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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangi, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter

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Speaker 1: twenty one, and we'll be reading from the New Living Translation.

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Speaker 1: When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in

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Speaker 1: the city of David. Then his son Jehoram became the

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Speaker 1: next king. Jehoram's brothers, the other sons of Jehoshaphat were Azariah,

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Speaker 1: jehiel Zechariah, Azarihu Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the

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Speaker 1: sons of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah. Their father had given

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Speaker 1: each of them valuable gifts of silver, gold, and costly items,

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Speaker 1: and also some of Judah's fortified towns. However, he does

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Speaker 1: Jehoram as the next king because he was the oldest.

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Speaker 1: But when Jehoram became solidly established as king, he killed

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Speaker 1: all his brothers and some of the other leaders of Judah.

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Speaker 1: Jehoram was thirty two years old when he became king,

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Speaker 1: and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. But Jehoram followed

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Speaker 1: the example of the kings of Israel and was as

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Speaker 1: wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of

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Speaker 1: Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the

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Speaker 1: Lord's sight. But the Lord did not want to destroy

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Speaker 1: David's dynasty, for he had made a covenant with David

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Speaker 1: and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining

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Speaker 1: like a lamp forever. During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted

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Speaker 1: against Judah and crown their own king. So Jehoram went

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Speaker 1: out with his full army and all his chariots. The

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Speaker 1: Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went

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Speaker 1: out at night and attacked them under cover of darkness.

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Speaker 1: Even so, Edom has been independent from Judah to this day.

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Speaker 1: The town of Libna also revolted about that same time.

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Speaker 1: All this happened because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord, the

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Speaker 1: god of his ancestors. He had built pagan shrines in

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Speaker 1: the hill country of Judah, and had led the people

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Speaker 1: of Jerusalem and Judah to give themselves to pagan gods

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Speaker 1: and to go astray. Then Elijah the Prophet wrote Jehoram

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Speaker 1: this letter. This is what the Lord, the God of

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Speaker 1: your ancestor David, says. You have not followed the good

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Speaker 1: example of your father Jehoshaphat or your grandfather, King Aesa

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Speaker 1: of Judah. Instead, you have been as evil as the

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Speaker 1: kings of Israel. You have led the people of Jerusalem

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Speaker 1: and Judah to worship idols, just as King Ahab did

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Speaker 1: in Israel. And you have even killed your own brothers,

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Speaker 1: men who were better than you. So now the Lord

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Speaker 1: is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives,

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Speaker 1: and all that is yours with a heavy blow. You

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Speaker 1: yourself will suffer with a severe intestinal disease that will

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Speaker 1: get worse each day until your bowels come out. Then

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Speaker 1: the Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs who

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Speaker 1: lived near the Ethiopians to attack Jehoram. They marched against Judah,

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Speaker 1: broke down its defenses, and carried away everything of value

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Speaker 1: in the royal palace, including the king's sons and his wives.

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Speaker 1: Only his youngest son, Ahaziah, was spared. After all this,

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Speaker 1: the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease. The

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Speaker 1: disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of

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Speaker 1: two years, it caused his bowels to come out, and

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Speaker 1: he died in agony. His people did not build a

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Speaker 1: great funeral fire to honor him, as they had done

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Speaker 1: for his ancestors. Orum was thirty two years old when

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Speaker 1: he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

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Speaker 1: No one was sorry when he died. They buried him

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Speaker 1: in the city of David, but not in the royal cemetery.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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Speaker 1: look at it today. And Lord, as we look at

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Speaker 1: this portion of scripture and see how the life of

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Speaker 1: Jehoram was lived, and as we also see how he

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Speaker 1: led the people of Israel to worship pagan idols, and

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Speaker 1: he made alliances with people who were not concerned with

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Speaker 1: what mattered to you, Lord, we read a very tragic

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Speaker 1: account that took place because of Jehoram's unbelief. Lord. It's

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Speaker 1: sad to read the line that no one was sorry

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Speaker 1: when Jehoram died, but it's understandable when we look at

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Speaker 1: how he lived and how he ruled. Lord, We're grateful

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Speaker 1: for the fact that you are our perfect King, that

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Speaker 1: in Jesus Christ we have a messiah, a lord, a

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Speaker 1: sin behavior, and a perfect king who is ultimately the

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Speaker 1: one who rules and reigns on the throne of David,

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Speaker 1: continuing that lineage, but fulfilling that role is only you,

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Speaker 1: God can So we're grateful, Lord for the fact that

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Speaker 1: the role that these kings couldn't fulfill we see fulfilled

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Speaker 1: in your son Jesus Christ perfectly, and we're grateful to

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Speaker 1: be part of your kingdom through faith in Jesus Lord,

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Speaker 1: We're grateful that you're with us today and we commit

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Speaker 1: this day to your care, and we just thank you,

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Speaker 1: Lord for all your goodness and all your blessings. We

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Speaker 1: pray that we won't take them for granted, but that

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Speaker 1: we would be grateful for each of them every single day.

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Speaker 1: We love you, Lord, We thank you for all these things,

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Speaker 1: and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.