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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Howdy end, Good morning, faithful listeners. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for tuning in to the Bible Explain podcast

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Speaker 1: and starting out your week right with the Bible. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna be talking about Second Chronicles nineteen today and this

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Speaker 1: prophecy that Jahashaphat gets after going out to war with

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Speaker 1: King a Hab, and it's a mixed prophecy, so we'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that in just a second. And as always,

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Speaker 1: faithful listeners, here is a quick word from one or

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Speaker 1: two of our sponsors. Alrighty, let's jump right into this episode.

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Speaker 1: Grab your cup of coffee or your cup of team,

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Speaker 1: and also your version of the Bible that you prefer.

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Speaker 1: But as always, I'll be reading out of the web

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Speaker 1: this morning. This is the entire chapter of Second Chronicles nineteen,

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Speaker 1: but it's very short, only eleven verses. So let's go

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Speaker 1: ahead and read this and talk about this prophecy along

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Speaker 1: with all of the other reforms that Jehoshapat does in Judah. Again,

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Speaker 1: this is the Second Chronicle is nineteen. Let's give reverence

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Speaker 1: to God's word together. Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah, returned

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Speaker 1: to his house in peace to Jerusalem. Jaehu, the son

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Speaker 1: of Hanani. The seer went out to meet him, and

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Speaker 1: he said to King Jehoshaphat, should you help the wicked

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Speaker 1: and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this wrath

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Speaker 1: is on you from before Yahweh. Nevertheless, there are good

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Speaker 1: things found in you, and that you've put away the

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Speaker 1: asterith out of the land and have set your heart

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Speaker 1: to seek God. Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem, and he went

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Speaker 1: God of their fathers. He set judges in the land

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Speaker 1: throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

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Speaker 1: and said to the judges, consider what you do, for

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Speaker 1: you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh, and He

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Speaker 1: is with you in the judgment. Now, therefore, let the

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Speaker 1: fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it,

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Speaker 1: for there is no iniquity with Yahwehar God, nor respect

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Speaker 1: of persons, nor taking of bribes. Moreover, in Jerusalem, Jehoshaph

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Speaker 1: had appointed certain levites, priests and heads of the father's

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Speaker 1: households of Israel to give judgment for Yahweh and for

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Speaker 1: controversies they return to Jerusalem. He commanded them, saying, you

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Speaker 1: shall do this in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully and

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Speaker 1: must warn them that they not be guilty toward Yahweh.

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Speaker 1: And so wrath come on you and your brothers. Do this,

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Speaker 1: and you will not be guilty. Behold, Amarya, the chief

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Speaker 1: Priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh, and Zabadiah,

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Speaker 1: the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the House of Judah,

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Speaker 1: in all the king's matters. Also, the levites shall be

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Speaker 1: officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with

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Speaker 1: the good. So forgive me. If you hear some wind

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Speaker 1: in the background, that's because my window is open right now,

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Speaker 1: because it is a beautiful day outside. It's like almost

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Speaker 1: at this time of the year, and it's just beautiful outside.

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Speaker 1: So I opened my window because a day like this

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Speaker 1: does not come very often in my area. So you

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Speaker 1: might hear some wind, and I apologize for that, but

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Speaker 1: that Jehosha Fat, the King of Judah, returned to his

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Speaker 1: But Jehosha Fat, throughout all of this, returns to his

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Speaker 1: It says at that time Hanani the Seer came to Asa,

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Speaker 1: But this Hanani guy had a son named Jehu, who

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Speaker 1: seven for you moreover. Yeahs word came by the prophet Jehu,

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Speaker 1: gives a prophecy in our passage for today to Johashafat.

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Speaker 1: Because God is not happy with Jehoshafat. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: I do not know how to pronounce Jehashafat's name. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. Sometimes I say Jehashafat, sometimes I say jehoshah Fat.

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Speaker 1: Jayhu goes to King josh Fat and he says, should

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Speaker 1: In other words, God is angry at you, joosh Fat,

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Speaker 1: another thing. Jehosh Fat actually went very far in his

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Speaker 1: God is not just talking about this whole kerfuffle that

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Speaker 1: situation all around. Now, I should mention here the word

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Speaker 1: like brotherly bond, this covenant that he had with Jonathan

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Speaker 1: But he did not break the vow between Jonathan and himself.

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Speaker 1: the same thing here for Second Chronicles nineteen, where King

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