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Day 300 and 43
When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the city of David.
Then his son Jehoram, became the next king.
Jem's brothers.
The other sons of Jehoshaphat were Azariah, Jaha, Zachariah,
Azariah Hu Michael and Chef Atiya.
All these were the sons of Jeha Shaphat, king of Judah.
Their father had given each of them valuable gifts of silver,
gold, and costly items, and also some of Judah's fortified towns.
However, he designated Horam as the next king because he was the oldest.
But when Jahara had become solidly established as king, he
killed all his brothers and some of the other leaders of Judah.
Jahara was 32 years old when he became king.
And he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
But Horam followed the example of the kings of Israel and was
as wicked as King Ahab for he had married one of Ahab's daughters.
So Horam did what was evil in the Lord's sight, but the Lord did not want
to destroy David's dynasty for he had made a covenant with David and promised
that his descendants would continue to rule shining like a lamp forever.
During RA's reign, the mites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
So Horam went out with his full army and all his chariots, the mites surrounded
him and his chariot commanders.
But he went out at night and attacked them undercover of darkness.
Even so, Edam has been independent from Judah to this day.
The town of Lyna also revolted about that same time.
All this happened because Jehoram had abandoned the
Lord, the God of his ancestors.
He had built pagan shrines in the hill country of Judah and had led the
people of Jerusalem and Judah to give themselves to pagan gods and to go astray.
Then Elijah the prophet, wrote Jehoram this letter.
This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor, David says, You have
not followed the good example of your father, Jeha Shaphat, or your
grandfather, king Asa of Judah.
Instead, you have been as evil as the kings of Israel.
You have led the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship idols just as
King Ahab did in Israel, and you have even killed your own brothers.
Men who were better than you.
So now the Lord is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives,
and all that is yours with a heavy blow, you yourself will suffer with a severe
intestinal disease that will get worse each day until your bowels come out.
Then the Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs who lived
near the Ethiopians to attack Jehoram.
They marched against Judah, broke down its defenses and carried away
everything of value in the royal palace, including the king's sons and his wives.
Only his youngest son, aah, was spared.
After all this, the Lord struck horam with an incurable intestinal disease.
The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years, it caused his
bowels to come out and he died in agony.
His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as
they had done for his ancestors.
Horam was 32 years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
No one was sorry.
When he died, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the royal cemetery.
Then the people of Jerusalem made aah.
RA's youngest son, their next king.
Since the Oting bands who came with the Arabs had killed all
the older sons, so aahh son of Horam, reigned as king of Judah.
Aahh was 22 years old when he became King, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year.
His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Amri.
Ahah also followed the evil example of King Ahab's family for his mother,
encouraged him in doing wrong.
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as Ahab's family had done.
They even became his advisors after the death of his father, and they led him
to ruin following their evil advice.
Aah.
Joined Jem.
The son of King Ahab of Israel in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramh.
Gilead.
When the Ians wounded Jora in the battle, he returned to Jezreel to recover from
the wounds he had received at Ramh.
Because Jora was wounded, king, ah, Haah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
But God had decided that this visit would be Aahs downfall while he was there.
Aah.
Went out with Jore to meet jhu grandson of NIMS Shy, whom the Lord had appointed
to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.
While GE Hu was executing judgment against the family of Ahab, he happened
to meet some of Judah's officials and aahs relatives who were traveling with Aah.
So Gi Hu killed them all then Gee, Hu's men so searched for Aah, and they found
him hiding in the city of Samaria.
They brought him to G hu who killed him.
Aah was given a decent burial because the people said he was the
grandson of Jehoshaphat, a man who sought the Lord with all his heart.
But none of the surviving members of Aahs family was capable of ruling the kingdom.
When Athaliah, the mother of King, aah of Judah, learned that her
son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of Judah's royal family.
But a Isaiah's sister Jeba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Aahs
infant son Joash and stole him away from among the rest of the King's
children who were about to be killed.
She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom.
In this way, Jeba wife of Jehoiada, the priest and sister of Aah, hid the child
so that Athaliah could not murder him.
Joash remained hidden in the temple of God for six years while
Athaliah ruled over the land.
In the seventh year of Aaliyah's reign, JE Jolla de the priest decided to act.
He summoned his courage and made a pact with five army commanders as Aria's son
of Rohe, Ishmael, son of Nan Asiah, son of Obed, son of aa, and Alicia, fat Son Ofra.
These men traveled secretly throughout Judah and summoned the
Levites and clan leaders in all the towns to come to Jerusalem.
They all gathered at the Temple of God where they made a solemn pact with Joash.
The young king Jehoiada said to them, here is the king's son.
The time has come for him to reign.
The Lord has promised that a descendant of David will be our king.
This is what you must do when you priests send Levites.
Come on duty on the Sabbath.
A third of you will serve as gatekeepers.
Another third will go over to the royal palace, and the final third
will be at the foundation gate.
Everyone else should stay in the courtyards of the Lord's temple.
Remember, only the priests and Levites on duty may enter the temple of the
Lord, for they are set apart as holy.
The rest of the people must obey the Lord's instructions and stay outside.
You Levites form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand.
Kill anyone who tries to enter the temple.
Stay with the king wherever he goes.
So the Levites and all the people of Judah did everything as jehoiada.
The priest ordered, the commanders, took charge of the men reporting
for duty, that Sabbath, as well as those who were going off duty.
Joa de the priest did not let anyone go home after their shift ended.
Then Jehoiada supplied the commanders with the spears and the large and small shields
that had once belonged to King David and were stored in the temple of God.
He stationed all the people 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 Je Joah and his sons brought out Joash.
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 shouted, long live the king.
When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and the shouts of praise
to the king, she hurried to the Lord's temple to see what was happening.
When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned kings standing in
his place of authority by the pillar at the temple entrance.
The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people
from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.
Singers with musical instruments were leading the people in a great celebration.
When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair
and shouted treason, treason.
Then Jehoiada, 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 entrance of the horse gate on the
palace grounds, and they killed her there.
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people
that they would be the Lord's people.
And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down.
They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Matin, the
priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Jahoda now put the priests and Levites in charge of the temple
of the Lord, following all the directions given by David.
He also commanded them to present burnt offerings to the Lord as prescribed by
the law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice.
As David had instructed.
He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord's temple to keep out those for
who any reason were ceremonially unclean.
Then the commanders, Nobles, rulers, and all the people of the land escorted
the king from the temple of the Lord.
They went through the upper gate and into the palace, and they seated
the king on the royal throne, so all the people of the land rejoiced.
And the city was peaceful because Athaliah had been killed.