WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.800 in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Kings chapter 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.859 15. In the 27th year of Jeroboam king of Israel, 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:17.039 Azariah the son of Amaziah king of Judah became 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.059 king. He was 16 years old when he became king, 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.420 and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. His mother's 00:00:23.420 --> 00:00:26.100 name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem, and he did what 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:28.019 was right in the sight of the Lord according 00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:30.829 to all that his father Amaziah had done. except 00:00:30.829 --> 00:00:33.270 that the high places were not removed. The people 00:00:33.270 --> 00:00:35.729 still sacrificed and burned incense on the high 00:00:35.729 --> 00:00:38.310 places. Then the Lord struck the king, so that 00:00:38.310 --> 00:00:40.770 he was a leper until the day of his death. So 00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:43.409 he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham, the 00:00:43.409 --> 00:00:46.130 king's son, was over the royal house, judging 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:48.549 the people of the land. Now the rest of the acts 00:00:48.549 --> 00:00:51.270 of Azariah and all that he did, are they not 00:00:51.270 --> 00:00:53.270 written in the book of the chronicles of the 00:00:53.270 --> 00:00:56.109 kings of Judah? So Azariah rested with his fathers, 00:00:56.229 --> 00:00:58.490 and they buried him with his fathers in the city 00:00:58.490 --> 00:01:01.270 of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his 00:01:01.270 --> 00:01:04.569 place. In the 38th year of Azariah king of Judah, 00:01:04.750 --> 00:01:07.530 Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:10.370 in Samaria six months, and he did evil in the 00:01:10.370 --> 00:01:12.890 sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done. He 00:01:12.890 --> 00:01:14.969 did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the 00:01:14.969 --> 00:01:18.420 son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then Shalom 00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:21.099 the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:23.260 struck and killed him in front of the people, 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:25.579 and he reigned in his place. Now the rest of 00:01:25.579 --> 00:01:28.219 the acts of Zechariah, indeed they are written 00:01:28.219 --> 00:01:30.459 in the book of the chronicles of the kings of 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:32.900 Israel. This was the word of the Lord, which 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:35.560 he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons shall sit 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:37.900 on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:41.920 And so it was. Shalom the son of Jabesh became 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.480 king in the thirty -ninth year of Uzziah king 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.099 of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.579 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.480 came to Samaria, and struck Shalom the son of 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.000 Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and he reigned 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:58.620 in his place. Now the rest of the acts of Shalom 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:01.299 and the conspiracy which he led, indeed they 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:03.540 are written in the book of the chronicles of 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:06.659 the kings of Israel. Then from Tirzah Menahem 00:02:06.659 --> 00:02:09.800 attacked Tifsa, all who were there and its territory, 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.259 because they did not surrender, therefore he 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:14.639 attacked it. All the women there who were with 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:18.219 child he ripped open. In the 39th year of Azariah 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:20.479 king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.539 king over Israel and reigned 10 years in Samaria. 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:26.120 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. He 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.479 did not depart all his days from the sins of 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.919 Jeroboam the son of Nebat who had made Israel 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:34.419 sin. Paul king of Assyria came against the land 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:37.099 and Menahem gave Paul a thousand talents of silver 00:02:37.099 --> 00:02:39.319 that his hand might be with him to strengthen 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.439 the kingdom under his control. And Menahem exacted 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:44.919 the money from Israel. from all the very wealthy, 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:47.919 from each man fifty shekels of silver to give 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.340 to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:53.219 turned back and did not stay there in the land. 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:55.900 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that 00:02:55.900 --> 00:02:57.919 he did, are they not written in the book of the 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:00.560 chronicles of the kings of Israel? So Menahem 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:03.479 rested with his fathers. Then Pekiah his son 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.379 reigned in his place. In the fiftieth year of 00:03:06.379 --> 00:03:09.120 Assyria king of Judah, Pekiah the son of Menahem 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.370 became king over Israel in Samaria. and reigned 00:03:12.370 --> 00:03:14.870 two years, and he did evil in the sight of the 00:03:14.870 --> 00:03:17.530 Lord. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam 00:03:17.530 --> 00:03:20.770 the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then 00:03:20.770 --> 00:03:23.669 Pekah the son of Romaliah, an officer of his, 00:03:23.830 --> 00:03:26.710 conspired against him, and killed him in Samaria, 00:03:26.810 --> 00:03:29.810 in the citadel of the king's house, along with 00:03:29.810 --> 00:03:32.930 Argob and Ariah. And with him were fifty men 00:03:32.930 --> 00:03:35.449 of Gilead. He killed him, and reigned in his 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:37.879 place. Now the rest of the acts of Pekiah and 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.319 all that he did, indeed they are written in the 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.479 book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.860 In the 52nd year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah 00:03:45.860 --> 00:03:48.780 the son of Ramaliah became king over Israel in 00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:51.939 Samaria and reigned 20 years. And he did evil 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:54.520 in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:57.319 the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who had 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.419 made Israel sin. In the days of Pekah king of 00:04:00.419 --> 00:04:03.599 Israel, Tiglath -Pileser king of Assyria came 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.479 and took Ijon. Abel -Beit -Makkah, Genoa, Kedesh, 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:12.560 Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:15.500 And he carried them captive to Assyria. Then 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:19.360 Hosea, the son of Elah, led a conspiracy against 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:21.819 Pekah, the son of Ramaliah, and struck and killed 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:24.339 him. So he reigned in his place in the twentieth 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:27.399 year of Jerusalem, the son of Uzziah. Now the 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:29.480 rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, 00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:31.939 indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:35.079 of the kings of Israel. In the second year of 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.759 Pekah, the son of Ramaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, 00:04:37.899 --> 00:04:40.600 the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.720 He was 25 years old when he became king, and 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.600 he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother's 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.620 name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. And 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:51.480 he did what was right in the sight of the Lord. 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.040 He did according to all that his father Uzziah 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.620 had done. However, the high places were not removed. 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.160 The people still sacrificed and burned incense 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.720 on the high places. He built the upper gate of 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.990 the house of the Lord. Now the rest of the acts 00:05:03.990 --> 00:05:06.850 of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written 00:05:06.850 --> 00:05:08.790 in the book of the chronicles of the kings of 00:05:08.790 --> 00:05:12.009 Judah? In those days the Lord began to send Rezin 00:05:12.009 --> 00:05:15.410 king of Syria and Pekah the son of Ramalia against 00:05:15.410 --> 00:05:18.410 Judah. So Jotham rested with his fathers and 00:05:18.410 --> 00:05:20.670 was buried with his fathers in the city of David 00:05:20.670 --> 00:05:23.889 his father. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his 00:05:23.889 --> 00:05:31.230 place. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as 00:05:31.230 --> 00:05:33.439 much as I did. And I look forward to seeing you 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.839 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. God 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:37.139 bless you and have a great day.