1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello and good morning friends and faithful listeners, 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: and welcome to the Bible, explained a podcast on this 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: absolutely lovely Monday morning, and I am so thankful that 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: you are here to share a delicious cup of coffee 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: with me as we discuss Second Chronicles twenty and finish 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: this chapter out talking about this battle that well it's 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: not even really a battle, not for Judah at least, 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about what happens with this 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: really crazy and amazing story and this miracle that God 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: performs for the people of Judah. So stay tuned for 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: a great episode. Well, faithful listeners, Here is a quick 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: word from a sponsor before I get started with this episode. 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: I hope you all have had a fantastic start to 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: your week so far. I can't remember if I told you, guys, 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: but I am doing worship with my church again, and 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: so that's been something really exciting that's been going on 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: in my life life recently. And my husband has taken 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: the worship over for the time being until we find 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: a full time worship leader that our church can hire. 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: So my husband is doing that right now and I'm 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: helping right alongside him. It's been a lot of fun 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: to get back up there and lead worship once again. 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: But speaking of worship leading, that is kind of what 24 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about today. Actually in Second Chronicles 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: twenty versus twenty through thirty seven, this is the story 26 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: of jahash Fat having faith, about worship leaders and singers 27 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: going to battle, and also the end of Jehashfat's life. 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about all those topics today on 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: the podcast, So grab your Bible out of the version 30 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: that you prefer, but as usual, I'll be reading from 31 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: the web again. This is Second Chronicles twenty twenty through 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: thirty seven. They rose early in the morning and went 33 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: out into the wilderness of Takulla. As they went out, 34 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: Jehashafat stood and said, listen to me, Judah, and you 35 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: inhabitants of Jerusalem, believe in Yahweh or God, so you 36 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: will be established. Believe his prophets, so you will prosper. 37 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed 38 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: those who were to sing to Yahweh and give praise 39 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: in holy array as they go out before the army, 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: and say give thanks to Yahweh for his loving kindness 41 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: indoors forever when they began to sing in praise Yahweh 42 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: set ambushers against the children of Amin, Moab and Mount Seir, 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: who had come against Judah, and they were struck, for 44 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: the children of Amin and Moab stood up against the 45 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: inhabitants of Mount Syr to utterly kill and destroy them. 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: When they had finished the inhabitants of Syr, everyone helped 47 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: to destroy each other. When Judah came to the place 48 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and behold, 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: there were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there 50 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: were none who escaped. When Jehashphat and his people came 51 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance 52 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: both riches and dead bodies, with precious jewels, which they 53 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. 54 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: They took plunder for three days it was so much. 55 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: On the fourth day they assembled themselves in Barika Valley, 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that 57 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: place was called Barikah Valley to this day. Then they 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehosha Fat 59 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy, 60 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 61 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps and trumpets, 62 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: to Yahwai's house. The fear of God was on all 63 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that Yahweh 64 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: fought against the enemies of Israel. So the realm of 65 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: jehosha Fat was quiet, for his God gave him rest 66 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: all around. So jehsh Fat reigned over Judah. He was 67 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: thirty five years old when he began to reign. He 68 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: reigned twenty five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azuba, 69 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: the daughter of Shile. He walked in the way of Asa, 70 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: his father, and didn't turn away from it, doing that 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: which was right in Yahwei's eyes. However, the high places 72 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: were not taken away, and the people had still not 73 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: set their hearts on the God of their fathers. Now 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of jehash Fat first in 75 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: last behold, they are written in the history of Jehu 76 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: the son of Hanani, which is included in the Book 77 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: of the Kings of Israel. After this, jehosh Fat, the 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: King of Judah, joined himself with the Hazia King of 79 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: Israel the same did very wickedly. He joined himself with 80 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: him to make ships to go to Tarsish. They made 81 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: the ships in Ezion Gaber. Then Eliezer, the son of 82 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: Dodovahu of Merisha prophesied against jehosh Fat, saying, because you've 83 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: joined yourself with a hazia Yahweh has destroyed your works. 84 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: The ships were wrecked so that they were not able 85 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: to go to Tarshish. Last week we talked about the 86 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: first portion of this chapter, and if you don't remember it, 87 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: you should go back and listen. But I still will 88 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: do a quick little recap here. So in verses one 89 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: through nineteen. Essentially what was happening is all of these Moabites, 90 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: Ammonites and the people of Mount Seer came to Judah 91 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: to try to capture it for themselves, and they came 92 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: with a huge army. We don't know how big it was, 93 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: but it was big enough that Jehashafat knew this was 94 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: a death sentence for him and his men if he 95 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: went out to try to confront them. So jehash Fat 96 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: learns about this attack that's coming his way, and he 97 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: orders all the people of Judah too fast and to 98 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: have a prayer gathering. So all these people meet him 99 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: in Jerusalem at the temple where jehash Fat gives this 100 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: really beautiful prayer, one of my favorite prayers actually in 101 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: the Old Testament. And after johash Fat is done with 102 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: that prayer that is filled with so much faith, you know, 103 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: you can tell he's terrified. He's absolutely terrified, but he 104 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: is giving God all of the glory and reminding God 105 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: of the promises that he made to Israel so many 106 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: years before. Right after this prayer is done, God gives 107 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: a word to one of the prophets that was in 108 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: the crowd, and this prophet speaks out to johash Fat 109 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: and he's like, don't be afraid, don't be dismayed because 110 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,239 Speaker 1: of the great multitude. For the battle is not yours, 111 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: but God's verse sixteen says, tomorrow go against them. Behold, 112 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You 113 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: will find them at the end of the valley, before 114 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: the wilderness of Jerul. You will not need to fight 115 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: this battle. Set yourselves stand still and see the salvation 116 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: of Yahweh with you, oh Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid, 117 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: nor be dismayed, go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh 118 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: is with you. And that was for Yahweh is with you, 119 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: and we talked about how that was God sending Judah 120 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: out into this battle that they didn't actually have to fight. 121 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: So this of course accomplished a few things. Both it was, 122 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: you know, testing the faith of the people of Judah, 123 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: can they go out to battle and trust that God 124 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: is going to take care of them? And also it 125 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: was showing them God's power, among many other things. So 126 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: that is where we left off last week, and now 127 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: let's start in verse twenty. It says they or the 128 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: children of Judah, rose early in the morning and went 129 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: out into the wilderness of Takoah. As they went out, 130 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 1: Jehashafat stood and said, listen to me, Judah and the 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: you inhabitants of Jerusalem, believe in Yahweh or God, so 132 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: you will be established, believe His prophets, so you will prosper. 133 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: So as they're walking out to this battle, you know, 134 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: jehash Fat, who is the king, is essentially the commander 135 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: of this big army. He stands still, and josh Fat 136 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: says to them, believe in Yahweh or God, and also 137 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: believe his prophets, So I like that it differentiates how 138 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: we're supposed to believe in God as compared to the prophets. 139 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: Jehosh Fat specifically says, believe in Yahweh and also believe 140 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the prophets. Don't believe in the prophets, but believe the 141 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: message of God's prophets, and that shows that your faith 142 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: is supposed to be in God alone. The prophets were 143 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: just messengers of God, which is why johash Fat says 144 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: to believe their words, because they were speaking the truth 145 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: from God. But the people weren't supposed to place their 146 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: faith or their trust in the prophets, but in God alone. 147 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: And that's why I believe josh Fat words it that way, 148 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: because I think a lot of people, you know, when 149 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: they hear a prophet or somebody that they think is 150 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: a prophet, they almost start placing their trust and their 151 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: faith in that prophet. But that is not what you're 152 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: supposed to do. You're supposed to place your trust in 153 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: God and also believe the true prophets, the ones that 154 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: actually are coming in the name of the Lord, and 155 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: their prophecies have been proven to be true. You can 156 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: believe their words because you know they're from God. But 157 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to place your faith in those men 158 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: because ultimately they're just men. They're just mouthpieces of God himself. 159 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: So josh Fat says, believe in Yahweh or God so 160 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: you will be established. Believe his prophets so you will prosper. 161 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: So this is essentially a pep talk he's giving to 162 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: his army. And I can imagine that many people in 163 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: this army are probably terrified, thinking we are literally walking 164 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: to our deaths and we're not going to do anything 165 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: to stop these people, like if they're trying to kill us, 166 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,719 Speaker 1: like we're just going to stand in the middle of 167 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: battle and not fight. I'm sure a lot of people 168 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: were thinking that. You know, they were probably terrified. So 169 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: he takes counsel with the people, is what it says. 170 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: So he's probably encouraging them. He's saying, no, this is 171 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: the truth. We're going to have faith God is going 172 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: to take care of us and going to show us 173 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: his might. So what jehash Fat does next is he 174 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: acts on that faith that he has. He is not 175 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: just all talk. He actually puts this into action. Here's 176 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: what he does. It says he appointed those who were 177 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: to sing to Yahweh and give praise in holy array 178 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: as they go out before the army and say, give 179 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: thanks to Yahweh for his loving kindness indoors forever. So 180 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: that's a famous psalm that we see many times throughout 181 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: the psalms. One of the ones that David wrote was 182 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: give thanks to Yahweh his loving kindness indoors forever. And 183 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: you know this psalm, it was timeless. It keeps coming 184 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: back up through all of the Kings and the chronicles. 185 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: But anyway, johasha Fat is sending these singers out, likely 186 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: without weapons, in the front of the battle, and they're 187 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: supposed to sing this psalm loudly to God and just 188 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: like walk into this battle. So instead of having weapons, 189 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: these people had worship. And these singers line up and 190 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: they go in front of the army. And johash Fat knows. 191 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: He knows that he is putting the lives of his 192 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: men on the line. He knows this, but he has 193 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: true faith in God that what God said is going 194 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: to come to fruition. He believed it. It says, when 195 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 1: they began to sing and to praise Yahweh, set ambushers 196 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: against the children of Amen Moab and Mount Seer who 197 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: had come up against Judah, and they were struck. So 198 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: apparently what happened is as soon as these singers start 199 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: praising God, is said that God sent ambushers. Who were 200 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: these ambushers? No one knows. It could be that members 201 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: of their own army betrayed them, though I kind of 202 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: think that's doubtful. It could be another nation, you know. 203 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: It does say that only half of the residents of 204 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: Mount Seer had come to battle with the Moabites and 205 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: Ammonites against Judah. So maybe the other inhabitants of Mount 206 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: Syr came up and ambushed these guys. Or and here's 207 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: what a lot of people think, God sent a supernatural 208 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: power like angels to ambush these men. We don't know 209 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: what happened here. In fact, it's all kind of confusing 210 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: because even the Moabites and Ammonites themselves have no clue 211 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: what's going on. It says that they start fighting against 212 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: the inhabitants of Mount Syr to utterly kill and destroy them. 213 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: So it's possible that the ambushers were the people of 214 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: Mount Seer. Maybe the other half that didn't come up 215 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: in this battle. Oh but somehow the Ammonites and the 216 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: Moabites start blaming the people mount Seir and start just 217 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: killing them off, and there's so much confusion. It says 218 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: that when they finished the inhabitants of Syr, everyone helped 219 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: to destroy each other. So they're all turning on each other. 220 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: There's no more unity within this battle because they probably 221 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: think there is an internal threat going on here, so 222 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: they start just like killing each other left and right. 223 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: Verse twenty four. When Judah came to the place overlooking 224 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: the wilderness, they looked at the multitude and behold they 225 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 1: were dead bodies fallen to earth, and there was none 226 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: who escaped. Every single person in this foreign army died. 227 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: And here's the other interesting thing about this. You know, 228 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: Judah believed they were going into battle. You know, they 229 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: they probably thought they were going to see a battle 230 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: of some sort. But yet when they finally get there, 231 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: you know, they were singing the whole way. When they 232 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: finally get to the wilderness where the invading army was, 233 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: everybody was just dead. You know, they like looked out 234 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: and like literally everybody. The entire wilderness is strewn with 235 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: dead bodies and so they obviously take advantage of all 236 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: of this. It says josh Fat and his people came 237 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 1: to take the plunder. They found among them in abundance, 238 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: both riches and dead bodies, with precious jewels which they 239 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. 240 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: They took plunder for three days. It was so much 241 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: so that gives us a little bit of a picture 242 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: of how big this army actually was, that it took 243 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: three solid days of coming back and forth to actually 244 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 1: take all of the plunder and all of the jewels 245 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: and armor and weapons that this army had had with 246 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: them right before they died the first time around, all 247 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: of these soldiers of Judah go down and take so 248 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: much plunder they couldn't even carry it all away with them, right, 249 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: So they take all of this plunder, and it says 250 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: on the fourth day they assembled themselves in Barica Valley, 251 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that 252 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 1: place is called Barraka Valley to this day. So the 253 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: name Barica means a blessing, so it's called Blessing Valley 254 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: because that's where the people went and blessed Yahweh. And 255 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: you might be like, what does it mean to bless God? 256 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: You know, we often see in the Bible of God 257 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: himself blessing us, you know, giving us favor of some sort. 258 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: How do we bless God? Because honestly, like, there's nothing 259 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: we can really give God. God owns everything, So what 260 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: can we actually give to God? Well, actually, the word 261 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: blessing is very similar to the word holy. Holy means 262 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: to be set apart. Blessing also means to set someone 263 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: apart as holy or different. So when we bless Yahweh, 264 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: we are saying that he is holy and above us. 265 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: We are exalting him. That is what it means to 266 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: bless Yahweh, basically just to glorify him, it says. Then 267 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: they returned out of this valley, every man of Judah 268 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: and Jerusalem, with Jehashafat in front of them, to go 269 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: again to Jerusalem with joy, for Yahweh had made them 270 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: to rejoice over their enemies. They came to Jerusalem with 271 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: stringed instruments, harps and trumpets to Yahweh's house. So basically 272 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: all of the people were flabbergasted and excited and joyful 273 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: because of what they had just seen. They saw God's 274 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: power through and through, so they are happy. They are joyful. 275 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: And you know what, God wants us to be joyful. 276 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: I think when He works for us and we praise 277 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: his name just in excitement and joy, he smiles down 278 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: on that. I truly believe that, because it says in 279 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: the New Testament that one of the fruits of the 280 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: spirit is joy. So obviously He wants us to be joyful, 281 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: especially if we are being joyful in him. He enjoys that. 282 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: He loves that. So the people are all singing with 283 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, and they get to 284 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: Yahwei's house, probably to praise him more in front of 285 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: all of Judah. But not only has Judah seen God's 286 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: great power, but actually it says in verse twenty nine 287 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: that the rest of the kingdoms saw God's great power 288 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: through this. They heard about what happened to the Moabites 289 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: and the Ammonites, and they were terrified, is what it says. 290 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of 291 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: the countries when they heard that Yahweh fought against the 292 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: enemies of Israel. So the realm of josh Fat was quiet, 293 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: for his God gave him rest all around. Not only 294 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: was God showing his power to the people of Judah, 295 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: but he was showing his power to the rest of 296 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: the world as well, because something like this does not 297 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: go unnoticed. You know, even back in these days when 298 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: news did not travel very quickly. There's no way this 299 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: wasn't getting out that a huge army of Moabites, Ammonites, 300 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: and people of Mount Seer had just died in this battle. 301 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: There is no way that's not getting out. God was 302 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: showing his power to all the people, and these people, 303 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: it says, recognized that it was Yahweh who had done this. 304 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: I wonder how many people of all these other nations 305 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: heard this story and thought, maybe I should start worshiping Yahweh. 306 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: He sounds like a very powerful God. Maybe that's who 307 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: I should be worshiping instead of these little iron gods 308 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: that don't seem to be doing anything for me. Maybe 309 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: I should try worshiping Yahweh. God was showing his power 310 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: to everybody through this one act that he did. Hey, 311 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: you know what everybody thinks that in the Old Testament 312 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: God was not reaching the gentiles, like he didn't care 313 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: about them. But there's verses strewn all over Scripture just 314 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: like this about how God was reaching out to the gentiles. 315 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,719 Speaker 1: God is the God of everybody, and the Old Testament 316 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: proves this so many times over again. Verse thirty one, 317 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: it gives a little recap of Jehashavat's reign. It says, 318 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: so johsh Fat reigned over Judah. He was thirty five 319 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: years old when he began to reign. He reigned twenty 320 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azuba, the 321 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: daughter of Shil. He walked in the way of Asa, 322 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: his father, and didn't turn away from it, doing that 323 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: which was right in Yahweh's eyes. So you remember that Asa, 324 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: Joshfat's dad was actually quite good as well. He, you know, 325 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: kind of went off the deep end a little bit 326 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: towards the end of his life. Not too bad, but 327 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: a little bit, as we see many of the kings 328 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: do towards the end of his life. But you know, 329 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: jehasha Fat, he maintained his belief in Yahweh, it says, 330 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: for his entire life. However, in spite of his dedication 331 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: to Yahweh. It says in verse thirty three that the 332 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 1: high places were not taken away, and the people had 333 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers. 334 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: Even though jehash Fat was a great king and a 335 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: great leader for Judah, the high places, it says, were 336 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: not taken away, even though it did mention at the 337 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: beginning of Johashafat's reign a few chapters back that he 338 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: did remove the high places. It could have been that 339 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: he removed the high places of just the Asherah because 340 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: he really targeted the Ashera cult and got rid of 341 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: all of the Asherer poles throughout Jerusalem and Judah, and 342 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: also removed the homosexual prostitution that was happening alongside the 343 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: Ashera cult because you know, the Ashra cult was just 344 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: a big sex cult essentially, so he removed all of 345 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: that out of the land. And so it could be 346 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: that when Scripture mentioned that he removed the high places 347 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: a few chapters ago, they were talking specifically about the 348 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: high places in relation to the Ashera. But the other 349 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: high places, you know, the ones that were supposedly for 350 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: yahwe worship, those ones did not go away, just as Asa, 351 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, Johashfat's dad before him, didn't remove the high 352 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: places to Yahwah, but remove some of the other ones. 353 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: Josh Fat did the same thing. So unfortunately the high 354 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: places were not removed. And also the people had still 355 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: not set their hearts on the God of their fathers. 356 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: So the people themselves, in spite of you know how 357 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: good of a king joosh Fat was, the people themselves 358 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: still refused to worship only Yahweh. They were constantly bringing 359 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: in all of these other little idols in their lives. 360 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: Even though they saw God's power, their hearts were not 361 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: fully set on Yahweh. You know this has talked about 362 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: in the prophets. I believe God told Jeremiah this that 363 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: he was so irritated with Judah because from the beginning 364 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: the people just refused to believe in God. Fully, they 365 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: just refused to put their trust in him, even though 366 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: he was constantly showing his power and love and blessing 367 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: to them. So Noat says that thirty four the rest 368 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: of the acts of jehash Fat first and last, behold, 369 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: they are written in the history of Jahu the son 370 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: of Hanani, which is included in the Book of the 371 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: Kings of Israel, So that would be talking about second Kings, 372 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: and jehash Fat, of course, is mentioned in Second Kings 373 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: and apparently, even though we don't know the author first 374 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,159 Speaker 1: and second Kings, Jayhu the son of Hanani, penned some 375 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: of it, So that's kind of interesting. We don't know 376 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: if he wrote the whole thing, probably not, but he 377 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: certainly wrote portions of it, specifically regarding Jehoshfat's life. You 378 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: remember that jay who the son of Hanani, was one 379 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: of the prophets in Judah at this time. Then in 380 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: verses thirty five through thirty seven, there's an interesting little 381 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: story here. It says, after this jehash Fat, king of Judah, 382 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: joined himself with a Hazia, the king of Israel. The 383 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: same did very wickedly. He joined himself to him to 384 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships 385 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: in Essie and Gaber. So, unfortunately, it seems that jehosh 386 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: Fat has not learned his lesson that he should not 387 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: part with evil kings. Because a Hazia was a very 388 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: bad king. He was the son of Ahab, who we 389 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: talked about several weeks ago. A Hazia was such a 390 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: bad king. Actually, his story is talked about in Second 391 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: King's chapter one, I believe, where he falls through the 392 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: roof and ends up dying because he refused to trust 393 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: in God and instead went to the bail prophets to 394 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: try to get you know, word from them, prophecies from them. 395 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: So he ended up dying, and that, you know, that's 396 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: very sad. He was only the king for two years 397 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: in Israel because of how bad he was, and unfortunately 398 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: josh Fatt thought it was a really good thing to 399 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: partner with him, as he did with King Ahab. So 400 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what johosh Fat was thinking with this. 401 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,719 Speaker 1: Maybe he was just thinking this would be a good 402 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: business opportunity, you know, to build these ships together so 403 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: we can go to Tarshish. Or maybe he felt some 404 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: sort of pressure to remain friendly with Ahab's family because 405 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: joosh Fat actually had his son marry Ahab's daughter, so 406 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: they were connected through marriage, and maybe he felt that 407 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: he had to continue being friendly with Ahab's family. I 408 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: have no clue what josh Fat was thinking, but he 409 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: joins with Hazia, and it says that Eliezer, the son 410 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: of Doda Vahu of Marisha, prophesied against Jehoashfat, saying, because 411 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: you have joined yourself with a Jazia, Yahweh has destroyed 412 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: your works and the ships were wrecked, so they were 413 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: not able to go to Tarshish. So that would be 414 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: a huge investment lost for Judah, like a really big 415 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: hit that these beautiful ships were all wrecked. And that 416 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: is essentially the end of Jehashafat's life, because if you 417 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: turn to the next chapter and read verse one, it 418 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: says that Jehashafat slept with his fathers and was buried 419 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: with his fathers in David's city. So jehash Fad dies 420 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: right after this. You know, he had a good long rain, 421 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: but it has come to the end, as everybody's life must. 422 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: And now his son, Jehoram is going to rain in 423 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: his place. And Jehorah, he's probably going to be the 424 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: worst king that Judah has had so far. So we 425 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: will be getting into Jehorah's life on Wednesday. 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