1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi there, faithful listeners. Thank you so much 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: for tuning into the Bible Explain podcast. And Hi, my 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: name is Jen I am the host of this podcast. 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: Make sure to grab your cup of coffee today because 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna be discussing second to Chronicles twenty four. I'm 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: finishing up this chapter discussing the bad End of King 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Joe Ash. We'll get into it in just a second. 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: So today is a great day. It is beautiful outside. 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: There's some nice little snowflakes dropping on the ground. We 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: have about probably close to two and a half feet 11 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: of snow right now where I'm at, but it's still 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: a beautiful day. Nonetheless, I'm just happy that that freezing, 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: freezing cold that we had all week last week is 14 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: finally gone. It's like a heat wave compared to what 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: we had. It was dipping into the negatives for about 16 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: two weeks straight. So I'm happy to have a little 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: bit of weather, both for myself and for my two 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: dogs that hate going outside when the weather is not 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: nice and warm. But I know the rest of the 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: United States had it much worse than we did, especially 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: considering the fact that very cold temperatures are not the 22 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: norm for most of the United States. When it gets 23 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: down to the southern states like Tennessee and Georgia and Texas, 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: that's when things go haywire because you know, you guys 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: aren't prepared for it, and I totally understand why. So 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: I hope all of you all are doing well and 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: it didn't affect you too much. And of course if 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: it did, you can always reach out for a prayer 29 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: request or for anything else, not just about the weather, 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: but any other prayer request you may have. I will 31 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: write you down in my prayer journal for the week. 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: But faithful listeners, go ahead and grab your cup of 33 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: coffee or your cup of tea this morning. I've got 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: my coffee right here to share with you. Guys. We're 35 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: going to be finishing up Second Chronicles chapter twenty four 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: and talking about to the very bad end of King 37 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: Joe Ash. You know, he started out good, but he 38 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: ended up very bad. Into this episode in just one second, 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: so let me do a pause to say thanks to 40 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: the sponsors of this podcast, and then we'll get into 41 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: it right after that. Thank you for listening to that, 42 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: faithful listeners, and let's go ahead and dive into Second 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: Chronicles twenty four fifteen to the end of the chapter. 44 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I'll be reading as I usually do from the web 45 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: this morning, but of course feel free to grab the 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: version of the Bible you prefer, whatever that may be. 47 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: And also a cup of coffee for you wonderful coffee drinkers, 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: or a cup of tea for you crazy tea drinkers. 49 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: Let's read it Second Chronicles twenty four and give reverence 50 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: to God's word together. But Jehoida grew old and was 51 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: full of days, and he died. He was one hundred 52 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: and thirty years old. When he died. They buried him 53 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: in David's city among the kings, because he had done 54 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: good in Israel and toward God and his house. Now, 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: after the death of Jehoida, the princes of Judah came 56 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened 57 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: to them. They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God 58 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: of their fathers, and served the asher of polls and 59 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: the idols. So wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: this their guiltiness. Yet he sent prophets to them to 61 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: bring them again to Yahweh. And they testified against them, 62 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: but they would not listen the spirit of God came 63 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: on Zechariah, the son of Jehoidah the priest, and he 64 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: stood above the people and said to them, God says, 65 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: why do you disobey Yahwai's commandments so that you can't prosper? 66 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: Because you have forsaken Yahweh. He has also forsaken you. 67 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: They conspired against him and stoned him with stones at 68 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: the commandment of the king in the court of Yahwei's house. Thus, 69 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: Joash the king didn't remember the kindness with which Jehoidah 70 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: his father had done to him, but killed his son. 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: When he died, he said, may Yahweh look at it 72 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: and repay it. At the end of the year, the 73 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: army of the Syrians came up against him. They came 74 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of 75 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: the people from among the people, and sent all their 76 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: plunder to the King of Damascus. For the army of 77 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: the Syrians came with a small company of men, and 78 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand. Because 79 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: they had forsaken Yeah, the god of their fathers. So 80 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: they executed judgment on joe Ash when they had departed 81 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: from him, For they left him seriously wounded. His own 82 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons 83 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: of Jehoidah the priest, and killed him on his bed, 84 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: and he died. They buried him in David's city, but 85 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings. 86 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: These are those who conspired against him, Zabad the son 87 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: of Shimieth the Ammonitis, and Jehozahad the son of Shimrith 88 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: the Moabitis. Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the 89 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: burdens laid on him and the rebuilding of God's house behold, 90 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: they are written in the commentary of the books of 91 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: the Kings Amasia. His son reigned in his place. What 92 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: a terrible and depressing ending for somebody that started out 93 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: so good like even from the very beginning. You know, 94 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: you could see God's hand on joe Ash from the 95 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: time that he was a little baby. Joe Ash was 96 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: saved and he lived in the temple of God for 97 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: seven whole years. And you would think that joe Ash 98 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: would remember that, you know, you're childhood years are very formative, 99 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: and yet in his last days joe Ash forgot about 100 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: all of that. Now, granted joe Ash was seven years 101 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: old when he became king, so that means he was 102 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: forty seven years old when he died, which is not 103 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: a very old man. So I imagine if Joash had 104 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: been a Yahweh follower to the very end, he could 105 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: have reigned for possibly sixty seventy years if God had 106 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: allowed that. But unfortunately, joe Ash, as we can see, 107 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: kind of goes off the deep end after Jehoida dies. 108 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: In fact, scripture actually alludes to this in verse two 109 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: if you jump up to the top of the chapter, 110 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: it says, joe Ash did that which was right in 111 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: Yawei's eyes all the days of Jehoiita the Priest. So basically, 112 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: when Jehoida was alive, joe Ash was doing good things. 113 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: But essentially, the second Jehoia dies, joe Ash flies off 114 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: the deep end. And you got to wonder why. I 115 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: would guess just looking at joe Ash's life, he didn't 116 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: make a lot of decisions without Jehoita there with him, 117 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: and Jehoida essentially raised joe In fact, it calls Jeheida 118 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: his father in our passage for today it says right 119 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: here in verse twenty two. Thus, Joash the king didn't 120 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: remember the kindness which Jeheida his father had done to him, 121 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: but killed his son. So Jehoida really was like a 122 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: father figure to joe Ash, even though he wasn't the 123 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,239 Speaker 1: biological father. And that being said, maybe Jehoida just made 124 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: the decisions for joe Ash and Joash didn't really learn 125 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: how to make any decisions for himself. And when Jehoida died, 126 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: he was left in the dark. He was lost without 127 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: his father figure. That's what I would guess anyway, because 128 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,799 Speaker 1: let's look at verse fifteen. It says Jehoida grew old 129 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: and was full of days, and he died. He was 130 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty years old. When he died, they 131 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: buried him in David's city among the kings because he 132 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: had done good in Israel and toward the House of God. 133 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: So verse sixteen here actually says that the people buryed 134 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: Jehoida in the tombs of the kings of the kings 135 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: were really only for the kings. So that shows that 136 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: the people themselves actually regarded Jehoida as not necessarily a king, 137 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: but somebody very influential to the kings, so much so 138 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: that he was buried in the tombs of the kings 139 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: when he had died. So if the people regarded Jehoida 140 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: as that important, that probably means he really was that important. 141 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: He made a lot of the decisions and joe Ash 142 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: kind of went right along with them. Now I should 143 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: mention here it says that Jehoida was one hundred and 144 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: thirty years old when he died. That is a very 145 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: very old man, and that shows that Jehoida had a 146 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: blessed to life, because this is rare even in scripture. 147 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: Not very many people in the Bible make it to 148 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty years old. I believe even Moses 149 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: died at one hundred and twenty years old. So it 150 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: could be that God extended the life of Jehoida because 151 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: joe Ash needed him for that long and God knew 152 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: how lost Joash was going to be without Jehoidah, and 153 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: so God extended the life of Jehoida because of that. 154 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: But the age of Jeheida's life truly just shows that 155 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: he was a blessed man, that he lived a very 156 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: long life because God sustained him, because Judah needed him, 157 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: because Joash needed him. So they buried him in David's 158 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: city among the kings because he had done good in 159 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: Israel and toward God and his house. Now, after the 160 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: death of Jehoida, the princes of Judah came and bowed 161 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: down to the king. Then the king listened to them, 162 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: and then it goes into what they did after the 163 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: king listened to him, They abandoned the house of Yahweh, 164 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: the god of their fathers, and served the Asherpoles and 165 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: the Idols. So wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for 166 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: this their guiltiness. Notice the first thing that these princes 167 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: do when they come to the king, they bow down 168 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: to him, they serve him, they butter him up. And 169 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: it's amazing that they came to the king after Jehoida died, 170 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: meaning these princes saw an opportunity to get near to 171 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: the king. Maybe Jehoida was protecting the king from people 172 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: like this. It could be that joe Ash was actually 173 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: a very sheltered kid because Jeheida was sort of handling 174 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: everything for him, making sure that people like these princes 175 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: didn't come into the court. And now that Jehoida is gone, 176 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: joe Ash doesn't know what to do, and it is 177 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: receiving all sorts of shisty people into his court, including 178 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: these princes who butter him up and bow down to 179 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: him and pretend to serve him. But they were only 180 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: doing it to get something for themselves. And here's what 181 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: they wanted. They wanted idolatry to come back into Judah 182 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: and Jerusalem because at this point in time, idolatry was 183 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: not nearly as common. Of course, it was always common, 184 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: because Israel and Judah were always falling away from God. 185 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: They always worshiped other gods, but it was not as 186 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: out in the open during this time, and it was 187 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: not as prevalent. But yet these idolatrous princes of Judah 188 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: wanted this idolatry to come back in. And why is that? 189 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: Why do people always turn to idolatry instead of to Yahweh? Well, 190 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: because idolatry is vanity. Idolatry gives the person what they want, 191 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: whereas submitting to Yahweh is exactly that. It is submitting 192 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: to a will that is not your own. But when 193 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: you bring idolatry in, you are submitting to your own will. 194 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: You are essentially making a god for yourself, and you're 195 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: making this god do your will. It's no different than 196 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: the Garden of Eden when Satan came to Eve and said, 197 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: you can be like God. That is why people always 198 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: turn to idolatry is because of that sinful desire that 199 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: all of us have, which is to become God or 200 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: to become like God. That is why people are always 201 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: going to choose idolatry before they choose Yahweh. Even Christians 202 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: struggle with idolatry. We have idols in our lives all 203 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: the time that take precedence over the will of God. 204 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: And those idols could be things like sins that we 205 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: may be struggling with. They could be material possessions like 206 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: money or other things. They could be our fears, our family, 207 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: the people in our lives, or popularity, notoriety, fame. These 208 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: things all become idols, even in the Christian's life, because 209 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: we want our own will to be done. We don't 210 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: always want the will of God. That's why Jesus tells 211 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: us to pray our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed 212 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,599 Speaker 1: be your name, Thy Kingdom, Come, Thy will be done. 213 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: Jesus knows how much we struggle, which is why the 214 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: fourth line of the most famous prayer in scripture is God, 215 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: let your will be done, not my will, but your 216 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: will be done. That's why people always turned idolatry, because 217 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: it's something we feel that we can control, and it 218 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: also makes us more like God in our own minds. 219 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: But as we're going to find out, idolatry causes nothing 220 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: but trouble because we are not God's. As much as 221 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: we want to become God, we cannot become God. We 222 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: cannot control things the way we think we can. So 223 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: making idols for ourselves or making ourselves into God's is 224 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: going to lead to nothing but misery because we can't 225 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: control anything, as we are about to discover. So these 226 00:12:55,960 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: princes come to joe Ash, and Joe ash to them 227 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: because he's all buttered up. Maybe he likes what they 228 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: have to say about their idols. Maybe he's grieving and 229 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: thinks that this is going to be a way to 230 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: help him. Who knows what these princes were saying to 231 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: joe Ash. We don't know, But together verse eighteen, they 232 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, 233 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: and served the asher polls and the idols. So wrath 234 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: came on Judah and Jerusalem for this. Their guiltiness. Now, 235 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: I've talked about the Ashurra cult many many times on 236 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: this podcast, but it was a sex cult, That's what 237 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: it was. So that sounds like the specific cult these 238 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: men wanted for Judah was the sexual deviance that came 239 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: with the Asherah worship. So wrath came on Judah and 240 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. Yet He sent prophets to 241 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: them to bring them again to Yahweh. And they testified 242 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: against them, but they would not listen. So who is he? 243 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: Right here in verse nineteen, it says, yet he sent 244 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: prophets to them. That is God, God sent prophets to 245 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: the people to bring them back to him. Again, God 246 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: was angry with the people, yet instead of just striking 247 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: them all dead right there, he sends prophets to them 248 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: to bring them back to him. And that is how 249 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: God always works. You know, people think that God is 250 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: super mean, that he just strikes people dead all the time, 251 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: but that is not the case. Almost every single time 252 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: we see God angry with somebody, he usually gives them 253 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: chance after chance to repent. The only time that I 254 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: can think of where he did not give somebody a 255 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: chance was when he struck Uza dead when he touched 256 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant. But even in that case, 257 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: we don't know what type of sin Uza was committing 258 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: before that last thing where God was like enough's enough 259 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: Uza and struck him dead. We don't know if Uza, 260 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: who lived with the Ark of the Covenant had done 261 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: other things to degrade the arc. We have no clue. 262 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: We just know about that one st Sorry, when we 263 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: see God angry with somebody, he usually does not strike 264 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: out against them immediately. He gives them a chance to repent. 265 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: And that is the case right here. He is giving 266 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: these people a chance to repent. So he sends the 267 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: prophets to them, but unfortunately they did not listen to them. 268 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: It says verse twenty, the spirit of God came on Zechariah, 269 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: the son of Jehoidah, the priest. That's really significant because 270 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: it does say that God sent multiple prophets that were 271 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: not listened to. That means that the king and these 272 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: princes were refusing to listen to all of the prophets. 273 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: So now God sends Jehoidah's son, Zechariah to the King 274 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: and to the princes. This is God being like, okay, 275 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: you're not going to listen to all of these other 276 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: prophets that I send to you. Maybe you'll listen to 277 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: Jehoidah's son, the man that you all said was such 278 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: a great person that you buried in the tombs of 279 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: the kings. Maybe you'll listen to this guy's son. So 280 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: God sends him. And here's what Zechariah says to the people. 281 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: Why do you disobey Yahweh's commandments so that you can't 282 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: prosper because you forsaken Yahweh. He is also forsaken you. 283 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: There you go. Idolatry will not make you prosper. You 284 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: can't prosper with idolatry because you can't control the future. 285 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: You can't control anything that goes on in your life. 286 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: The only one that can control these things is Yahweh himself. 287 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: So in order to actually prosper, you have to worship 288 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: Yahweh because God knows your future. God is the one 289 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: that prospers you. Everything on this earth and in this 290 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: universe belongs to Yahweh because he created it. It is 291 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: his so he can choose to give people what he 292 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: wants to give them. So the only way to actually 293 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: prosper in your life is to worship Yahweh, and that 294 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: is that's what Zechariah is trying to get the point 295 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: across here. He's like, you can't prosper worshiping Ashirah doing 296 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: these weird sex things. You can't prosper that way. You 297 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: can only prosper if you worship Yahweh. Because you forsaken Yahweh. 298 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: He's also forsaken you. And that's the thing. You know, 299 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: people get kind of mean or mad about this. They're like, well, 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: God shouldn't abandon us if we abandon him. You know 301 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: that's not fair. Well, why isn't it fair? You know, 302 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: think about it in the terms of a marriage, and 303 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: actually God makes this analogy all the time of how 304 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: Jerusalem and Israel was a bride to him that was unfaithful. 305 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: Think about if your spouse that you are married to, 306 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: who wears the wedding ring you gave them, went out 307 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: and just started cheating on you, but then expected you 308 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: to remain faithful to them, cheated on you, had babies 309 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: with other people, just left left your house and was 310 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: living with all of these other people, but still expected 311 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: you to pay all of their bills, to pay for 312 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: the bills of their lovers, to support their children, to 313 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: support them with the lifestyle they wanted, and not just 314 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: like a simple lifestyle, but a grand lifestyle. What person 315 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 1: on this earth would ever say, Yeah, you have to 316 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: stay with that person. You know, it's mean of you. 317 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: It is mean of you to abandon them when they 318 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: have abandoned you. You have to keep paying for them, 319 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: You have to support their lovers, you have to support 320 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: their kids with all these other people. You have to 321 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: do that because that's the nice thing to do. Not 322 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: a single person on this earth wouldever say those words. 323 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: They'd say, you got to leave that person that is toxic. 324 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: Don't give another red cent to these people. So why 325 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: is it we can't make that connection with God and 326 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: his people? And here's the thing. God does stick around 327 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,479 Speaker 1: in those situations a lot more than any person on 328 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: earth ever would. God stays with his people. We just 329 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: read the verse not too long ago that God is 330 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: faithful when we are faithless. God sticks around. But at 331 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: a certain point when we abandon him, he is going 332 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: to abandon us because we don't want him anymore. We 333 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 1: want all the benefits that we think God can give us, 334 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: but we don't actually want him. So why would he 335 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: keep blessing us with benefits when we don't even want 336 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: to serve him. It makes no logical sense. So of 337 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: course God is going to abandon his people if they 338 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: abandon him, and that's what Zechariah says right here. But 339 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: of course people were not happy to hear this, and 340 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: it says in verse twenty one that they conspired against 341 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of 342 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: the king in the court of Yahweh's house. Thus, joe 343 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: Ash the king didn't remember the kindness which Joheidah his 344 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: father had done him, but killed his son. So scripture 345 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: actually blames joe Ash for this, even though I doubt 346 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: joe Ash was the one who cast the stones at Zechariah. 347 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: Here scripture blames joe Ash because joe Ash gave the 348 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: go ahead, and I don't know what was said to 349 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: joe Ash. These princes could have lied about Zechariah. It 350 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: does say they conspired against Zechariah, so that implies that 351 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: there was a plot to kill him, which very likely 352 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: included deceit and lies. But joe Ash, even if he 353 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: was being lied to, did not do his research, did 354 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: not think Jehoida was my father. Essentially my father and 355 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: this is Jehoida's son. I should be kind to Zechariah 356 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: because he's basically my family. Joe Ash didn't think any 357 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: of those things. He gave the go ahead. He says, yep, 358 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: go ahead and stone him, because I believe your guys's 359 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: reports about Zechariah, and I'm not going to listen to 360 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: what Zechariah has to say. It says when Zechariah died, 361 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: he said, may Yahweh look at it and repay it. 362 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: That's not a forgiving word at the end of Zecharia's life, 363 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: but it's also not sinful. Zechariah absolutely deserved retribution for that. 364 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: And Zecharia was dying when he said this. He knew 365 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: he was dying, but he still asks God to repay 366 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: this evil that was done to him, and not just 367 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: to him, I'm sure, but to the other prophets that 368 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: weren't listened to. And also just due to the fact 369 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: that there was so much idolatry happening now in Jerusalem, 370 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: Zechariah wanted God to repay what was being done in 371 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: Jerusalem at this time, and God does exactly that Verse 372 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 1: twenty three. At the end of the year, the army 373 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: of the Syrians came up against him. They came to 374 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the 375 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: people from among the people and sent all their plunder 376 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: to the king of Damascus. For the army of the 377 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: Syrians came with a small company of men, and Yahweh 378 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 1: delivered a very great army into their hand because they 379 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,439 Speaker 1: had forsaken Yahweh, the god of their fathers. So they 380 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: executed judgment on joe Ash. That's at the end of 381 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: the year, the same year that Zechariah died. God sent 382 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: this army of the Syrians, and it was actually a 383 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: very small army, is what it says. It was a 384 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: small army, and Judah had many more troops than Syria had. 385 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: But God delivered the people of Judah into the hands 386 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: of the Syrians because of the sin that Judah was committing. 387 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: And it says that they executed judgment on joe Ash 388 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: verse twenty five, for they left him severely wounded, and 389 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: they went their own way. So joe Ash now probably 390 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: goes back home to hopefully recover from all these serious 391 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,919 Speaker 1: wounds that the Syrians left on him. But he was 392 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: not able to recover because his own servants. In verse 393 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: twenty five conspired against him for the blood of the 394 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: sons of Jehoida the Priest and killed him on his 395 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: bed and he died. Now, it's interesting that it says 396 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: the word sons right there, because it only mentions joe 397 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: Ash killing one of the sons of Jehoida. It does 398 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: not say that he killed multiple sons. But I don't know. 399 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's kind of making me wonder, did 400 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: joe Ash actually target all of the sons of Jeheida 401 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 1: the priest. But these two men killed joe Ash on 402 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: his bed and he died. It says they buried him 403 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: in David's city, but they didn't bury him in the 404 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: tombs of the Kings. So I need to apologize because 405 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: when I did my previous episode on Second King's chapter twelve, 406 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: which was last year, I mentioned something incorrect. I said 407 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: that scripture did not say that joe Ash wasn't buried 408 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: in the tombs of the Kings. Only Josephus mentioned that. 409 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: But I was wrong because here it is in Second 410 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: Chronicles chapter twenty four. So forgive me for that. For 411 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: not reading a head that's usually where many of my 412 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: errors come from, is I don't read ahead which is 413 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: probably important to do when I'm studying the Bible. But 414 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: unlike what I said in Second Kings Chapter twelve, joe Ash, indeed, 415 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: according to scripture, was not buried in the tombs of 416 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: the Kings. So think about that. Jehoida, the priest was 417 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: buried in the tombs of the Kings, and joe Ash, 418 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: the actual king, was not buried in the tombs of 419 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,479 Speaker 1: the kings. What does that tell you? That tells you 420 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: what the people thought of Jehoida and joe Ash. Jehoida 421 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: was the real king of Judah without the title. He 422 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: was the person that truly made Judah great, and joe 423 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: Ash he was more of a figurehead type of king 424 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: that wasn't able to make any good decisions without Jehoidah 425 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: at his side. That shows you the type of person 426 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: that joe Ash actually was and how the people viewed 427 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: joe Ash at the end of his life. Well, faithful listeners, 428 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate you listening through this episode with me, But 429 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: if you don't mind, I'm going to take a moment 430 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: to give a nod to our supporters, and then I'll 431 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: jump back in with a couple closing words before we 432 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: end today's episode. Last couple things I want to say 433 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: about this episode. It mentions in verse twenty six and 434 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven that the people who conspired against joe Ash 435 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: were named Zibad the son of Shimieth the Ammonitis, and 436 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: Jehazabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitis. And I don't 437 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: know if you picked up on it, but do you 438 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: notice something a little bit odd about these two men. 439 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: They weren't even people of Judah. It says their mothers 440 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: were from Amin and Moab, so these men were possibly 441 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: not even born in Judah. They were foreign people serving 442 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: the king, and they were so angry over the death 443 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: of Zechariah that they ended up killing joe Ash in 444 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: his bed. That shows how loved Jeheida was that he 445 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: even affected people who weren't native to Judah. And yet 446 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: the people of Judah couldn't even see how bad Joe 447 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: Ash had become, but these foreign born men could actually 448 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: see it. Now, granted, this was murder. They should not 449 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: have killed joe Ash on his bed. That was wrong 450 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: for them to do, but still the reason they did 451 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: it was because they were outraged over the way Zechariah 452 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: had shamefully died the son of a prosperous man, the 453 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: son of the man who made all the decisions for 454 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: joe Ash and who people regarded as somebody as influential 455 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: as a king. Jeuida was so loved and respected, and 456 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: joe Ash did not have that same love and respect 457 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: from his people. So that's the first difference between joe 458 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: Ash and Jeheida. But the second difference is that joe 459 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: Ash died at the age of forty seven and Jehoida 460 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: dies at the age of one hundred and thirty. The 461 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: people in Biblical times believed that if you died at 462 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: an old age that you were very blessed by God. 463 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: The scripture alludes to this that if you follow God, 464 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: that you're going to have a long life on the earth. 465 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: That's actually the first commandment with a promise in the 466 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: Ten Commandments. The fifth commandment is if you honor your 467 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: father and your mother, you will live long on the earth. 468 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: That was a promise by God, and so people believed 469 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: that if you died at an old age, you are 470 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: blessed by God. That shows another difference between Jehoidah and 471 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: joe Ash. Jehoidah was blessed by God and joe Ash 472 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: was not. In fact, he probably died very quickly after 473 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: Jehoida did. So my point is it's the difference between 474 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: worshiping Yahweh and worshiping idols. Jeheidah worshiped God. He truly 475 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: had success, he lived a long life, he was honored 476 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: because he followed Yahweh. And joe Ash did not have success, 477 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: did not have a long life and was not honored 478 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: or loved by the people because he did not worship 479 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: Yahweh at the end of his life. So which one 480 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: truly brings success? Faithful listeners, I hope you guys enjoyed 481 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: today's episode. Tomorrow we are starting the Book of Titus, 482 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: which I'm excited to get into with all of you, 483 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: So make sure to tune in six am or whenever 484 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: you choose to wake up and listen for an episode 485 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 1: from Titus chapter one. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Happy listening, 486 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: and God bless. I just want to take a second 487 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: to thank the team at Life Audio for their partnership 488 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: with me on the Bible Explain podcast. 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