WEBVTT - 2 Chronicles 34

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four, and we'll be reading from the English Standard version.

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<v Speaker 1>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,

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<v Speaker 1>and he reigned thirty one years in Jerusalem. And he

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<v Speaker 1>did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and walked in the ways of David his father. And

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<v Speaker 1>he did not turn aside to the right hand or

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<v Speaker 1>to the left. For in the eighth year of his reign,

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<v Speaker 1>while he was yet a boy, he began to seek

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<v Speaker 1>the God of David his father. And in the twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the

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<v Speaker 1>high places, the ashiram and the carved and the metal images.

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<v Speaker 1>And they chopped down the altars of the bales in

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<v Speaker 1>his presence, and he cut down the incense altars that

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<v Speaker 1>stood above them, and he broke in pieces the ashirim

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<v Speaker 1>and the carved and the metal images, and he made

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<v Speaker 1>dust of them and scattered it over the graves of

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<v Speaker 1>those who had sacrificed to them. He also burned the

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<v Speaker 1>bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah

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<v Speaker 1>and Jerusalem, and in the cities of Manassa, Ephrium, and Simeon,

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<v Speaker 1>and as far as Naptali in their ruins. All around.

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<v Speaker 1>He broke down the altars and beat the ashirim and

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<v Speaker 1>the images into powder, and cut down all the incense

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<v Speaker 1>altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned

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<v Speaker 1>to Jerusalem, now in the eighteenth year of his reign,

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<v Speaker 1>when he had cleansed the land and the house, he

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<v Speaker 1>sent Chafan, the son of Azaliah, and Messiah, the governor

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<v Speaker 1>of the city, and Joah, the son of Joahaz the recorder,

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<v Speaker 1>to repair the house of the Lord his God. They

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<v Speaker 1>came to hilco Kiah, the high priest, and gave him

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<v Speaker 1>the money that had been brought into the House of God,

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<v Speaker 1>which the Levites, the keepers of the Threshold, had collected

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<v Speaker 1>from Nassa and Ephrium, and from all the remnant of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>and from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the inhabitants

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<v Speaker 1>of Jerusalem. And they gave it to the workmen who

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<v Speaker 1>were working in the house of the Lord, and the

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<v Speaker 1>workmen who were working in the house of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>gave it for repairing and restoring the house. They gave

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<v Speaker 1>it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried

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<v Speaker 1>stone and timber for binders and beams for the buildings

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<v Speaker 1>that the kings of Judah had let go to Ruin.

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<v Speaker 1>And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were

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<v Speaker 1>set Jayhath and Obadiah, the levites of the sons of Murari,

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<v Speaker 1>and Zechariah, and Mishulm of the sons of the Cohathites,

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<v Speaker 1>to have oversight the levites. All who were skillful with

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<v Speaker 1>instruments of music were over the burden bears and directed

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<v Speaker 1>all who did work in every kind of service. And

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<v Speaker 1>some of the levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.

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<v Speaker 1>While they were bringing out the money that had been

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<v Speaker 1>brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest,

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<v Speaker 1>found the Book of the Law of the Lord given

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<v Speaker 1>through Moses. Then Hilkiah answered and said to Chafan, the secretary,

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<v Speaker 1>I have found the Book of the Law in the

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<v Speaker 1>house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Chafan.

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<v Speaker 1>Chaffan brought the book to the King, and further reported

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<v Speaker 1>to the King, all that was committed to your servants,

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<v Speaker 1>they are doing. They have emptied out the money that

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<v Speaker 1>was found in the house of the Lord and have

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<v Speaker 1>given it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Chaffan the secretary told the King, Hilkiah, the priest

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<v Speaker 1>has given me a book. And Chaffan read from it

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<v Speaker 1>before the King. And when the King heard the words

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<v Speaker 1>of the law, he tore his clothes. And the King

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<v Speaker 1>commanded Hilkiah Ahikam, the son of Schafan, Abdam, the son

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<v Speaker 1>of Micah, Chafan the secretary, and Isiah the King's servant, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>go inquire of the Lord for me and for those

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<v Speaker 1>who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the

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<v Speaker 1>words of the book that has been found. For great

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<v Speaker 1>is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out

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<v Speaker 1>on us, because our fathers have not kept the word

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord to do according to all that is

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<v Speaker 1>written in this book. So Hilkiah and those whom the

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<v Speaker 1>king had sent went to Holdah, the prophetess, the wife

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<v Speaker 1>of Shalam, the son of Tokath, son of Hazra, keeper

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<v Speaker 1>of the wardrobe. Now she lived in Jerusalem in the

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<v Speaker 1>second quarter, and spoke to her to that effect. And

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<v Speaker 1>she said to them, thus says the Lord, the God

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel. Tell the man who sent you to me,

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<v Speaker 1>Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon

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<v Speaker 1>this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that

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<v Speaker 1>are written in the book that was read before the

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<v Speaker 1>King of Judah, because they have forsaken me and have

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<v Speaker 1>made offerings to other gods that they might provoke me

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<v Speaker 1>to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>my wrath will be poured out on this place and

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<v Speaker 1>will not be quenched. But to the King of Judah,

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<v Speaker 1>who sent you to inquire of the Lord. Thus you

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<v Speaker 1>shall say to him, thus says the Lord, the God

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel, regarding the words that you have heard, because

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<v Speaker 1>your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God

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<v Speaker 1>when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants.

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<v Speaker 1>And you have humbled yourself before me, and have torn

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<v Speaker 1>your clothes and wept before me. I also have heard you,

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<v Speaker 1>declares the Lord, Behold. I will gather you to your fathers,

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<v Speaker 1>and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace,

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<v Speaker 1>and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that

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<v Speaker 1>I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants. And

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<v Speaker 1>they brought back word to the King. Then the King

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<v Speaker 1>sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 1>And the King went up to the house of the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord with all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants

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<v Speaker 1>of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, all the people,

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<v Speaker 1>both great and small, and he read in their hearing

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<v Speaker 1>all the words of the Book of the Covenant that

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<v Speaker 1>had been found in the house of the Lord. And

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<v Speaker 1>the King stood in his place and made a covenant

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<v Speaker 1>before the Lord to walk after the Lord and to

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<v Speaker 1>keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with

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<v Speaker 1>all his heart and all his soul, to perform the

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<v Speaker 1>words of the Covenant that were written in this book.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and

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<v Speaker 1>in Benjamin join in it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem

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<v Speaker 1>did according to the Covenant of God, the God of

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<v Speaker 1>their fathers. And Josiah took away all the abominations from

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<v Speaker 1>all the tales territory that belonged to the people of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>and made all who were present in Israel serve the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord their God all his days. They did not turn

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<v Speaker 1>away from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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<v Speaker 1>look at it together today. And Lord, we're grateful that

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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 the kind of influence you can have over a

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<v Speaker 1>large group of people through one faithful life. Lord, as

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<v Speaker 1>you inspired within Josiah a desire to follow you and

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<v Speaker 1>a desire to turn away from idols, and the desire

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<v Speaker 1>to lead your people in righteousness, we could see that

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<v Speaker 1>that had a great impact on the people. You were

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<v Speaker 1>working in their hearts collectively, and you drew many unto

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<v Speaker 1>yourself in that generation. Your word says that they did

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<v Speaker 1>not turn away from following you during the days of Josiah.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful to see that. Lord. We pray that such

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<v Speaker 1>would be the same in our lives as well. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>you tell us in your word that you want us

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<v Speaker 1>to be faithful to you as men and women who

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<v Speaker 1>have been redeemed through faith in your son Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not your desire that we turn to the right

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<v Speaker 1>or to the laughter back toward the things that you

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<v Speaker 1>have freed us from. Through the shed blood of Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>we have been set free from the prisons that once

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<v Speaker 1>entangled us, from the temptations of this world that we

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<v Speaker 1>once gave our hearts over to and were bound by. Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful that you have done this, and we pray that,

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<v Speaker 1>by your grace we would be faithful to you in

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<v Speaker 1>all contexts of life, every day that we live. We

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

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<v Speaker 1>with us today. We commit this day to your care,

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<v Speaker 1>and we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.