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Day 200 and 33
when Athaliah, the mother of King, aah of Judah, learned that her son was dead.
She began to destroy the rest of the royal family.
But Aahs, sister Sah, the daughter of King Horam, took Ahe Isaiah's infant
son, Joe Ash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's
children who were about to be killed.
She put Joe Ash and his nurse in a bedroom, and they hid him from
Athaliah so the child was not murdered.
Joe Ash remained hidden in the temple of the Lord for six years
while Athaliah ruled over the land.
In the seventh year of Elia's Reign, Jehoiada, the priest
summoned the commanders, the CARite mercenaries, and the palace guards
to come to the temple of the Lord.
He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of
loyalty there in the Lord's temple.
Then he showed them the king's son, Jo Hollah told them This is what you must do.
A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to
guard the royal palace itself.
Another third of you are to stand guard at the sewer gate and the final third
must stand guard behind the palace guard.
These three groups will all guard the palace.
The other two units who are off duty on the Sabbath must stand
guard for the king at the Lord's temple form a bodyguard around the
king and keep your weapons in hand.
Kill anyone who tries to break through.
Stay with the king wherever he goes.
So the commanders did everything as Jo Jolla does.
The priest ordered, the commanders, took charge of the men reporting
for duty, that Sabbath, as well as those who are going off duty.
They brought them all to Jahoda, the priest.
He supplied them with the spears and small shields that had once
belonged to King David and were stored in the temple of the Lord.
The palace guards stationed themselves around the king with their weapons ready.
They formed a line from the south side of the temple around to the
north side and all around the altar.
Then Jo Hoda brought out Joss the king's son, placed the crown on his head and
presented him with a copy of God's laws.
They anointed him and proclaimed him.
King and everyone clapped their hands and shouted, long live the king.
When Athaliah heard the noise made by the palace guards and the
people, she hurried to the Lord's temple to see what was happening.
When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place
of authority by the pillar, as was the custom at times of coronation.
The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people
from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.
When Elias saw all this, she tore her clothes, despair, and shouted, treason.
Treason.
Then Jo Jolla to the priest, ordered the commanders who were in charge of
the troops take her to the soldiers in front of the temple and kill
anyone who tries to rescue her.
For the priest had said she must not be killed in the temple of the Lord.
So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace
grounds and she was killed there.
Then Jo Joah made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people
that they would be the Lord's people.
He also made a covenant between the king and the people, and all the
people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down.
They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed matton.
The priest of Baal in front of the altars, jehoiada, the priest, stationed
guards at the temple of the Lord.
Then the commanders, the CARite mercenaries, the palace guards and
all the people of the land escorted the king from the temple of the Lord.
They went through the gate of the guards and into the palace, and the
king took his seat on the royal throne.
So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was peaceful because Athaliah
had been killed at the King's palace.
Joe Ash was seven years old when he became King Joe.
Ash began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King
G Hughes Reign in Israel.
He reigned in Jerusalem 40 years.
His mother was Zibi from Biers Shiba.
All his life.
Jo Ash did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight because Jehoiada,
the priest instructed him yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan
shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
One day, king Jo Ash said to the priests, collect all the money brought as a
sacred offering to the Lord's temple.
Whether it is a regular assessment, A payment of vows or a voluntary
gift, let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever
repairs are needed at the temple.
But by the 23rd year of Jo Ash's reign, the priests still
had not repaired the temple.
So King Jo Ash called for JE Jota and the other priests and ask them,
why haven't you repaired the temple?
Don't use any more money for your own needs from now on.
It must all be spent on temple repairs.
So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and
they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the temple.
Then jehoiada the priest board a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it
on the right hand side of the altar at the entrance of the temple of the Lord.
The priests guarding the entrance, put all of the people's
contributions into the chest.
Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted
the money that had been brought to the Lord's temple and put it into bags.
Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors who used it
to pay the people working on the Lord's temple, the carpenters, the builders,
the Masons, and the stone cutters.
They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed
for repairing the Lord's temple and they paid any other expenses
related to the temple's restoration.
The money brought to the temple was not used for making silver bowls,
lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or
silver for the temple of the Lord.
It was paid to the workmen who used it for the temple repairs.
No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors because
they were honest and trustworthy men.
However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings
was not brought into the Lord's temple.
It was given to the priests for their own use.
About this time, king Hazael of Aram went to war against Gath and captured it.
Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.
King Joe Ash collected all the sacred objects that Jehoshaphat, Horam, and Eiah.
The previous kings of Judah had dedicated along with what he himself had dedicated.
He sent them all to Hazael, along with all the gold in the treasuries of the
Lord's temple and the Royal Palace.
So Hazael Zeel called off his attack on Jerusalem.
The rest of the events in Joe Ash's Reign and everything he did are recorded in the
book of the history of the Kings of Judah.
Joe Ash's officers plotted against him and assassinated him at
Beth Milow on the road to Silla.
The assassins were Joes Akar, son of Shimmy and Jeh Badd son of
Schumer, both trusted advisors.
Joe Ash was buried with his ancestors in the city of David.
Then his son Amiah, became the next King
Jehoahaz son of g Hu began to rule over Israel in the 23rd year
of King Jo Ash's reign in Judah.
He reigned in Samaria 17 years, but he did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
He followed the example of Jar Boham, son of Neba, continuing the sins that
Jar Boham had led Israel to commit.
So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and he allowed King Zeel of Aram and his
son Ben Hayad to defeat them repeatedly.
Then Jehoahaz prayed for the Lord's help, and the Lord heard his prayer
for he could see how severely the King of Aram was oppressing Israel.
So the Lord provided someone to rescue the Israelites from the tyranny of the Ians.
Then Israel lived in safety again.
As they had in former days, but they continued to sin.
Following the evil example of Jarre Boem, they also allowed the Asher
Pole in Samaria to remain standing.
Finally, Jehoahaz's army was reduced to 50 chariot tears, 10
chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers.
The king of Arum had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet.
The rest of the events in Jehoahaz's Reign, everything he did and the extent
of his power are recorded in the book of the history of the Kings of Israel.
When Jehoahaz died, he was buried in Samaria.
Then his son, JE Joash, became the next king.
Je Joash, son of Jehoahaz began to rule over Israel in the 37th year
of King Joe Ash's Reign in Judah.
He reigned in Samaria 16 years, but he did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
He refused to turn from the sins that Jar BOM's son of Neba had led Israel to commit
the rest of the events in Jeha Ash's reign and everything he did in 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 Jeh Ash died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Then his son, JE Boham II became the next king.
This concludes today's Immer reading experience.
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