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Ärende: Bible Reading for September 6
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bob.hoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 20
2 Chronicles 20:1
1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children
of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to
battle.
2 Chronicles 20:2
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great
multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold,
they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 2 Chronicles 20:3
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a
fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:4
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of
all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 2 Chronicles 20:5
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the
house of the LORD, before the new court, 2 Chronicles 20:6
6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest
not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not
power and might,  so that none is able to withstand  thee? 2 Chronicles 20:7
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before
thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
2 Chronicles 20:8
8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name,
saying,
2 Chronicles 20:9
9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or
famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in
this house,)  and cry  unto thee in our affliction,  then thou wilt hear and
help.
2 Chronicles 20:10
10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou
wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but
they turned from them, and destroyed  them not; 2 Chronicles 20:11
11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession,
which thou hast given us to inherit. 2 Chronicles 20:12
12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great
company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are
upon thee.
2 Chronicles 20:13
13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives,
and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:14
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of
Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of
the LORD  in the midst  of the congregation; 2 Chronicles 20:15
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed
by reason of this great  multitude;  for the battle  is not yours, but God's.
2 Chronicles 20:16
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz;
and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of
Jeruel.
2 Chronicles 20:17
17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not,
nor be dismayed; to morrow  go out  against  them: for the LORD will be with
you.
2 Chronicles 20:18
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 2
Chronicles 20:19
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of
the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on
high.
2 Chronicles 20:20
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of
Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem;  Believe  in the LORD  your God,  so shall ye
be established;  believe  his prophets,  so shall ye prosper. 2 Chronicles
20:21
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the
LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before
the army, and to say, Praise  the LORD;  for his mercy  endureth for ever. 2
Chronicles 20:22
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against
the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; 
and they were smitten. 2 Chronicles 20:23
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount
Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the
inhabitants of Seir, every one  helped  to destroy  another. 2 Chronicles 20:24
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked
unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and
none escaped.
2 Chronicles 20:25
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them,
they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and
precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than  they could
carry away:  and they were three  days  in gathering  of the spoil, it was so
much.
2 Chronicles 20:26
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah;
for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was
called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 2 Chronicles 20:27
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the
forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made
them to rejoice over their enemies. 2 Chronicles 20:28
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the
house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:29
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they
had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 2 Chronicles
20:30
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round
about.
2 Chronicles 20:31
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.  And his
mother's  name  was Azubah  the daughter  of Shilhi. 2 Chronicles 20:32
32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing
that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 2 Chronicles 20:33
33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not
prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 2 Chronicles 20:34
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of
the kings  of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:35
35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king
of Israel, who did very wickedly: 2 Chronicles 20:36
36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they
made the ships in Eziongeber.
2 Chronicles 20:37
37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy
works. And the ships  were broken,  that they were not able to go  to Tarshish.
CHAPTER 21
2 Chronicles 21:1
1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 Chronicles 21:2
2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of
Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:3
3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram;  because he was the firstborn. 2 Chronicles 21:4
4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened
himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the
princes of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:5
5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:6
6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of
Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was
evil in the eyes  of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 21:7
7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him
and to his sons for ever.
2 Chronicles 21:8
8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made
themselves a king.
2 Chronicles 21:9
9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and
he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the
captains of the chariots.
2 Chronicles 21:10
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The
same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken
the LORD God of his fathers. 2 Chronicles 21:11
11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. 2
Chronicles 21:12
12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith
the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of
Jehoshaphat  thy father,  nor in the ways  of Asa  king  of Judah, 2 Chronicles
21:13
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the
house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren  of thy father's  house, which
were better  than thyself:
2 Chronicles 21:14
14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 2 Chronicles 21:15
15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy
bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 2 Chronicles 21:16
16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,
and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 2 Chronicles 21:17
17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the
substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives;
so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz,  the youngest of his
sons.
2 Chronicles 21:18
18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable
disease.
2 Chronicles 21:19
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years,
his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And
his people  made  no burning  for him, like the burning  of his fathers. 2
Chronicles 21:20
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried
him in the city of David,  but not in the sepulchres  of the kings. CHAPTER 22
2 Chronicles 22:1
1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain
all the eldest.  So Ahaziah  the son  of Jehoram  king  of Judah  reigned. 2
Chronicles 22:2
2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah  the daughter  of
Omri.
2 Chronicles 22:3
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles 22:4
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for
they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction. 2
Chronicles 22:5
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab
king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead:  and the
Syrians  smote  Joram.
2 Chronicles 22:6
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were
given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the
son of Jehoram  king  of Judah  went down  to see  Jehoram  the son  of Ahab 
at Jezreel,  because he was sick. 2 Chronicles 22:7
7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was
come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD
had anointed  to cut off  the house  of Ahab. 2 Chronicles 22:8
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of
Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah,
that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew  them. 2 Chronicles 22:9
9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and
brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because,
said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought  the LORD  with all his
heart.  So the house  of Ahaziah  had no power  to keep  still the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 22:10
10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 2 Chronicles 22:11
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his
nurse  in a bedchamber.  So Jehoshabeath,  the daughter  of king Jehoram,  the
wife  of Jehoiada  the priest,  (for she was the sister  of Ahaziah,)  hid  him
from  Athaliah,  so that she slew  him not. 2 Chronicles 22:12
12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned
over the land.

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