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Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghi, and today we're in Second King's Chapter twelve,

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Speaker 1: and we're reading from the English Standard version. In the

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Speaker 1: seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign, and he

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Speaker 1: reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiyah

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Speaker 1: of Beersheba, and Jehoash did what was right in the

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Speaker 1: eyes of the Lord all his days because Jehoyda, the

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Speaker 1: priest instructed him. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away.

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Speaker 1: The people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the

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Speaker 1: high places. Jehoash said to the priests, all the money

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Speaker 1: of the holy things that is brought into the house

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Speaker 1: of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed,

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Speaker 1: the money from the assessment of persons, and the money

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Speaker 1: that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the

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Speaker 1: house of the Lord. Let the priests take each from

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Speaker 1: his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any

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Speaker 1: need of repairs is discovered. But by the twenty third

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Speaker 1: year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs

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Speaker 1: on the house. Therefore, King Jehoash summoned Jehoyitah the Priest

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Speaker 1: and the other priests and said to them, why are

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Speaker 1: you not repairing the house? Now? Therefore, take no more

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Speaker 1: money from your donors, but hand it over for the

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Speaker 1: repair of the house. So the priests agreed that they

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Speaker 1: they should not repair the house. Then Jehoydah the priest

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Speaker 1: right side as one entered the house of the Lord,

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Speaker 1: and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it

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Speaker 1: all the money that was brought into the house of

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Speaker 1: the Lord. And whenever they saw that there was much

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Speaker 1: money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high

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Speaker 1: priest came up, and they bagged and counted the money

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Speaker 1: that was found in the house of the Lord. Then

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Speaker 1: they would give the money that was weighed out into

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Speaker 1: the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of

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Speaker 1: the house of the Lord, and they paid it out

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Speaker 1: to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the

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Speaker 1: house of the Lord, and to the masons and the stonecutters,

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Speaker 1: as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for

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Speaker 1: making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for

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Speaker 1: any outlay for the repairs of the house. But there

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Speaker 1: were not made for the house of the Lord basins

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Speaker 1: the house of the Lord, for that was given to

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Speaker 1: the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord

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Speaker 1: with it. And they did not ask for an accounting

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Speaker 1: to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.

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Speaker 1: The money from the guilt offerings, and the money from

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Speaker 1: the Lord. It belonged to the priests. At that time, Hazel,

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Speaker 1: King of Syria, went up and fought against Gath and

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Speaker 1: took it. But when Hazel set his face to go

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Speaker 1: up against Jerusalem, Jehoash king of Judah, took all the

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Speaker 1: sacred gifts that Jehosaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers.

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Speaker 1: The kings of Judah had dedicated and his own sacred

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Speaker 1: gifts and all the gold that was found in the

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Speaker 1: treasuries of the House of the Lord and of the

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Speaker 1: King's house, and sent these to Hazel, King of Syria.

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Speaker 1: Then Hazel went away from Jerusalem. Now the rest of

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Speaker 1: the acts of joe Ash and all that he did,

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Speaker 1: of the Kings of Judah. His servants arose and made

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Speaker 1: of Millo on the way that goes down to Scilla.

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Speaker 1: It was Joseahar, the son of Semeith, and Jehosahbad, the

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Speaker 1: in his place. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for

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Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege of

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Speaker 1: being able to look at it today. And Lord, we

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Speaker 1: thank you as we look at this passage, that you

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Speaker 1: had placed it within the king's heart to make repairs

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Speaker 1: facilitated this process. We see Lord, that this was done

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Speaker 1: out of reverence for you, and Lord, you tell us

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Speaker 1: that our bodies are a temple of your Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 1: The moment we trust in your sol on Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 1: we are in dwelled by your Holy Spirit, and throughout

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Speaker 1: your word you invite us and you encourage us to

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Speaker 1: use our bodies for your glory, and to not use

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Speaker 1: our bodies in such a way that we dishonor your

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Speaker 1: name or your purposes for which we were created. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: we pray that in all aspect of our lives, the

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Speaker 1: minds to dwell on, the actions that we take. We

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Speaker 1: pray that all that we do would bring glory to

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Speaker 1: your name, and that we would live in this world

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Speaker 1: as men and women who have been redeemed through faith

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Speaker 1: in your son, Jesus Christ. We're grateful, Lord that You've

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Speaker 1: made this all possible, and we commit this day to

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Speaker 1: your care. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,