchre.
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And the people of the land
took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
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and anointed him, and made
him king in his father's stead.
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Jehoahaz was twenty and three
years old when he began to reign
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and he reigned three months
in Jerusalem. And his mother's
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name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all
that his fathers had done.
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And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in
bands at Riblah in the land of
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Hamath, that he might not reign
in Jerusalem; and put the land
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to a tribute of an
hundred talents of silver,
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and a talent of gold. And
Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim
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the son of Josiah king in
the room of Josiah his father,
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and turned his name to
Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz
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away: and he came to Egypt, and
died there. And Jehoiakim gave
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the silver and the gold to
Pharaoh; but he taxed the land
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to give the money according
to the commandment of Pharaoh:
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he exacted the silver and the
gold of the people of the land,
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of everyone according to his
taxation, to give it to Pharaoh-
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necho. Jehoiakim was twenty
and five years old when he began
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to reign; and he reigned
eleven years in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name was
Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah
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of Rumah. And he did that which
was evil in the sight of the
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Lord, according to all
that his fathers had done.
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We're continuing to read
in 2nd Kings, chapter 24.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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In his days Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon came up,
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and Jehoiakin became his servant
three years: then he turned and
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rebelled against him. And the
Lord sent against him bands of
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Chaldees, and bands of
the Syrians, and bands of the
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Moabites, and bands of the
children of Ammon, and sent
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them against Judah to destroy
it, according to the word of the
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Lord, which he spake by
his servants the prophets.
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Surely at the commandment of
the Lord came this upon Judah,
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to remove them out of his
sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
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according to all that he did;
And also for the innocent blood
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that he shed: for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood;
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which the Lord would not pardon.
Now the rest of the acts of
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Jehoiakim, and all that he did,
are they not written in the book
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of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? So Jehoiakim slept
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with his fathers: and Jehoiachin
his son reigned in his stead.
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And the king of Egypt came not
again any more out of his land:
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for the king of Babylon had
taken from the river of Egypt
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to the river Euphrates all that
pertained to the king of Egypt.
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Jehoiachin was 18 years old
when he began to reign, and he
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reigned in Jerusalem 3 months.
And his mother's name was
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Nehushta, the daughter
of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all that his
father had done. At that time
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the servants of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon came up against
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Jerusalem, and the city was
besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar
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king of Babylon came against
the city, and his servants did
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besiege it. And Jehoiachin the
king of Judah went out to the
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king of Babylon, he, and
his mother, and his servants,
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and his princes, and his
officers: and the king of
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Babylon took him in
the 8th year of his reign.
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And he carried out thence all
the treasures of the house of
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the Lord, and the treasures
of the king's house, and cut in
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pieces all the vessels of gold
which Solomon king of Israel
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had made in the temple of
the Lord, as the Lord had said.
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And he carried away all
Jerusalem, and all the princes,
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and all the mighty men of valor,
even 10,000 captives, and all
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the craftsmen and smiths: none
remained, save the poorest sort
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of the people of the land.
And he carried away Jehoiachin
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to Babylon, and the king's
mother, and the king's wives,
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and his officers, and
the mighty of the land,
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those carried he into captivity
from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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And all the men of might, even
7,000, and craftsmen and smiths
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a thousand, all that were strong
and apt for war, even them
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the king of Babylon
brought captive to Babylon.
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And the king of Babylon made
Nattaniah his father's brother
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king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
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Zedekiah was twenty and one
years old when he began to reign
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and he reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name
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was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all that Jehoiachim
had done. For through the anger
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of the Lord it came to pass
in Jerusalem and Judah, until he
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had cast them out from his
presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
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against the king of Babylon.
We're reading in 2nd Kings,
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chapter 25, and this
is the King James Version.
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And it came to pass in the 9th
year of his reign, in the 10th
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month, in the tenth day of
the month, that Nebuchadnezzar
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king of Babylon came, he and
all his host, against Jerusalem,
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and pitched against it: and they
built forts against it round
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about. And the city was besieged
unto the eleventh year of king
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Zedekiah. And on the 9th
day of the 4th month the famine
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prevailed in the city, and there
was no bread for the people of
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the land. And the city was
broken up, and all the men of
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war fled by night by the way
of the gate between two walls,
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which is by the king's garden:
now the Chaldees were against
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the city round about: and
the king went the way toward the
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plain. And the army of the
Chaldees pursued after the king,
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and overtook him in the plains
of Jericho: and all his army
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were scattered from him. So
they took the king and brought
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him up to the king of Babylon,
to Riblah and they gave judgment
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upon him. And they slew the
sons of Zedekiah before his eyes
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and put out the eyes of Zedekiah
and bound him with fetters of
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brass, and carried him to
Babylon. And in the 5th month,
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on the 7th day of the month,
which is the 19th year of king
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
came Nebuzaradan, captain of the
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guard, a servant of the
king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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And he burnt the house of
the Lord, and the king's house,
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and all the houses of Jerusalem,
and every great man's house
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burnt he with fire. And all the
army of the Chaldees, that were
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with the captain of the
guard brake down the walls of
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Jerusalem round about. Now
the rest of the people that were
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left in the city, and
the fugitives that fell away
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to the king of Babylon, with
the remnant of the multitude,
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did Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard carry away.
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But the captain of the guard
left of the poor of the land
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to be
vinedressers and husbandmen.
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And the pillars of brass that
were in the house of the Lord,
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and the bases, and the brasen
sea that was in the house of the
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Lord, did the Chaldees break
in pieces, and carried the brass
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of them to Babylon. And the
pots and the shovels, and the
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snuffers, and the spoons,
and all the vessels of brass
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wherewith they ministered, took
they away. And the firepans,
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and the bowls, and such
things as were of gold, in gold,
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and of silver, in silver, the
captain of the guard took away.
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