1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,279 Speaker 1: Life Audio how to enco morning their friends and faithful listeners, 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: and welcome to the Bible explained on this lovely Monday morning. 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: I am so excited that you're here to start out 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: the week nice and strong by reading some Bible with me. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about pride today and the story 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: of King Uziah in Second Chronicles twenty six, one of 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: the pride full kings that tries to become a high priest. 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: All right, faithful listeners, we'll get into this topic in 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: just one second. 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Actually, interestingly enough, 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: he was one of the longest reigning kings in Judah's history. 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read this together. I'll be 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 1: reading from the World English Bible or the Web version. 22 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: All of the people of Judah took Uziah, who was 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: sixteen years old, and made him king in the place 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: of his father Amasia. He built Elith and restored it 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers 26 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: Uziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: and he reigned fifty two years in Jerusalem. His mother's 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: name was Jakielia of Jerusalem. He did that which was 29 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: right in Yahweh's eyes, according to all that his father 30 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: Amasia had done. He set himself to seek God in 31 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision 32 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: of God. And as long as he sought Yahweh, God 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: made him prosper. He went out and fought against the 34 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: Philistines and broke down on the wall of Gath, the 35 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: wall of Jebnah, and the wall of Ashdod. And he 36 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: built cities in the country of Ashdod and among the Philistines. 37 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians 38 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: who lived in gaer Ball and the Mayunum. The Ammonites 39 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: gave tribute to Uziah. His names spread abroad, even to 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong. Moreover, 41 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: Usiah built towers in Jerusalem, at the corner gate, at 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, 43 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: and fortified them. He built towers in the wilderness, and 44 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 1: dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both 45 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: in the lowlands and in the plains. He had farmers 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, 47 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: for he loved farming. Moreover, Uziah had an army of 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according 49 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: to the number of their reckoning made by j L 50 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: the scribe and Messiah the officer under the hand of Hanania, 51 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: one of the king's captains. The whole number of the 52 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: heads of the father's houses, even the mighty men of Valor, 53 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: was two thousand, six hundred. Under their hand was an 54 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: army three hundred seven thousand, five five hundred who made 55 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy. 56 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: Usiah prepared for them even for all the army shields, spears, helmets, 57 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: coats of mail, bows and stones for slinging. In Jerusalem, 58 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: he made devices invented by skillful men to be on 59 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: the towers and on the battlements with which to shoot 60 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad because 61 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: he was marvelously helped until he was strong. But when 62 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that 63 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: he did corruptly and trespassed against Yahweh his God. For 64 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: he went into Yahwei's temple to burn incense on the 65 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: altar of incense. Azaria the priest went in after him, 66 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men. 67 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: They resisted Uziah the king, and said to him, it 68 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: isn't for you, Uziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but 69 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: for the priests, the sons of Erin, who are consecrated 70 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from 72 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: Yahweh God. Then Uziah was angry. He had a censer 73 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: in his hand to burn incense, And while he was 74 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his 75 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: forehead before the priest. In Yahwai's house, beside the altar 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: of incense, Azariah the chief priest and all the priests 77 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: looked at him, and behold, he was lepros in his forehead, 78 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: and they thrust him out quickly from there. Indeed, he 79 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: himself also hurried to go out, because Yahweh had struck him. 80 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: Uziah the king was a leper to the day of 81 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper, 82 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: for he was cut off from Yahwai's house. Jotham his 83 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: son was over the king's house judging the people of 84 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: the land. Now the rest of the acts of Usiah 85 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: first and last, Isaiah the prophet, the son of amas wrote, 86 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: So Uziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him 87 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: with his fathers in the field of burial, which belonged 88 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: to the king's for they said he is a leper. 89 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: Jotham his son reigned in his place. Well, isn't this 90 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: a shaker. There's another king here who doesn't quite do 91 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: what he's supposed to do at the end of his life, 92 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: because he gets very arrogant. It says in verse one 93 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: that all the people of Judah took Uziah, who was 94 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: sixteen years old, and made him king in the place 95 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: of his father Amasia. Now we just finished talking about 96 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: Amasia last week, and Amazia started out again as a 97 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: very good king. He tried to follow Yahweh in a 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: lot of different ways, but then once God gave him 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: success in a battle against the Edomites, he started worshiping 100 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: the Edomite gods, and God gave him several warnings to 101 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: stop what he was doing or he would meet a 102 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: bad end. Amasia did not listen to the warnings and 103 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: in fact was very belligerent against the warnings and kind 104 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: of just did whatever he wanted to do, and it 105 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: ended in his downfall. Unfortunately, where Israel, the Northern tribes 106 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: came and pretty much destroyed part of the Wall of Jerusalem, 107 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: went in and pillaged it completely, including the temple of Yahweh, 108 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: but they didn't kill him. He was left as a 109 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: disgraced king for many years after that, actually, until eventually 110 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: a few of his servants actually conspired against him and 111 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: killed him. But scripture alludes to the fact that Amasia 112 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,119 Speaker 1: was not repentant even in the latter days of his life. 113 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: So now Amasia has been killed and his son Uziah, 114 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: who is sixteen years old, reigns in his father's place, 115 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: and right off the bat it says he built Elath 116 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: and restored it to Judah. After that, the king slept 117 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: with his fathers. So Usiah was known for being a 118 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: king that restored land back to Judah. He was actually 119 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: a very successful king in the wealth of Jerusalem and 120 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: of Judah as a whole. So we're going to talk 121 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: about all that in just a second. It says in 122 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: verse three that Usiah was sixteen years old when he 123 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: began to reign, and he reigned fifty two years in Jerusalem. 124 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: So he reigned I think the longest out of any 125 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: of the kings, if I'm remembering correctly. Maybe Solomon reigned longer, 126 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: but I didn't look that up, so I can't for 127 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: sure say that. But Uziah certainly reigned some of the 128 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: longest out of all of the kings in Judah's history. 129 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: It says his mother's name was Jakielia of Jerusalem. He 130 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: did that which was right in Yawai's eyes, according to 131 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: all that his father Amasia had done. Now that's really 132 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: important to note here that yes, Uziah did a lot 133 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: of good things, and he did things that were good 134 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: in God's eyes, but he did them to the same 135 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: extent that his father Amasia had done. Not to the 136 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: standard that the kings were supposed to meet, which was David. 137 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: We know that David was pretty much the most righteous 138 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: king in Israel's history, and God told the kings to 139 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: emulate David with what they did basically walk in David's footsteps. 140 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: And obviously we know that the most important thing David 141 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: did during his reign was that he followed God his 142 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: entire life and didn't try to make any idols for 143 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: himself and did didn't turned towards the gods of the nations. 144 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 1: He only worshiped God in and out. It actually says 145 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: that David was a man after God's own heart, which 146 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: is why he was the standard for the other kings. 147 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: There's only a few kings in Israel's history that says 148 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: that they followed after the footsteps of David. But kings 149 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: like Amasia and Uziah only followed after the good things 150 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: that their fathers had done. But unfortunately their fathers did 151 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: some bad things towards the end of their lives. And 152 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: Usiah was one of those kings. He only did things 153 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,479 Speaker 1: to the same standard that his father Amasia had done. Unfortunately, 154 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: it says in verse five, though, that he set himself 155 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had 156 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: understanding in the vision of God, and as long as 157 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper. Now that Zechariah 158 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: mentioned here is an unknown Zechariah. But whoever he was, 159 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: he was a mentor of Uziah, and he also must 160 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: have been a prophet because he had understanding in the 161 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: vision of God. And it sounds like Zechariah was a 162 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: great role model because Uziah set himself to seek God. 163 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: In all the days of Zechariah, it says, as long 164 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: as the king sought Yahweh, God made him prosper. And 165 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: that's a very important verse. Back in the days of 166 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: the Law, God would show himself through the prosperity of Israel. 167 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: That was the way he worked. If Israel and Judah 168 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: were in line with God, God would allow them to prosper. 169 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: And the reason this was was because Israel was supposed 170 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: to be the light to the world. The nations during 171 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: this time believed in a lot of different gods. They 172 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: believed in a God of the fields, they believed in 173 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: a God of the mountains, a God of the sky, 174 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: a God of the weather, a God of the sea. 175 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: They believed in all these different types of gods, and 176 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: they thought that if they got on these gods good sides, 177 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: that these gods would bless them. And so that's why 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: Ayahweh would bless Israel if they were in line with him, 179 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: because this would show the rest of the ancient world 180 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: that Yahweh was the one true God. Because ultimately, when 181 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: these foreign peoples are praying to their bail gods or 182 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: something like that, and Bail is not answering their prayers 183 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: because he's a fake God. The people would look at 184 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: Israel being very successful and they'd be like, what God 185 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: are they worshiping? Why is that God blessing them? And 186 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: this God we're worshiping isn't blessing us. So as long 187 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: as Uziah was worshiping God, as long as he sought 188 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: after Yahweh, it says God made him prosper because Israel 189 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: and Judah were a light to the rest of the world, 190 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: and that is how God showed his power and his 191 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: supremacy through the rest of the world. But not to mention, 192 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: God loves his people and He's going to bless those 193 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: that love him as well. There's a in the Book 194 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: of James that says draw near to God and he 195 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,599 Speaker 1: will draw near to you. As long as Uziah was 196 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: drawing near to God, God would also draw near to Uziah. 197 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: It says in verse six that he went out and 198 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: fought against the Philistines and broke down the wall of Gath, 199 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: of Jebnah, and of Ashdod. And he built cities in 200 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: the country of Ashdod and among the Philistines. So, in 201 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: other words, Judah was expanding its border into Philistine territory, 202 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: and God was actually giving Uziah much success in this. 203 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,359 Speaker 1: When God first gave the promised land to the Israelites, 204 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: the Israelites were supposed to take it for themselves, but 205 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: they were never very successful in that because of their 206 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: lack of faith in God's ability to help them. So 207 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: they never quite took the land that they were supposed 208 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 1: to take. And all of these people were living within 209 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: the borders of Israel who should not have been living there, 210 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: quite honestly, because they were not Israelites. They were part 211 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: of cults and worshiped pagan deities, and they had no 212 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: claim to the land that God gave his people. So 213 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: Uziah was not wrong to take this land from the Philistines. 214 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 1: Now there are verses where God tells the Israelites that 215 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: they're not supposed to expand their borders too much because 216 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: God gives pieces of land to each person, and God 217 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: gave Israel to the Israelites, so they weren't supposed to 218 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: expand their borders too much, but they were supposed to 219 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: take their own land. Uziah was successful in taking back 220 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: some of the land for Israel. It says God helped 221 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who lived 222 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: in gare Bale and Mayunam. The Ammonites gave tribute to Isiah. 223 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: His name spread abroad, even to the entrance of Egypt, 224 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: for he grew exceedingly strong, it says. Moreover, Uziah built 225 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, at the valley, 226 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: and at the turning of the wall and fortified them. 227 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: So not only is he successfully taking land back for Israel, 228 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: but he's also building fortified cities all around as well, 229 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: so these invading armies can't easily take these cities back 230 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: for themselves because these walls kept people out. And noticed 231 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: that all of the glory in this is given to God, 232 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: not to Uziah. Yes, Usiah obviously was the king and 233 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: was doing all of these things. But God was the 234 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: one truly giving Uziah success. So in this entire passage, 235 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: God is completely glorified because we know where success comes from. 236 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: It does not come from ourselves, It comes from God. 237 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: And then it goes on to talk about how intelligent 238 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: Uziah was as well. It says he built towers in 239 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: the wilderness. He dug out many cisterns, for he had 240 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains. 241 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,479 Speaker 1: He had farmers and vine you'd keepers in the mountains 242 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: and in the fruitful fields. For he loved farming. I 243 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: think that's really cool. Actually, we get a little peek 244 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: into Uziah's life and his passions, and apparently his biggest 245 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: passion was farming. He loved it and he was good 246 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: at it. It says. Moreover, Uziah had an army of 247 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: fighting men who went out to war by bands according 248 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: to the number of their reckoning made by jl the 249 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: scribe and Messya the officer under the hand of Hanania, 250 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: one of the king's captains. And then it mentions this 251 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: really bizarre number and it says he had three hundred 252 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: seven thousand, five hundred who made war with mighty power 253 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: to help them or to help the king against the enemy. 254 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: When I first read that number, I'm like, three hundred, 255 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: seven thousand, five hundred, three hundred, three hundred and seven thousand, 256 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: five hundred, Like, I honestly could not wrap my brain 257 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: around what this number was. So I looked up this 258 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: number in the expository's Bible CA commentary, and it says 259 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: that this number was probably three hundred professional soldiers like warriors, 260 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: together with seven five hundred men trained for war, so, 261 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: in other words, elite soldiers and warriors and possibly spies. 262 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: Uziah set these men up to keep the peace for Israel. 263 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: So he was very organized. He understood a lot about war, 264 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: about farming, and he was beginning to make Judah very great. 265 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: Once again. It actually says that Uziah's fame spread so 266 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: much so that all of these neighboring nations are bringing 267 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: him tribute because they didn't want him bothering them. They 268 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: were scared of him. They didn't want to go to 269 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: war with him, so they would bring a tribute so 270 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: that they didn't have to go to war. Essentially, not 271 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: to mention, it also says that Uziah prepared for them, 272 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: even all the army shields spears, helmets, coats of mail, 273 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: bows and stones for slinging. In Jerusalem, he made devices 274 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: invented by skillful men to be on the towers and 275 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: on the battlements with which to shoot arrows and great stones. 276 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: Now this is super interesting because the first catapult that 277 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: we know of in archaeological history was discovered about two 278 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: hundred years after the death of Uziah. But it very 279 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: well could be that Uziah and his men were the 280 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: ones who invented the catapult. Now, there is some debate 281 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: on this text. Some people say that the Hebrew denotes 282 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: more of a shield, kind of defensive thing that would 283 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: stop hurling rocks and arrows from penetrating the walls of 284 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: these towers, So it could be something like that that 285 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: he invented, like a big shield. But if he invented 286 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: the catapult, that's kind of pretty neat, I think. But 287 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: the point of this is that God helped Uziah. He 288 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: was very successful in pretty much everything that he did. 289 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: It says in verse fifteen that his name spread far 290 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: abroad because he was marvelously helped until he was strong. 291 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: But when he was strong verse sixteen, his heart was 292 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: lifted up so that he did corruptly and trespassed against Yahweh, 293 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: his god, for he went into Yahweh's temple to burn 294 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: incense on the altar of incense. Now we know that 295 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: this was a wrong thing to do because only the 296 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: Levites were allowed to be the priests. They were the 297 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: only ones allowed inside the temple to offer incense and 298 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: sacrifices to God. Here's what scripture says in numbers three ten, 299 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall 300 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: keep their priesthood. But the stranger who comes near shall 301 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,479 Speaker 1: be put to death. That is how strongly God cared 302 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: about the Levites being the only ones to sacrifice to him. 303 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: We've definitely talked about why that was why the Levites 304 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: were the only ones allowed inside the temple, so I 305 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: won't talk about that here. But King Uziah was never 306 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: supposed to be in there because he was not a 307 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: leave He was from the tribe of Judah. Not to mention, 308 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: a king was never supposed to be a priest or 309 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: a high priest, because a king already had a bunch 310 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: of power. There's a similar passage actually that talks about 311 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: another king that tried to become a priest or a 312 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: high priest. This is the account of First Samuel, chapter thirteen, 313 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: verses five through fourteen. It says the Philistines assembled themselves 314 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, 315 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: and people as the sand which is on the seashore 316 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: in multitude. They came up and encamped in Mickmash, eastward 317 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: of beth Avon. When the men of Israel saw that 318 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: they were in trouble, for the people were distressed, the 319 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, 320 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 1: and in pits. Now some of the Hebrews had gone 321 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: over the Jordan to the land of Goad and Gilead. 322 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: But as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and 323 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: all the people followed him trembling. He stayed seven days 324 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel didn't 325 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: come to Gilgal. Saul said, bring the burnt offering to 326 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: me here, and the peace offerings. He offered the burnt offering. 327 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: It came to pass that as soon as he had 328 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: finished offering the burnt offering, behold Samuel came, and Saul 329 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: went out to meet him, that he might greet him 330 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,119 Speaker 1: Samuel said, what have you done? Saul said, because I 331 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: saw that the people were scattered from me, and that 332 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the 333 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,479 Speaker 1: Philistines assembled themselves together at Micmash. Therefore, I said, now 334 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and 335 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh. I forced myself 336 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: therefore an offered the burnt offering. Samuel said to Saul, 337 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: you have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment 338 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: of Yahweh or God, which he commanded for you. For now. 339 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: Yahweh would have established dear kingdom on Israel forever, but 340 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: now your kingdom will not continue. Yahweh has sought for 341 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has 342 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: appointed him to be prince over his people because you 343 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you. So that's 344 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: the story of King Saul, the first king in Israel's history, 345 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: who sacrificed the offering to Yahweh when he should not have. 346 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: And the reason he did this was because he felt 347 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: that he was losing power, so he tried to gain 348 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: power for himself by becoming the high priest in place 349 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: of Samuel, and Samuel said, because you did this foolish thing, 350 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to take the kingdom away from you. And 351 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: that's essentially exactly what Uziah did. In Second Chronicles twenty six, 352 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: it says his heart was lifted up. He became prideful, 353 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: kind of like his father Amasia had done. After his 354 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: successful battle, Uziah became prideful and wanted more power for himself. 355 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: And the way a king could get more power was 356 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: becoming the high priest. But the king was never supposed 357 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: to be the high priest, because the king could not 358 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: have absolute power. And that's what being the high priest 359 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: would give the king over everything religious, and power over 360 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: the people and the foreign affairs and the politics and 361 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: all that stuff. The king could not have absolute power. 362 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: The priesthood was for the levites to take care of 363 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: and the Leevites only. It was not for anybody else, 364 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: especially not the king. And Usiah, trying to take more 365 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: power for himself, just belligerently, blatantly, goes into God's temple 366 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: and starts offering the incense to God. It says the 367 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: priests took courage and went after Usiah says they resisted him. 368 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: It mentions that these priests were valiant men. That means 369 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: that they were courageous, because I'm sure they were scared 370 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: of the king. I'm sure they didn't want to confront 371 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: the king, but eighty priests went after him, including the 372 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: high priest who was named Azariah. They confront Usiah inside 373 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: the temple and they say, you got to get out. 374 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: This is not for you. Here's what they say. It 375 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: isn't for you, Usiah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but 376 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: for the priests, the son of Aaron who are consecrated 377 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: to burn the incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for 378 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: you've trespassed. It will not be for your honor from 379 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: Yahweh God. Here's how Usiah responds. He becomes angry. It 380 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: says he had a censer in his hand to burn 381 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: the incense, and while he was angry with the priests, 382 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priest 383 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: in Yawi's house beside the altar of incense. I've been 384 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: really talking a lot recently about how God does not 385 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: to judge people very often without giving them a warning first. 386 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: He does not just strike people. He usually warns them. 387 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: Uziah got his warning right here from the priests, and 388 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,880 Speaker 1: I wonder if he had humbled himself and been like, Wow, 389 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: you're right, I shouldn't be doing this. This is not 390 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: for me to do. I have sinned against Yahweh. I 391 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: wonder if God would have had mercy and not given 392 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: Usiah this terrible form of leprosy. But unfortunately, that is 393 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: not how Uziah responds. Instead, he becomes angry with the prophets. 394 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: And that is when God strikes Usiah. Was when his 395 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: heart was against God and against the commandments of God. 396 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: That is when God strikes Usiah with this leprosy. He says, 397 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: Azraiah the chief priest, and all the priests looked at him, 398 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and so 399 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: they thrust him out quickly from there. Indeed, he himself 400 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: also hurried to go out because Yahweh had struck him. 401 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: So he was humbled immediately immediately. Usiah the King was 402 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: a leper to the day of his death, and lived 403 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: in a separate house, being a leper, for he was 404 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: cut off from Yahwei's house. Jotham, his son, was over 405 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: the king's house, judging the people of the land. So 406 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 1: because Usiah got struck with this nasty form of leprosy. 407 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: And this wasn't like the leprosy that would go away. 408 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: This was like the bad form. He had to live 409 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: in a separate house according to the laws of God, 410 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: because leprosy was very contagious. And you know, the priests 411 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: didn't want that inside the temple to God, and they 412 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: basically grab Usiah and like throw him out of the temple. 413 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: But he was right along with them. He was hurrying 414 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: to go because he realized that he had just been 415 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: struck by God. And unfortunately, Usiah followed in his father's footsteps. 416 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: He became prideful in his success and started going against 417 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: the commandments of God Amasia. His father did that by 418 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: worshiping Edomite gods. But Usiah did this by trying to 419 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: become a godlike figure himself, gaining absolute power for himself 420 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: and not obeying the commandments of God. Now, it says 421 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Usiah first and last, Isaiah, 422 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: the prophet, the son of Amos, wrote, So Usiah slept 423 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers 424 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: in the field of burial, which belonged to the kings. 425 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: For they said he is a leper. Jotham his son 426 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: reigned in his place. So, unfortunately, because of usiah sins, 427 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: he was not allowed to be buried with the other kings. 428 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: He had to be buried in this separate field because 429 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: leprosy was so dangerous and contaminating, so they didn't want 430 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: his body even to contaminate some of the tombs of 431 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: the kings. This is an unfortunate end for such a 432 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: great king, and it shows once again that pride really 433 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: does come before the fall. Faithful listeners, I'm going to 434 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: play and add for you guys, and right after that, 435 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you some closing notes. It's really 436 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: important to read chapters like this, these historical chapters, because 437 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: they teach us a lot, especially when it comes to 438 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: this topic of pride. Pride can cause so many issues 439 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: in our lives. It is really the root of all evil. 440 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: In both Amasia's case and Usiah's case, their pride caused 441 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: them to start worshiping something that was not yeah, they 442 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: had forms of idolatry in their hearts, even though their 443 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: forms of idolatry looked very different. Amasia bowed down to 444 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: foreign gods, Uziah bowed down to himself and was immediately 445 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: humbled in the end where God said, you can't even 446 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: rely on yourself when I strike you with this leprosy, 447 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: because what happens to Iszia. Right after that, he can't 448 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: even really be the king anymore. He's got to live 449 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: in this separate house, and his son Jotham becomes the 450 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: king in his place. Essentially, it says in verse twenty 451 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: two that he lived in a separate house. He was 452 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: cut off from Yahweh's house, and Jotham, his son, was 453 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: over the king's house judging the people of the land. 454 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: God took pretty much everything from Usiah in the end 455 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: when his heart became so arrogant and so prideful. In fact, 456 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: on the Bible Explained on Fridays, I just went over 457 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: a similar topic with the members Psalm seventy five, where 458 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: God is going to humble the arrogant people that lift 459 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 1: their heads against him, and that, unfortunately, is what Uziah did. 460 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: So we need to learn from passages like this in 461 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: our own lives so that we don't make the same mistakes, 462 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: especially if God starts to help us and we become 463 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: complacent expecting more from God or just downrighte arrogant. Because 464 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: of all the success we end up having all right, 465 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: faithful listeners. 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