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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:02 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday April 17 >2 Kings 13-15 (The Message) > > 2 Kings 13 > Jehoahaz of Israel > 1-3 In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, > Jehoahaz son of Jehu became > king of Israel in Samaria-a rule of seventeen years. He lived an evil life > before God, walking step > for step in the tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led Israel into a life > of sin, swerving neither > left or right. Exasperated, God was furious with Israel and turned them > over to Hazael king of Aram > and Ben-Hadad son of Hazael. This domination went on for a long time. > 4-6 Then Jehoahaz prayed for a softening of God's anger, and God listened. > He realized how wretched > Israel had become under the brutalities of the king of Aram. So God > provided a savior for Israel who > brought them out from under Aram's oppression. The children of Israel were > again able to live at > peace in their own homes. But it didn't make any difference: They didn't > change their lives, didn't > turn away from the Jeroboam-sins that now characterized Israel, including > the sex-and-religion > shrines of Asherah still flourishing in Samaria. > > 7 Nothing was left of Jehoahaz's army after Hazael's oppression except for > fifty cavalry, ten > chariots, and ten thousand infantry. The king of Aram had decimated the > rest, leaving behind him > mostly chaff. > > 8-9 The rest of the life and times of Jehoahaz, the record of his > accomplishments, are written in > The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Jehoahaz died and was buried with > his ancestors in Samaria. > His son Jehoash succeeded him as king. > > Jehoash of Israel > 10-11 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of > Jehoahaz became king of > Israel in Samaria-a reign of sixteen years. In God's eyes he lived an evil > life. He didn't deviate > one bit from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life > of sin. He plodded along > in the same tracks, step after step. > 12-13 The rest of the life and times of Jehoash, the record of his > accomplishments and his war > against Amaziah king of Judah, are written in The Chronicles of the Kings > of Israel. Jehoash died > and joined his ancestors. Jeroboam took over his throne. Jehoash was > buried in Samaria in the royal > cemetery. > > 14 Elisha came down sick. It was the sickness of which he would soon die. > Jehoash king of Israel > paid him a visit. When he saw him he wept openly, crying, "My father, my > father! Chariot and > horsemen of Israel!" > > 15 Elisha told him, "Go and get a bow and some arrows." The king brought > him the bow and arrows. > > 16 Then he told the king, "Put your hand on the bow." He put his hand on > the bow. Then Elisha put > his hand over the hand of the king. > > 17 Elisha said, "Now open the east window." He opened it. > > Then he said, "Shoot!" And he shot. > > "The arrow of God's salvation!" exclaimed Elisha. "The arrow of > deliverance from Aram! You will > do battle against Aram until there's nothing left of it." > > 18 "Now pick up the other arrows," said Elisha. He picked them up. > > Then he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground." > > The king struck the ground three times and then quit. > > 19 The Holy Man became angry with him: "Why didn't you hit the ground five > or six times? Then you > would beat Aram until he was finished. As it is, you'll defeat him three > times only." > > 20-21 Then Elisha died and they buried him. > > Some time later, raiding bands of Moabites, as they often did, invaded > the country. One day, > some men were burying a man and spotted the raiders. They threw the man > into Elisha's tomb and got > away. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came alive, stood up, > and walked out on his own > two feet. > > 22-24 Hazael king of Aram badgered and bedeviled Israel all through the > reign of Jehoahaz. But God > was gracious and showed mercy to them. He stuck with them out of respect > for his covenant with > Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He never gave up on them, never even considered > discarding them, even to > this day. Hazael king of Aram died. His son Ben-Hadad was the next king. > > 25 Jehoash son of Jehoahaz turned things around and took back the cities > that Ben-Hadad son of > Hazael had taken from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash went to war three times > and defeated him each > time, recapturing the cities of Israel. > > 2 Kings 14 > Amaziah of Judah > 1-2 In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah > son of Joash became king > of Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned > for twenty-nine years in > Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem. > 3-4 He lived the way God wanted and did the right thing. But he didn't > come up to the standards of > his ancestor David; instead he lived pretty much as his father Joash had; > the local sex-and-religion > shrines continued to stay in business with people frequenting them. > > 5-6 When he had the affairs of the kingdom well in hand, he executed the > palace guard that had > assassinated his father the king. But he didn't kill the sons of the > assassins. He was obedient to > what God commanded, written in the Word revealed to Moses, that parents > shouldn't be executed for > their children's sins, nor children for those of their parents. We each > pay personally for our sins. > > 7 Amaziah roundly defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt to the tune of ten > thousand dead. In another > battle he took The Rock and renamed it Joktheel, the name it still bears. > > 8 One day Amaziah sent envoys to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, > king of Israel, > challenging him to a fight: "Come and meet with me-dare you. Let's have it > out face-to-face!" > > 9-10 Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah, "One day a > thistle in Lebanon sent > word to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' > But then a wild animal of > Lebanon passed by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it. Just because > you've defeated Edom in > battle, you now think you're a big shot. Go ahead and be proud, but stay > home. Why press your luck? > Why bring defeat on yourself and Judah?" > > 11 Amaziah wouldn't take No for an answer. So Jehoash king of Israel gave > in and agreed to a battle > between him and Amaziah king of Judah. They met at Beth Shemesh, a town of > Judah. > > 12 Judah was thoroughly beaten by Israel-all their soldiers ran home in > defeat. > > 13-14 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of > Joash, the son of Ahaziah, > at Beth Shemesh. But Jehoash didn't stop there; he went on to attack > Jerusalem. He demolished the > wall of Jerusalem all the way from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate-a > stretch of about six > hundred feet. He looted the gold, silver, and furnishings-anything he > found that was worth > taking-from both the palace and The Temple of God. And, for good measure, > he took hostages. Then he > returned to Samaria. > > 15-16 The rest of the life and times of Jehoash, his significant > accomplishments and the fight with > Amaziah king of Judah, are all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of > Israel. Jehoash died and > was buried in Samaria in the cemetery of the kings of Israel. His son > Jeroboam became the next king. > > 17-18 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah continued as king fifteen years > after the death of Jehoash > son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. The rest of the life and times of Amaziah > is written in The > Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. > > 19-20 At the last they cooked up a plot against Amaziah in Jerusalem and > he had to flee to Lachish. > But they tracked him down in Lachish and killed him there. They brought > him back on horseback and > buried him in Jerusalem, with his ancestors in the City of David. > > 21-22 Azariah-he was only sixteen years old at the time-was the unanimous > choice of the people of > Judah to succeed his father Amaziah as king. Following his father's death, > he rebuilt and restored > Elath to Judah. > > Jeroboam II of Israel > 23-25 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, > Jeroboam son of Jehoash became > king of Israel in Samaria. He ruled for forty-one years. As far as God was > concerned he lived an > evil life, never deviating an inch from all the sin of Jeroboam son of > Nebat, who led Israel into a > life of sin. But he did restore the borders of Israel to Lebo Hamath in > the far north and to the > Dead Sea in the south, matching what God, the God of Israel, had > pronounced through his servant > Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. > 26-27 God was fully aware of the trouble in Israel, its bitterly hard > times. No one was exempt, > whether slave or citizen, and no hope of help anywhere was in sight. But > God wasn't yet ready to > blot out the name of Israel from history, so he used Jeroboam son of > Jehoash to save them. > > 28-29 The rest of the life and times of Jeroboam, his victories in battle > and how he recovered for > Israel both Damascus and Hamath which had belonged to Judah, these are all > written in The Chronicles > of the Kings of Israel. Jeroboam died and was buried with his ancestors in > the royal cemetery. His > son Zechariah became the next king. > > 2 Kings 15 > Azariah (Uzziah) of Judah > 1-5 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of > Amaziah became king in > Judah. He was sixteen years old when he began his rule and he was king for > fifty-two years in > Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah. She was from Jerusalem. He did > well in the eyes of God, > following in the footsteps of his father Amaziah. But he also failed to > get rid of the local > sex-and-religion shrines; they continued to be popular with the people. > God afflicted the king with > a bad skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in the palace but > no longer acted as king; > his son Jotham ran the government and ruled the country. > 6-7 The rest of the life and times of Azariah, everything he accomplished, > is written in The > Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. Azariah died and was buried with his > ancestors in the City of > David. Jotham his son was king after him. > > Zechariah of Israel > 8-9 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of > Jeroboam became king over > Israel in Samaria. He lasted only six months. He lived a bad life before > God, no different from his > ancestors. He continued in the line of Jeroboam son of Nebat who led > Israel into a life of sin. > 10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him, assassinated him in public > view, and took over as > king. > > 11-12 The rest of the life and times of Zechariah is written plainly in > The Chronicles of the Kings > of Israel. That completed the word of God that was given to Jehu, namely, > "For four generations your > sons will sit on the throne of Israel." Zechariah was the fourth. > > Shallum of Israel > 13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Azariah > king of Judah. He was king > in Samaria for only a month. > 14 Menahem son of Gadi came up from Tirzah to Samaria. He attacked Shallum > son of Jabesh and killed > him. He then became king. > > 15 The rest of the life and times of Shallum and the account of the > conspiracy are written in The > Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. > > Menahem of Israel > 16 Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, > devastating both the town > and its suburbs because they didn't welcome him with open arms. He > savagely ripped open all the > pregnant women. > 17-18 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of > Gadi became king over > Israel. He ruled from Samaria for ten years. As far as God was concerned > he lived an evil life. Sin > for sin, he repeated the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel > into a life of sin. > > 19-20 Then Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria showed up and attacked the > country. But Menahem made > a deal with him: He bought his support by handing over about thirty-seven > tons of silver. He raised > the money by making every landowner in Israel pay fifty shekels to the > king of Assyria. That > satisfied the king of Assyria, and he left the country. > > 21-22 The rest of the life and times of Menahem, everything he did, is > written in The Chronicles of > the Kings of Israel. Menahem died and joined his ancestors. His son > Pekahiah became the next king. > > Pekahiah of Israel > 23-24 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of > Menahem became king of Israel. > He ruled in Samaria for two years. In God's eyes he lived an evil life. He > stuck to the old sin > tracks of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin. > 25 And then his military aide Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against > him-killed him in cold blood > while he was in his private quarters in the royal palace in Samaria. He > also killed Argob and Arieh. > Fifty Gadites were in on the conspiracy with him. After the murder he > became the next king. > > 26 The rest of the life and times of Pekahiah, everything he did, is > written in The Chronicles of > the Kings of Israel. > > Pekah of Israel > 27-28 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of > Remaliah became king of Israel > in Samaria. He ruled for twenty years. In God's view he lived an evil > life; he didn't deviate so > much as a hair's breadth from the path laid down by Jeroboam son of Nebat, > who led Israel into a > life of sin. > 29 During the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of > Assyria invaded the > country. He captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, > Gilead, Galilee-the whole > country of Naphtali-and took everyone captive to Assyria. > > 30 But then Hoshea son of Elah mounted a conspiracy against Pekah son of > Remaliah. He assassinated > him and took over as king. This was in the twentieth year of Jotham son of > Uzziah. > > 31 The rest of the life and times of Pekah, everything he did, is written > in The Chronicles of the > Kings of Israel. > > Jotham of Judah > 32-35 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham > son of Uzziah became king > in Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and reigned > sixteen years in Jerusalem. > His mother's name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. He acted well in God's > eyes, following in the steps > of his father Uzziah. But he didn't interfere with the traffic to the > neighborhood sex-and-religion > shrines; they continued, as popular as ever. The construction of the High > Gate to The Temple of God > was his work. > 36-38 The rest of the life and times of Jotham, the record of his work, is > written in The > Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. It was during these years that God began > sending Rezin king of > Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. Jotham died and joined his > ancestors. They buried > him in the family cemetery in the City of David. His son Ahaz was the next > king. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
