WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.900 Emily: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.570 Day 300 and 44 00:00:04.972 --> 00:00:08.812 Jo Ash was seven years old when he became king, and he 00:00:08.812 --> 00:00:11.062 reigned in Jerusalem 40 years. 00:00:11.662 --> 00:00:13.912 His mother was Zaya from Biba. 00:00:14.752 --> 00:00:19.282 Jo Ash did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada 00:00:19.282 --> 00:00:25.132 the priest, Shoah chose two wives for Jo Ash and he had sons and daughters. 00:00:26.632 --> 00:00:31.012 At one point, Josh decided to repair and restore the temple of the Lord. 00:00:31.567 --> 00:00:36.547 He summoned the priests, send Levites and gave them these instructions, go 00:00:36.547 --> 00:00:41.677 to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings so that 00:00:41.682 --> 00:00:43.837 we can repair the temple of your God. 00:00:44.317 --> 00:00:45.427 Do not delay. 00:00:46.237 --> 00:00:48.427 But the Levites did not act immediately. 00:00:49.477 --> 00:00:54.247 So the king called for je hollah, the high priest, and asked him, why haven't 00:00:54.247 --> 00:00:58.237 you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the temple taxes from the 00:00:58.242 --> 00:01:00.337 towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? 00:01:00.697 --> 00:01:06.187 Moses, the servant of the Lord levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to 00:01:06.187 --> 00:01:08.227 maintain the tabernacle of the covenant. 00:01:09.607 --> 00:01:14.047 Over the years, the followers of wicked athaliah had broken into the temple 00:01:14.047 --> 00:01:18.127 of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the temple of 00:01:18.127 --> 00:01:20.317 the Lord to worship the images of Baal. 00:01:21.187 --> 00:01:25.237 So now the king ordered a chest to be made and set outside the gate 00:01:25.237 --> 00:01:26.827 leading to the temple of the Lord. 00:01:27.697 --> 00:01:32.497 Then a proclamation was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem, telling the people 00:01:32.497 --> 00:01:37.537 to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the servant of God, had required 00:01:37.537 --> 00:01:41.857 of the Israelites in the wilderness, displeased all the leaders and the 00:01:41.857 --> 00:01:45.907 people, and they gladly brought their money and filled the chest with it. 00:01:46.957 --> 00:01:50.167 Whenever the chest became full, the Levites would carry 00:01:50.167 --> 00:01:51.517 it to the King's officials. 00:01:52.237 --> 00:01:55.687 Then the court secretary and an officer of the high priest would 00:01:55.687 --> 00:01:58.987 come and empty the chest and take it back to the temple again. 00:01:59.527 --> 00:02:03.727 This went on day after day and a large amount of money was collected. 00:02:04.327 --> 00:02:08.197 The King and Jehoiada gave the money to the construction supervisors 00:02:08.437 --> 00:02:12.097 who hired Masons and carpenters to restore the temple of the Lord. 00:02:12.877 --> 00:02:16.627 They also hired metal workers who made articles of iron and 00:02:16.627 --> 00:02:18.307 bronze for the Lord's temple. 00:02:19.327 --> 00:02:23.437 The men in charge of the renovation worked hard and made steady progress. 00:02:23.857 --> 00:02:28.417 They restored the temple of God according to its original design and strengthened 00:02:28.417 --> 00:02:30.997 it when all the repairs were finished. 00:02:31.297 --> 00:02:34.237 They brought the remaining money to the King and je joah. 00:02:34.987 --> 00:02:39.457 It was used to make various articles for the Temple of the Lord, articles 00:02:39.457 --> 00:02:44.257 for worship services, and for burnt offerings, including ladles and other 00:02:44.257 --> 00:02:46.117 articles made of gold and silver. 00:02:46.927 --> 00:02:51.067 And the burnt offerings were sacrificed continually in the temple of the Lord. 00:02:51.187 --> 00:02:56.257 During the lifetime of Je Hollah, the priest, Jehoiada lived to a 00:02:56.257 --> 00:02:59.977 very old age, finally dying at 130. 00:03:00.607 --> 00:03:05.467 He was buried among the kings in the city of David because he had done so much 00:03:05.467 --> 00:03:08.017 good in Israel for God and his temple. 00:03:09.502 --> 00:03:15.112 But after Jo Hoya's death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and 00:03:15.112 --> 00:03:17.482 persuaded him to listen to their advice. 00:03:17.932 --> 00:03:22.882 They decided to abandon the temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and 00:03:22.882 --> 00:03:28.852 they worshiped as Shira poles and idols in instead, because of this sin, divine anger 00:03:28.852 --> 00:03:33.772 fell on Judah and Jerusalem, yet the Lord sent prophets to bring them back to him. 00:03:34.222 --> 00:03:37.972 The prophets warned them, but still the people would not listen. 00:03:39.007 --> 00:03:43.717 Then the spirit of God came upon Zachariah, son of Jehoiada, the priest. 00:03:44.197 --> 00:03:48.457 He stood before the people and said, this is what God says. 00:03:49.027 --> 00:03:53.767 Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and keep yourselves from prospering? 00:03:54.217 --> 00:03:58.417 You have abandoned the Lord and now he has abandoned you. 00:03:59.677 --> 00:04:04.177 Then the leaders plotted to kill Zachariah and King Joash ordered 00:04:04.177 --> 00:04:07.537 that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple. 00:04:08.167 --> 00:04:13.957 That was how King Joash repaid Jehoiada for his loyalty by killing his son. 00:04:14.737 --> 00:04:15.457 Zachariah's. 00:04:15.457 --> 00:04:19.417 Last words as he died were, may the Lord see what they 00:04:19.417 --> 00:04:21.337 are doing and avenge my death. 00:04:22.867 --> 00:04:26.857 In the spring of the year, the Ian Army marched against Joash. 00:04:27.117 --> 00:04:31.537 They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the nation. 00:04:32.197 --> 00:04:35.797 Then they sent all the plunder back to their king in Damascus. 00:04:36.472 --> 00:04:41.062 Although the Ians attacked with only a small army, the Lord helped them 00:04:41.062 --> 00:04:43.312 conquer the much larger army of Judah. 00:04:44.272 --> 00:04:48.232 The people of Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 00:04:48.802 --> 00:04:51.532 So judgment was carried out against Jo Ash. 00:04:52.252 --> 00:04:57.712 The Ians withdrew leaving Jo Ash severely wounded, but his own officials 00:04:57.712 --> 00:05:01.642 plotted to kill him for murdering the son of Jehoiada, the priest. 00:05:02.362 --> 00:05:04.552 They assassinated him as he lay in bed. 00:05:05.527 --> 00:05:09.907 Then he was buried in the city of David, but not in the Royal Cemetery. 00:05:10.597 --> 00:05:17.077 The assassins were Jose Car, the son of an Amite woman named Shimmy and Jeba, 00:05:17.497 --> 00:05:23.467 the son of a Moabite woman named Schumer, the accounts of the Sons of Joash. 00:05:23.707 --> 00:05:27.487 The prophecies about him and the record of his restoration of the 00:05:27.487 --> 00:05:32.047 Temple of God are written in the commentary on the Book of the Kings. 00:05:32.797 --> 00:05:35.707 His son, Amiah, became the next king. 00:05:38.377 --> 00:05:42.337 Amiah was 25 years old when he became King, and he 00:05:42.337 --> 00:05:44.947 reigned in Jerusalem 29 years. 00:05:45.607 --> 00:05:48.217 His mother was Jehu Aden from Jerusalem. 00:05:49.057 --> 00:05:53.467 Amiah did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight, but not wholeheartedly. 00:05:55.027 --> 00:05:59.737 When Amiah was well established as king, he executed the officials 00:05:59.737 --> 00:06:01.267 who had assassinated his father. 00:06:01.972 --> 00:06:06.082 However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he 00:06:06.082 --> 00:06:07.642 obeyed the command of the Lord. 00:06:07.642 --> 00:06:13.012 As written by Moses in the book of the law, parents must not be put to death 00:06:13.012 --> 00:06:17.452 for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. 00:06:17.872 --> 00:06:22.252 Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes. 00:06:22.762 --> 00:06:27.322 Then Messiah organized the army, assigning generals and captains 00:06:27.322 --> 00:06:29.122 for all Judah and Benjamin. 00:06:29.857 --> 00:06:34.807 He took a census and found that he had an army of 300,000 select troops, 00:06:35.107 --> 00:06:39.667 20 years old and older, all trained in the use of spear and shield. 00:06:40.267 --> 00:06:47.077 He also paid about 7,500 pounds of silver to hire 100,000 experienced 00:06:47.077 --> 00:06:48.607 fighting men from Israel. 00:06:49.447 --> 00:06:53.857 But a man of God came to him and said, your majesty, do 00:06:53.857 --> 00:06:55.687 not hire troops from Israel. 00:06:55.867 --> 00:06:57.757 For the Lord is not with Israel. 00:06:58.102 --> 00:07:00.532 He will not help those people of raim. 00:07:01.042 --> 00:07:05.332 If you let them go with your troops into battle, you will be defeated by the enemy. 00:07:05.332 --> 00:07:10.012 No matter how well you fight, God will overthrow you for he has the 00:07:10.012 --> 00:07:12.172 power to help you or to trip you up. 00:07:13.312 --> 00:07:17.182 Messiah asked the man of God, but what about all that silver? 00:07:17.182 --> 00:07:19.372 I paid to hire the army of Israel? 00:07:20.152 --> 00:07:24.862 The man of God replied, the Lord is able to give you much more than this. 00:07:25.642 --> 00:07:30.382 So Amiah discharged the hired troops and sent them back to Raim. 00:07:30.862 --> 00:07:35.932 This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage. 00:07:37.072 --> 00:07:42.382 Then Amiah summoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they 00:07:42.382 --> 00:07:45.322 killed 10,000 Hamite troops from Seer. 00:07:46.252 --> 00:07:50.962 They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, 00:07:51.262 --> 00:07:53.662 dashing them to pieces on the rocks below. 00:07:54.202 --> 00:07:58.972 Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amiah had sent home raided several of the towns 00:07:58.972 --> 00:08:01.672 of Judah between Samaria and Beth Horan. 00:08:02.422 --> 00:08:06.532 They killed 3000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder. 00:08:07.312 --> 00:08:10.522 When King Amiah returned from slaughtering, the Edam mights, 00:08:10.852 --> 00:08:13.912 he brought with him, idols taken from the people of Seer. 00:08:14.512 --> 00:08:15.922 He set them up as his own. 00:08:15.922 --> 00:08:20.632 Gods bowed down in front of them and offered sacrifices to them. 00:08:21.157 --> 00:08:26.077 This made the Lord very angry and he sent a prophet to ask, why do 00:08:26.077 --> 00:08:29.977 you turn to Gods who could not even save their own people from you? 00:08:30.997 --> 00:08:34.627 But the king interrupted him and said, since when have I 00:08:34.627 --> 00:08:36.277 made you the king's counselor? 00:08:36.607 --> 00:08:38.827 Be quiet now before I have you killed. 00:08:39.787 --> 00:08:42.097 So the prophet stopped with this warning. 00:08:42.937 --> 00:08:47.227 I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this 00:08:47.287 --> 00:08:49.657 and have refused to accept my counsel. 00:08:50.392 --> 00:08:54.832 After consulting with his advisors, king Amiah of Judah sent this 00:08:54.832 --> 00:08:56.482 challenge to Israel's king. 00:08:56.482 --> 00:09:00.262 Je Joash, the son of Jehova has and grandson of jhu, 00:09:01.612 --> 00:09:03.502 come and meet me in battle. 00:09:04.732 --> 00:09:08.542 But King Jehovah of is Israel, replied to King Amiah of Judah. 00:09:08.542 --> 00:09:13.642 With this story out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a 00:09:13.642 --> 00:09:15.712 message to a mighty cedar tree. 00:09:16.342 --> 00:09:19.222 Give your daughter in marriage to my son. 00:09:19.972 --> 00:09:25.012 Just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it. 00:09:25.822 --> 00:09:30.112 You are saying, I have defeated Edam and you are very proud of it. 00:09:30.592 --> 00:09:32.962 But my advice is to stay at home. 00:09:33.382 --> 00:09:37.192 Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people 00:09:37.192 --> 00:09:43.792 of Judah, but Messiah refused to listen for God was determined to destroy 00:09:43.792 --> 00:09:45.802 him for turning to the gods of Edam. 00:09:46.567 --> 00:09:52.147 So King Jaho of Israel mobilized his army against King Amiah of Judah. 00:09:52.957 --> 00:09:56.587 The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth Sheesh in Judah. 00:09:57.307 --> 00:10:02.587 Judah was routed by the army of Israel and its army scattered and fled for home. 00:10:03.127 --> 00:10:08.377 King Jaho of Israel captured Judah's King Amiah son of Joash, and 00:10:08.377 --> 00:10:11.317 grandson of a Isaiah at Beth Shees. 00:10:12.037 --> 00:10:17.407 Then he brought him to Jerusalem where he demolished 600 feet of Jerusalem's wall. 00:10:17.707 --> 00:10:23.377 From the Raam gate to the corner gate, he carried off all the gold and silver and 00:10:23.382 --> 00:10:27.667 all the articles from the Temple of God that had been in the care of Obed Edam. 00:10:27.987 --> 00:10:33.367 He also seized the treasures of the Royal Palace along with hostages, 00:10:33.847 --> 00:10:35.587 and then returned to Samaria. 00:10:36.787 --> 00:10:40.897 King Amiah of Judah lived for 15 years after the death 00:10:40.927 --> 00:10:42.757 of King Je Joash of Israel. 00:10:43.657 --> 00:10:47.227 The rest of the events in am Isaiah's reign from beginning to 00:10:47.227 --> 00:10:51.727 end are recorded in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 00:10:52.597 --> 00:10:56.617 After Amiah turned away from the Lord, there was a conspiracy against 00:10:56.617 --> 00:11:01.927 his life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Laish, but his enemies sent assassins 00:11:01.927 --> 00:11:04.057 after him and they killed him there. 00:11:04.732 --> 00:11:08.362 They brought his body back on a horse and he was buried with his 00:11:08.362 --> 00:11:10.462 ancestors in the city of David. 00:11:13.012 --> 00:11:17.932 All the people of Judah had crowned Amaya's, 16 year old son, a Isaiah 00:11:18.232 --> 00:11:20.032 as king in place of his father. 00:11:20.992 --> 00:11:24.502 After his father's death, a Isaiah rebuilt the town of El 00:11:24.502 --> 00:11:26.242 Lath and restored it to Judah. 00:11:27.367 --> 00:11:31.597 Isaiah was 16 years old when he became King, and he 00:11:31.597 --> 00:11:34.267 reigned in Jerusalem 52 years. 00:11:35.047 --> 00:11:37.657 His mother was JE from Jerusalem. 00:11:38.167 --> 00:11:43.057 He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight just as his father Amiah had done. 00:11:43.867 --> 00:11:48.607 Isaiah sought God during the days of Zechariah who taught him to fear God, 00:11:49.207 --> 00:11:53.857 and as long as the king sought guidance from the Lord, God gave him success. 00:11:55.447 --> 00:12:02.347 Isaiah declared war on the Philistines and broke down the walls of Ga jab and Ashdod. 00:12:02.917 --> 00:12:06.787 Then he built new towns in the Ashdod area and in other parts 00:12:06.787 --> 00:12:11.797 of Philistia, God helped him in his wars against the Philistines. 00:12:11.917 --> 00:12:15.937 His battles with the Arabs of Gerr and his wars with the me unites. 00:12:16.432 --> 00:12:21.712 The MEU Unites paid annual tribute to him and his fame spread even to Egypt. 00:12:21.952 --> 00:12:24.142 For he had become very powerful. 00:12:25.162 --> 00:12:30.052 Isaiah built fortified towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, at the valley 00:12:30.052 --> 00:12:32.422 gate, and at the angle in the wall. 00:12:33.052 --> 00:12:36.892 He also constructed forts in the wilderness and dug many water 00:12:36.892 --> 00:12:40.822 cisterns because he kept great herds of livestock in the foothills 00:12:40.822 --> 00:12:42.442 of Judah and on the planes. 00:12:43.162 --> 00:12:45.022 He was also a man who loved the soil. 00:12:45.997 --> 00:12:50.047 He had many workers who cared for his farms and vineyards, both on the 00:12:50.047 --> 00:12:52.207 hillsides and in the fertile valleys. 00:12:53.137 --> 00:12:56.437 Isaiah had an army of well-trained warriors ready to 00:12:56.437 --> 00:12:58.807 march into battle unit by unit. 00:12:59.467 --> 00:13:03.697 This army had been mustered and organized by Ja, the Secretary of 00:13:03.697 --> 00:13:06.487 the Army and his assistant Maia. 00:13:07.627 --> 00:13:11.227 They were under the direction of Hanania, one of the King's officials. 00:13:11.962 --> 00:13:17.542 These regiments of mighty warriors were commanded by 2,600 clan leaders. 00:13:18.292 --> 00:13:24.292 The army consisted of 307,500 men, all elite troops. 00:13:24.952 --> 00:13:27.892 They were prepared to assist the king against any enemy. 00:13:28.852 --> 00:13:35.002 Asiah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, 00:13:35.242 --> 00:13:39.952 bows and sling stones, and he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem. 00:13:40.297 --> 00:13:45.037 Designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones from 00:13:45.037 --> 00:13:47.047 the towers and the corners of the wall. 00:13:47.917 --> 00:13:51.097 His fame spread far and wide for the Lord. 00:13:51.102 --> 00:13:54.877 Gave him marvelous help and he became very powerful. 00:13:55.237 --> 00:14:02.617 But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. 00:14:03.382 --> 00:14:07.222 He sinned against the Lord his God, by entering the sanctuary of 00:14:07.227 --> 00:14:11.782 the Lord's temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar. 00:14:12.532 --> 00:14:16.672 Azariah, the high priest went in after him with 80 other priests 00:14:16.672 --> 00:14:18.892 of the Lord, all brave men. 00:14:19.462 --> 00:14:24.562 They confronted King a Isaiah and said, it is not for you, Isaiah 00:14:24.802 --> 00:14:26.512 to burn incense to the Lord. 00:14:26.872 --> 00:14:30.652 That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron 00:14:30.652 --> 00:14:32.362 who are set apart for this work. 00:14:33.052 --> 00:14:35.632 Get out of the sanctuary for you, have sinned. 00:14:36.022 --> 00:14:38.272 The Lord God will not honor you for this. 00:14:39.382 --> 00:14:45.052 Isaiah who was holding an incense burner became furious, but as he 00:14:45.052 --> 00:14:48.982 was standing there raging at the priests before the incense altar 00:14:48.987 --> 00:14:53.242 in the Lord's temple, leprosy suddenly broke out on his forehead. 00:14:54.292 --> 00:14:57.502 When Azariah, the high priest, and all the other priests saw 00:14:57.502 --> 00:14:59.872 the leprosy, they rushed him out. 00:15:00.637 --> 00:15:05.197 The king himself was eager to get out because the Lord had struck him. 00:15:05.887 --> 00:15:09.397 So King, a Isaiah had leprosy until the day he died. 00:15:10.027 --> 00:15:13.777 He lived in isolation in a separate house for he was excluded 00:15:13.777 --> 00:15:15.097 from the temple of the Lord. 00:15:15.637 --> 00:15:19.627 His son, Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace and he 00:15:19.627 --> 00:15:21.187 governed the people of the land. 00:15:22.747 --> 00:15:27.727 The rest of the events of Isaiah's reign from beginning to end are recorded 00:15:27.727 --> 00:15:30.187 by the prophet Isaiah son of AMAs. 00:15:31.087 --> 00:15:34.387 When Isaiah died, he was buried with his ancestors. 00:15:34.987 --> 00:15:40.027 His grave was in a nearby burial field, belonging to the kings for the people. 00:15:40.027 --> 00:15:45.187 Said he had leprosy and his son Jotham became the next king.