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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapters

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20 through 22. Chapter 20 Now Ben -Hadad, the

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king of Syria, gathered all his forces together.

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Thirty -two kings were with him, with horses

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and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria,

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and made war against it. Then he sent messengers

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into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said

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to him, Thus says Ben -Hadad, Your silver and

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your gold are mine, your loveliest wives and

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children are mine. And the king of Israel answered

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and said, My lord, O king, just as you say, I

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and all that I have are yours. Then the messengers

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came back and said, Thus speaks Ben -Hadad, saying,

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Indeed, I have sent to you, saying, You shall

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deliver to me your silver and your gold, your

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wives and your children. But I will send my servants

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to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall

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search your house and the houses of your servants.

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And it shall be that whatever is pleasant in

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your eyes, they will put it in their hands and

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take it. So the king of Israel called all the

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elders of the land and said, Notice, please,

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and see how this man seeks trouble. For he sent

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to me for my wives, my children, my silver and

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my gold, and I did not deny him. And all the

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elders and all the people said to him, Do not

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listen or consent. Therefore he said to the messengers

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of Ben -Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that

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you sent forth your servant the first time I

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will do, but this thing I cannot do. And the

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messengers departed and brought back word to

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him. Then Ben -Hadad sent to him and said, The

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gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust

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is left of Samaria, for a handful for each of

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the people who follow me. So the king of Israel

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answered and said, Tell him, let not the one

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who puts on his armor boast like the one who

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takes it off. And it happened when Ben -Hadad

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heard this message, as he and the kings were

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drinking at the command post, that he said to

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his servants, Get ready. And they got ready to

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attack the city. Suddenly a prophet approached

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Ahab king of Israel saying, Thus says the Lord,

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Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold,

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I will deliver it into your hand today, and you

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shall know that I am the Lord. So Ahab said,

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By whom? And he said, Thus says the Lord, By

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the young leaders of the provinces. Then he said,

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Who will set the battle in order? And he said,

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You. Then he mustered the young leaders of the

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provinces, and there were 232. And after them

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he mustered all the people, all the children

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of Israel, seven thousand so they went out at

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noon meanwhile ben haddad and the 32 kings helping

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him were getting drunk at the command post the

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young leaders of the provinces went out first

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and ben haddad sent out a patrol and they told

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him saying men are coming out of samaria so he

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said if they have come out for peace take them

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alive and if they have come out for war take

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them alive then these young leaders of the provinces

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went out of the city with the army which followed

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them and each one killed his man So the Syrians

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fled, and Israel pursued, and Ben -Hadad the

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king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry.

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Then the king of Israel went out and attacked

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the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians

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with a great slaughter. And the prophet came

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to the king of Israel and said to him, Go strengthen

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yourself, take note, and see what you should

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do, for in the spring of the year the king of

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Syria will come up against you. Then the servants

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of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods

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are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger

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than we. But if we fight against them in the

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plain, surely we will be stronger than they.

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So do this thing. Dismiss the kings each from

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his position and put captains in their places.

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And you shall muster an army like the army that

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you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for

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chariot. Then we will fight against them in the

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plain. Surely we will be stronger than they.

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And he listened to their voice and did so. So

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it was in the spring of the year that Ben -Hadad

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mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to

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fight against Israel. And the children of Israel

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were mustered and given provisions, and they

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went against them. Now the children of Israel

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encamped before them like two little flocks of

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goats, while the Syrians filed the countryside.

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Then a man of God came and spoke to the king

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of Israel and said, Thus says the Lord, Because

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the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the

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hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore

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I will deliver all this great multitude into

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your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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And they encamped opposite each other for seven

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days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle

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was joined, and the children of Israel killed

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one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians

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in one day, but the rest fled to Aphek into the

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city. Then a wall fell on twenty -seven thousand

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of the men who were left. And Ben -Hadad fled

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and went into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Then his servants said to him, Look now, we have

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heard that the kings of the house of Israel are

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merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around

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our waists and ropes around our heads and go

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out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare

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your life. So they wore sackcloth around their

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waists and put ropes around their heads and came

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to the king of Israel and said, Your servant

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Ben -Hadad says, Please let me live. And he said,

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Is he still alive? He is my brother. Now the

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men were watching closely to see whether any

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sign of mercy would come from him. And they quickly

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grasped at this word and said, Your brother,

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Ben -Hadad. So he said, Go bring him. Then Ben

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-Hadad came out to him, and he had him come up

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into the chariot. So Ben -Hadad said to him,

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The cities which my father took from your father

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I will restore, and you may set up marketplaces

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for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in

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Samaria. Then Ahab said, I will send you away

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with this treaty. So he made a treaty with him

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and sent him away. Now a certain man of the sons

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of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word

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of the Lord, Strike me, please. And the man refused

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to strike him. Then he said to him, Because you

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have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, surely

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as soon as you depart from me, a lion shall kill

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you. And as soon as he left him, a lion found

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him and killed him. And he found another man

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and said, Strike me, please. So the man struck

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him, inflicting a wound. Then the prophet departed

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and waited for the king by the road, and disguised

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himself with a bandage over his eyes. Now as

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the king passed by, he cried out to the king

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and said, Your servant went out into the midst

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of the battle, and there a man came over and

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brought a man to me and said, Guard this man.

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If by any means he is missing, your life shall

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be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent

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of silver. While your servant was busy here and

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there, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said

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to him, So shall your judgment be. you yourself

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have decided it and he hastened to take the bandage

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away from his eyes and the king of israel recognized

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him as one of the prophets then he said to him

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thus says the lord because you have let slip

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out of your hand a man whom i appointed to utter

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destruction therefore your life shall go for

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his life and your people for his people so the

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king of israel went to his house sullen and displeased

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and came to samaria chapter 21 And it came to

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pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite

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had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to

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the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. So Ahab spoke

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to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that

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I may have it for a vegetable garden, because

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it is near, next to my house, and for it I will

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give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it

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seems good to you, I will give you its worth

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in money. But Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid

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that I should give the inheritance of my fathers

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to you. So Ahab went into his house sullen and

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displeased because of the word which Naboth the

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Jezreelite had spoken to him. For he had said,

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I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.

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And he lay down on his bed and turned away his

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face and would eat no food. But Jezebel his wife

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came to him and said to him, Why is your spirit

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so sullen that you eat no food? He said to her,

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Because I spoke to him about the Jezreelite,

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and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money,

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or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another

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vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not

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give you my vineyard. Then Jezebel his wife said

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to him, You now exercise authority over Israel.

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Arise, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful.

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I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed

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them with his seal, and sent the letters to the

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elders and the nobles who were dwelling in the

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city with Naboth. She wrote in the letters, saying,

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Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor

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among the people, and seat two men, scoundrels,

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before him to bear witness against him, saying,

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You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take

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him out, and stone him, that he may die. So the

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men of his city, the elders and nobles who were

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inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent

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to them, as it was written in the letters which

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she had sent to them. They proclaimed the fast

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and seated Naboth with high honor among the people.

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And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before

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him. And the scoundrels witnessed against him,

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against Naboth, in the presence of the people,

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saying, Naboth has blasphemed God and the king.

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Then they took him outside the city and stoned

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him with stones, so that he died. Then they sent

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to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and

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is dead. And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard

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that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that

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Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession

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of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which

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he refused to give you for money, for Naboth

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is not alive but dead. So it was when Ahab heard

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that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up and went

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down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth

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the Jezreelite. Then the word of the Lord came

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to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Arise, go down

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to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria.

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There he is, in the vineyard of Naboth, where

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he has gone down to take possession of it. You

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shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord.

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Have you murdered and also taken possession?

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And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says

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the Lord. In the place where dogs lick the blood

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of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.

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so ahab said to elijah have you found me or my

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enemy and he answered i have found you because

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you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight

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of the lord behold i will bring calamity on you

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i will take away your posterity and will cut

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off from ahab every male in israel both bond

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and free. I will make your house like the house

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of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house

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of Basha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation

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with which you have provoked me to anger and

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made Israel sin. And concerning Jezebel, the

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Lord also spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel

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by the wall of Jezreel. The dogs shall eat whoever

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belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the

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birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the

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field. But there was no one like Ahab who sold

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himself to do wickedness in the sight of the

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Lord, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.

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And he behaved very abominably in following idols

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according to all that the Amorites had done,

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whom the Lord had cast out before the children

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of Israel. So it was when Ahab heard those words

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that he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his

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body, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went

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about mourning. And the word of the Lord came

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to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, See how Ahab

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has humbled himself before me? Because he has

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humbled himself before me, I will not bring the

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calamity in his days. In the days of his son,

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I will bring the calamity on his house. Chapter

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22 Now three years passed without war between

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Syria and Israel. Then it came to pass in the

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third year that Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah,

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went down to visit the king of Israel. And the

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king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know

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that Ramoth in Gilead is ours? But we hesitate

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to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria.

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So he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me

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to fight at Ramoth, Gilead? Jehoshaphat said

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to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people

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as your people, my horses as your horses. Also

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Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please

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inquire for the word of the Lord today. Then

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the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,

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about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall

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I go against Ramud Gilead to fight, or shall

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I refrain? So they said, Go up, for the Lord

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will deliver it into the hand of the king. And

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Jehoshaphat said, Is there not still a prophet

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of the Lord here that we may inquire of him?

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So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There

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is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by

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whom we may inquire of the Lord. But I hate him,

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because he does not prophesy good concerning

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me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the

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king say such things. Then the king of Israel

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called an officer and said, Bring Micaiah the

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son of Imlah quickly. The king of Israel and

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Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on

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their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing

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floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria.

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And all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Now Zedekiah the son of Shenanah had made horns

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of iron for himself, and he said, Thus says the

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Lord, With these you shall gore the Syrians until

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they are destroyed. And all the prophets prophesied

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so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper,

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for the Lord will deliver it into the king's

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hand. Then the messenger who had gone to call

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Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Now listen, the

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words of the prophets with one accord encouraged

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the king. Please let your word be like the word

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of one of them, and speak encouragement. And

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Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, whatever the

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Lord says to me, that I will speak. Then he came

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to the king, and the king said to him, Micaiah,

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shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or

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shall we refrain? And he answered him, Go and

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prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the

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hand of the king. So the king said to him, How

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many times shall I make you swear that you tell

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me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?

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Then he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the

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mountains as sheep that have no shepherd. And

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the Lord said, These have no master. Let each

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return to his house in peace. And the king of

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Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you

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he would not prophesy good concerning me, but

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evil? Then Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word

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of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne,

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and all the hosts of heaven standing by, on his

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right hand and on his left. And the Lord said,

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Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may

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fall at Ramoth Gilead? So one spoke in this manner,

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and another spoke in that manner. Then a spirit

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came forward and stood before the Lord and said,

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I will persuade him. The Lord said to him, In

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what way? So he said, I will go out and be a

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lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.

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And the Lord said, You shall persuade him, and

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also prevail. Go out and do so. Therefore look,

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the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth

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of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord

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has declared disaster against you. Now Zedekiah

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the son of Shinanah went near and struck Micaiah

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on the cheek and said, Which way did the spirit

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from the Lord go from me to speak to you? And

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Micaiah said, Indeed you shall see on that day

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when you go into an inner chamber to hide. So

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the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and return

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him to Ammon the governor of the city and to

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Joash the king's son, and say, Thus says the

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king, Put this fellow in prison and feed him

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with bread of affliction and water of affliction

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until I come in peace. But Micaiah said, If you

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ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken

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to me. And he said, Take heed, all you people.

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So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king

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of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead, and the king

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of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

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myself and go into battle, but you put on your

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robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself

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and went into battle. Now the king of Syria had

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commanded the 32 captains of his chariots, saying,

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Fight with no one small or great, but only with

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the king of Israel. So it was when the captains

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of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat that they said,

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Surely it is the king of Israel. Therefore they

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turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat

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cried out. And it happened when the captains

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of the chariots saw that it was not the king

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of Israel that they turned back from pursuing

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him. Now a certain man drew a bow at random and

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struck the king of Israel between the joints

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of his armor. So he said to the driver of his

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chariot, Turn around and take me out of the battle,

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for I am wounded. The battle increased that day,

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and the king was propped up in his chariot. facing

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the Syrians and died at evening. The blood ran

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out from the wound onto the floor of the chariot.

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Then as the sun was going down, a shout went

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throughout the army, saying, Every man to his

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city, and every man to his own country. So the

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king died and was brought to Samaria, and they

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buried the king in Samaria. Then someone washed

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the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs

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licked up his blood while the harlots bathed,

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according to the word of the Lord which he had

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spoken. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and

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all that he did, the ivory house which he built,

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and all the cities that he built, are they not

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written in the book of the chronicles of the

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kings of Israel? So Ahab rested with his fathers,

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then Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. Jehoshaphat

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the son of Asa had become king over Judah in

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the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat

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was 35 years old when he became king, and he

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reigned 25 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

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was Azuba, the daughter of Jehoshaphat. And he

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walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He

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did not turn aside from them, doing what was

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right in the eyes of the Lord. Nevertheless,

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the high places were not taken away, for the

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people offered sacrifices and burned incense

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on the high places. Also Jehoshaphat made peace

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with the king of Israel. Now the rest of the

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acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed,

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and how he made war, are they not written in

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the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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And the rest of the perverted persons who remained

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in the days of his father Asa, he banished from

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the land. There was then no king in Edom, only

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a deputy of the king. Jehoshaphat made merchant

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ships to go to offer for gold. But they never

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sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.

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Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat,

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Let my servants go with your servants in the

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ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. And Jehoshaphat

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rested with his fathers and was buried with his

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fathers in the city of David his father. Then

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Jehoram his son reigned in his place. Ahaziah

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the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria

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in the 17th year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah

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and reigned two years over Israel. He did evil

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in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way

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of his father and in the way of his mother and

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in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who had

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made Israel sin. For he served Baal and worshipped

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him and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger

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according to all that his father had done. I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.