2 Kings 14:

2 Kings 14:1 In the second year of Israel’s King Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, Amaziah, son of Joash, became king of Judah.

2 Kings 14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 14:3 He did what was right in Yahveh’s sight, but not like his ancestor David. He did everything his father, Joash, had done.

2 Kings 14:4 Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 14:5 As soon as he had the kingdom in his grasp, Amaziah killed his slaves, who had killed his father, the king.

2 Kings 14:6 However, he did not put the children of the killers to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses where Yahveh commanded, “Fathers are not be put to death because of children, and children are not put to death because of fathers; instead, each one will be put to death for his sin.”

2 Kings 14:7 Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is still its name today.

2 Kings 14:8 Amaziah then sent agents to Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, and challenged him: “Come, let’s meet face to face.”

2 Kings 14:9 King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then, a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident. Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall– you and Judah with you?”

2 Kings 14:11 But Amaziah would not listen, so King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face at Beth-shemesh, which belonged to Judah.

2 Kings 14:12 Judah was routed before Israel, and each man fled to his tent.

2 Kings 14:13 King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down two hundred yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

2 Kings 14:14 He took all the gold and silver, all the articles found in Yahveh’s temple and the treasuries of the king’s palace, and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 14:15 The rest of Jehoash’s reign, including his accomplishments, might, and how he waged war against King Amaziah of Judah, is written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 14:16 Jehoash lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam became king in his place.

2 Kings 14:17 Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, lived fifteen years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz.

2 Kings 14:18 The rest of Amaziah’s reign is recorded in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

2 Kings 14:19 A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

2 Kings 14:20 They carried him back on horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kings 14:21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father, Amaziah.

2 Kings 14:22 After Amaziah the king lied down with his fathers, Azariah rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah.

2 Kings 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for forty-one years.

2 Kings 14:24 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 14:25 He restored Israel’s border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word Yahveh, the God of Israel, had spoken through his slave, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.

2 Kings 14:26 Because Yahveh saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for both slaves and free people. There was no one to help Israel.

2 Kings 14:27 Yahveh had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under the sky, so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.

2 Kings 14:28 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign — along with all his accomplishments, the power he had to wage war, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah — are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 14:29 Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.

links:

big bite
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, October 18, 2019
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, October 18, 2023
restoration without revival
restored, not revived – Devotions
small victory – Devotions

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2 Kings 13

2 Kings 13:1 In the twenty-third year of Judah’s King Joash, son of Ahaziah, Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

2 Kings 13:2 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight and followed the sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

2 Kings 13:3 So Yahveh’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to King Hazael of Aram and his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.

2 Kings 13:4 Then Jehoahaz sought Yahveh’s favor, and Yahveh heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.

2 Kings 13:5 Therefore, Yahveh gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped from the power of the Arameans. Then, the people of Israel returned to their former way of life,

2 Kings 13:6 but they didn’t turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Jehoahaz continued them, and the Asherah pole also remained standing in Samaria.

2 Kings 13:7 Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.

2 Kings 13:8 The rest of the events of Jehoahaz’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 13:9 Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and he was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoash became king in his place.

2 Kings 13:10 In the thirty-seventh year of Judah’s King Joash, Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.

2 Kings 13:11 He did what was evil in Yahveh’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had caused Israel to commit, but he continued them.

2 Kings 13:12 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and the power he had to wage war against Judah’s King Amaziah, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 13:13 Jehoash rested with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 13:14 When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

2 Kings 13:15 Elisha responded, “Get a bow and arrows.” So, he got a bow and arrows.

2 Kings 13:16 Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Grasp the bow.” So, the king grasped it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

2 Kings 13:17 Elisha said, “Open the east window.” So, he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot!” So, he shot. Then Elisha said, ” Yahveh’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

2 Kings 13:18 Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So, he took them. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So, he struck the ground three times and stopped.

2 Kings 13:19 The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to them, but now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

2 Kings 13:20 Then Elisha died and was buried. Now, Moabite raiders used to come into the land in the spring of the year.

2 Kings 13:21 Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!

2 Kings 13:22 King Hazael of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz,

2 Kings 13:23 but Yahveh was gracious to them, had compassion for them, and turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.

2 Kings 13:24 King Hazael of Aram died, and his son Ben-hadad became king in his place.

2 Kings 13:25 Then Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, took back from Ben-hadad, son of Hazael, the cities that Hazael had taken in war from Jehoash’s father, Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times and recovered the cities of Israel.

links:

being patient and passionate
not enough victory
not loyal enough – Devotions

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2 Kings 12

2 Kings 12:1 In Jehu’s seventh year, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba.

2 Kings 12:2 Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in Yahveh’s sight.

2 Kings 12:3 Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

2 Kings 12:4 Then Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated silver brought to Yahveh’s temple, census silver, silver from vows, and all silver voluntarily given for Yahveh’s temple —

2 Kings 12:5 each priest is to take it from his assessor and make strong again whatever damage is found in the temple.”

2 Kings 12:6 But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not made strong again the damage to the temple.

2 Kings 12:7 So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, “Why haven’t you made strong again the temple’s damage? Since you haven’t, don’t take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

2 Kings 12:8 So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to make strong again the temple’s damage.

2 Kings 12:9 Then the priest Jehoiada took a chest, bore a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters Yahveh’s temple; the priests who guarded the threshold put all the silver that was brought to Yahveh’s temple into the chest.

2 Kings 12:10 Whenever they saw a large amount of silver in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest would bag it up and tally the silver found in Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 12:11 Then they would give the weighed silver to those doing the work– those who oversaw Yahveh’s temple. They, in turn, would pay it out to those working on Yahveh’s temple — the carpenters, the builders,

2 Kings 12:12 the masons, and the stonecutters — and would use it to buy timber and quarried stone to make the damage to Yahveh’s temple strong again and for all expenses for making the temple strong.

2 Kings 12:13 However, no silver bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, or articles of gold or silver were made for Yahveh’s temple from the contributions brought to it.

2 Kings 12:14 Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they made Yahveh’s temple strong with it.

2 Kings 12:15 No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work since they worked with integrity.

2 Kings 12:16 The silver from the reparation offering and the sin offering was not brought to Yahveh’s temple since it belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:17 At that time, King Hazael of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then, he planned to attack Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:18 So King Joash of Judah took all the items consecrated by himself and by his ancestors– Judah’s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah — as well as all the gold found in the treasuries of Yahveh’s temple and the king’s palace, and he sent them to King Hazael of Aram. Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

2 Kings 12:20 Joash’s slaves conspired against him and attacked him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 12:21 His slaves Jozabad, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer, attacked him. He died, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Amaziah became king in his place.

links:

hoarding contributions – Devotions
lost hope
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Spending in faith

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2 Kings 11

2 Kings 11:1 When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

2 Kings 11:2 Jehosheba, King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly rescued Joash, son of Ahaziah, from among the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So, he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed.

2 Kings 11:3 Joash was in hiding with her in Yahveh’s temple for six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Kings 11:4 In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in Yahveh’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

2 Kings 11:5 and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath are to protect the king’s palace.

2 Kings 11:6 A third is to be at the Foundation Gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns protecting the palace.

2 Kings 11:7 “Your two divisions that go off duty on the Sabbath are to provide the king protection at Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 11:8 surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

2 Kings 11:9 So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to the priest Jehoiada.

2 Kings 11:10 The priest gave the commanders hundreds of King David’s spears and shields, which were in Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 11:11 Then the guards stood with their weapons in hand surrounding the king — from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.

2 Kings 11:12 Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, and made him king. They anointed him, clapped their hands, and cried, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 11:13 When Athaliah heard the noise from the guard and the crowd, she went out to the people at Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 11:14 She looked, and the king was standing by the pillar according to custom. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

2 Kings 11:15 Then the priest Jehoiada ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in Yahveh’s temple.”

2 Kings 11:16 So they arrested her, and she went through the horse entrance to the king’s palace, where she was put to death.

2 Kings 11:17 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahveh, the king, and the people that they would be  Yahveh’s people and another covenant between the king and the people.

2 Kings 11:18 So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed its altars and images to pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars. Then Jehoiada, the priest, appointed guards for Yahveh’s temple.

2 Kings 11:19 He took the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king from Yahveh’s temple. They entered the king’s palace by way of the guards’ gate. Then Joash sat on the throne of the kings.

2 Kings 11:20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet because they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

2 Kings 11:21 Joash was seven years old when he became king.

links:

discovered
Judah’s Jezebel – Devotions
Perish the thought
the Jezebel of Judah

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2 Kings 10

2 Kings 10:1 Since Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and the guardians of Ahab’s sons, saying:

2 Kings 10:2 Your lord’s sons are with you, and you have chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weaponry, so when this letter arrives

2 Kings 10:3 select the most qualified of your lord’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your lord’s house.

2 Kings 10:4 However, they were terrified and reasoned, “Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we?”

2 Kings 10:5 So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your slaves, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.”

2 Kings 10:6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying: If you are on my side and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your lord’s sons at this time tomorrow at Jezreel. All seventy of the king’s sons were brought up by the city’s prominent men.

2 Kings 10:7 When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all seventy, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

2 Kings 10:8 When the agent came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” the king said, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

2 Kings 10:9 The following day, when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my lord and killed him. But who struck down all these?

2 Kings 10:10 Know, then, that not a word Yahveh spoke against the house of Ahab will fail because Yahveh  has done what he promised through his slave Elijah.”

2 Kings 10:11 So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel — all his great men, close friends, and priests — leaving him no survivors.

2 Kings 10:12 Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

2 Kings 10:13 Jehu met the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” They answered, “We’re Ahaziah’s relatives. We’ve come down to greet the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons.”

2 Kings 10:14 Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So, they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked — forty-two men. He didn’t spare any of them.

2 Kings 10:15 When he left there, he found Jehonadab, son of Rechab, coming to meet him. He greeted him and then asked, “Is your heart one with mine?” “It is,” Jehonadab replied. Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So, he gave him his hand, and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot with him.

2 Kings 10:16 Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for Yahveh!” So, he let him ride with him in his chariot.

2 Kings 10:17 When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained from the house of Ahab in Samaria until he had annihilated his house, according to the word of Yahveh spoken to Elijah.

2 Kings 10:18 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab slaved for[1] Baal a little, but Jehu will slave for him a lot.

2 Kings 10:19 Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all those who slave for him, and all his priests. None must be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” However, Jehu was acting deceptively to destroy those who slave for Baal.

2 Kings 10:20 Jehu commanded, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” So, they called one.

2 Kings 10:21 Then Jehu sent agents throughout all Israel, and all those who slave for Baal came; no one failed to come. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from one end to the other.

2 Kings 10:22 Then he said to the custodian of the wardrobe, “Bring out the garments for all those who slave for Baal.” So, he brought out their garments.

2 Kings 10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab, son of Rechab, entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to those who slave for Baal, “Look carefully to see that there are no slaves of Yahveh here among you — only slaves of Baal.”

2 Kings 10:24 Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside, and he warned them, “Whoever allows any of the men I am placing in your hands to escape will forfeit his throat for theirs.”

2 Kings 10:25 When he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Don’t let anyone out.” So, they struck them down with the sword. Then, the guards and officers threw the bodies out and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

2 Kings 10:26 They brought out the pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it,

2 Kings 10:27 and they tore down the pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it a latrine — which it still is today.

2 Kings 10:28 Jehu eliminated Baal worship from Israel,

2 Kings 10:29 but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit — worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.

2 Kings 10:30 Nevertheless, Yahveh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in my heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

2 Kings 10:31 Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of Yahveh, God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

2 Kings 10:32 In those days, Yahveh began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward: the whole land of Gilead — the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites — from Aroer, which is by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

2 Kings 10:34 The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

2 Kings 10:35 Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz became king in his place.

2 Kings 10:36 The length of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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[1] עָבַד = slave for. 2 Kings 10:18, 19, 21, 22, 23; 17:12, 16, 33, 35, 41; 18:7; 21:3, 21; 25:24.

links:

for God so hates…
God’s heart of wrath – Devotions
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, October 17, 2019

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