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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in the book of 2nd
Chronicles the story of Rehoboam
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in his reign. Before we
start let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you again
for an opportunity to sit apart
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from our busy lives right now,
and to hear your words of life.
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Please send your holy spirit
right now to put in our hearts
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the lessons you would have us
to learn. We love you so much.
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And thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 11, picking up in verse
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five. This is the
King James Version.
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And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem,
and built cities for defense
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in Judah. He built even
Bethlehem and Etam, and Tekoa,
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and Bethzur, and Shoco, and
Adullam, and Gath and Mareshah,
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and Ziph, and Adoraim, and
Lachish, and Azekah, and Zorah,
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and Aijalon, and Hebron, which
are in Judah and in Benjamin
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fenced cities. And he fortified
the strong holds, and put
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captains in them, and store of
victual, and of oil, and wine.
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And in every several city
he put shields and spears,
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and made them exceeding strong,
having Judah and Benjamin on his
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side. And the priests and the
Levites that were in all Israel
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resorted to him out of all
their coasts. For the Levites
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left their suburbs and their
possession, and came to Judah
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and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and
his sons had cast them off from
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executing the priest's office
unto the Lord: And he ordained
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him priests for the high places
and for the devils, and for the
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calves which he had made. And
after them out of all the tribes
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of Israel such as set their
hearts to seek the Lord God of
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Israel came to Jerusalem, to
sacrifice unto the Lord God of
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their fathers. So they
strengthened the kingdom
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of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong,
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three years: for three years
they walked in the way of David
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and Solomon. And Rehoboam took
him Mahalath the daughter of
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Jerimoth the son of David to
wife, and Abihail the daughter
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of Eliab the son of Jesse: which
bare him children; Jeush, and
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Shamariah, and Zaham. And after
her he took Maachah the daughter
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of Absalom; which bare him
Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza,
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and Shelomith. And Rehoboam
loved Maachah the daughter of
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Absalom above all his wives and
his concubines: for he took 18
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wives and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons,
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and threescore daughters.
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son
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of Maachah the chief, to
be a ruler among his brethren:
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for he thought to make
him king. And he dealt wisely,
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and dispersed of all his
children throughout all the
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countries of Judah and Benjamin,
unto every fenced city:
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and he gave them victual
in abundance. And he desired
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many wives. - I continue reading
now in 2nd Chronicles chapter 12
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass,
when Rehoboam had established
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the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook
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the law of the Lord, and all
Israel with him. And it came to
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pass, that in the 5th year
of king Rehoboam Shishak king of
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Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
because they had transgressed
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against the Lord, with twelve
hundred chariots, and threescore
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thousand horsemen: and
the people were without number
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that came with him out of Egypt;
the Lubims, the Sukkims, and the
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Ethiopians. And he took the
fenced cities which pertained to
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Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Then came Shemaiah the prophet
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to Rehoboam, and to the princes
of Judah, that were gathered
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together to Jerusalem because
of Shishak, and said unto them,
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thus saith the Lord, Ye
have forsaken me, and therefore
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have I also left you in
the hand of Shishak. Whereupon
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the princes of Israel and
the king humbled themselves;
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and they said, The Lord is
righteous. And when the Lord
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saw that they humbled themselves
the word of the Lord came to
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Shemaiah, saying, They have
humbled themselves; therefore
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I will not destroy them, but I
will grant them some deliverance
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and my wrath shall not be poured
out upon Jerusalem by the hand
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of Shishak. Nevertheless
they shall be his servants;
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that they may know my service
and the service of the kingdoms
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of the countries. So Shishak
king of Egypt came up against
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Jerusalem, and took away the
treasures of the house of the
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Lord, and the treasures of
the king's house; he took all:
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he carried away also the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
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Instead of which Rehoboam made
shields of brass, and committed
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them to the hands of the chief
of the guard, that kept the
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entrance of the king's house.
And when the king entered into
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the house of the Lord, the
guard came and fetched them,
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and brought them again
into the guard chamber.
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And when he humbled himself,
the wrath of the Lord turned
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from him, that he would
not destroy him altogether:
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and also in Judah things
went well. So king Rehoboam
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strengthened himself
in Jerusalem, and reigned:
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for Rehoboam was one and forty
years old when he began to reign
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and he reigned seventeen years
in Jerusalem, the city which
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the Lord had chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel to put his
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name there. And his mother's
name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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And he did evil. because he
prepared not his heart to seek
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the Lord. Now the acts
of Rehoboam, first and last,
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are they not written in the
book of Shemaiah the prophet,
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and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars
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between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually. And Rehoboam slept
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with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David:
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And Abijah his son
reigned in his stead.
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Continuing in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 13, and this is
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the King James Version.
Now in the 18th year of king
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Jeroboam began Abijah to reign
over Judah. He reigned 3 years
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in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Michaiah the daughter
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of Uriel of Gibeah. And
there was war between Abijah
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and Jeroboam. And Abijah set the
battle in array with an army of
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valiant men of war, even 400,000
chosen men: Jeroboam also set
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the battle in array against
him with 800,000 chosen men,
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being mighty men of valour.
And Abijah stood up upon mount
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Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou
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Jeroboam, and all Israel; Ought
ye not to know that the Lord God
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of Israel gave the kingdom
of Israel to David for ever,
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even to him and to his
sons by a covenant of salt?
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Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
the servant of Solomon the son
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of David, is risen up, and
hath rebelled against his lord.
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And there are gathered unto him
vain men, the children of Belial
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and have strengthened
themselves against Rehoboam
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the son of Solomon when Rehoboam
was young and tenderhearted,
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and could not withstand them.
And now ye think to withstand
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the kingdom of the Lord in
the hands of the sons of David;
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and ye be a great multitude, and
there are with you golden calves
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which Jeroboam made you for
gods. Have ye not cast out the
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priests of the Lord, the
sons of Aaron, and the Levites,
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and have made you priests after
the manner of the nations of
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other lands? so that whosoever
cometh to consecrate himself
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with a young bullock and 7 rams,
the same may be a priest of them
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that are no gods. But as for us,
The Lord is our God, and we have
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not forsaken him; and the
priests which minister unto the
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Lord, are the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites wait upon their
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business: and they burn unto
the Lord every morning and every
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evening burnt sacrifices
and sweet incense: the shewbred
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also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the candlestick
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of gold with the lamps
thereof, to burn every evening:
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for we keep the charge of
the Lord our God; but ye have
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forsaken him. And,
behold, God himself is with us
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for our captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry
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alarm against you. O children
of Israel, fight ye not against
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the Lord God of your fathers;
for ye shall not prosper.
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But Jeroboam caused an
ambushment to come about
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behind them: so they were before
Judah, and the ambushment was
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behind them. And when Judah
looked back, behold, the battle
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was before and behind:
and they cried unto the Lord,
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and the priests sounded with the
trumpets. Then the men of Judah
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gave a shout: and as the men
of Judah shouted it came to pass
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that God smote Jeroboam and all
Israel before Abijah and Judah.
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And the children of Israel fled
before Judah: and God delivered
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them into their hand. And Abijah
and his people slew them with a
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great slaughter: so there fell
down slain of Israel 500,000
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chosen men. Thus the children
of Israel were brought under
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at that time, and the children
of Judah prevailed, because
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they relied upon the
Lord God of their fathers.
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And Abijah pursued
after Jeroboam and took cities
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from him, Bethel with the towns
thereof, and Jeshanah with the
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towns thereof, and Ephraim with
the towns thereof. Neither did
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Jeroboam recover strength
again in the days of Abijah:
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and the Lord struck him, and he
died. But Abijah waxed mighty,
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and married 14 wives, and
begat twenty and two sons,
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and 16 daughters. And the rest
of the acts of Abijah, and his
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ways and his sayings are written
in the story of the Prophet Iddo
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Continuing with 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 14, and this is the
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King James Version. So
Abijah slept with his fathers
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and they buried him in the
city of David: and Asa his son
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reigned in his stead. In his
days the land was quiet 10 years
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And Asa did that which was good
and right in the eyes of the
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Lord his God: for he took away
the altars of the strange gods,
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and the high places, and brake
down the images, and cut down
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the groves: and commanded Judah
to seek the Lord God of their
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fathers, and to do the
law and the commandment.
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Also he took away out of all the
cities of Judah the high places
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and the images: and the
kingdom was quiet before him.
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And he built fenced cities
in Judah: for the land had rest,
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and he had no war in those years
because the Lord had given him
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rest. Therefore he said unto
Judah, Let us build these cities
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and make about them walls, and
towers, gates and bars while the
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land is yet before us; because
we have sought the Lord our God.
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We have sought him, and he hath
given us rest on every side.
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So they built and prospered. And
Asa had an army of men that bare
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targets and spears,
out of Judah 300,000;
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and out of Benjamin, that
bare shields and drew bows,
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two hundred and fourscore
thousand: all these were mighty
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men of valour. And there
came out against them Zerah the
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Ethiopian with an host of
a thousand thousand, and 300
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chariots and came unto Mareshah
then Asa went out against him,
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and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah
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at Mareshah. And Asa cried
unto the Lord his God, and said,
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Lord, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many
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or with them that have no
power: help us, O Lord our God;
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for we rest on thee, and
in thy name we go against
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this multitude. O Lord, thou
art our God; let not man prevail
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against thee. So the Lord
smote the Ethiopians before Asa,
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and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled. And Asa and
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the people that were with
him pursued them unto Gerar:
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and the Ethiopians were
overthrown that they could not
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recover themselves: for they
were destroyed before the Lord,
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and before his host; and they
carried away very much spoil.
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And they smote all the cities
round about Gerar; for the fear
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of the Lord came upon them:
and they spoiled all the cities;
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for there was exceeding much
spoil in them. They smote also
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the tents of the cattle, and
carried away sheep and camels
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in abundance, and returned
to Jerusalem. - Continuing with
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2nd Chronicles, 15 and
this is the King James Version.
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And the spirit of God came
upon Azariah the son of Oded:
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And he went out to meet Asa,
and said unto him, Hear ye me,
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Asa and all Judah and Benjamin;
The Lord is with you, while ye
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be with him; and if ye seek
him, he will be found of you;
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but if ye forsake
him, he will forsake you.
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Now for a long season Israel
hath been without the true God,
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and without a teaching
priest, and without law.
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But when they in their trouble
did turn unto the Lord God of
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Israel, and sought
him, he was found of them.
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And in those times there was
no peace to him that went out,
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nor to him that came in, but
great vexations were upon all
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the inhabitants of the countries
and nation was destroyed of
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nation, and city of
city; for God did vex them all
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with adversity. Be ye strong
therefore, and let not your
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hands be weak: for
your work shall be rewarded.
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Thank you for joining with
me today to read the word of
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the Lord, and may the words of
warning and of promise in here:
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may we take those to heart and
realize that when we turn to God
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that he is to be found. And may
we seek him with all our hearts
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serve him all our days.
Until next time, Goodbye.
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