Hello, and welcome
back 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 the word of God. Before
we start, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you so
much for your many blessings
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in each of our lives. And now
in this time as we come apart
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to hear your word, please
send the Holy Spirit to bring
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the understanding
to each of our hearts
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of the word that you
would have us to hear today.
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And may it bear fruit
in our life to your glory.
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We love you so much and
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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When we were last together, we
were reading in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 18. And the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat
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are preparing to go into
battle and the king of Israel
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has decided that he
will disguise himself,
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and we will now pick up
the story in 2nd Chronicles 18,
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verse 30, and this is
the King James Version.
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Now the king of Syria
had commanded the captains
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of the chariots that were with
him, saying, Fight ye not with
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small or great, save
only with the king of Israel.
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And it came to pass, when
the captains of the chariots
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saw Jehoshaphat, that they
said, It is the king of Israel.
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Therefore they compassed about
him to fight: but Jehoshaphat
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cried out and the Lord
helped him; and God moved them
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to depart from him. For it came
to pass, that, when the captains
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of the chariots perceived that
it was not the king of Israel
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they turned back again from
pursuing him. And a certain man
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drew a bow at a venture,
and smote the king of Israel
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between the joints of the
harness: therefore he said to
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his chariot man, Turn thine
hand, that thou mayest carry me
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out of the
host; for I am wounded
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And the battle increased that
day: howbeit the king of Israel
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stayed himself up in his
chariot against the Syrians
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until the even: and about
the time of the sun going down
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he died. - We're continuing
in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 19.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah returned to his house
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in peace to Jerusalem. And
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer
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went out to meet him,
and said to king Jehoshaphat,
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Shouldest thou help
the ungodly, and love them
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that hate the Lord? Therefore
is wrath upon thee from before
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the Lord. Nevertheless there
are good things found in thee,
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in that thou hast taken
away the groves out of the land,
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and hast prepared
thine heart to seek God.
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And Jehoshaphat dwelt at
Jerusalem: and he went out again
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through the people from
Beersheba to mount Ephraim,
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and brought them back unto
the Lord God of their fathers.
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And he set judges in the land
throughout all the fenced cities
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of Judah, city by
city. And said to the judges,
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Take heed what ye do:
for ye judge not for man,
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but for the Lord, who is
with you in the judgment.
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Wherefore now let the
fear of the Lord be upon you;
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take heed and do it: for there
is no iniquity with the Lord
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our God, nor respect of
persons, nor taking of gifts.
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Moreover in Jerusalem did
Jehoshaphat set of the Levites,
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and of the priests, and of the
chief of the fathers of Israel,
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for the judgment of the
Lord, and for controversies,
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when they returned to Jerusalem.
And he charged them, saying,
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Thus shall ye do in the
fear of the Lord, faithfully,
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and with a perfect heart.
And what cause soever shall come
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to you of your brethren that
dwell in their cities, between
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blood and blood,
between law and commandment,
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statutes and judgments, ye
shall even warn them that they
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trespass not against the Lord,
and so wrath come upon you,
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and upon your brethren: this
do, and ye shall not trespass.
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And, behold, Amariah the
chief priest is over you in all
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matters of the Lord and Zebadiah
the son of Ishmael, the ruler
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of the house of Judah,
for all the king's matters:
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also the Levites shall
be officers before you.
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Deal courageously, and the
Lord shall be with the good.
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We're continuing in
chapter 20 of 2nd Chronicles,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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It came to pass after this
also, that the children of Moab,
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and the children of Ammon,
and with them other beside
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the Ammonites, came
against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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Then there came some
that told Jehoshaphat, saying,
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There cometh a great multitude
against thee from beyond the sea
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on this side Syria; and,
behold, they be in Hazazontamar,
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which is Engedi. And Jehoshaphat
feared, and set himself to seek
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the Lord, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
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And Judah gathered themselves
together to ask help of the Lord
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even out of all the cities of
Judah they came to seek the Lord
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And Jehoshaphat stood in
the congregation of Judah
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and Jerusalem, in the house of
the Lord, before the new court,
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and said, O Lord God of
our fathers, art not thou God
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in heaven? and rulest not thou
over all the kingdoms of the
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heathen? and in thine hand
is there not power and might,
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so that none is
able to withstand thee?
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Art not thou our God, who
didst drive out the inhabitants
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of this land before thy people
Israel, and gavest it to the
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seed of Abraham
thy friend forever?
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And they dwelt therein,
and have built thee a sanctuary
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therein for thy name, saying,
If, when evil cometh upon us,
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as the sword, judgment,
or pestilence, or famine,
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we stand before this house, and
in thy presence, (for thy name
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is in this house,) and cry unto
thee in our affliction, then
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thou wilt hear and help. And now
behold, the children of Ammon
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and Moab and mount Seir, whom
thou wouldest not let Israel
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invade, when they came out of
land of Egypt, but they turned
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from them, and destroyed them
not: Behold, I say, how they
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reward us, to come to
cast us out of thy possession,
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which thou hast given us to
inherit. O our God, wilt thou
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not judge them? for we have no
might against this great company
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that cometh against us;
neither know we what to do:
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but our eyes are upon
thee. And all Judah stood before
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the Lord with their little ones,
their wives, and their children.
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Then upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah,
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the son of Jeiel, the son of
Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons
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of Asaph, came the spirit
of the Lord in the midst of
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the congregation; and he
said, Hearken ye, all Judah,
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and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and thou king Jehoshaphat,
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Thus saith the Lord unto
you, Be not afraid nor dismayed
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by reason of
this great multitude;
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for the battle is
not yours, but God's.
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Tomorrow go ye down against
them: behold, they come up
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by the cliff of Ziz; and
ye shall find them at the end
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of the brook, before
the wilderness of Jeruel.
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Ye shall not need to fight
in this battle: set yourselves,
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stand ye still, and see the
salvation of the Lord with you,
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O Judah and Jerusalem:
fear not, nor be dismayed;
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tomorrow go out against them:
for the Lord will be with you.
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And Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground:
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and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem
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fell before the
Lord, worshipping the Lord.
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And the Levites, of the
children of the Kohathites,
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and of the children of the
Korhites, stood up to praise
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the Lord God of Israel
with a loud voice on high.
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And they rose early in
the morning, and went forth
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into the wilderness of
Tekoa: and as they went forth,
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Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah,
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and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Believe in the Lord your God,
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so shall ye be established;
believe his prophets,
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so shall ye prosper. And when
he had consulted with the people
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he appointed singers unto
the Lord, and that should praise
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the beauty of holiness, as
they went out before the army,
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and to say, Praise the Lord;
for his mercy endureth forever.
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And when they began
to sing and to praise,
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the Lord set ambushments against
the children of Ammon, Moab,
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and mount Seir, which
were come against Judah;
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and they were smitten. For
the children of Ammon and Moab
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stood up against the inhabitants
of mount Seir, utterly to slay
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and destroy them: and when
they had made an end of the
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inhabitants of Seir, every
one helped to destroy another.
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And when Judah came toward the
watch tower in the wilderness,
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they looked unto the multitude,
and, behold, they were dead
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bodies fallen to the
earth, fallen to the earth,
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and none escaped. And when
Jehoshaphat and his people came
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to take away the spoil of
them, they found among them
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an abundance both
riches with the dead bodies,
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and precious jewels, which they
stripped off for themselves,
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more than they could carry
away: and they were three days
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in gathering of the
spoil, it was so much.
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And on the 4th day they
assembled themselves in the
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valley of Berachah; for
there they blessed the Lord:
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therefore the name of
the same place was called,
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The valley of
Berachah, unto this day.
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Then they returned, every
man of Judah and Jerusalem,
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and Jehoshaphat in
the forefront of them,
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to go again to Jerusalem with
Joy; for the Lord had made them
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to rejoice over their enemies.
And they came to Jerusalem
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with psalteries and harps
and trumpets unto the house
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of the Lord. And the fear of God
was on all the kingdoms of those
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countries, when they had heard
that the Lord fought against
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the enemies of Israel. So the
realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet:
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for his God gave
him rest round about.
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And Jehoshaphat reigned over
Judah: he was thirty and five
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years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned twenty
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and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah
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the daughter of Shilhi.
And he walked in the way of Asa
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his father, and departed not
from it, doing that which was
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right in the sight of the Lord.
Howbeit the high places were not
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taken away: for as yet the
people had not prepared their
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hearts unto the
God of their fathers.
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Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last,
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behold they are written in the
book of Jehu the son of Hanani,
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who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
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And after this did Jehoshaphat
king of Judah join himself
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with Ahaziah king of
Israel, who did very wickedly:
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And he joined himself with him
to make ships to go to Tarshish:
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and they made the
ships in Eziongeber.
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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah
of Mareshah prophesied against
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Jehoshaphat, saying, Because
thou hast joined thyself with
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Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken
thy works. And the ships were
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broken, and they were
not able to go to Tarshish.
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We're continuing to read
in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 21.
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This is the King James Version.
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Now Jehoshaphat slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his
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fathers in the city of David.
And Jehoram his son reigned
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in his stead. and he
had brethren the sons of
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Jehoshaphat, Azariah,
and Jehiel, and Zechariah,
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and Azariah, and Michael, and
Shephatiah: all these were the
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sons of
Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
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And their father gave them great
gifts of silver, and of gold,
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and of precious things,
with fenced cities in Judah:
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but the kingdom gave he
to Jehoram because he was the
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firstborn. Now when Jehoram was
risen up to the kingdom of his
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father, he strengthened himself,
and slew all his brethren
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with the sword, and divers
also of the princes of Israel.
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Jehoram was thirty and two years
old when he began to reign,
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and he reigned 8 years in
Jerusalem. And he walked in
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the way of the kings of Israel,
like as did the house of Ahab:
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for he had the daughter of Ahab
to wife: and he wrought that
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which was evil in
the eyes of the Lord.
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Howbeit the Lord would not
destroy the house of David,
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because of the covenant
that he had made with David,
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and as he promised to give
a light to him and to his sons
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forever. In his days the
Edomites revolted from under
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the dominion of Judah,
and made themselves a king.
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Then Jehoram went forth with his
princes, and all his chariots
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with him: and he rose up by
night, and smote the Edomites
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which compassed him in, and
the captains of the chariots.
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So the Edomites revolted
from under the hand of Judah
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unto this day. The same
time also did Libnah revolt from
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under his hand; because
he had forsaken the Lord God
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of his fathers. Moreover he made
high places in the mountains
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of Judah, and caused
the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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to commit fornication
and compelled Judah thereto.
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Please join me again next
time to read the word of God.
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