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Speaker 1: Hello, and good morning. Thank you so much for tuning

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Speaker 1: into the Bible Explained podcast. We are going to be

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Speaker 1: in second Chronicles eleven today talking about the rain of

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Speaker 1: of the bad things that Sulomon did. We'll get into

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Speaker 1: it in just a second. So can you believe that

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Speaker 1: Advent started yesterday? I am just shocked that we're already

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Speaker 1: in the Christmas season. My church was all decorated for

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Speaker 1: Christmas yesterday, and I was like, how I felt like

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Speaker 1: feels like summer just flew. And I'm kind of bummed,

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Speaker 1: honestly that Christmas is already here. I'm not in the

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Speaker 1: Christmas spirit yet this year, but anyway, it is Advent,

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Speaker 1: and for those of you who are in the Christmas spirit,

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Speaker 1: you should definitely check out my Advent devotional four teenage Girls,

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Speaker 1: especially if you know a teenage girl. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: guess you can read it yourself if you're not a

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Speaker 1: teenage girl, but I would suggest giving it to any

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Speaker 1: teenage girl that you know, because you know, people don't

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Speaker 1: really understand what Advent is. It is not taught in school,

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Speaker 1: nobody gets it, and so I talk about what Advent

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Speaker 1: is and how it relates to Christmas, not to mention

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Speaker 1: Advent really just is talking about Jesus's second coming. So

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Speaker 1: all of that is discussed in the Advent devotional four

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Speaker 1: teenage Girls. You will find that linked in the description

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Speaker 1: of this episode, but let's go ahead and read it.

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Speaker 1: Second Chronicles eleven the entire thing and discuss the reign

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Speaker 1: of Raya Boam. And we're also going to talk about

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Speaker 1: some laws that he breaks, and how Israel and Judah

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Speaker 1: I'll be reading as usual from the web. Grab your

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Speaker 1: cup of coffee or your cup of tea, and let's

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Speaker 1: jump right in. When Raya Boham had come to Jerusalem,

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Speaker 1: he assembled the House of Judah and Benjamin one hundred

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Speaker 1: But Yea always wear came to Shemeah, the Man of God, saying,

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Speaker 1: Every man returned to his house, for this thing is

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Speaker 1: from going against Jereboam. Rayeboam lived in Jerusalem and built

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Speaker 1: cities for defense. In Judah he built Bethlehem, Edom Toakoa, Bethezur, Soko, Adulam, Gath, Merisha,

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Speaker 1: The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel

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Speaker 1: But the word of Yahweh came to a man named

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Speaker 1: So Jeroboam goes and fortifies all these cities. He fortified Bethlehem, Edam, Tocoa, Bethzor,

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Speaker 1: not fully faithful in Yahweh. And Solomon unfortunately learned way

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Speaker 1: he said to them, it is too much for you

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