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Speaker 2: listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey,

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Speaker 2: and today we're in Second King's chapter ten, and this

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Speaker 2: is what we read. Ahab had seventy sons living in

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Speaker 2: the city of Samaria. So Jaehu wrote letters and sent

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Speaker 2: them to Samaria, to the elders and officials of the

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Speaker 2: city and to the guardians of King Ahab's sons. He said,

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Speaker 2: the king's sons are with you, and you have at

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Speaker 2: your disposal chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weapons. As

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Speaker 2: soon as you receive this letter, select the best qualified

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Speaker 2: of your master's sons to be your king and prepare

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Speaker 2: to fight for Ahab's dynasty. But they were paralyzed with

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Speaker 2: fear and said, we've seen that two kings couldn't stand

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Speaker 2: against this man. What can we do? So the palace

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Speaker 2: and city administrators, together with the elders and the guardians

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Speaker 2: of the king's sons, sent this message to Jayhu. We

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Speaker 2: are your servants and will do anything you tell us.

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Speaker 2: We will not make anyone king do whatever you think

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Speaker 2: is best. Jayhu responded with a second letter. If you

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Speaker 2: are on my side and are going to obey me,

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Speaker 2: bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel.

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Speaker 2: By this time tomorrow now, the seventy sons of the

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Speaker 2: king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria,

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Speaker 2: where they had been raised since childhood. When the letter arrived,

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Speaker 2: the leaders killed all seventy of the king's sons. They

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Speaker 2: placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jayhu

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Speaker 2: at Jezreel. A messenger went to Jayhu and said, they

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Speaker 2: have brought the heads of the king's sons. So jay

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Speaker 2: Who ordered pile them in two heaps at the entrance

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Speaker 2: of the city gate and leave them there until morning.

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Speaker 2: In the morning, he went out and spoke to the

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Speaker 2: crowd that had gathered around them. You are not to blame,

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Speaker 2: he told them, I am the one who conspired against

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Speaker 2: my master and killed him. But who killed all these,

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Speaker 2: you can be sure that the message of the Lord

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Speaker 2: that was spoken concerning Ahab's family will not fail. The

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Speaker 2: Lord declared through his servant Elijah that this would happen.

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Speaker 2: Then jay Who killed all who were left of Ahab's

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Speaker 2: relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his

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Speaker 2: personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without

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Speaker 2: a single survivor. Then jay Who set out for Samaria.

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Speaker 2: Along the way, while he was at beth Ekeed of

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Speaker 2: the Shepherds, he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah.

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Speaker 2: Who are you, he asked them, and they replied, we

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Speaker 2: are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit

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Speaker 2: the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the

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Speaker 2: Queen Mother. Take them alive, Jayhu shouted to his men,

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Speaker 2: and they captured all forty two of them and killed

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Speaker 2: them at the well of beth a Ked.

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Speaker 1: None of them escaped.

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Speaker 2: When Jayhu left there, he met Johonadab, son of Recab.

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Speaker 1: Who was coming to meet him.

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Speaker 2: After they had greeted each other, jay Who said to him,

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Speaker 2: are you as loyal to me as I am to you?

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Speaker 1: Yes, i am.

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Speaker 2: Johonahdab replied if you are, jay Who said, then give

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Speaker 2: me your hand. So Johonahdab put out his hand and

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Speaker 2: Jayhu helped him into the chariot. Then Jayhu said, now

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Speaker 2: come with me and see how devoted I am to

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Speaker 2: the Lord, so Johonahdab rode along with him. When Hu

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Speaker 2: there from Ahab's family, just as the Lord had promised

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Speaker 2: through Elijah. Then Jay who called a meeting of all

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Speaker 2: the people of the city and said to them, Ahab's

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Speaker 2: worship of Bail was nothing compared to the way I

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Speaker 2: will worship him. Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers

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Speaker 2: of Bail and call together all his priests. See to

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Speaker 2: going to offer a great sacrifice to Bail. Anyone who

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Speaker 2: who's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Bail.

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Speaker 2: Then Jay who ordered prepare a solemn assembly to worship Bail.

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Speaker 1: So they did.

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Speaker 2: He sent messengers throughout all Israel, summoning those who worshiped Bail.

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Speaker 2: They all came. Not a single one remained behind, and

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Speaker 2: these robes. So robes were given to them Then Jayhu

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Speaker 2: went into the Temple of Bail with Johonadab, son of Recap.

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Speaker 2: Jayhu said to the worshipers of Bail, make sure no

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Speaker 2: one who worships the Lord is here, only those who

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Speaker 2: worship Bail. So they were all inside the temple to

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Speaker 2: offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jayhu had stationed eighty

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Speaker 2: if you let anyone escape, you will pay for it

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Speaker 2: with your own life. As soon as Jayhu had finished

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Speaker 2: men went into the innermost fortress of the Temple of Bail.

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Speaker 2: They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship

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Speaker 2: of Bail and burned it. They smashed the sacred pillar

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Speaker 2: and wrecked the Temple of Bail, converting it into a

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Speaker 2: public toilet, as it remains to this day. In this way,

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Speaker 2: Jehu destroyed every trace of Bail worship from Israel. He

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Speaker 2: did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan,

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Speaker 2: with which Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to sin. Nonetheless,

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Speaker 2: the Lord said to Jehu, you have done well in

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Speaker 2: following my instructions to destroy the family of Ahab. Therefore

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Speaker 2: your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the

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Speaker 2: fourth generation. But Jehu did not obey the law.

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Speaker 1: Of the Lord, the God of Israel. With all his heart.

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Speaker 2: He refused to from the sins that Jeroboam had led

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Speaker 2: to cut down the size of Israel's territory. King Hazel

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Speaker 2: including all of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manassa. He conquered

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Speaker 2: Gorge to as far north as Gilead and Bashan. The

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Speaker 2: rest of the events in Jaehu's reign, everything he did

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Speaker 2: and all his achievements are recorded in the Book of

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Speaker 2: the History of the Kings of Israel. When Jayhu died,

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Speaker 2: he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoahaz became

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Speaker 2: the next king. In all Jayhu reigned over Israel from

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Speaker 1: Let's pray we.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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Speaker 2: the privilege of being able to look at it today.

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Speaker 2: And Lord, as we look at this portion of scripture,

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Speaker 2: we see that you raised up Jehu, and you used

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Speaker 2: him as an agent of your judgment against those who

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Speaker 2: worshiped Bail And it seems throughout this chapter up to

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Speaker 2: a point that he was very zealous for your name

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Speaker 2: and for your work. But Lord, we could see that

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Speaker 2: in the end he chose not to follow you with

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Speaker 2: all of his heart. And Lord, that's something that we

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Speaker 2: wrestle with as well. Sometimes we're very selective in the

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Speaker 2: ways that we choose to follow you. Sometimes we welcome

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Speaker 2: idols into our lives when we know that we should

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Speaker 2: worship you with sincere hearts and minds that have been

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Speaker 2: transformed through faith in Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: Your son.

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Speaker 2: Lord, we pray that throughout the course of our lives

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Speaker 2: that we would not hold anything back from you. And

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Speaker 2: we pray Lord that where we seem to be holding

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Speaker 2: things back, we pray that you would reveal those things

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Speaker 2: to us and help us to see and understand what

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Speaker 2: it means to love you completely with all our hearts,

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Speaker 2: with all our minds, with all our strength, with every

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Speaker 2: aspect of our lives, because you have given us new

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Speaker 2: life through faith in your son Jesus. So Lord, we

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Speaker 2: thank you that you can accomplish these things in our life,

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Speaker 2: and we commit this day to your care. We pray

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Speaker 2: this all in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen,