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Emily: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.

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Day 300 and 43

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When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried
with his ancestors in the city of David.

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Then his son Jehoram,
became the next king.

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Jem's brothers.

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The other sons of Jehoshaphat
were Azariah, Jaha, Zachariah,

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Azariah Hu Michael and Chef Atiya.

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All these were the sons of
Jeha Shaphat, king of Judah.

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Their father had given each of
them valuable gifts of silver,

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gold, and costly items, and also
some of Judah's fortified towns.

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However, he designated Horam as the
next king because he was the oldest.

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But when Jahara had become
solidly established as king, he

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killed all his brothers and some
of the other leaders of Judah.

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Jahara was 32 years old
when he became king.

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And he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

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But Horam followed the example
of the kings of Israel and was

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as wicked as King Ahab for he had
married one of Ahab's daughters.

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So Horam did what was evil in the
Lord's sight, but the Lord did not want

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to destroy David's dynasty for he had
made a covenant with David and promised

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that his descendants would continue
to rule shining like a lamp forever.

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During RA's reign, the mites revolted
against Judah and crowned their own king.

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So Horam went out with his full army and
all his chariots, the mites surrounded

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him and his chariot commanders.

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But he went out at night and
attacked them undercover of darkness.

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Even so, Edam has been independent
from Judah to this day.

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The town of Lyna also
revolted about that same time.

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All this happened because
Jehoram had abandoned the

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Lord, the God of his ancestors.

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He had built pagan shrines in the
hill country of Judah and had led the

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people of Jerusalem and Judah to give
themselves to pagan gods and to go astray.

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Then Elijah the prophet,
wrote Jehoram this letter.

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This is what the Lord, the God of
your ancestor, David says, You have

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not followed the good example of
your father, Jeha Shaphat, or your

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grandfather, king Asa of Judah.

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Instead, you have been as
evil as the kings of Israel.

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You have led the people of Jerusalem
and Judah to worship idols just as

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King Ahab did in Israel, and you
have even killed your own brothers.

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Men who were better than you.

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So now the Lord is about to strike you,
your people, your children, your wives,

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and all that is yours with a heavy blow,
you yourself will suffer with a severe

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intestinal disease that will get worse
each day until your bowels come out.

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Then the Lord stirred up the
Philistines and the Arabs who lived

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near the Ethiopians to attack Jehoram.

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They marched against Judah, broke
down its defenses and carried away

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everything of value in the royal palace,
including the king's sons and his wives.

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Only his youngest son, aah, was spared.

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After all this, the Lord struck horam
with an incurable intestinal disease.

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The disease grew worse and worse, and
at the end of two years, it caused his

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bowels to come out and he died in agony.

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His people did not build a great
funeral fire to honor him as

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they had done for his ancestors.

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Horam was 32 years old when he became king
and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

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No one was sorry.

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When he died, they buried him in the city
of David, but not in the royal cemetery.

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Then the people of Jerusalem made aah.

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RA's youngest son, their next king.

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Since the Oting bands who came
with the Arabs had killed all

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the older sons, so aahh son of
Horam, reigned as king of Judah.

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Aahh was 22 years old when he became King,
and he reigned in Jerusalem one year.

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His mother was Athaliah, a
granddaughter of King Amri.

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Ahah also followed the evil example
of King Ahab's family for his mother,

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encouraged him in doing wrong.

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He did what was evil in the Lord's
sight, just as Ahab's family had done.

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They even became his advisors after the
death of his father, and they led him

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to ruin following their evil advice.

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Aah.

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Joined Jem.

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The son of King Ahab of Israel in his
war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramh.

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Gilead.

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When the Ians wounded Jora in the battle,
he returned to Jezreel to recover from

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the wounds he had received at Ramh.

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Because Jora was wounded, king, ah, Haah
of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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But God had decided that this visit would
be Aahs downfall while he was there.

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Aah.

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Went out with Jore to meet jhu grandson
of NIMS Shy, whom the Lord had appointed

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to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.

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While GE Hu was executing judgment
against the family of Ahab, he happened

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to meet some of Judah's officials and aahs
relatives who were traveling with Aah.

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So Gi Hu killed them all then Gee, Hu's
men so searched for Aah, and they found

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him hiding in the city of Samaria.

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They brought him to G hu who killed him.

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Aah was given a decent burial
because the people said he was the

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grandson of Jehoshaphat, a man who
sought the Lord with all his heart.

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But none of the surviving members of Aahs
family was capable of ruling the kingdom.

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When Athaliah, the mother of King,
aah of Judah, learned that her

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son was dead, she began to destroy
the rest of Judah's royal family.

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But a Isaiah's sister Jeba, the
daughter of King Jehoram, took Aahs

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infant son Joash and stole him away
from among the rest of the King's

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children who were about to be killed.

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She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom.

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In this way, Jeba wife of Jehoiada, the
priest and sister of Aah, hid the child

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so that Athaliah could not murder him.

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Joash remained hidden in the
temple of God for six years while

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Athaliah ruled over the land.

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In the seventh year of Aaliyah's reign,
JE Jolla de the priest decided to act.

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He summoned his courage and made a pact
with five army commanders as Aria's son

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of Rohe, Ishmael, son of Nan Asiah, son of
Obed, son of aa, and Alicia, fat Son Ofra.

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These men traveled secretly
throughout Judah and summoned the

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Levites and clan leaders in all
the towns to come to Jerusalem.

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They all gathered at the Temple of God
where they made a solemn pact with Joash.

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The young king Jehoiada said to
them, here is the king's son.

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The time has come for him to reign.

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The Lord has promised that a
descendant of David will be our king.

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This is what you must do when
you priests send Levites.

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Come on duty on the Sabbath.

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A third of you will serve as gatekeepers.

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Another third will go over to the
royal palace, and the final third

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will be at the foundation gate.

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Everyone else should stay in the
courtyards of the Lord's temple.

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Remember, only the priests and Levites
on duty may enter the temple of the

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Lord, for they are set apart as holy.

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The rest of the people must obey the
Lord's instructions and stay outside.

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You Levites form a bodyguard around
the king and keep your weapons in hand.

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Kill anyone who tries to enter the temple.

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Stay with the king wherever he goes.

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So the Levites and all the people
of Judah did everything as jehoiada.

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The priest ordered, the commanders,
took charge of the men reporting

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for duty, that Sabbath, as well
as those who were going off duty.

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Joa de the priest did not let anyone
go home after their shift ended.

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Then Jehoiada supplied the commanders with
the spears and the large and small shields

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that had once belonged to King David
and were stored in the temple of God.

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He stationed all the people around
the king with their weapons ready.

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They formed a line from the south
side of the temple around to the

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north side and all around the altar.

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Then Je Joah and his
sons brought out Joash.

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The king's son placed the crown
on his head and presented him

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with a copy of God's laws.

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They anointed him and proclaimed him King
and everyone shouted, long live the king.

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When Athaliah heard the noise of the
people running and the shouts of praise

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to the king, she hurried to the Lord's
temple to see what was happening.

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When she arrived, she saw the
newly crowned kings standing in

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his place of authority by the
pillar at the temple entrance.

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The commanders and trumpeters
were surrounding him, and people

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from all over the land were
rejoicing and blowing trumpets.

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Singers with musical instruments were
leading the people in a great celebration.

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When Athaliah saw all this,
she tore her clothes in despair

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and shouted treason, treason.

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Then Jehoiada, the priest ordered
the commanders who were in charge of

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the troops take her to the soldiers
in front of the temple and kill

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anyone who tries to rescue her for
the priest had said she must not be

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killed in the temple of the Lord.

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So they seized her and led her out to
the entrance of the horse gate on the

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palace grounds, and they killed her there.

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Then Jehoiada made a covenant between
himself and the king and the people

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that they would be the Lord's people.

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And all the people went over to the
temple of Baal and tore it down.

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They demolished the altars and smashed
the idols, and they killed Matin, the

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priest of Baal in front of the altars.

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Jahoda now put the priests and
Levites in charge of the temple

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of the Lord, following all
the directions given by David.

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He also commanded them to present burnt
offerings to the Lord as prescribed by

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the law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice.

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As David had instructed.

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He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates
of the Lord's temple to keep out those for

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who any reason were ceremonially unclean.

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Then the commanders, Nobles, rulers,
and all the people of the land escorted

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the king from the temple of the Lord.

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They went through the upper gate
and into the palace, and they seated

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the king on the royal throne, so
all the people of the land rejoiced.

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And the city was peaceful
because Athaliah had been killed.