Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000578
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00:15 Hi, and welcome back to His Words are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you for joining with me today to 00:21 read the Bible together. Let's pray before we start. 00:26 Dear Lord, thank you again for bringing us apart from 00:30 the duties of our day, to come into your presence 00:34 especially right now to hear your word. 00:36 Please send your Holy Spirit to guide our thoughts, 00:40 to understand the lesson you have for us here. 00:43 We love you and thank you for loving us. Amen. 00:46 We're reading in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 34, beginning with 00:51 verse 31, and this is the King James Version. 00:54 And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the 00:59 Lord, to walk after the Lord, to walk after the Lord, 01:02 and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, 01:04 and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, 01:09 to perform the words of the covenant which are written 01:13 in this book. And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem 01:17 and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem 01:22 did according to the covenant of God the God of their fathers. 01:26 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the 01:30 countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all 01:34 that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord 01:38 their God. And all his days they departed not from following 01:43 the Lord, the God of their fathers. 01:46 Continuing in 2nd Chronicles, chapter 35, this is the 01:51 King James Version. Moreover Josiah kept a passover 01:56 unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover 01:59 on the 14th day of the 1st month And he set the priests in their 02:03 charges and encouraged them to the service of the house of the 02:07 Lord and said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, 02:10 which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house 02:15 which Solomon son of David, king of Israel did build; 02:18 it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: 02:21 serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel, 02:24 and prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, 02:27 after your courses, according to the writing of David 02:31 king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon 02:33 his son, and stand in the holy place according to the divisions 02:38 of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, 02:40 and after the division of the families of the Levites. 02:44 So Kill the passover and sanctify yourselves, 02:47 and prepare your brethren that they may do according to the 02:51 word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 02:53 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, 02:58 all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, 03:01 to the number of 30,000 and 3000 bullocks: 03:05 these were of the king's substance. And his princes gave 03:09 willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: 03:13 Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel rulers of the house of God, 03:17 gave unto the priests for the passover offerings 03:21 two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and 300 oxen. 03:25 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, 03:30 Hashabiah and Jehiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, 03:34 gave unto the Levites for the passover offerings five thousand 03:38 small cattle and five hundred oxen. 03:40 So the service was prepared, and the priest stood in their 03:44 place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's 03:47 commandment. And they killed the passover, and the priests 03:50 sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites 03:53 flayed them. And they removed the burnt offerings, 03:56 that they might give according to the divisions of the families 03:59 of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written 04:03 in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 04:06 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the 04:10 ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, 04:14 and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily 04:17 among all the people. And afterward they made ready 04:20 for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests 04:22 the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings 04:26 and the fat until night; therefore the Levites 04:29 prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of 04:32 Aaron. And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, 04:37 according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, 04:40 and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every 04:46 gate; they might not depart from their service for their brethren 04:50 the Levites prepared for them. So all the service of the Lord 04:54 was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, 04:56 and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, 04:59 according to the commandment of king Josiah. 05:02 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover 05:07 at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 05:11 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the 05:16 days of Samuel the prophet: neither did all the kings of 05:19 Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, 05:23 and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, 05:26 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 05:28 In the 18th year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept 05:33 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho 05:39 king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish 05:42 by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 05:45 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with 05:50 thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but 05:54 against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded 05:57 me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, 06:01 who is with me, that he destroy thee not. Nevertheless Josiah 06:07 would not turn his face from him but disguised himself, 06:11 that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words 06:15 of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley 06:20 of Megiddo. And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king 06:26 said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 06:29 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, 06:33 and put him in the 2nd chariot that he had; and they brought 06:35 him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the 06:40 sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned 06:45 for Josiah: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: 06:49 and all the singing men and the singing women 06:52 spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, 06:56 and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, 06:59 they are written in the lamentations. 07:01 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, 07:06 according to that which was written in the law of the Lord, 07:09 and his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written 07:13 in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 07:16 Continuing now with 2nd Chronicles, chapter 36 07:20 This is the King James Version. Then the people of the land 07:24 took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king 07:29 in his father's stead in Jerusalem, 07:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to 07:35 reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 07:37 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, 07:40 and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver 07:44 and a talent of gold. And the king of Egypt made Eliakim 07:48 his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, 07:50 and turned his name to Jehoiakim and Necho took Jehoahaz 07:56 his brother and carried him to Egypt. Jehoiakim was 25 years 08:01 old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years 08:04 in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight 08:07 of the Lord his God. Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar 08:11 king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him 08:15 to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of 08:19 the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple 08:22 at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, 08:25 and his abominations which he did, and that which was found 08:29 in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of 08:31 Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son 08:35 reigned in his stead. Jehoiachin was 8 years old when he began 08:40 to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem 08:43 and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 08:46 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, 08:49 and brought him to Babylon with the goodly vessels of the house 08:53 of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah 08:57 and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when 09:01 he began to reign, and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. 09:05 and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God 09:09 and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet 09:13 speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled 09:17 against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: 09:20 but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning 09:25 unto the Lord God of Israel. Moreover all the chief of the 09:31 priests, and the people, transgressed very much 09:34 after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted 09:38 the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 09:41 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them 09:44 by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; 09:48 because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling 09:52 place: But they mocked the messengers of God, 09:56 and despised his words, and misused his prophets, 09:59 until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, 10:03 til there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them 10:07 the king of the Chaldees who slew their young men with the 10:11 sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion 10:15 upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped 10:19 for age: he gave them all into his hand. 10:22 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small 10:26 and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures 10:29 of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 10:33 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall 10:37 of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, 10:41 and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 10:44 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away 10:48 to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons 10:51 until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: to fulfill the word 10:55 of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land 10:58 had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate 11:01 she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years. 11:05 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, 11:10 that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah 11:14 might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus 11:18 king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout 11:22 all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 11:25 thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth 11:30 hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged 11:35 me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 11:37 Who is there among you of all his people? 11:41 The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. 11:45 We're continuing now with the book of Ezra, 11:51 chapter one, and this is the King James Version. 11:54 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, 12:00 that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah 12:03 might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus 12:07 king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all 12:10 his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 12:13 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven 12:18 hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; 12:20 and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, 12:24 which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? 12:28 His God be with him and let him go up to Jerusalem 12:31 which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, 12:35 - he is the God, - which is in Jerusalem. And whosoever 12:40 remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his 12:43 place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, 12:47 and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house 12:50 of God that is in Jerusalem. Then rose up the chief of the 12:55 fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites 12:58 with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build 13:03 the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. And all they 13:07 that were about them strengthened their hands 13:11 with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, 13:14 and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all 13:18 that was willingly offered. Also Cyrus the king brought forth 13:22 the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar 13:25 had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them 13:27 in the house of his gods; Even those did Cyrus king of Persia 13:31 bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, 13:34 and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. 13:39 And this is the number of them: 30 chargers of gold, 13:42 a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 13:47 30 basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort, 410, 13:52 and other vessels a thousand. All the vessels of gold and of 13:57 silver were five thousand and four hundred. 14:00 All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity 14:06 that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. 14:10 We're continuing with Ezra, chapter 2, 14:14 this is the King James Version. Now these are the children of 14:19 the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which 14:23 had been carried away whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of 14:26 Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again 14:31 unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 14:35 Thank you for joining with me today to read the word of God. 14:38 Goodbye. |
Revised 2014-12-17