1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi, Faith listeners, Welcome to the Bible Explain podcast. 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: On this absolutely lovely morning, we're going to get into 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: the story of Little Joe ash today and how he 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: becomes the next King. Stay tuned for a great episode. 5 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Today has been a lovely little day. It is nice 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: and snowy outside, and it kind of looks like I 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: am sitting in a snow globe right now. I'm looking 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: out my window right now, and it's just nice snowflakes 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: coming down. I appreciate days like this. You know. I'm 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: not the biggest fan of snow, because it's cold, and 11 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: I don't like going out in it, and I certainly 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: don't like warming my car up. But snow is a 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: very beautiful thing, and so I'm going to appreciate the 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: beauty of it at least, even if I don't appreciate 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: the feeling of it. Let's go ahead and read it 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: Second Chronicles twenty three today, But before we do, here's 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: a quick word from a sponsor. So let's read Second 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: Chronicles twenty three the entire chapter. As always, I'll be 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: reading from the World English Bible or the w e 20 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: B this morning, but fav the listener feel free to 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: pause the podcast, to grab your cup of coffee or 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: your cup of tea, and also the version of the 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: Bible that you prefer. And once you do all that, 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: let's give reverence to God's word together. In the seventh year, 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: Joheida strengthened himself and took the captains of hundreds, Azaria 26 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: the son of Jehoram Ishmael, the son of Jehoahan, Azaria 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: the son of Obed, Messiah the son of Adiah, and 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: Alishafat the son of Zikar, into a covenant with him. 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: They went around in Judah and gathered the levites out 30 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: of all the cities of Judah and the heads of 31 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: Father's households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. All 32 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: the assembly made a covenant with the king in God's house. 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: Jehoidah said to them, behold, the king's son must reign. 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: As Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David, this 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: is the thing that you must do. A third part 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: of you, who come in on the Sabbath of the 37 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: priests and levites, shall be gatekeepers of the threshole holds. 38 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: A third part shall be at the King's house, and 39 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: a third part at the gate of the foundation. All 40 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: the people will be in the courts of Yahwai's house. 41 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: But let no one come into Yaowai's house except the 42 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: priests and those who minister of the Levites. They shall 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: come in, for they are holy. But all the people 44 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: shall follow Yahwei's instructions. The Levites shall surround the king, 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes 46 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: into the house, let him be slain. Be with the 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: king when he comes in and when he goes out. 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: So the Levites and all Judah did according to all 49 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: that Jehoida the Priest had commanded. They each took his 50 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: men those who were to come in on the sabbath 51 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: with those who were to go out on the sabbath. 52 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: For Jehoida the Priest didn't dismiss the shift. Jehoida the 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, bucklers and 54 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: shields that had been King David's, which were in God's house. 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: He said, all the people, every man with his weapon 56 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: in his hand, from the right side of the house, 57 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: to the left side of the house near the altar, 58 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: and the house around the king. Then they brought out 59 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: the king's son put the crown on him, gave him 60 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: the covenant, and made him king. Jehoida and his sons 61 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: anointed him, and they said, long live the King. When 62 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: Athalia heard the noise of the people running and praising 63 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: the king, she came to the people into Yahwai's house. 64 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: Then she looked and behold the king stood by his 65 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: pillar at the entrance, with the captains and the trumpeteers. 66 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: By the king, all the people of the land rejoiced 67 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: and blew trumpets. The singers also played musical instruments and 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: led the singing of praise. Then Athalia tore her clothes 69 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: and said treason, treason. Jeheida, the priest brought out the 70 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and 71 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: said to them, bring her out between the ranks, and 72 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. 73 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: For the priest said, don't kill her in Yahway's house. 74 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: So they made way for her. She went to the 75 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: entrance of the horse gate to the king's house, and 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: they killed her there. Jeheida made a covenant between himself, 77 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: all the people, and the king that they should be 78 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: Yahway's people. All the people went into the house of 79 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: the bail, broke it down, broke his altars and his 80 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: images and pieces, and killed Matan the priests of Bail 81 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: before the altars. Jehoida appointed the officers of Yaowai's house 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: under the hand of the levitical priests whom David had 83 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: distributed in Yahwai's house, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, 84 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: as it is written in the Law of Moses, with 85 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: rejoicing and with singing. As David had ordered, he set 86 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: the gate keepers of the gates of Yahway's house that 87 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: no one who was unclean in anything should enter in. 88 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors 89 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: of the people, and all the people of the land, 90 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: and brought the king down from Yahway's house. They came 91 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: through the upper gate to the king's house and set 92 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: the king on the throne of the kingdom. So all 93 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. 94 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: They had slain Athaliah with the sword to do a 95 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,559 Speaker 1: rundown of the previous chapter. We talked about this little 96 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: king named Ahazia. He was a very young king. He 97 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: was twenty two years old when he became king, and 98 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: he was only a king for one year in Jerusalem 99 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: because he was not a good king. He was not 100 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: blessed by Yahweh at all, So he actually ended up 101 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: dying very shortly after becoming the king. But he did 102 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: have quite a few sons. We don't know how many 103 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: sons he had, but he had several. Because right after 104 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: Ajazia dies, his mother, Queen Athalia, goes nuts and decides 105 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: that she's going to kill anybody who is of the 106 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: lineage of King David. The reason being because she hated 107 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: the line of King David because she knew that one 108 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: of David's sons or descendants was supposed to rule in Jerusalem. 109 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: She didn't want that. She wanted her line to rule. 110 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: Her line was the line of King Omri up in Israel. 111 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: So she decides she's going to kill anybody related to 112 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: King David that could potentially take the throne someday, and 113 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: she's just gonna take it for herself, maybe have more 114 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: sons that could take the throne from her after she dies. 115 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: I don't even know no clue what her end goal was, 116 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: but she takes the throne for herself and in the 117 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: process kills all of her grandchildren and anybody else really 118 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: related to King David. However, one baby slips by. This 119 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: would have been the son of King Ahazia. His name 120 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: was baby joe Ash Okay. So Joe Ash ended up 121 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: getting saved by his aunt, so Ajazia's half sister from 122 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: another mother. She saved baby joe Ash. In fact, Josepha 123 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: says that she found the baby among the remains of 124 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: his siblings. So that is how gruesome things got under 125 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: Queen Athalia. So the aunt finds the baby and takes 126 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: him along with his nurse and hides him away from 127 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: Athalia for six years. And she actually hid him in 128 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: the Temple of God in one of the rooms. So 129 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: there was a bunch of rooms in God's temple, if 130 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: you guys remember how it was set up. There were 131 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: rooms that weren't connected to like the inside of the temple. 132 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: They were actually on the outside, so you'd have to 133 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 1: walk outside to get to these rooms. And these rooms 134 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: held all sorts of things, whether it was equipment for 135 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: the temple, whether it was storages of gold and silver, 136 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: whether it was weapons or the covenant, or even rooms 137 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: for the priest to go into to relax or sleep 138 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, but the ant takes baby joe Ash 139 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: along with his nurse and hides him in one of 140 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: those rooms. And the reason the aunt was able to 141 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: do this was because she was actually married to the 142 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: High Priest. So the High Priest allowed this obviously and 143 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: helped raise this baby because presumably the baby did not 144 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: have a mother, or the mother had been killed by Athalia. 145 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: We don't know what the situation is there, but that's 146 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: the rundown of everything that happened in the last chapter. 147 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: It's a lot to talk about. So it says starting 148 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: in second Chronicles twenty three in verse one, in the 149 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: seventh year, So when joe Ash was seven years old, 150 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: it says Jehoida, the High Priest strengthened himself and took 151 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: the captains of hundreds. So, like I said, Jehoida was 152 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: raising joe Ash. He was the high priest at the time, 153 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: raising this little baby, knowing that he was the next 154 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: in line for the throne, knowing that this baby was 155 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: very important, that he was going to carry on the 156 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: lineage of David. And so finally, when the baby is 157 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: seven years old, Jehoidah says strengthened himself now that means 158 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 1: that he was scared, but he took courage anyway because 159 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: he knew that what he was about to do was very, 160 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: very important. It says he took the captains of hundreds, 161 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: Azaria the son of Jehoah, Ishmael the son of Jehoahan, 162 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: Azaria the son of Obed, Massiah, the son of Adeya, 163 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: and Alishafat the son of Zickary, into a covenant with him. 164 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 1: So these were very powerful men. Captains of hundreds is 165 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: what it says. These men probably worked for the queen 166 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: who was terrorizing everybody, but they were sick of how 167 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: she was running things. They were sick of the fact 168 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: that she was treasonous because she had a track record 169 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: of just killing people who got in her way. Obviously, 170 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: she killed her own lineage. She killed her grandchildren because 171 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: they had the blood of David in them. You know, 172 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: she was a ruthless and apseolutely terrible woman. There's also 173 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: some history to show that she took beautiful things from 174 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: God's temple to make the temple of Bail even more beautiful, 175 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: so she tread on the house of God as well, 176 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: and also likely on the rights of the people to 177 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: worship Yahweh. She was probably not much different honestly than Jezebel. 178 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: Her mother had been only several years prior to this. 179 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: So Jehoidah, the High Priest, strengthens himself, meaning he gets courage, 180 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: and he goes to these captains who were probably still 181 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: working with Athalia, and he tells them. He's like, hey, 182 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: I've got a secret for you guys, but I'm really 183 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: hoping you guys don't kill me if I tell you 184 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: what this secret is. It turns out that these captains 185 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: were on board. They found out about baby joe Ash 186 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: living in the temple for seven years. They were probably 187 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: shocked believing that Athalia had killed all of the line 188 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: of David, and I'm sure they were on board. They're like, yes, 189 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: let's do this thing. Let's stay j aku like we 190 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: are on board. And all of this had to be 191 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: done very secretly because if Athalia caught wind of any 192 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: of this, then she would kill everybody, including those captains, 193 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: including the High Priest, including the High Priest's wife and 194 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: baby joe Ash. She'd kill everybody that came in her way. 195 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: So this was all done very secretively. It says the 196 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: captains in verse two went around in Judah and gathered 197 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: the Leevites out of all the cities of Judah and 198 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: the heads of the Father's households of Israel, and they 199 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: came to Jerusalem. All this assembly made a covenant with 200 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: the king in God's House. So these captains went around 201 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: and gathered the leaders of Judah, brought them into the 202 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: temple and made this covenant with them. And this shows 203 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: right here that people were just like coming and going 204 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: out of the Temple. I don't know if you guys 205 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: remember us talking about the temple, but people were not 206 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: really supposed to go in there. It was considered to 207 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: be a holy place that only the Levites were supposed 208 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: to enter. And yet at this point in time, Athalia 209 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: had gone in there, taken everything out, and was treading 210 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: all over it. So I'm sure people were coming and 211 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: going inside the temple all the time time. But it 212 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: seems for whatever reason, it was the perfect place to 213 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: hide from Athalia because a lot, it seems like, was 214 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: going on in God's House that she just did not 215 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: know about, either because she didn't care to understand what 216 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: was going on in Yahway's house, or she looked down 217 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: on anybody that went to Yahway's house or thought that 218 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: she had control of it and that nothing serious was 219 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: going on there. I don't know, but this was the 220 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: perfect place, it seems like, to hide joe Ash and 221 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: also to make these plans to take Judah back for 222 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: the line of David. So it says that this assembly 223 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: made a covenant with the king. Joe Ash, though he 224 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: was seven years old, he was clearly on board with 225 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: all of this. You know, seven year olds, they don't 226 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: know exactly what's going on, but they're also not dumb, 227 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: so I'm sure he knew that he had a pretty 228 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: big task ahead of him. And you know, Jehoida, the 229 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: High Priest, was going to be with him the entire time. Essentially, 230 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 1: Jehoida acted as his father, and we're definitely going to 231 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: see that moving into joe Ash's story a little bit more. 232 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: You know, Jeheida was behind all of this, and he 233 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: was a good father figure counseling joe Ash through all 234 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: of this. And you might be thinking at this time, 235 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 1: why did Jehoida only wait seven years, you know, because 236 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: a seven year old is not king material typically, like 237 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: we don't think of children being good kings, So why 238 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: didn't Jehoida, wait a little bit longer. Well, we don't 239 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: know how bad the situation was under Atholia. Seven years 240 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: old was definitely young for a king to become a king, 241 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: but it was also an age where people would recognize 242 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: Joash as king. So the high priest Jehoidah says to 243 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: this assembly that's gathered in the temple, behold, the king's 244 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: son must reign. As Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons 245 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: of David, this is the thing that you must do. 246 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: A third part of you, who come in on the sabbath, 247 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: of the priests and of the levites, shall be gatekeepers 248 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: of the thresholds. A third part shall be at the 249 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: king's house, and a third part at the gate of 250 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: the fact foundation. All the people will be in the 251 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: courts of Yahway's house. So now they're essentially planning for 252 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: this takeover of the throne. They are planning for battle. 253 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: They are getting into formation, deciding how to best protect 254 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: joe Ash. You know, because joe Ash, he's seven years old. 255 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: He can't protect himself, so all these men have to 256 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: do it for him. And so they're getting into formation 257 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: and deciding what the next best course of action is 258 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: going to be. So all of these men would be 259 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: stationed in different areas. Some would be protecting joe Ash himself, 260 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: some would be protecting the gate, making sure nobody is 261 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: going in and out that shouldn't be. Some would be 262 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: protecting the King's house, and others would be protecting Yahway's house. 263 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: But Joheida says in verse six, let no one come 264 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: into Yahway's house, accept the priests and those who minister 265 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: of the Levites. So Jehoida is trying to get back 266 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: to the original design of the temple, where people aren't 267 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: just coming and going and taking whatever they want out 268 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: of it, but that it's a holy place where only 269 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: Levites are supposed to go. Johida saying, enough is enough 270 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: enough of all of these people coming into Yawai's house 271 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: and doing whatever they want to it. That is done 272 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: starting right now verse seven. The levites shall surround the king, 273 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes 274 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: into the house, let him be slain. Be with the 275 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: king when he comes in and when he goes out. 276 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: So Jehoida knows how serious the situation is. That Athalia 277 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: will kill anybody that gets in her way, even a child, 278 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: so the Levites are all on board, and also the 279 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: rest of Judah. Everybody who knew about this plan was 280 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: on board. It says they did according to all that 281 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: Jehoida the priest commanded. They each took his men those 282 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: who were to come in on the Sabbath with those 283 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: who are to go out on the Sabbath. For Jeheidah. 284 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: The priest didn't dismiss the shift. So it sounds like 285 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: all of this took place on a Sabbath day. I 286 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: don't know exactly what the strategy of that was. Maybe 287 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: they knew that Athalia would be busy worshiping her God 288 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: or something on the Sabbath day. I don't know. I 289 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 1: don't know what the customs of bail worship was if 290 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: they worshiped on a Sabbath, no clue, But they decided 291 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: that the Sabbath was the best day to make joe 292 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: Ash the next king. It says Jehoeida the priest delivered 293 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: to the captains of hundreds the spears, bucklers, and shields 294 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: that had been King David's, which were in God's house. 295 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: So whatever weapon was left in God's house, whether it 296 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: was in storage, whether it was rusty and old, whether 297 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: it was displayed on the walls, I don't know. But 298 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: Jehoida took those and gave them to each of his men. 299 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: And that's really interesting to me that it sort of 300 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: sounds like these captains may not have had weapons. Potentially, 301 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: maybe they had weapons for themselves, but not enough for 302 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: the rest of the men, which shows how much control 303 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: Atholia had over her people that she de weaponized them. 304 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: This is common throughout all sorts of dictatorships through history. 305 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: The first thing they want to do is de arm 306 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: the public, because then the public cannot protect or take 307 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: care of themselves. But thankfully there were enough weapons left 308 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: in God's house that Athaldia did not steal or didn't 309 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: think were useful. Jehoida gives them to all of these men, 310 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: it says. Then they brought out the king's son, put 311 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: the crown on him, gave him the covenant, and made 312 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: him king. Jehoida and his sons anointed him, and they said, 313 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: long live the King. Now. I do wonder where they 314 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: got the crown from. I would have thought that Athalia 315 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: would have worn it herself, unless it was too big 316 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: for her. Maybe they also hid the crown. Maybe it 317 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: was somewhere in God's house, and maybe it was David's 318 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: crown that was locked away somewhere and Jehoida knew where 319 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: it was. We do know that the Temple of God 320 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: held a lot of treasures of past history, so it 321 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: could be that this crown, even if it wasn't David's, 322 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: was a previous king's crown that had been stored away 323 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: in the temple that Atholia maybe did not know about. 324 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: They also gave him the Covenant, and I love that. 325 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: I love that they're setting joe Ash up to be 326 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: a godly king because they're not just putting the crown 327 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: on his head and setting him out in front of 328 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: all the people. They're also making him hold the Covenant, 329 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: which was the law of God. This was a time 330 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: when bail worship was going rampant because of Athalia being 331 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: the queen, so to establish joe Ash as a godly 332 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: king was a really wise choice in my opinion. And 333 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: so they set joe Ash out on this pedestal outside 334 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: the temple, and joe Ash and his sons anointed him 335 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: and they said, long Live the King. This would have 336 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: been a public celebration, and maybe that's why it was 337 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: done on the Sabbath actually was because a lot of 338 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: people would have been coming out to worship. This was 339 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: the day of worship, so if a big crowd was 340 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: at the temple, maybe Jehoida was thinking their safety in numbers. 341 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: And if enough people see this and get excited about it, 342 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: then Athalia doesn't really have any recourse essentially, so that 343 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: could be why it was done on the Sabbath day. 344 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: It was a very public ceremony. So Jehoida and his 345 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: sons anoint little joe Ash and they exclaim to everybody, 346 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: long live the King. And the people get so excited 347 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: because they now believe that the reign of Athalia is over. 348 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: So everybody that's at the temple or in the city 349 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: streets coming out to worship starts singing and dancing and 350 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: exclaiming long Live the King. To joe Ash, it says 351 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: the people were running around and praising the king, and 352 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: Athalia heard all of this noise. So she comes outside 353 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: and she's very distressed. She goes into Yahweh's house and 354 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: she looks and behold the king stood by his pillar 355 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: at the entrance with the captains and the trumpetears by 356 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: the king. So little King joe Ash is standing there 357 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: where everybody can see him, like up on this pedestal 358 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: near God's temple, and Athalia is seeing all this. She's 359 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: seeing the people dancing and getting all excited over the 360 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: next king, and she is furious. While the singers were 361 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: playing their instruments and singing, she tore her clothes and 362 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 1: screamed treason, treason. And what's so ironic about that statement 363 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: is the fact that she was the treason this one. 364 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: From the very beginning. She tried to destroy the entire 365 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:51,239 Speaker 1: line of David, the legitimate heirs to the throne, so 366 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: that she could take it for herself and for her family, 367 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: because she knew her family, the line of Omri was 368 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: dying off. She understood that, in fact, only a couple 369 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: years before this, King Jehu up north had gone and 370 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: literally destroyed pretty much everybody from the line of King Ahab. 371 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: Athalia is the only person left. And like I said, 372 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what her game plan was to continue 373 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: the throne for Omri, but it was not succeeding, as 374 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: we can see here. So she tears her clothes out 375 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: of mourning and anger very dramatically and screams treason. But 376 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: this big show that she puts on does not work 377 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: because everybody's against her. It says Jehoida. The priest brought 378 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, 379 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: and he said to them, bring her out between the ranks, 380 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: and whoever follows her, let him be slain with sword. 381 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: So basically, anybody that is on Athalia's side that tries 382 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: to side with her, that tries to start a war 383 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: or tries to kill the little king, they should be 384 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: put to death as well as Athalia. But the priest says, 385 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: don't kill her in Yawei's house. So I don't know 386 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: if she walked into the temple. I kind of doubt 387 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: she did, because you know, there were people like lined 388 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: up making sure that nobody could go in to the 389 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: temple anymore. But even her being in one of the 390 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 1: courtyards would have been her being in Yahweh's temple. So 391 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: the priest says, don't defile the temple with this evil 392 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: woman's blood. Essentially, so it says that she went to 393 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house, 394 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: so it kind of sounds like she was going back 395 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: to her home, like going back to the king's house, 396 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: but they killed her before she could get there, right 397 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: at the entrance of the horse gate that would have 398 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 1: been the area where the horses go in and out. 399 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: That's how Jezebel died. Her mother only a few years 400 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: prior to this, Jay who had gone and killed the 401 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: entire line of Ahab, including Jezebel, and they threw her 402 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: out of a window and trampled her underfoot of the 403 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: horse's hoofs. So she died in one of the most 404 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: shameful ways, and interestingly enough, her daughter died also in 405 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: a very similar way. And so now it says in 406 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: verse sixteen, Johoida made a covenant between himself, all the people, 407 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: and the king that they should be Yahweh's people. All 408 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: the people went to the house of Bail, broke it down, 409 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Maton, 410 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: the priest of Bail before the altars. So now the people, 411 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: who are very excited about joe Ash being the next 412 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: king and Athalia's terrible reign being over, they agree we're 413 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: gonna be Yahwei's people once again. So they go to 414 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: the temple of Bail that Athaliah had made, probably with 415 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: a lot of the beautiful things found in God's temple 416 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: and the people they tear it into pieces, is what 417 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: it says. They broke down everything, broke the altars and 418 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: the images in pieces, and they also killed Maton, who 419 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: was the high priest of Bail before all the altars. Now, 420 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: this was I believe a just thing to do, because 421 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: I've talked about bail worship in the past and how 422 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: absolutely terrible it was for the entire community of Israel. 423 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: It caused a lot of sickness and death and problems 424 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: in the community. So the people going and tearing down 425 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: all of these altars and also killing the high priest 426 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: who encouraged all of the people to worship this false 427 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 1: God was probably a just thing to do. But the 428 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: one thing I do find very funny is the emotionality 429 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: of the people where it just sort of seems like 430 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: in Israel's history and today, you know, people just get 431 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: so caught up with emotions that they just do whatever 432 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: seems good at the time. And man, is that not 433 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: how it is today too, Like people are very inflammatory 434 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: and get very violent very quickly. I'm not saying they 435 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: shouldn't have broken the altar to bail down in pieces. 436 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: But the main problem is is that they shouldn't have 437 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: allowed it to happen for as long as they did 438 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: in the first place. Again, they're just kind of, you know, 439 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: changing with the wind whatever seems popular to do at 440 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 1: the time, and that's very common in Israel's history, and 441 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: not just in Israel, but every nation on the planet. Then, 442 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: it says Jehoida appointed the officers of Yahway's house, under 443 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: the hand of the levitical priests whom David had distributed 444 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: in Yahway's house, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh 445 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: as it is written in the Law of Moses, with 446 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: rejoicing and singing as David had ordered. So essentially, Jeheitda's 447 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: getting back to the religion of his father's the way 448 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: it was ordained to be done from the beginning, the 449 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: way David had set it up. And David set it 450 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: up in a very good way, by the way, he 451 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: tried to make everything as close to the levitical laws 452 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: as possible. So David did a really good job, and 453 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: now Jehoida is trying to do the exact same thing. 454 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: It says Jeheida set gatekeepers at the gates of Yahway's house. 455 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: Then no one who is unclean in anything should enter in. 456 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: So that shows right there that all sorts of different 457 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 1: people were coming and going in Yahwei's house. Clean or unclean, 458 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: it did not matter. But now Joheidah saying no, we're 459 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: going back to the levitical laws. Only people who are 460 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: clean can enter in. Here it says he took the 461 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, 462 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: and all the people of the land and brought the 463 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: king down from Yahweh's house. They came through the upper 464 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: gate to the king's house and set the king on 465 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: the throne of the kingdom. So all the people of 466 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. They had 467 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: slain Athalia with the sword. So I don't know if 468 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 1: that means that the city became quiet because Athalia was 469 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: no longer running rampant everywhere, or if it means that 470 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 1: all of the supporters of Athalia were quiet because they 471 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: knew they had lost. But I'm going to guess it's 472 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: the latter one. That everybody knew they had lost, so 473 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 1: nobody actually defended Athalia, even if they had been previous 474 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: supporters of her. This was a the sight Jive victory 475 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: for Jehoida and for King joe Ash. And we will 476 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: definitely talk more about the reign of joe Ash in 477 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: the next chapter, because unfortunately, Joe Ash is one of 478 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: those kings that starts out very good but ends very poorly, 479 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: as many of them do. So we will get into 480 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: that starting on Monday. But, faithful listeners, here's a quick 481 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: word from a sponsor before I end the episode. The 482 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: last thing I want to say before I end the 483 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: episode is I want to tie today's episode into Monday's. 484 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: Remember how I said on Monday that God is always 485 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: working behind the scenes, even if we don't see it. 486 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: All of God's plans for joe Ash have now come 487 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: to fruition. People are seeing it and they are excited. 488 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: The people who saw joe Ash become the king are 489 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: now rejoicing in the street, and the people who wanted 490 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: Athalia for whatever reason, to be the queen are quiet 491 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: in the land because they know that nothing they will 492 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: do will bring Athalia back. When God is on our side, 493 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: his plans work, and that is definitely what we see 494 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: here today in this chapter, Faithful Listeners, have a fantastic 495 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: and wonderful rest of your day. As always, I hope 496 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: to see you guys tomorrow for an episode from tewod 497 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: Timothy six am or whenever you choose to wake up 498 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: and listen. Until then, happy listening and God bless. I 499 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: just want to take a second to thank the team 500 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: at Life Audio for their partnership with me on the 501 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: Bible Explain podcast. In fact, if you go to lifeudio 502 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: dot com you'll find dozens of other faith centered podcasts 503 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: in their network. They've got shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, 504 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: and more.