Hi, and welcome back
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining with me today to
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read the Bible together.
Let's pray before we start.
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Dear Lord, thank you
again for bringing us apart from
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the duties of our day,
to come into your presence
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especially right
now to hear your word.
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Please send your Holy
Spirit to guide our thoughts,
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to understand the
lesson you have for us here.
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We love you and thank
you for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 34, beginning with
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verse 31, and this is
the King James Version.
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And the king stood in his place
and made a covenant before the
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Lord, to walk after the
Lord, to walk after the Lord,
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and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies,
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and his statutes, with all his
heart, and with all his soul,
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to perform the words of
the covenant which are written
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in this book. And he caused all
that were present in Jerusalem
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and Benjamin to stand to it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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did according to the covenant
of God the God of their fathers.
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And Josiah took away all
the abominations out of all the
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countries that pertained to the
children of Israel, and made all
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that were present in Israel
to serve, even to serve the Lord
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their God. And all his days
they departed not from following
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the Lord, the
God of their fathers.
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Continuing in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 35, this is the
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King James Version.
Moreover Josiah kept a passover
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unto the Lord in Jerusalem:
and they killed the passover
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on the 14th day of the 1st month
And he set the priests in their
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charges and encouraged them to
the service of the house of the
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Lord and said unto the
Levites that taught all Israel,
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which were holy unto the Lord,
Put the holy ark in the house
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which Solomon son of
David, king of Israel did build;
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it shall not be a
burden upon your shoulders:
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serve now the Lord your
God, and his people Israel,
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and prepare yourselves by
the houses of your fathers,
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after your courses, according
to the writing of David
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king of Israel, and according
to the writing of Solomon
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his son, and stand in the holy
place according to the divisions
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of the families of the fathers
of your brethren the people,
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and after the division of
the families of the Levites.
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So Kill the passover
and sanctify yourselves,
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and prepare your brethren that
they may do according to the
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word of the Lord
by the hand of Moses.
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And Josiah gave to the people,
of the flock, lambs and kids,
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all for the passover offerings,
for all that were present,
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to the number of
30,000 and 3000 bullocks:
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these were of the king's
substance. And his princes gave
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willingly unto the people, to
the priests, and to the Levites:
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Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel
rulers of the house of God,
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gave unto the priests
for the passover offerings
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two thousand and six hundred
small cattle, and 300 oxen.
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Conaniah also, and Shemaiah
and Nethaneel, his brethren,
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Hashabiah and Jehiel and
Jozabad, chief of the Levites,
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gave unto the Levites for the
passover offerings five thousand
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small cattle and
five hundred oxen.
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So the service was prepared,
and the priest stood in their
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place, and the Levites in their
courses, according to the king's
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commandment. And they killed
the passover, and the priests
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sprinkled the blood from
their hands, and the Levites
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flayed them. And they
removed the burnt offerings,
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that they might give according
to the divisions of the families
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of the people, to offer
unto the Lord, as it is written
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in the book of Moses. And
so did they with the oxen.
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And they roasted the passover
with fire according to the
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ordinance: but the other
holy offerings sod they in pots,
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and in caldrons, and in
pans, and divided them speedily
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among all the people.
And afterward they made ready
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for themselves, and for the
priests: because the priests
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the sons of Aaron were busied
in offering of burnt offerings
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and the fat until
night; therefore the Levites
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prepared for themselves,
and for the priests the sons of
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Aaron. And the singers the sons
of Asaph were in their place,
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according to the commandment
of David, and Asaph, and Heman,
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and Jeduthun the king's seer;
and the porters waited at every
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gate; they might not depart from
their service for their brethren
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the Levites prepared for them.
So all the service of the Lord
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was prepared the same
day, to keep the passover,
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and to offer burnt offerings
upon the altar of the Lord,
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according to the
commandment of king Josiah.
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And the children of Israel that
were present kept the passover
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at that time, and the feast
of unleavened bread seven days.
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And there was no passover like
to that kept in Israel from the
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days of Samuel the prophet:
neither did all the kings of
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Israel keep such a passover
as Josiah kept, and the priests,
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and the Levites, and all Judah
and Israel that were present,
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and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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In the 18th year of the reign
of Josiah was this passover kept
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After all this, when Josiah
had prepared the temple, Necho
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king of Egypt came up
to fight against Carchemish
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by Euphrates: and
Josiah went out against him.
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But he sent ambassadors to him,
saying, What have I to do with
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thee, thou king of Judah? I come
not against thee this day, but
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against the house wherewith
I have war: for God commanded
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me to make haste: forbear
thee from meddling with God,
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who is with me, that he destroy
thee not. Nevertheless Josiah
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would not turn his face
from him but disguised himself,
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that he might fight with him,
and hearkened not unto the words
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of Necho from the mouth of God,
and came to fight in the valley
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of Megiddo. And the archers shot
at king Josiah; and the king
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said to his servants, Have
me away; for I am sore wounded.
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His servants therefore
took him out of that chariot,
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and put him in the 2nd chariot
that he had; and they brought
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him to Jerusalem, and he died,
and was buried in one of the
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sepulchers of his fathers. And
all Judah and Jerusalem mourned
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for Josiah: And
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah:
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and all the singing
men and the singing women
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spake of Josiah in their
lamentations to this day,
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and made them an ordinance
in Israel: and, behold,
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they are written
in the lamentations.
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Now the rest of the acts
of Josiah, and his goodness,
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according to that which was
written in the law of the Lord,
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and his deeds, first and
last, behold, they are written
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in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah.
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Continuing now with
2nd Chronicles, chapter 36
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This is the King James Version.
Then the people of the land
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took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and made him king
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in his father's
stead in Jerusalem,
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Jehoahaz was twenty and
three years old when he began to
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reign, and he reigned
three months in Jerusalem.
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And the king of Egypt
put him down at Jerusalem,
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and condemned the land in
an hundred talents of silver
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and a talent of gold. And
the king of Egypt made Eliakim
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his brother king
over Judah and Jerusalem,
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and turned his name to Jehoiakim
and Necho took Jehoahaz
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his brother and carried him
to Egypt. Jehoiakim was 25 years
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old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eleven years
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in Jerusalem: and he did
that which was evil in the sight
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of the Lord his God. Against
him came up Nebuchadnezzar
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king of Babylon, and bound
him in fetters, to carry him
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to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar
also carried of the vessels of
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the house of the Lord to Babylon
and put them in his temple
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at Babylon. Now the rest
of the acts of Jehoiakim,
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and his abominations which
he did, and that which was found
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in him, behold, they are written
in the book of the kings of
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Israel and Judah.
And Jehoiachin his son
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reigned in his stead. Jehoiachin
was 8 years old when he began
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to reign, and he reigned three
months and ten days in Jerusalem
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and he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord.
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And when the year was expired,
king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
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and brought him to Babylon with
the goodly vessels of the house
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of the Lord, and made Zedekiah
his brother king over Judah
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and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was
one and twenty years old when
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he began to reign, and
reigned 11 years in Jerusalem.
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and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the Lord his God
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and humbled not himself
before Jeremiah the prophet
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speaking from the mouth of
the Lord. And he also rebelled
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against king Nebuchadnezzar,
who had made him swear by God:
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but he stiffened his neck, and
hardened his heart from turning
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unto the Lord God of Israel.
Moreover all the chief of the
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priests, and the
people, transgressed very much
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after all the abominations
of the heathen; and polluted
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the house of the Lord which
he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
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And the Lord God of
their fathers sent to them
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by his messengers,
rising up betimes, and sending;
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because he had compassion on
his people, and on his dwelling
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place: But they
mocked the messengers of God,
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and despised his words,
and misused his prophets,
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until the wrath of the
Lord arose against his people,
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til there was no remedy.
Therefore he brought upon them
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the king of the Chaldees who
slew their young men with the
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sword in the house of their
sanctuary, and had no compassion
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upon young man or maiden,
old man, or him that stooped
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for age: he gave
them all into his hand.
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And all the vessels of the
house of God, great and small
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and the treasures of the house
of the Lord, and the treasures
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of the king, and of his princes;
all these he brought to Babylon.
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And they burnt the house of
God, and brake down the wall
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of Jerusalem, and burnt all
the palaces thereof with fire,
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and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof.
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And them that had escaped
from the sword carried he away
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to Babylon; where they were
servants to him and his sons
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until the reign of the kingdom
of Persia: to fulfill the word
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of the Lord by the mouth
of Jeremiah, until the land
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had enjoyed her sabbaths:
for as long as she lay desolate
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she kept sabbath, to fulfill
threescore and ten years.
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Now in the first year
of Cyrus king of Persia,
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that the word of the Lord
spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah
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might be accomplished, the Lord
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
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king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout
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all his kingdom, and put
it also in writing, saying,
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thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdoms of the earth
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hath the Lord God of heaven
given me; and he hath charged
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me to build him an house in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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Who is there among
you of all his people?
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The Lord his God be
with him, and let him go up.
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We're continuing now
with the book of Ezra,
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chapter one, and this
is the King James Version.
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Now in the first year
of Cyrus king of Persia,
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that the word of the
Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah
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might be fulfilled, the Lord
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
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king of Persia, that he made
a proclamation throughout all
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his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying,
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Thus saith Cyrus king of
Persia, The Lord God of heaven
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hath given me all the
kingdoms of the earth;
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and he hath charged me to
build him an house at Jerusalem,
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which is in Judah. Who is there
among you of all his people?
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His God be with him and
let him go up to Jerusalem
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which is in Judah, and build the
house of the Lord God of Israel,
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- he is the God, - which
is in Jerusalem. And whosoever
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remaineth in any place where he
sojourneth, let the men of his
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place help him with silver,
and with gold, and with goods,
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and with beasts, beside the
freewill offering for the house
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of God that is in Jerusalem.
Then rose up the chief of the
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fathers of Judah and Benjamin,
and the priests, and the Levites
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with all them whose spirit God
had raised, to go up to build
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the house of the Lord which
is in Jerusalem. And all they
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that were about them
strengthened their hands
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with vessels of
silver, with gold, with goods,
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and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all
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that was willingly offered. Also
Cyrus the king brought forth
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the vessels of the house of
the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar
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had brought forth out of
Jerusalem, and had put them
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in the house of his gods; Even
those did Cyrus king of Persia
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bring forth by the hand
of Mithredath the treasurer,
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and numbered them unto
Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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And this is the number of
them: 30 chargers of gold,
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a thousand chargers of
silver, nine and twenty knives,
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30 basins of gold, silver
basins of a second sort, 410,
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and other vessels a thousand.
All the vessels of gold and of
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silver were five
thousand and four hundred.
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All these did Sheshbazzar bring
up with them of the captivity
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that were brought up
from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
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We're continuing
with Ezra, chapter 2,
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this is the King James Version.
Now these are the children of
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the province that went up out
of the captivity, of those which
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had been carried away
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
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Babylon had carried away
unto Babylon, and came again
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unto Jerusalem and
Judah, every one unto his city;
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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Goodbye.
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