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Immerse: Daily Bible Reading Day 234 - Elisha's Final Prophecy, Kings & Kingdoms

This episode of Immerse covers Day 234 of the Daily Bible Reading Experience. It recounts significant events during the time of Elisha and the reigns of various kings of Israel and Judah. Highlights include Elisha's final prophecy to King Jehoash of Israel, Elijah's death and miraculous posthumous revival of a dead man, Israel's battles with Aram, the reign of King Amaziah of Judah, and the conquests and conflicts of Jeroboam II of Israel. The documentation of these events is found in the books of the history of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:04 Elisha's Final Prophecy and Death
02:35 King Amaziah's Reign in Judah
03:53 Conflict Between Israel and Judah
06:38 Jeroboam II's Reign in Israel
08:02 Conclusion and Farewell

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Day 200 and 34

when Elisha was in his last
illness, king Jaho Ash of Israel

visited him and wept over him.

My father, my father, I see the
chariots and chariot tears of Israel.

He cried.

Elisha told him, get a bow and
some arrows, and the king did.

As he was told, Elijah told
him, put your hand on the bow.

Elisha laid his own hands
on the king's hands.

Then he commanded open that
Eastern window and he opened it.

Then he said, shoot.

So he shot an arrow.

Elisha proclaimed, this
is the Lord's arrow.

An arrow of victory over Arum for you
will completely conquer the AAN at aec.

Then he said, now, pick up the other
arrows and strike them against the ground.

So the king picked them up and
struck the ground three times, but

the man of God was angry with him.

You should have struck the ground
five or six times he exclaimed.

Then you would've beaten an arum
until it was entirely destroyed.

Now you will be victorious
only three times.

Then Elijah died and was buried
groups of Moabite Raiders used

to invade the land each spring.

Once when some Israelites were burying
a man, they spied a band of these

raiders, so they hastily threw the
corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled.

But as soon as the body touched
Elisha's bones, the dead man

revived and jumped to his feet.

King Hazael of Aram had oppressed
Israel during the entire reign of King

Jehoahaz, but the Lord was gracious
and merciful to the people of Israel.

And they were not totally destroyed.

He pitied them because of his covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And to this day, he still has
not completely destroyed them or

banished them from his presence.

King Haze O of Aram died and his
son Ben Hayad, became the next king.

Then JEAs son of Jehoahaz recaptured
from Ben Hayad, son of Hazael,

the towns that had been taken from
Jehova's Father Jehoahaz Je Joash

defeated Ben Hayad on three occasions
and he recovered the Israelite Towns

Messiah Son of Ash began to rule
over Judah in the second year of

the reign of King Jaho as of Israel.

Amiah was 25 years old
when he became king, and he

reigned in Jerusalem 29 years.

His mother was Jehova din from Jerusalem.

Amiah did what was pleasing in the Lord's
sight, but not like his ancestor David.

Instead, he followed the
example of his father, Joe Ash.

Messiah did not destroy the pagan
shrines, and the people still offered

sacrifices and burned incense there.

When Messiah was well established
as king, he executed the officials

who had assassinated his father.

However, he did not kill the
children of the assassins, for he

obeyed the command of the Lord.

As written by Moses in the book of the
law, parents must not be put to death

for the sins of their children, nor
children for the sins of their parents.

Those deserving to die must be
put to death for their own crimes.

Amiah also killed 10,000
Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

He also conquered Sila and
changed its name to Jock Thiel,

as it is called to this day.

One day Amiah sent messengers with this
challenge to his Israel's king Jeh, the

son of Jehova has and grandson of G Hu.

Come and meet me in battle.

But King Jaho Ash of Israel
replied to King Messiah of Judah.

With this story out in the Lebanon
mountains, a thistle sent a

message to a mighty cedar tree.

Give your daughter in marriage to my son.

But just then, a wild animal
of Lebanon came by and stepped

on the thistle, crushing it.

You have indeed defeated Edam and
you are proud of it, but be content

with your victory and stay at home.

Why stir up trouble that will only bring
disaster on you and the people of Judah.

But Amiah refused to listen.

So King Jaho, as of Israel mobilized
his army against King Amiah of Judah.

The two armies drew up their battle
lines at Beth Shemesh in Judah.

Judah was routed by the army of Israel
and its army scattered and fled for home.

King Jaho Ash of Israel captured
Judah's King Amiah son of Joash and

grandson of Eiah at Beth Sheesh.

Then he marched to Jerusalem where
he demolished 600 feet of Jerusalem's

wall from the Afra M gate to the
corner gate, he carried off all

the gold and silver and all the
articles from the temple of the Lord.

He also seized the treasures from
the royal palace along with hostages.

And then returned to Samaria.

The rest of the events in Ash's Reign
and everything he did, including the

extent of his power and his war with King
Amiah of Judah, are recorded in the book

of the history of the Kings of Israel.

When JE Joash died, he was
buried in Samaria with the kings

of Israel and his son, jar.

Bo II became the next king.

King Amiah of Judah lived for 15 years
after the death of King Jaho of Israel.

The rest of the events in Messiah's
Reign are recorded in the book of

the history of the Kings of Judah.

There was a conspiracy against am
Messiah's life in Jerusalem, and he fled

to Laish, but his enemies sent assassins
after him and they killed him there.

They brought his body back to Jerusalem
on a horse, and he was buried with

his ancestors in the city of David.

All the people of Judah had crowned
Messiah's 16 year old son, Isaiah as

king in place of his father Amiah.

After his father's death,
Isaiah rebuilt the town of e

Lath and restored it to Judah.

Jeroboam ii, the son of Jeha, began
to rule over Israel in the 15th year

of King Am Messiah's reign in Judah,
he reigned in Samaria 41 years.

He did what was evil in the Lord's sight.

He refused to turn from the
sins that Jeroboam son of

Nebat had led Israel to commit.

Jarbo II recovered the
territories of Israel between

Libo Hamoth and the Dead Sea.

Just as the Lord, the God of Israel had
promised through Jonah, son of Amittai,

the prophet from Ga Heifer, for the Lord,
saw the bitter suffering of everyone

in Israel and that there was no one
in Israel slave or free to help them.

And because the Lord had not said
he would blot out the name of

Israel completely, he used Jarbo
ii, the son of JE, to save them.

The rest of the events in the reign
of Jarbo II and everything he did,

including the extent of his power, his
wars, and how he recovered for Israel.

Both Damascus and Hamoth, which had
belonged to Judah are recorded in the book

of the history of the Kings of Israel.

When Jarbo II died, he was buried
in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Then his son, Zechariah
became the next king.

This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.

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