1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: Hi there, faithful listeners. Thank you for tuning into the 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: Bible Explain podcast on this lovely Monday morning and starting 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: your week outright by reading some Bible with me and 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: sharing a delicious cup of coffee. We'll be reading a 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: new chapter of the Bible today, Second Chronicles twenty two. 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 2: Stay tuned. I hope you guys have had a really 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: great week to start. I know that there was a 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: really terrible storm that hit most of the eastern side 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: of America, even down south got hit with snow and 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: ice and all sorts of terrible things and power outages. 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 2: So I hope you guys are all doing well now. 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: For us, it was really interesting because everyone knew this 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: storm was coming, and the weather men were essentially saying, 15 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: this is the storm of the century, and that's how 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: it was being portrayed. In fact, things in my area 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: were pre canceling stuff like three days ahead of time. 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 2: I'm hearing that classes are being canceled and people are, 19 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: you know, shutting the churches down on Sunday morning and 20 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: all of this stuff because of this storm that was 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 2: supposed to be really really bad. Like I can definitely understand, 22 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: you know, you guys down in Texas canceling stuff for 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: ice storms and snowstorms, and. 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: Everybody down south. 25 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: I get it because you don't experience this kind of weather. 26 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: But this is like an average Tuesday for us. So 27 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,479 Speaker 2: Sunday hit and we go to church and everything was fine. 28 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,919 Speaker 2: We actually had a decent sized crowd considering the snow. 29 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: But afterward we tried to go out to lunch with 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 2: a few people. There was not a single restaurant open, 31 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: and I'm like, how the roads aren't that bad. There's 32 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 2: no blizzard, you can see clearly, like where you're going, 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: and yet everything is shut down. In fact, we got 34 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: a worse snowstorm just a couple weeks ago and nothing 35 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: was shut down then. 36 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: So I don't I don't know. I don't know. 37 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: But speaking of drama, let's go ahead and read Second 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 2: Chronicles twenty two, the entire chapter. And as I usually don't, 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to be reading from a different version of 40 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: scripture today. I usually read from the web, but today 41 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: we'll be reading from the es V version. But before 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: I begin today's episode, please listen to this word from 43 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: a sponsor. All right, after that word from the sponsor, 44 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: let's go ahead and read Second Chronicles twenty two the 45 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: entire thing again. I'll be reading this from the es 46 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: V this morning. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made a Hazia, 47 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: his youngest son, king in his place, for the band 48 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 2: of men that came with the Arabians to the camp 49 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: had killed all the older sons. So Ajazia the king 50 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: of Jehoram, King of Judah, reigned. Ajazio was twenty two 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 52 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athalia, the 53 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: granddaughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: in doing wickedly. He did what was evil in the 56 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: sight of the Lord, as the house of a Hab 57 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: had done, for after the death of his father, they 58 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: were his counselors to his undoing. He even followed their 59 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: council and went with Jehoorah, the son of Ahab, king 60 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 2: of Israel, to make war against Hazil, the king of Syria, 61 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 2: at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram, and he 62 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: he had received at Ramah when he fought against Hazel, 64 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: the king of Syria, and Ajazi, the son of Jehoah, 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son 66 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: of Ahab and Jezreel, because he was wounded. But it 67 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: was ordained by God that the downfall of Ajazia should 68 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: come about through his going to visit Joram. For when 69 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: he came there, he went out with Jehoam to meet Jehu, 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to 71 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: destroy the house of Ahab. And when Jehu was executing 72 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes 73 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 2: of Judah and the sons of Ajazia's brothers who attended Ajazia, 74 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: and he killed them. He searched for Ajazia, and he 75 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought 76 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: to Jehu and put to death. They buried him for 77 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 2: they said he is the grandson of jehash Fat, who 78 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: sought the Lord with all his heart. And the house 79 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: of Ajazia had no one able to rule the kingdom. Now, 80 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: when Athaliah, the mother of a Hazia, saw that her 81 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 2: family of the House of Judah. But Jehashabath, the daughter 83 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: of the king, took joe Ash, the son of Ajazia, 84 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: and stole him away from among the king's sons who 85 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: were about to be put to death, and she put 86 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 2: him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus, Jehashabath, the 87 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: daughter of the King of Jehorah and wife of Jehoitah 88 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 2: the priest, because she was sister of Ajazia, hid him 89 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: from Athalia so that she did not put him to death, 90 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 2: and he remained with them six years hidden in the 91 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: House of God while Athalia reigned over the land. This 92 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 2: is where things get really confusing in the Old Testament, 93 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: because everybody has the same name or names that sound 94 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 2: very close to each other, and so it's like, who 95 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: is Scripture talking about right now? So we'll go over it. 96 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: It says in verse one that the inhabitants of Jerusalem 97 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: made Ajazia his youngest son king in his place, So 98 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: who are they talking about here? Well, in the previous chapter, 99 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 2: in Second Chronicles twenty one, it was talking all all 100 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: about Jehoah, the son of Jehoshaphat, And we talked about, 101 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: you know, Jehoshaphat's reign for quite a while, and he 102 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 2: was a great king, and you guys probably remember talking 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: about him. But Jehorah, you know, we only covered him 104 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 2: for one day on the podcast because his reign was 105 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: so fast. He only reigned eight years, and there's really 106 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: nothing notable that he did other than cause a whole 107 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 2: bunch of destruction in Jerusalem and Judah. So he did 108 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: the opposite of good things. He did a lot of 109 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: very bad things, and Edam revolted, even Libnah revolted during 110 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 2: his time in Libna. I just found out today actually 111 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 2: was a priestly city in Jerusalem itself. And because of 112 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: all of the terrible things that Jehorah did while he 113 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 2: was king for eight years, Libnah revolted as a priest city. 114 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 2: They said, no, we're not going along with this, and 115 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 2: that was a big problem in Jehoram's day as well. Now, 116 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 2: God ended up judging Jehorah pretty greatly because of all 117 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: of the idolatry he brought into Jerusalem and Judah as 118 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: a whole. And all this idolatry that he brought in 119 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 2: was actually stuff that jehash Fat before him and Asa 120 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 2: the king before jehash Fat were trying to get rid 121 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 2: of during their reigns, they were removing all the cult 122 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 2: behavior in Judah and Jerusalem. But then Jehorah comes in 123 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: and during his eight years undid everything his father and 124 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: grandfather before him had accomplished, and he brings in all 125 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: of this idolatry into Jerusalem and Judah. So God judges Jehorah, 126 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: and what ends up happening is these Arabians and Philistines 127 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: banned together to destroy the House of Jehorah, and they 128 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 2: were pretty successful for the most part. They killed most 129 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 2: of Johorah's sons except for the youngest son named Ahazia 130 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 2: or in some versions of scripture, jehoah Has. But Jehorah 131 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: did not die in that battle. His sons died, but 132 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: he did not die. He actually died of a really 133 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: bad disease. No one's sure exactly what he died of, 134 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 2: but most people guess it's a prolapse of some sort 135 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 2: or cancer. 136 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: Those are the two guesses. 137 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 2: But he died in a lot of pain, and when 138 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 2: he died, no one was sad. It's what scripture says, 139 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: that is how hated Jehoram was. He didn't even get 140 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: a proper burial that the king's got. In fact, if 141 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: you read the writings of Josephus, it actually says that 142 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 2: they desecrated his body as well, though scripture does not 143 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: mention that. But I found that kind of interesting. But 144 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: in Second Chronicles twenty two, starting in verse one, here's 145 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: what it says. The inhabitants of Jerusalem made a Hazia, 146 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: his youngest son, king in Jehoram's place, for the band 147 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: of men that came with the Arabians to the camp 148 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 2: had killed all the older sons. So Ajazia, the son 149 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned. A Jazio was twenty 150 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: two years old when he began to reign, and he 151 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: reigned one year in Jerusalem. So that show's right there 152 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,679 Speaker 2: that there was only one reason why a Jazia became 153 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: the king, because he was the only heir left to 154 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: the throne, like literally everybody else had died. So this 155 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: doesn't necessarily mean that Jerusalem and Judah wanted Ajazia as king, 156 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 2: but he was truly the only person left, so they 157 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 2: made him the king. He was very young when he 158 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: became the king. It says he was twenty two years old. Now, 159 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: depending on whatever version you have, it may actually say 160 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: forty two years old, and that's a little bit contested 161 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 2: as to whether he was twenty two or forty two. 162 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 2: But most scholars believe that he was twenty two years 163 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 2: old because if you go back to the Septuagint, that 164 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 2: is what it says in the situagent, and also if 165 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: you read Second King's chapter eight, it also mentions that 166 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: he was twenty two years old when he became the king. 167 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 2: Second Kings eight twenty six says Ajazio was twenty two 168 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: years old when he began to reign and he reigned 169 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: one year in Jerusalem. So most likely, based upon that 170 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 2: and based upon the Subtuagent, Ajazia was in fact twenty 171 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: two years old when he became the king, and it 172 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: says that he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's 173 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: name was Athalia, the Grand of Omri. Now we've talked 174 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 2: about Athalia before because she was a really, really bad person. 175 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: She was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. She was 176 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 2: a bad person. You know. Jezebel was absolutely awful. We 177 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 2: talked about her in First and Second Kings, and she 178 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: caused all sorts of problems up in Israel. She was 179 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: bringing in bail worship. She was killing people left and 180 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 2: right for just no reason whatsoever. She ended up plotting 181 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: to kill a man and all of his children for 182 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 2: a piece of land because she wanted the land that 183 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: the man owned. 184 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: And on top of that, she was. 185 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: Just killing priests like priests of Yahweh left and right 186 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 2: because she hated Yahwism and didn't want it in Israel, 187 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 2: even though it was the religion of the Israelites. She 188 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 2: only wanted bail worship to come in. So she was 189 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: killing all of God's priests and wanted nothing to do 190 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 2: with them. And so Athalia is their daughter, and she 191 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 2: married Jehoram, Jehashafat's son because of the union Jehashafat had 192 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: with King Ahab, and God did not bless that union 193 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 2: between Ahab and Jehoshaphat. In fact, he was angry at 194 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 2: Jehashafat for making that peace treaty in the first place. 195 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: He said to jehash Fat, why would you love people 196 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: that hate me and hate my commandments? It was just 197 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 2: bad news. Because here's what it says right here in 198 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: verse two, Ahazia's mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. 199 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, 200 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 2: for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. So Athaliah, 201 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 2: this terrible daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, counseled her son 202 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: to do wickedly, is what it said. And unfortunately he listened. 203 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 2: He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as 204 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: the house of Ahab had done, for after the death 205 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: of his father, they were his counselors to his undoing. Ahazia, 206 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: who is the new king, is listening to the wrong crowd. 207 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 2: He is listening to his mother's family and his mother 208 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: who are training him and advising him to do very wickedly. 209 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: So this shows a few things actually for us nowadays. 210 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: The first thing is that we shouldn't take bad counsel. 211 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 2: Here's what it says in Psalm chapter one one through two. 212 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 2: Blessed is the man who walks not in the council 213 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, 214 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 2: nor sits in the seat of scoffers. But his delight 215 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: is in the law of the Lord. And on his 216 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 2: law he meditates day and night, and then there's a 217 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: proverb also that talks about bad counsel as well. Proverbs 218 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: thirteen twenty says whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, 219 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: but the companion of fools will suffer harm. And another proverb, 220 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 2: which is Proverbs twelve, verse five says the thoughts of 221 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 2: the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked 222 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 2: are deceitful. All those verses are talking about receiving wise counsel. 223 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 2: And here's the thing, Ahazia had these verses. Solomon, who 224 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 2: wrote pretty much the entirety of the Book of Proverbs, 225 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 2: had already written all of this stuff down. Proverbs is 226 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: filled to the brim with wisdom. Ahazia could have taken 227 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 2: knowledge from these scriptures, from the past kings, from David, 228 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: and from Solomon, who wrote these things down about bad council. 229 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 2: But unfortunately a Hazia did not do that. He took 230 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 2: the advice of his mother Athalia and also the house 231 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 2: of Ahab, and scripture says specifically that it was to 232 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: his undoing. Then Second Chronicles twenty two to five says 233 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 2: he even followed their council and went with Jehoram, the 234 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: son of Ahab, king of Israel to make war against 235 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 2: Haziel the King of Syria. Ramoth Gilead and the Syrians 236 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 2: wounded Joram and he returned to be healed in Jezreel 237 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 2: of the wounds that he received at Rama when he 238 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 2: fought against Hazil the King of Syria. So that is 239 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: how far the bad Council went that Hazia is getting 240 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: into wars that are none of his business in order 241 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: to help his family out. Because Ahazia also had an 242 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 2: uncle named Jehoram, and that's where things get really confusing. 243 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: And the uncle named Jehorah was the son of Ahab, 244 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: and most likely Ahazia's father named Jehoram was named after 245 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: the uncle Jehorah because of the alliance that jehash Fat 246 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 2: and Ahab had with each other. But yeah, if you 247 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:30,359 Speaker 2: can keep everything straight, Ahazia went with his uncle Jehoram, 248 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 2: who was Ahab's son and the king of Israel at 249 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 2: this time and a very wicked king by the way, 250 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 2: we've talked about his life before too. He went with 251 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: him into this battle, and this was not any place 252 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 2: that Ajazia needed to be. He didn't need to be 253 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: going into battle. First and foremost and causing the people 254 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: of Judah to have their lives be endangered over a 255 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 2: battle that did not matter at the time, only to 256 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: help his uncle. It was not fair to the people 257 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: of Judah at all, who had follow their king into 258 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: this battle. There was nothing could do about it. But yet, 259 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: because Ajazia was listening to the worst council ever, he 260 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: didn't care about the life of his people. He only 261 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: cared about his family. And you can see right here 262 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 2: that the family of King Ahab was very arrogant and 263 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 2: very self centered. And we'll talk about that in just 264 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 2: a second here. So it says right here that Ahazia, 265 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 2: the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to 266 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 2: see Joram, the son of Jezreel, because he was wounded. 267 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: So jehorahm also named Joram, which is another way it 268 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 2: gets confusing. The uncle of Ajazia ended up getting wounded 269 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 2: in that battle, and so Ajazia goes to visit his 270 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: uncle who was healing up in Jezreel. But what's interesting 271 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 2: is in verse seven, it says right here that it 272 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 2: was ordained by God that the downfall of Ajazia should 273 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: come about through his going to visit Jehorah, for when 274 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 2: he came there, he went out with Jehorah to meet 275 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 2: jahu the son of me She, whom the Lord had 276 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 2: anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. That's talked about 277 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: in Second Kings chapter eight and nine, so let's read 278 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 2: Second Kings eight, twenty eight and twenty nine to start. 279 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: It says Ajazia went with Joram, the son of Ahab 280 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: to war against Haziel the King of Syria Ramath Gilead, 281 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: and the Syrians wounded Joram King. 282 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from. 283 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 2: The wounds which the Syrians had given him a rama 284 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 2: when he fought against Haziel the King of Syria. Ajazia, 285 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 2: the son of Jehorah, King of Judah, went down to 286 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 2: see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he 287 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: was sick. And then if we move into the next chapter, 288 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 2: it talks about how during that time of Jehoram being sick, 289 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: God actually anointed another man of Israel to take Jehoram's 290 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 2: place and completely destroy the entire line of Ahab because 291 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 2: of all the terrible things they had done. And that's 292 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 2: talked about at the beginning of Second King's chapter nine, 293 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 2: and that guy's name was jay Who, And we talked 294 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: about jay Who's life a while back when we discussed 295 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: Second King's chapter nine and jay Who he went a 296 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 2: little too far, not a little bit, he went very 297 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: too far. He killed people that he should not have killed. 298 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 2: So he was not a great man either, But he 299 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 2: did enact God's judgments on Ahab's line, and that included 300 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: actually a Hazia as well, who was the grandson of 301 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 2: King Ahab through his mother. So in Second Kings nine, 302 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 2: verse twenty one, it says that Jehoram was finally feeling 303 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: better after being wounded, and he hears about Jayhu, so 304 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 2: he goes out to meet him. And so here's what 305 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: it says, starting in verse twenty one. Jehorah said, get ready, 306 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: so they got his chariot ready. Then Joram, the King 307 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 2: of Israel, and a Hazia, the King of Judah, went 308 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: out each in his chariot because don't forget, was there 309 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 2: visiting his uncle Jehoram. And they went out to meet 310 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: Jehu and found him on Nabeth, the Jezreelites land. When 311 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 2: Joram saw Jehu, he said, is it peace? 312 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: Jehu? 313 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: He answered, what peace? As long as the prostitution of 314 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 2: your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound. Joram turned his 315 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 2: hands and fled, and he said to Ajazia, this is treason. 316 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: Ajazia. 317 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 2: Jehu drew his bow with full strength and struck Joram 318 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 2: between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, 319 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 2: and he sunk down in his chariot. Then Jaehu said 320 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 2: to Bidcar his captain, pick him up and throw him 321 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: in the plot of the field of Nabeth, the Jezreelite. 322 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 2: For remember when you and I rode together after Ahab, 323 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 2: his father Yahweh laid this burden on him. Surely I 324 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 2: have seen yesterday the blood of Nabeth and the blood 325 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: of his sons, says Yahweh. And I will repay you 326 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 2: in this plot of ground, says Yahweh. Now, therefore take 327 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 2: and cast him onto the plot of ground according to 328 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 2: Yahweh's word. But the King of Judah saw this. He 329 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed 330 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 2: after him and said it strike him also in the chariot. 331 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 2: They struck him at the ascent of Ger, which is 332 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 2: by a bleam. He fled it to Megido and died there. 333 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 2: His servants carried him in chariots to Jerusalem and buried 334 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 2: him in his tomb and with his fathers in David's city. 335 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 2: In the eleventh year, Joram, the son of Ahab Ajazia, 336 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 2: began to reign over Judah. So in a Nutshell that 337 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 2: tells the story of what happened to Ahazia, and Second 338 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 2: Chronicles twenty two repeats that story. In verses seven through nine. 339 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 2: It says, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house 340 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 2: of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the 341 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 2: sons of Ajazia's brothers, who attended a Hazia and killed them. 342 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 2: He searched for Hazia, and he was captured while hiding 343 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 2: in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put 344 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: to death. They buried him for they said he is 345 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 2: the grandson of jehash Fat, who sought the Lord with 346 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 2: all his heart, and the house of Hazia had no 347 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: one able to rule the kingdom. So I find it 348 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 2: kind of interesting that the only reason the people of 349 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: Judah buried Ahazia was because of Jehashafat. That's what it 350 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 2: says right here. They buried Ahazia for they said he 351 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 2: is the grandson of Jehashafat, who sought the Lord with 352 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 2: all his heart. So again, Ahazia, nobody was really all 353 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 2: that sad that he died, And the only reason he 354 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 2: was buried with the other kings was because of how 355 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: good of a king his grandfather, Jehashapat had been. That's 356 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 2: the only reason the people gave Ajazia any honor during 357 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 2: his death. But it mentions right here that the house 358 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: of Ajazia or the line of King David had no 359 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 2: one able to rule the kingdom because of what happens 360 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 2: right after this in verse ten. Now, when Athaliah, the 361 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 2: mother of Ajazia, saw that her son was dead, she 362 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: arose and destroyed all the royal family of the House 363 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 2: of Judah. So she went and finished what her husband 364 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 2: had started. Her husband, Jehorah, had killed all of his brothers. 365 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 2: She went and killed everybody else after her son had died. 366 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: And here's why, because she wanted to destroy the royal 367 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 2: family of the House of Judah, or rather the House 368 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 2: of David. She wanted them all gone because she hated 369 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 2: them because she was very self focused on her own 370 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 2: family and Ahab's royal line. So this means she found 371 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 2: anybody who could have been the next in line for 372 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: the throne and she killed them, including her own grand children. 373 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 2: Verse eleven, Jehasha Bath, the daughter of the king, took 374 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 2: joe Ash, the son of a Jazia, and stole him 375 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 2: away from among the king's sons who were about to 376 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: be put to death, and she put him and his 377 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 2: nurse in a bedroom. So it gets confusing once again. 378 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: Jehasha Bath was the daughter of King Jehorah, but not 379 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 2: the daughter of a thought because you know, the kings 380 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 2: had five hundred wives back in these days, and so 381 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: she would have been the daughter of one of the 382 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: other wives of Jehoram. So she was the stepsister of 383 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: King Ahazia, who had just recently died. And it turns 384 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 2: out that Jehasha Bath was also married to Jehoida, the 385 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: high priest, so she was presumably a god fearing woman. 386 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 2: Also because she was married to the high priest, it 387 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 2: says in verse eleven that she was the sister of 388 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 2: Ajazia and hid him or baby joe Ash from Athalia, 389 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 2: so that she did not put him to death, and 390 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 2: he remained with them six years hidden in the House 391 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 2: of God while Athalia reigned over the land. We don't 392 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 2: know how many sons Ajazia had had. It could have 393 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 2: been that he had a lot, actually, because even though 394 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 2: he was only twenty two twenty three years old when 395 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 2: he had died, that does not mean that he didn't 396 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 2: get an early start, you know, as the king. Things 397 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 2: were very different back in those days, and there is 398 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 2: a lot of women at the king's demand, So it 399 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 2: could be that he had many, many children. Actually, we 400 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 2: don't know how many he had, but whatever it was, 401 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 2: Athalia made it her mission to kill every single one 402 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: of these children. 403 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: But somehow baby joe. 404 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 2: Ash slipped through the cracks, and Athalia did not know 405 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 2: that this baby didn't die, and that is because Jehasha 406 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 2: Bath protected her nephew when he was about to die. 407 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: So reading through this chapter you can definitely learn a 408 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: few things. The first thing is that it's bad to 409 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 2: take bad counsel, and that might sound obvious, but think 410 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: about who King Ahazi was taking bad counsel from. He 411 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 2: was taking this council from his family and a lot 412 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: of people nowadays, probably think that it's good to take 413 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: advice from your family members. It's good to take advice 414 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 2: from your mom because mom is always right. And maybe 415 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 2: a Hazia had that same kind of idea that, oh, 416 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 2: my mom couldn't possibly be wrong. You know, she's the 417 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 2: daughter of a king, a very famous king. She's wise 418 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 2: in her own ways, you know, and so I'm gonna 419 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 2: take her advice. No, you do not take bad advice. 420 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who it comes from. It doesn't matter 421 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 2: if it's your mom, who you love more than anybody 422 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 2: else on this planet. You don't take her bad advice, 423 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 2: especially if it goes against what the Bible says. You 424 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 2: cannot take that advice. You have to follow God before 425 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 2: you follow anybody else. Yes, you still honor your parents, 426 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 2: but you don't sin while you're honoring your parents. So 427 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 2: that's the first thing we can learn. Bad counsel is bad, 428 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter who it comes from. And the second 429 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 2: thing we learn is that when evil seems to rise, 430 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: you know, in the form of a Folia right here, 431 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 2: who is killing all of her grandchildren, God always raises 432 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 2: up somebody to protect us. And in this case, it 433 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: was a wise woman who rose up to protect the 434 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 2: people of Judah by protecting her nephew, who would become 435 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 2: the next king. And in this case, it actually says 436 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 2: at the very end that Athalia reigned over the land 437 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 2: for six years. Six long years Judah had to deal 438 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 2: with this terrible baile worshiping Phoenician woman who was only 439 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 2: queen because of her family relations, not because she was 440 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 2: Jewish or a Yahweh worshiper, but because she married into 441 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 2: the line of David. But even though things looked really 442 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: dark and really grim for those six years in Judah's history, 443 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 2: God was working behind the scenes, very quietly. By the way, 444 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: it didn't look like anything good was happening, but indeed 445 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 2: something good was in fact happening. A wise woman and 446 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: her husband, the priest, was raising a little boy who 447 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: was going to become the next king and save Judah 448 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 2: from this terrible woman who caused so many problems. Faithful listenators, 449 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 2: thank you so much for listening to today's episode. I 450 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 2: have some closing remarks I'd like to make, but before 451 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 2: I do, here is a word from a sponsor. I 452 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: really love that Old Testament scripture is relatable to today, 453 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 2: even though it doesn't seem like it initially, you know, 454 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 2: when you're reading about all of these kings that seem 455 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 2: to live so long ago, and they have such crazy 456 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: names that you can't pronounce, yet their stories are so relatable, 457 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 2: and it's especially nice to read these stories of how 458 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 2: God is working behind the scenes. You know, God does 459 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 2: not often work the way we think he's going to. 460 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 2: It kind of reminds me of that story that we 461 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 2: read about in First Kings where Elijah was so distressed 462 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: over what was happening in Israel under the rule of 463 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 2: Ahab and Jezebel that he ran away, and he ran 464 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 2: away to this mountain where he's wondering where God is. 465 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 2: And he's up on that mountain and all of these 466 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: natural disasters start happening, like this whirlwind and this, like 467 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 2: fire and stuff, and yet God was not in those things. 468 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 2: But then right after all of those natural disasters happen, 469 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: Elijah hears a still small voice, and that was God. 470 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 2: He was not in those natural disasters. And that's what 471 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: we think God is going to do for us. We 472 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 2: think he's going to act big and do you know, 473 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: amazing miracles in the sight of everybody, But no, a 474 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,959 Speaker 2: lot of times he is quiet, and He works behind 475 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 2: the scenes, things that we don't know what is happening, 476 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 2: things we can't see, just like the story we read 477 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 2: today where that little baby was saved from being killed 478 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: by his own grandmother, and that baby was being raised 479 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: very quietly, very secretively. Nobody knew about it because if 480 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 2: anybody found out, Atholia would go and kill the baby. 481 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 2: So it had to be quiet, it had to be 482 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 2: behind the scenes. And Israel, i'm sure, had no clue 483 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 2: that God was raising up a king for them in 484 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 2: the middle of all of these trials that they're going 485 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 2: through under Queen a Folia, if you can even call 486 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 2: her a queen. So that is what you can take 487 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 2: comfort in today in this story, is that God is 488 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: always working and we don't always need to know what 489 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,959 Speaker 2: is going on. We just have to trust that God's 490 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 2: got it. Faithful listeners, have a fantastic and wonderful rest 491 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 2: of your day, happy listening, and God bless. I just 492 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 2: want to take a second to thank the team at 493 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 2: Life Audio for their partnership with me on the Bible 494 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 2: Explain podcast. In fact, if you go to lifeaudio dot com, 495 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 2: you'll find dozens of other faith centered podcasts In their network. 496 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 2: They've got shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, and more.