WEBVTT - 2 Kings 12

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

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<v Speaker 1>and we're reading from the English Standard version. In the

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<v Speaker 1>seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign, and he

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<v Speaker 1>reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiyah

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<v Speaker 1>of Beersheba, and Jehoash did what was right in the

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<v Speaker 1>eyes of the Lord all his days because Jehoyda, the

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<v Speaker 1>priest instructed him. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away.

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<v Speaker 1>The people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the

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<v Speaker 1>high places. Jehoash said to the priests, all the money

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<v Speaker 1>of the holy things that is brought into the house

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed,

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<v Speaker 1>the money from the assessment of persons, and the money

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<v Speaker 1>that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the

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<v Speaker 1>house of the Lord. Let the priests take each from

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<v Speaker 1>his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any

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<v Speaker 1>need of repairs is discovered. But by the twenty third

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<v Speaker 1>year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs

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<v Speaker 1>on the house. Therefore, King Jehoash summoned Jehoyitah the Priest

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<v Speaker 1>and the other priests and said to them, why are

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<v Speaker 1>you not repairing the house? Now? Therefore, take no more

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<v Speaker 1>money from your donors, but hand it over for the

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<v Speaker 1>repair of the house. So the priests agreed that they

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<v Speaker 1>should take no more money from the people, and that

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<v Speaker 1>they should not repair the house. Then Jehoydah the priest

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<v Speaker 1>took a chest and bored a hole in the lid

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<v Speaker 1>of it and set it beside the altar on the

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<v Speaker 1>right side as one entered the house of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it

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<v Speaker 1>all the money that was brought into the house of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. And whenever they saw that there was much

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<v Speaker 1>money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high

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<v Speaker 1>priest came up, and they bagged and counted the money

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<v Speaker 1>that was found in the house of the Lord. Then

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<v Speaker 1>they would give the money that was weighed out into

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of

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<v Speaker 1>the house of the Lord, and they paid it out

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<v Speaker 1>to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the

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<v Speaker 1>house of the Lord, and to the masons and the stonecutters,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for

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<v Speaker 1>making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for

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<v Speaker 1>any outlay for the repairs of the house. But there

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<v Speaker 1>were not made for the house of the Lord basins

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<v Speaker 1>of silver, snuffers, bulls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold

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<v Speaker 1>or of silver from the money that was brought into

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<v Speaker 1>the house of the Lord, for that was given to

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

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<v Speaker 1>with it. And they did not ask for an accounting

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<v Speaker 1>from the men into whose hand they delivered the money

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<v Speaker 1>to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.

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<v Speaker 1>The money from the guilt offerings, and the money from

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<v Speaker 1>the sin offerings was not brought into the house of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord. It belonged to the priests. At that time, Hazel,

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<v Speaker 1>King of Syria, went up and fought against Gath and

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<v Speaker 1>took it. But when Hazel set his face to go

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<v Speaker 1>up against Jerusalem, Jehoash king of Judah, took all the

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<v Speaker 1>sacred gifts that Jehosaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers.

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<v Speaker 1>The kings of Judah had dedicated and his own sacred

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<v Speaker 1>gifts and all the gold that was found in the

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<v Speaker 1>treasuries of the House of the Lord and of the

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<v Speaker 1>King's house, and sent these to Hazel, King of Syria.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Hazel went away from Jerusalem. Now the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the acts of joe Ash and all that he did,

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<v Speaker 1>are they not written in the book of the Chronicles

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<v Speaker 1>of the Kings of Judah. His servants arose and made

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<v Speaker 1>a conspiracy and struck down joe Ash in the house

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<v Speaker 1>of Millo on the way that goes down to Scilla.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Joseahar, the son of Semeith, and Jehosahbad, the

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<v Speaker 1>son of Schomer, his servants who struck him down so

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<v Speaker 1>that he died, and they buried him with his fathers

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<v Speaker 1>in the city of David, and Ameziah, his son reigned

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>thank you as we look at this passage, that you

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<v Speaker 1>had placed it within the king's heart to make repairs

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<v Speaker 1>to the House of the Lord, and Lord as he

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<v Speaker 1>facilitated this process. We see Lord, that this was done

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<v Speaker 1>out of reverence for you, and Lord, you tell us

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<v Speaker 1>that our bodies are a temple of your Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>The moment we trust in your sol on Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>we are in dwelled by your Holy Spirit, and throughout

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<v Speaker 1>your word you invite us and you encourage us to

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<v Speaker 1>use our bodies for your glory, and to not use

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<v Speaker 1>our bodies in such a way that we dishonor your

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<v Speaker 1>name or your purposes for which we were created. So Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that in all aspect of our lives, the

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<v Speaker 1>words that we use, the things that we allow our

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<v Speaker 1>minds to dwell on, the actions that we take. We

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<v Speaker 1>pray that all that we do would bring glory to

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<v Speaker 1>your name, and that we would live in this world

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<v Speaker 1>as men and women who have been redeemed through faith

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

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<v Speaker 1>made this all possible, and we commit this day to

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