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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:19 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday May 7 >2 Chronicles 25-27 (The Message) > > 2 Chronicles 25 > King Amaziah > 1-4 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king and reigned > twenty-nine years in > Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. He lived well before > God, doing the right thing > for the most part. But he wasn't wholeheartedly devoted to God. When he > had the affairs of the > kingdom well in hand, he executed the palace guard who had assassinated > his father the king. But he > didn't kill the sons of the assassins-he was mindful of what God commanded > in The Revelation of > Moses, that parents shouldn't be executed for their childrens' sins, nor > children for their > parents'. We each pay personally for our sins. > 5-6 Amaziah organized Judah and sorted out Judah and Benjamin by families > and by military units. > Men twenty years and older had to register-they ended up with 300,000 > judged capable of military > service. In addition he hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel in the north at > a cost of about four and > a half tons of silver. > > 7-8 A holy man showed up and said, "No, O King-don't let those northern > Israelite soldiers into > your army; God is not on their side, nor with any of the Ephraimites. > Instead, you go by yourself > and be strong. God and God only has the power to help or hurt your cause." > > 9 But Amaziah said to the holy man, "But what about all this money- these > tons of silver I have > already paid out to hire these men?" > > "God's help is worth far more to you than that," said the holy man. > > 10 So Amaziah fired the soldiers he had hired from the north and sent them > home. They were very > angry at losing their jobs and went home seething. > > 11-12 But Amaziah was optimistic. He led his troops into the Valley of > Salt and killed ten thousand > men of Seir. They took another ten thousand as prisoners, led them to the > top of the Rock, and > pushed them off a cliff. They all died in the fall, smashed on the rocks. > > 13 But the troops Amaziah had dismissed from his army, angry over their > lost opportunity for > plunder, rampaged through the towns of Judah all the way from Samaria to > Beth Horon, killing three > thousand people and taking much plunder. > > 14-15 On his return from the destruction of the Edomites, Amaziah brought > back the gods of the men > of Seir and installed them as his own gods, worshiping them and burning > incense to them. That > ignited God's anger; a fiery blast of God's wrath put into words by a > God-sent prophet: "What is > this? Why on earth would you pray to inferior gods who couldn't so much as > help their own people > from you-gods weaker than Amaziah?" > > 16 Amaziah interrupted him, "Did I ask for your opinion? Shut up or get > thrown out!" > > The prophet quit speaking, but not before he got in one last word: "I > have it on good authority: > God has made up his mind to throw you out because of what you've done, and > because you wouldn't > listen to me." > > > 17 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, I dare you. Let's have > it out face-to-face!" > > 18-19 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?" > > 20-22 Amaziah wouldn't take no for an answer-God had already decided to > let Jehoash defeat him > because he had defected to the gods of Edom. So Jehoash king of Israel > came on ahead and confronted > Amaziah king of Judah. They met at Beth Shemesh, a town of Judah. Judah > was thoroughly beaten by > Israel-all the soldiers straggled home in defeat. > > 23-24 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 at that; 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. > > 25-26 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 > from start to finish is > written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Judah and Israel. > > 27-28 During those last days, after Amaziah had defected from God, 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. > > 2 Chronicles 26 > King Uzziah > 1-2 The people of Judah then took Uzziah, who was only sixteen years old, > and made him king in > place of his father Amaziah. The first thing he did after his father was > dead and buried was to > recover Elath for Judah and rebuild it. > 3-5 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king and reigned for > fifty-two years in Jerusalem. > His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem. He behaved well in the eyes of > God, following in the > footsteps of his father Amaziah. He was a loyal seeker of God. He was well > trained by his pastor and > teacher Zechariah to live in reverent obedience before God, and for as > long as Zechariah lived, > Uzziah lived a godly life. And God prospered him. > > 6-8 He ventured out and fought the Philistines, breaking into the fortress > cities of Gath, Jabneh, > and Ashdod. He also built settlements around Ashdod and other Philistine > areas. God helped him in > his wars with the Philistines, the Arabs in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. > The Ammonites also paid > tribute. Uzziah became famous, his reputation extending all the way to > Egypt. He became quite > powerful. > > 9-10 Uzziah constructed defense towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, > the Valley Gate, and at the > corner of the wall. He also built towers and dug cisterns out in the > country. He had herds of cattle > down in the foothills and out on the plains, had farmers and vinedressers > at work in the hills and > fields-he loved growing things. > > 11-15 On the military side, Uzziah had a well-prepared army ready to > fight. They were organized by > companies under the direction of Jeiel the secretary, Maaseiah the field > captain, and Hananiah of > the general staff. The roster of family leaders over the fighting men > accounted for 2,600. Under > them were reinforcement troops numbering 307,000, with 500 of them on > constant alert-a strong royal > defense against any attack. Uzziah had them well-armed with shields, > spears, helmets, armor, bows, > and slingshots. He also installed the latest in military technology on the > towers and corners of > Jerusalem for shooting arrows and hurling stones. He became well known for > all this-a famous king. > Everything seemed to go his way. > > 16-18 But then the strength and success went to his head. Arrogant and > proud, he fell. One day, > contemptuous of God, he walked into The Temple of God like he owned it and > took over, burning > incense on the Incense Altar. The priest Azariah, backed up by eighty > brave priests of God, tried to > prevent him. They confronted Uzziah: "You must not, you cannot do this, > Uzziah-only the Aaronite > priests, especially consecrated for the work, are permitted to burn > incense. Get out of God's > Temple; you are unfaithful and a disgrace!" > > 19-21 But Uzziah, censer in hand, was already in the middle of doing it > and angrily rebuffed the > priests. He lost his temper; angry words were exchanged-and then, even as > they quarreled, a skin > disease appeared on his forehead. As soon as they saw it, the chief priest > Azariah and the other > priests got him out of there as fast as they could. He hurried out-he knew > that God then and there > had given him the disease. Uzziah had his skin disease for the rest of his > life and had to live in > quarantine; he was not permitted to set foot in The Temple of God. His son > Jotham, who managed the > royal palace, took over the government of the country. > > 22-23 The rest of the history of Uzziah, from start to finish, was written > by the prophet Isaiah > son of Amoz. When Uzziah died, they buried him with his ancestors in a > field next to the royal > cemetery. His skin disease disqualified him from burial in the royal > cemetery. His son Jotham became > the next king. > > 2 Chronicles 27 > King Jotham > 1-2 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king; he reigned > sixteen years at Jerusalem. > His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. In God's eyes he lived a > good life, following the path > marked out by his father Uzziah. Unlike his father, though, he didn't > desecrate The Temple of God. > But the people pushed right on in their lives of corruption. > 3-6 Jotham constructed the Upper Gate of The Temple of God, considerably > extended the Wall of the > Ophel, and built cities in the high country of Judah and forts and towers > down in the forests. He > fought and beat the king of the Ammonites-that year the Ammonites turned > over three and a quarter > tons of silver and about 65,000 bushels of wheat, and another 65,000 > bushels of barley. They > repeated this for the next two years. Jotham's strength was rooted in his > steady and determined life > of obedience to God. > > 7-9 The rest of the history of Jotham, including his wars and > achievements, are all written in the > Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. He was twenty-five years > old when he became king; he > reigned for sixteen years at Jerusalem. Jotham died and was buried in the > City of David. His son > Ahaz became 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. 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