WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.580 in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Chronicles, 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:15.119 chapters 23 -25. Chapter 23 In the seventh year, 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:17.640 Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.179 with the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:24.379 of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah 00:00:24.379 --> 00:00:28.059 the son of Obed, Masiah the son of Adiah, and 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:30.910 Elishaphad the son of Zichri. And they went throughout 00:00:30.910 --> 00:00:33.070 Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities 00:00:33.070 --> 00:00:35.289 of Judah and the chief fathers of Israel, and 00:00:35.289 --> 00:00:37.950 they came to Jerusalem. Then all the assembly 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:39.890 made a covenant with the king in the house of 00:00:39.890 --> 00:00:42.369 God. And he said to them, Behold, the king's 00:00:42.369 --> 00:00:44.969 son shall reign, as the Lord has said of the 00:00:44.969 --> 00:00:47.670 sons of David. This is what you shall do. One 00:00:47.670 --> 00:00:50.390 third of you entering on the Sabbath of the priests 00:00:50.390 --> 00:00:52.789 and the Levites shall be keeping watch over the 00:00:52.789 --> 00:00:55.250 doors. One third shall be at the king's house, 00:00:55.329 --> 00:00:57.570 and one third at the gate of the foundation. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.200 All the people shall be in the courts of the 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.600 house of the Lord, but let no one come into the 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.439 house of the Lord except the priests and those 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:08.439 of the Levites who serve. They may go in, for 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.540 they are holy, but all the people shall keep 00:01:10.540 --> 00:01:13.140 the watch of the Lord. And the Levites shall 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:15.799 surround the king on all sides, every man with 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:19.000 his weapons in his hand, and whoever comes into 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.840 the house, let him be put to death. You are to 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.659 be with the king when he comes in and when he 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:26.549 goes out. So the Levites and all Judah did according 00:01:26.549 --> 00:01:29.209 to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And 00:01:29.209 --> 00:01:31.530 each man took his men who were to be on duty 00:01:31.530 --> 00:01:33.950 on the Sabbath with those who were going off 00:01:33.950 --> 00:01:36.349 duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest 00:01:36.349 --> 00:01:39.129 had not dismissed the divisions. And Jehoiada 00:01:39.129 --> 00:01:41.890 the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the 00:01:41.890 --> 00:01:44.390 spears and the large and small shields which 00:01:44.390 --> 00:01:46.909 had belonged to King David that were in the temple 00:01:46.909 --> 00:01:49.709 of God. Then he set all the people, every man 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:52.109 with his weapon in his hand, from the right side 00:01:52.109 --> 00:01:54.189 of the temple to the left side of the temple. 00:01:54.489 --> 00:01:56.989 along by the altar and by the temple all around 00:01:56.989 --> 00:01:59.209 the king. And they brought out the king's son, 00:01:59.349 --> 00:02:01.769 put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, 00:02:02.010 --> 00:02:04.569 and made him king. Then Jehoiada and his sons 00:02:04.569 --> 00:02:08.629 anointed him and said, Long live the king. Now 00:02:08.629 --> 00:02:10.789 when Ataliah heard the noise of the people running 00:02:10.789 --> 00:02:12.889 and praising the king, she came to the people 00:02:12.889 --> 00:02:15.349 in the temple of the Lord. When she looked, there 00:02:15.349 --> 00:02:17.710 was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, 00:02:17.870 --> 00:02:20.189 and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the 00:02:20.189 --> 00:02:22.590 king. All the people of the land were rejoicing 00:02:22.590 --> 00:02:25.610 and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:28.629 instruments, and those who led in praise. So 00:02:28.629 --> 00:02:32.110 Atalia tore her clothes and said, Treason! Treason! 00:02:32.189 --> 00:02:34.669 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains 00:02:34.669 --> 00:02:36.689 of hundreds who were set over the army and said 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:39.569 to them, Take her outside under guard, and slay 00:02:39.569 --> 00:02:42.300 with the sword whoever follows her. For the priest 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:44.580 had said, Do not kill her in the house of the 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:47.560 Lord. So they seized her, and she went by way 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.159 of the entrance of the horse gate into the king's 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.719 house, and they killed her there. Then Jehoiada 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.960 made a covenant between himself, the people, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:56.939 and the king, that they should be the Lord's 00:02:56.939 --> 00:02:58.939 people. And all the people went to the temple 00:02:58.939 --> 00:03:01.500 of Baal and tore it down. They broke in pieces 00:03:01.500 --> 00:03:04.400 its altars and images, and killed Matan, the 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.099 priest of Baal, before the altars. Also Jehoiada 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:09.180 appointed the oversight of the house of the Lord 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:11.659 to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:14.000 David had assigned in the house of the Lord to 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.280 offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:18.819 is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:21.280 and with singing, as it was established by David. 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.580 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:25.919 house of the Lord, so that no one who was in 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:28.680 any way unclean should enter. Then he took the 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.020 captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors 00:03:31.020 --> 00:03:33.280 of the people, and all the people of the land, 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:35.340 and brought the king down from the house of the 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:37.780 Lord, and they went through the upper gate to 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:40.099 the king's house, and set the king on the throne 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:42.520 of the kingdom. So all the people of the land 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.400 rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:50.819 slain Ataliah with the sword. Chapter 24 Joash 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:53.379 was seven years old when he became king, and 00:03:53.379 --> 00:03:55.539 he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's 00:03:55.539 --> 00:03:58.460 name was Zebiah of Beersheba. Joash did what 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:00.580 was right in the sight of the Lord all the days 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:03.159 of Jehoiada the priest. And Jehoiada took two 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.719 wives for him, and he had sons and daughters. 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:08.520 Now it happened after this that Joash set his 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:10.919 heart on repairing the house of the Lord. Then 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:13.159 he gathered the priests and the Levites and said 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.079 to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and gather 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.560 from all Israel money to repair the house of 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:21.040 your God from year to year, and see that you 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.610 do it quickly. However, the Levites did not do 00:04:23.610 --> 00:04:25.910 it quickly. So the king called Jehoiada the chief 00:04:25.910 --> 00:04:28.350 priest and said to him, Why have you not required 00:04:28.350 --> 00:04:31.509 the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:33.689 the collection, according to the commandment 00:04:33.689 --> 00:04:36.089 of Moses, the servant of the Lord and of the 00:04:36.089 --> 00:04:38.550 assembly of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 00:04:39.029 --> 00:04:42.009 For the sons of Ataliah, that wicked woman, had 00:04:42.009 --> 00:04:44.689 broken into the house of God and had also presented 00:04:44.689 --> 00:04:47.029 all the dedicated things of the house of the 00:04:47.029 --> 00:04:49.759 Lord to the Baals. then at the king's command 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.860 they made a chest and set it outside at the gate 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:55.339 of the house of the lord and they made a proclamation 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:57.819 throughout judah and jerusalem to bring to the 00:04:57.819 --> 00:04:59.839 lord the collection that moses the servant of 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.180 god had imposed on israel in the wilderness then 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:05.839 all the leaders and all the people rejoiced brought 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:08.399 their contributions and put them into the chest 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:12.019 until all had given so it was at that time when 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:13.680 the chest was brought to the king's official 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.019 by the hand of the levites and when they saw 00:05:16.019 --> 00:05:18.689 that there was much money that the king's scribe 00:05:18.689 --> 00:05:20.810 and the high priest's officer came and emptied 00:05:20.810 --> 00:05:22.889 the chest, and took it and returned it to its 00:05:22.889 --> 00:05:25.410 place. Thus they did day by day, and gathered 00:05:25.410 --> 00:05:28.870 money in abundance. The king and Jehoiada gave 00:05:28.870 --> 00:05:30.949 it to those who did the work of the service of 00:05:30.949 --> 00:05:33.449 the house of the Lord, and they hired masons 00:05:33.449 --> 00:05:35.430 and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, 00:05:35.529 --> 00:05:37.649 and also those who worked in iron and bronze 00:05:37.649 --> 00:05:40.250 to restore the house of the Lord. So the workmen 00:05:40.250 --> 00:05:42.490 labored, and the work was completed by them. 00:05:42.750 --> 00:05:44.910 They restored the house of God to its original 00:05:44.910 --> 00:05:47.829 condition and reinforced it. When they had finished, 00:05:48.009 --> 00:05:49.730 they brought the rest of the money before the 00:05:49.730 --> 00:05:52.370 king and Jehoiada. They made from it articles 00:05:52.370 --> 00:05:54.769 for the house of the Lord, articles for serving 00:05:54.769 --> 00:05:57.949 and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and 00:05:57.949 --> 00:06:00.410 silver, and they offered burnt offerings in the 00:06:00.410 --> 00:06:02.970 house of the Lord continually all the days of 00:06:02.970 --> 00:06:06.430 Jehoiada. But Jehoiada grew old and was full 00:06:06.430 --> 00:06:08.810 of days, and he died. He was one hundred and 00:06:08.810 --> 00:06:11.110 thirty years old when he died. And they buried 00:06:11.110 --> 00:06:13.509 him in the city of David among the kings, because 00:06:13.509 --> 00:06:16.370 he had done good in Israel both toward God and 00:06:16.370 --> 00:06:19.269 his house. Now after the death of Jehoiada, the 00:06:19.269 --> 00:06:21.509 leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king, 00:06:21.629 --> 00:06:23.730 and the king listened to them. Therefore they 00:06:23.730 --> 00:06:25.850 left the house of the Lord God of their fathers 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:28.410 and served wooden images and idols. And wrath 00:06:28.410 --> 00:06:31.149 came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their 00:06:31.149 --> 00:06:33.939 trespass. Yet he sent prophets to them. to bring 00:06:33.939 --> 00:06:36.259 them back to the Lord. And they testified against 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:38.560 them, but they would not listen. Then the Spirit 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:40.980 of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 00:06:40.980 --> 00:06:43.519 the priest, who stood above the people and said 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:46.420 to them, Thus says God, Why do you transgress 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:48.759 the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.220 prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.379 he also has forsaken you. So they conspired against 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:56.759 him, and at the command of the king, they stoned 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:58.459 him with stones in the court of the house of 00:06:58.459 --> 00:07:01.269 the Lord. Thus Joash the king did not remember 00:07:01.269 --> 00:07:04.089 the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done 00:07:04.089 --> 00:07:06.910 to him, but killed his son. And as he died, he 00:07:06.910 --> 00:07:10.899 said, The Lord look on it and repay. So it happened 00:07:10.899 --> 00:07:12.939 in the spring of the year that the army of Syria 00:07:12.939 --> 00:07:15.240 came up against them and they came to Judah and 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.379 Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:20.019 people from among the people and sent all their 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:22.560 spoil to the king of Damascus. For the army of 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:24.500 the Syrians came with a small company of men, 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.060 but the Lord delivered a very great army into 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:29.420 their hand because they had forsaken the Lord 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:32.060 God of their fathers. So they executed judgment 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:35.079 against Joash. And when they had withdrawn from 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.470 him, for they left him severely wounded, His 00:07:37.470 --> 00:07:39.970 own servants conspired against him because of 00:07:39.970 --> 00:07:41.970 the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, 00:07:42.170 --> 00:07:45.129 and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they 00:07:45.129 --> 00:07:47.290 buried him in the city of David. But they did 00:07:47.290 --> 00:07:50.230 not bury him in the tombs of the kings. These 00:07:50.230 --> 00:07:52.949 are the ones who conspired against him. Zabad 00:07:52.949 --> 00:07:56.629 the son of Shemit the Ammonitess, and Jehu Zabad 00:07:56.629 --> 00:08:00.360 the son of Shemrit the Moabitess. Now concerning 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.360 his sons, and the many oracles about him, and 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.600 the repairing of the house of God, indeed they 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:07.819 are written in the annals of the book of the 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:11.000 kings. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:17.360 Amaziah was twenty -five years old when he became 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.759 king, and he reigned twenty -nine years in Jerusalem. 00:08:20.019 --> 00:08:22.740 His mother's name was Jehoadan of Jerusalem. 00:08:23.149 --> 00:08:24.769 and he did what was right in the sight of the 00:08:24.769 --> 00:08:27.930 Lord, but not with a loyal heart. Now it happened, 00:08:28.029 --> 00:08:30.389 as soon as the kingdom was established for him, 00:08:30.449 --> 00:08:33.049 that he executed his servants who had murdered 00:08:33.049 --> 00:08:35.889 his father, the king. However, he did not execute 00:08:35.889 --> 00:08:38.710 their children, but did as it is written in the 00:08:38.710 --> 00:08:41.190 law in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:44.029 saying, The fathers shall not be put to death 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:46.690 for their children, nor shall the children be 00:08:46.690 --> 00:08:48.929 put to death for their fathers, but a person 00:08:48.929 --> 00:08:52.690 shall die for his own sin. Moreover, Amaziah 00:08:52.690 --> 00:08:55.429 gathered Judah together and set over them captains 00:08:55.429 --> 00:08:57.809 of thousands and captains of hundreds, according 00:08:57.809 --> 00:09:00.389 to their fathers' houses, throughout all Judah 00:09:00.389 --> 00:09:02.789 and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty 00:09:02.789 --> 00:09:05.429 years old and above, and found them to be three 00:09:05.429 --> 00:09:08.490 hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, 00:09:08.590 --> 00:09:11.509 who could handle spear and shield. He also hired 00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:13.610 one hundred thousand mighty men of valor from 00:09:13.610 --> 00:09:16.490 Israel for one hundred talents of silver. But 00:09:16.490 --> 00:09:19.529 a man of God came to him saying, O king, do not 00:09:19.529 --> 00:09:21.909 let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord 00:09:21.909 --> 00:09:24.830 is not with Israel, not with any of the children 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:28.250 of Ephraim. But if you go, be gone, be strong 00:09:28.250 --> 00:09:31.529 in battle. Even so, God shall make you fall before 00:09:31.529 --> 00:09:34.610 the enemy, for God has power to help and to overthrow. 00:09:35.129 --> 00:09:37.750 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what 00:09:37.750 --> 00:09:40.090 shall we do about the hundred talents which I 00:09:40.090 --> 00:09:42.809 have given to the troops of Israel? And the man 00:09:42.809 --> 00:09:45.169 of God answered, The Lord is able to give you 00:09:45.169 --> 00:09:48.409 much more than this. So Amaziah discharged the 00:09:48.409 --> 00:09:50.789 troops that had come to him from Ephraim to go 00:09:50.789 --> 00:09:52.950 back home. Therefore their anger was greatly 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:55.470 aroused against Judah, and they returned home 00:09:55.470 --> 00:09:58.230 in great anger. Then Amaziah strengthened himself, 00:09:58.529 --> 00:10:00.769 and leading his people, he went to the Valley 00:10:00.769 --> 00:10:03.129 of Salt and killed ten thousand of the people 00:10:03.129 --> 00:10:06.029 of Seir. Also the children of Judah took captive 00:10:06.029 --> 00:10:08.929 ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of 00:10:08.929 --> 00:10:11.009 the rock, and cast them down from the top of 00:10:11.009 --> 00:10:13.970 the rock, so that they all were dashed in pieces. 00:10:14.490 --> 00:10:16.750 But as for the soldiers of the army which Amaziah 00:10:16.750 --> 00:10:19.409 had discharged, so that they would not go with 00:10:19.409 --> 00:10:21.809 him to battle, they raided the cities of Judah 00:10:21.809 --> 00:10:24.909 from Samaria to Beth Horon, killed three thousand 00:10:24.909 --> 00:10:27.850 in them, and took much spoil. Now it was so, 00:10:27.970 --> 00:10:30.309 after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the 00:10:30.309 --> 00:10:32.710 Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people 00:10:32.710 --> 00:10:35.889 of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed 00:10:35.889 --> 00:10:38.450 down before them, and burned incense to them. 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.360 Therefore the anger of the Lord was aroused against 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:44.179 Amaziah, and he sent him a prophet who said to 00:10:44.179 --> 00:10:46.519 him, Why have you sought the gods of the people, 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.179 which could not rescue their own people from 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:52.460 your hand? So it was as he talked with him that 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:55.159 the king said to him, Have we made you the king's 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.700 counselor? Cease, why should you be killed? Then 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:01.139 the prophet ceased and said, I know that God 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:03.559 has determined to destroy you, but you have done 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.200 this and have not heeded my advice. Now Amaziah 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:10.240 king of Judah, Asked advice and sent to Joash 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.299 the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jeho, king of 00:11:13.299 --> 00:11:16.019 Israel, saying, Come, let us face one another 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:19.179 in battle. And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah 00:11:19.179 --> 00:11:21.919 king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.299 Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:27.120 saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife. 00:11:27.299 --> 00:11:29.759 And a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:33.179 and trampled the thistle. Indeed you say that 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:35.220 you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:38.220 is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now. Why 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:40.500 should you meddle with trouble, that you should 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:43.940 fall, you and Judah with you? But Amaziah would 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:46.740 not heed, for it came from God, that he might 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:49.259 give them into the hand of their enemies, because 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:52.419 they sought the gods of Edom. So Joash king of 00:11:52.419 --> 00:11:55.080 Israel went out, and he and Amaziah king of Judah 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.700 faced one another at Beit Shemesh, which belongs 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:00.519 to Judah. and Judah was defeated by Israel, and 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.220 every man fled to his tent. Then Joash the king 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:05.879 of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.159 son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz at Beth Shemesh, 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:11.639 and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:14.100 the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:17.200 to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. And 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.659 he took all the gold and silver, all the articles 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:22.259 that were found in the house of God, with Obed 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:24.759 -Edom, the treasures of the king's house, and 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.940 hostages, and returned to Samaria. Amaziah the 00:12:27.940 --> 00:12:31.019 son of Joash king of Judah lived 15 years after 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:33.980 the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz king of 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:36.720 Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah from 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:40.039 first to last. Indeed are they not written in 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.779 the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? After 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:44.899 the time that Amaziah turned away from following 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:47.679 the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.399 in Jerusalem and he fled to Lashish. But they 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.519 sent after him to Lashish and killed him there. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.059 Then they brought him on horses and buried him 00:12:55.059 --> 00:13:03.299 with his fathers in the city of Judah. I hope 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:05.139 you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:07.240 and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.740 to continue on our journey. God bless you and 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:10.440 have a great day.