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 the word of God. Before
we start, let's pray together.
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Dear Lord, thank you for giving
us Your word to strengthen our
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faith, when we are weak, to
show us counsel when we have
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questions, and to show us
most of all more about you.
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Please be with us today as we
read. Thank you for loving us.
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We love you so much. Amen
When we were last together
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we were reading in
2nd Chronicles a history
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of the nation of Israel,
and how they went time and again
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back and forth between obedience
to God and then turning from
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his ways. We're picking up
now the story in 2nd Chronicles
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chapter 24, in verse 20.
This is the King James Version.
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And the Spirit of God came upon
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
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the priest, which stood above
the people, and said unto them,
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Thus saith God, Why transgress
ye the commandments of the Lord,
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that ye cannot prosper? because
ye hath forsaken the Lord,
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he hath also forsaken you.
And they conspired against him,
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and stoned him with stones
at the commandment of the king
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in the court of the house of
the Lord. Thus Joash the king
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remembered not the kindness
which Jehoiada his father
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had done to him, but
slew his son. And when he died
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he said, The Lord look
upon it, and require it..
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And it came to pass at the end
of the year, that the host of
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Syria came up against him: and
they came to Judah and Jerusalem
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and destroyed all the princes of
the people from among the people
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and sent all the spoil of
them unto the king of Damascus.
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For the army of the Syrians came
with a small company of men,
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and the Lord delivered a
very great host into their hand,
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because they had forsaken
the Lord God of their fathers.
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So they executed
judgment against Joash.
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And when they were departed from
him; for they left him in great
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diseases, his own
servants conspired against him
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for the blood of the
sons of Jehoiada the priest,
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and slew him on his bed,
and he died: and they buried him
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in the city of David, but they
buried him not in the sepulchres
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of the kings. And these are
they that conspired against him;
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Zabad the son of Shimeath
an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad
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the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Now concerning his sons,
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and the greatness of the burdens
laid upon him, and the repairing
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of the house of God, behold,
they are written in the story
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of the book of the kings.
And Amaziah his son reigned
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in his stead. We're continuing
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in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 25,
This is the King James Version.
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Amaziah was twenty and
five years old when he began
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to reign, and he reigned twenty
and nine years in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord
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but not with a perfect
heart. Now it came to pass,
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when the kingdom
was established to him,
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that he slew his servants that
had killed the king his father.
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But he slew not their children,
but did as it is written in
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the law in the book of
Moses, where the Lord commanded,
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saying, The fathers shall not
die for the children, neither
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shall the children die
for the fathers, but every man
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shall die for his own
sin. Moreover Amaziah gathered
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Judah together, and made
them captains over thousands,
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and captains over hundreds,
according to the houses of
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their fathers, throughout
all Judah and Benjamin:
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and he numbered them
from 20 years old and above,
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and found them 300,000 choice
men, able to go forth to war,
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that could handle spear
and shield. He hired also
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an hundred thousand mighty
men of valor out of Israel
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for an hundred talents of
silver. But there came a man
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of God to him, saying, O
king, let not the army of Israel
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go with thee; for the Lord
is not with Israel, to wit,
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with all the children of Ephraim
But if thou wilt go, do it,
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be strong for the battle: God
shall make thee fall before the
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enemy: for God hath power
to help, and to cast down.
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And Amaziah said to the man
of God, But what shall we do
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for the hundred talents
which I have given to the army
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of Israel? And the man of God
answered, The Lord is able to
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give thee much more than this.
Then Amaziah separated them,
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to wit, the army that was
come to him out of Ephraim,
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to go home again: wherefore
their anger was greatly kindled
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against Judah, and they
returned home in great anger.
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And Amaziah strengthened himself
and led forth his people,
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and went to the valley of salt,
and smote of the children of
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Seir ten thousand. And
other ten thousand left alive
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did the children of Judah carry
away captive, and brought them
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unto the top of the rock, and
cast them down from the top of
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the rock, that they
all were broken in pieces.
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But the soldiers of the
army which Amaziah sent back,
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that they should not go with him
to battle, fell upon the cities
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of Judah, from Samaria
even unto Bethhoron, and smote
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3,000 of them and took
much spoil. Now it came to pass,
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after that Amaziah was
come from the slaughter of the
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Edomites, that he brought the
gods of the children of Seir,
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and set them up to be his gods,
and bowed down himself before
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them and burned incense unto
them. Wherefore the anger of
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the Lord was kindled against
Amaziah, and he sent unto him,
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a prophet, which said unto him,
Why hast thou sought after the
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gods of the people, which could
not deliver their own people
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out of thine hand? And it came
to pass, as he talked with him,
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that the king said unto
him, Art thou made of the king's
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counsel? forbear; why
shouldest thou be smitten?
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Then the Prophet forbare,
and said, I know that God hath
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determined to destroy thee,
because thou hast done this,
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and hast not
hearkened unto my counsel.
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Then Amaziah king of Judah
took advice, and sent to Joash,
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the son of Jehoahaz, the son
of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
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Come, let us see
one another in the face.
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And Joash king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
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saying, The thistle that
was in Lebanon sent to the cedar
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that was in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son
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to wife: and there passed by a
wild beast that was in Lebanon,
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and trode down the thistle.
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast
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smitten the Edomites; and thine
heart lifteth thee up to boast:
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abide now at home;
why shouldest thou meddle
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to thine hurt, that thou
shouldest fall, even thou,
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and Judah with thee?
But Amaziah would not hear;
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for it came of God, that he
might deliver them into the hand
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of their enemies, because they
sought after the gods of Edom.
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So Joash the king of Israel went
up; and they saw one another
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in the face, both he
and Amaziah king of Judah,
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at Bethshemesh, which belongeth
to Judah. And Judah was put to
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the worse before Israel, and
they fled every man to his tent.
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And Joash, the king of Israel
took Amaziah king of Judah
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the son of Joash, the son
of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh,
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and brought him to Jerusalam,
and brake down the wall of
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Jerusalem from the gate of
Ephraim to the corner gate,
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400 cubits. And he took all the
gold and the silver, and all the
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vessels that were found in
the house of God with Obededom,
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and the treasures of the
king's house, the hostages also,
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and returned to Samaria. And
Amaziah the son of Joash king of
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Judah lived after the death
of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
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Israel 15 years. Now the
rest of the acts of Amaziah,
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first and last, behold, are they
not written in the book of the
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kings of Judah in Israel?
Now after the time that Amaziah
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did turn away from following
the Lord they made a conspiracy
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against him in Jerusalam; and he
fled to Lachish: but they sent
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to Lachish after him, and
slew him there. And they brought
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him upon horses, and buried
him with his fathers in the city
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of Judah.
Continuing now with chapter 26
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of 2nd Chronicles and
this is the King James Version.
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Then all the people of Judah
took Uzziah, who was16 years
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old, and made him king in
the room of his father Amaziah.
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He built Eloth, and restored
it to Judah, after that the king
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slept with his fathers. Sixteen
years old was Uzziah when he
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began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem
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His mother's name also
was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all that his father
Amaziah did. And he sought God
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in the days of Zechariah, who
had understanding in the visions
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of God: and as long as he
sought the Lord, God made him to
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prosper. And he went forth and
warred against the Philistines,
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and brake down the wall of
Gath, and the wall of Jabneh,
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and the wall of Ashdod,
and built cities about Ashdod,
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and among the Philistines.
And God helped him against the
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Philistines, and against the
Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal,
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and the Mehunims. And the
Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah:
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and his name spread abroad
even to the entering in of
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Egypt; for he strengthened
himself exceedingly.
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Moreover Uzziah built towers
in Jerusalem at the corner gate,
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and at the valley gate, and
at the turning of the wall, and
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fortified them. Also he built
towers in the desert, and digged
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many wells: for he had much
cattle, both in the low country,
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and in the plains: husbandmen
also and vine dressers in the
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Mountains, and in Carmel: for he
loved husbandry. Moreover Uzziah
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had an host of fighting men,
that went out to war by bands,
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according to the number of their
account by the hand of Jeiel
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the scribe and Maaseiah
the ruler, under the hand of
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Hananiah, one of the king's
captains. The whole number of
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the chief of the fathers of the
mighty men of valor were 2,600.
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And under their hand was an
army, three hundred thousand
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and seven thousand and
five hundred, that made war with
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mighty power, to help
the king against the enemy.
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And Uzziah prepared for
them throughout all the host
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shields, spears, and helmets,
and habergeons, and bows,
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and slings to cast stones. And
he made in Jerusalem engines,
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invented by cunning men, to
be on the towers and upon the
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bulwarks, to shoot arrows
and great stones withal. And his
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name spread far abroad;
for he was marvelously helped,
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till he was strong. But when he
was strong, his heart was lifted
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up to his destruction: for
he transgressed against the Lord
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his God, and went into
the temple of the Lord to burn
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incense upon the altar of
incense. And Azariah the priest
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went in after him, and with him
fourscore priests of the Lord,
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that were valiant men: And
they withstood Uzziah the king,
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and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee,
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Uzziah, to burn incense unto
the Lord, but to the priests
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the sons of Aaron, that are
consecrated to burn incense:
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go out of the sanctuary;
for thou hast trespassed;
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neither shall it be for
thine honor from the Lord God.
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Then Uzziah was wroth, and
had a censer in his hand to burn
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incense: and while he was wroth
with the priests, the leprosy
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even rose up in his forehead
before the priests in the house
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of the Lord, from
beside the incense altar.
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And Azariah the chief priest,
and all the priests, looked
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upon him, and, behold, he
was leprous in his forehead,
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and they thrust him out
from thence; yea, himself hasted
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also to go out, because
the Lord had smitten him.
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And Uzziah the king was a
leper unto the day of his death,
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and dwelt in a several house,
being a leper; for he was cut
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off from the house of the Lord:
and Jotham his son was over
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the king's house,
judging the people of the land.
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Now the rest of the acts
of Uzziah, first and last,
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did Isaiah the prophet, the son
of Amoz write. So Uzziah slept
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with his fathers and they
buried him with his fathers
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in the field of the burial
which belonged to the kings;
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for they said, He is a leper:
and Jotham his son reigned
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in his stead.
Picking up in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 27. This is
the King James Version.
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Jotham was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign,
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and he reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem. His mother's name
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also was Jerushah, the daughter
of Zadok. And he did that which
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was right in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that his
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father Uzziah did: howbeit
he entered not into the temple
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of the Lord. And the people did
yet corruptly. He built the high
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gate of the house of the
Lord, and on the wall of Ophel
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he built much. Moreover he
built cities in the mountains
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of Judah, and in the forests
he built castles and towers.
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He fought also with the king
of the Ammonites, and prevailed
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against them. And the children
of Ammon gave him the same year
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an hundred talent of silver,
and 10,000 measures of wheat,
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and 10,000 of barley. So much
did the children of Ammon pay
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unto him, both the
second year and the third.
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