WEBVTT - 2 Kings 14

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stangi, and today we're in Second King's Chapter fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and today we'll be reading from the Message Bible. In

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<v Speaker 1>the second year of Jehoash, son of Jehoah Has King

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel, Amaziah, son of joe Ash, became King of Judah.

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<v Speaker 1>He was twenty five years old when he became king,

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<v Speaker 1>and he reigned for twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His

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<v Speaker 1>mother's name was Jehoedin. She was from Jerusalem. He lived

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<v Speaker 1>the way God wanted and did the right thing, but

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't come up to the standards of his ancestor David. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>he lived pretty much as his father, joe Ash had

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<v Speaker 1>the local sex and religion, continued to stay in business

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<v Speaker 1>with people, frequenting them. When he had the affairs of

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<v Speaker 1>the kingdom well in hand, he executed the palace guard

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<v Speaker 1>that had assassinated his father, the king, but he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>kill the sons of the assassins. He was obedient to

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<v Speaker 1>what God commanded written in the Word Revealed to Moses

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<v Speaker 1>that parents shouldn't be executed for their children's sins, nor

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<v Speaker 1>children for those of their parents. We each pay personally

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<v Speaker 1>for our sins. Amaziah roundly defeated Edam in the Valley

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<v Speaker 1>of Salt, to the tune of ten thousand dead. In

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<v Speaker 1>another battle, he took the rock and renamed it jock Thiel,

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<v Speaker 1>the name it still bears. One day, Amaziah sent envoys

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<v Speaker 1>to Jehoash, son of Jehoah has the son of Jehu,

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<v Speaker 1>King of Israel, challenging him to a fight. Come and

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<v Speaker 1>meet with me. Dare you let's have it out face

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<v Speaker 1>to face. Jehoash, King of Israel, replied to Amaziah, King

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<v Speaker 1>of Judah. One day, a thistle in Lebanon sent word

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<v Speaker 1>to a cedar in Lebanon, give your daughter to my

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<v Speaker 1>son in marriage. But then a wild animal of Lebanon

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<v Speaker 1>passed by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it. Just

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<v Speaker 1>because you've defeated Edom in battle, you now think you're

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<v Speaker 1>a big shot. Go ahead and be proud, but stay home.

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<v Speaker 1>Why press your luck? Why bring defeat on yourself and Judah.

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<v Speaker 1>Amaziah wouldn't take no for an answer, so jeho Ash,

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<v Speaker 1>King of Israel, gave in and agreed to a battle

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<v Speaker 1>between him and Amaziah, King of Judah. They met at

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<v Speaker 1>Beth Shamesh, a town of Judah. Judah was thoroughly beaten

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<v Speaker 1>by Israel. All their soldiers ran home in defeat. Jehoash,

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<v Speaker 1>King of Israel, captured Amaziah, King of Judah, the son

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<v Speaker 1>of joe Ash, the son of Ahazia, at Beth Schemesh.

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<v Speaker 1>But jeho Ash didn't stop there. He went on to

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<v Speaker 1>attack Jerusalem. He demolished the wall of Jerusalem all the

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<v Speaker 1>way from the Ephrium gate to the corner gate, a

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<v Speaker 1>stretch of about six hundred feet. He looted the gold, silver,

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<v Speaker 1>and furnishings, anything he found that was worth taking from

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<v Speaker 1>both the Palace and the Temple of God, and for

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<v Speaker 1>good measure he took hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

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<v Speaker 1>The rest of the life and times of jeho Ash,

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<v Speaker 1>his significant accomplishments, and the fight with Amaziah, King of Judah,

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<v Speaker 1>are all written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>Jehoash died and was buried in Samaria in the Cemetery

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<v Speaker 1>of the Kings of Israel. His son, Jeroboam became the

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<v Speaker 1>next king, Amaziah, son of joe Ash, King of Judah

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<v Speaker 1>continued as king fifteen years after the death of Jehoash,

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<v Speaker 1>son of jehoahaz king of Israel. The rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>life and times of Amaziah is written in the Chronicles

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<v Speaker 1>of the Kings of Judah. At the last they cooked

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<v Speaker 1>up a plot against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he had

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<v Speaker 1>to flee to Lakish, but they tracked him down in

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<v Speaker 1>Lakish and killed him there. They brought him back on

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<v Speaker 1>horseback and buried him in Jerusalem with his ancestors in

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<v Speaker 1>the city of David. Azariah, he was only sixteen years

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<v Speaker 1>old at the time, was the unanimous choice of the

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<v Speaker 1>people of Judah to succeed his father Amaziah as king.

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<v Speaker 1>Following his father's death, he rebuilt and restored Elath to Judah.

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<v Speaker 1>In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, son of Joash, King

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<v Speaker 1>of Judah, Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, became king of Israel

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<v Speaker 1>in Samaria. He ruled for forty one years. As far

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<v Speaker 1>as God was concerned, earned he lived an evil life,

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<v Speaker 1>never deviating an inch from all the sin of Jeroboam

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<v Speaker 1>son of Nebat, who led Israel into a life of sin.

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<v Speaker 1>But he did restore the borders of Israel to Liebo

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<v Speaker 1>Hamath in the far north and to the Dead Sea

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<v Speaker 1>in the south, matching what God, the God of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>had pronounced through his servant Jonah, son of Ametai, the

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<v Speaker 1>prophet from Gath Heffer. God was fully aware of the

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<v Speaker 1>trouble in Israel its bitterly hard times. No one was exempt,

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<v Speaker 1>whether slave or citizen, and no hope of help anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>was in sight. But God wasn't ready to blot out

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<v Speaker 1>the name of Israel from history, so he used Jeroboam,

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<v Speaker 1>son of Jehoash to save them. The rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>life and times of Jerobom, his victories in battle, and

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<v Speaker 1>how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hammeth, which

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<v Speaker 1>had belonged to Judah, these are all written in the

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<v Speaker 1>Ronicles of the Kings of Israel. Jeroboam died and was

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<v Speaker 1>buried with his ancestors in the royal Cemetery. His son

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<v Speaker 1>Zechariah became the next king. Let's pray, Lord, we thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for your word, and we thank you for the

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<v Speaker 1>privilege of being able to look at it today. And Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>as we look at this portion of scripture, we can

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<v Speaker 1>see examples of those who loved you and sought to

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<v Speaker 1>do your will, and those who rejected you and went

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<v Speaker 1>their own way. Lord, this seems to be, in some

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<v Speaker 1>respects a back and forth pattern for the kings of Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>Some did right in your eyes and some did evil. Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>If you intrust a position of leadership or influence to

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<v Speaker 1>any of us, we pray Lord that we would be

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<v Speaker 1>good stewards of that position. Lord. We pray that any

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<v Speaker 1>aspect of leadership or influence that you entrust to us

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<v Speaker 1>would be something that we would use to give others

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<v Speaker 1>an example of what it means to have a changed

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<v Speaker 1>mind and a changed heart through faith in Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>and that our actions and that our attitudes would point

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<v Speaker 1>to Christ. Lord, we love you, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for this day, and we commit this day to your care,

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you, Lord for your presence with us

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<v Speaker 1>in it. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,