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Bible Reading for September 06
2 Chronicles 20
[1] It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the
children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
[2] Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great
multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold,
they be Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. [3] And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
[4] And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out
of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. [5] And Jehoshaphat
stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD,
before the new court, [6] And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou
God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and
in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand
thee? [7] Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this
land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend
for ever?
[8] And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy
name, saying,
[9] If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or
famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in
this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
[10] And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou
wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but
they turned from them, and destroyed them not; [11] Behold, I say, how they
reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us
to inherit. [12] O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might
against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do:
but our eyes are upon thee.
[13] And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives,
and their children.
[14] Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of
Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of
the LORD in the midst of the congregation; [15] And he said, Hearken ye, all
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith
the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great
multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
[16] To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of
Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of
Jeruel.
[17] Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with
you.
[18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
[19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children
of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice
on high.
[20] And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of
Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be
established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. [21] And when he had
consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should
praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say,
Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
[22] And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against
Judah; and they were smitten.
[23] For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of
mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of
the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. [24] And when
Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the
multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none
escaped.
[25] And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them,
they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and
precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
[26] And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same
place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. [27] Then they
returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront
of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to
rejoice over their enemies. [28] And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries
and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
[29] And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they
had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. [30] So the
realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. [32] And he walked in the way
of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the
sight of the LORD. [33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as
yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of
the kings of Israel.
[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly: [36] And he joined himself with him to
make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. [37]
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken
thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to
Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 21
[1] Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. [2] And he had
brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and
Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat
king of Israel.
[3] And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. [4] Now when Jehoram was risen up to
the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren
with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
[5] Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of
Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was
evil in the eyes of the LORD.
[7] Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to
him and to his sons for ever.
[8] In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and
made themselves a king.
[9] Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him:
and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and
the captains of the chariots.
[10] So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The
same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken
the LORD God of his fathers. [11] Moreover he made high places in the
mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. [12] And there came a writing to him
from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father,
Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the
ways of Asa king of Judah, [13] But hast walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring,
like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren
of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
[14] Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: [15] And thou shalt have great
sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the
sickness day by day. [16] Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the
spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
[17] And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the
substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his
wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of
his sons.
[18] And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable
disease.
[19] And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years,
his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases.
And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
[20] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried
him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles 22
[1] And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain
all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. [2] Forty
and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year
in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
[3] He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counseller to do wickedly.
[4] Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for
they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.
[5] He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab
king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the
Syrians smote Joram.
[6] And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were
given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at
Jezreel, because he was sick.
[7] And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he
was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the
LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. [8] And it came to pass, that,
when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes
of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah,
he slew them. [9] And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid
in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried
him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD
with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the
kingdom.
[10] But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. [11] But
Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his
nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife
of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from
Athaliah, so that she slew him not. [12] And he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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