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Bible Reading for September 07

2 Chronicles 23
[1] And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. [2] And they went about
in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the
chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
[3] And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God.
And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath
said of the sons of David.
[4] This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the
sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; [5]
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of
the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the
LORD.
[6] But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they
that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the
people shall keep the watch of the LORD. [7] And the Levites shall compass the
king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else
cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when
he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
[8] So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the
priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the
sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest
dismissed not the courses.
[9] Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears,
and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house
of God.
[10] And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from
the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar
and the temple, by the king round about. [11] Then they brought out the king's
son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king.
And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. [12] Now
when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she
came to the people into the house of the LORD: [13] And she looked, and,
behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and
the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded
with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught
to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
[14] Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were
set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso
followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her
not in the house of the LORD. [15] So they laid hands on her; and when she was
come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her
there. [16] And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. [17] Then
all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his
altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars.
[18] Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand
of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the
LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of
Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. [19] And
he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was
unclean in any thing should enter in. [20] And he took the captains of
hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people
of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they
came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the
throne of the kingdom. [21] And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the
city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

2 Chronicles 24
[1] Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. [2] And
Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of
Jehoiada the priest.
[3] And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. [4]
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of
the LORD.
[5] And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go
out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the
house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit
the Levites hastened it not. [6] And the king called for Jehoiada the chief,
and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of
Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of
Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the
tabernacle of witness?
[7] For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of
God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow
upon Baalim.
[8] And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the
gate of the house of the LORD.
[9] And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to
the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the
wilderness.
[10] And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast
into the chest, until they had made an end. [11] Now it came to pass, that at
what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the
Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the
high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it
to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
[12] And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service
of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house
of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the
LORD.
[13] So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set
the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. [14] And when they had
finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada,
whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister,
and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they
offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of
Jehoiada. [15] But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. [16] And they buried him in
the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both
toward God, and toward his house. [17] Now after the death of Jehoiada came the
princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto
them. [18] And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their
trespass.
[19] Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they
testified against them: but they would not give ear. [20] And the Spirit of God
came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the
people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments
of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath
also forsaken you. [21] And they conspired against him, and stoned him with
stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
[22] Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father
had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look
upon it, and require it.
[23] And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up
against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the
princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them
unto the king of Damascus.
[24] For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD
delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD
God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. [25] And when
they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own
servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the
priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city
of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
[26] And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath
an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. [27] Now
concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the
repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the
book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 25
[1] Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan
of Jerusalem.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a
perfect heart.
[3] Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew
his servants that had killed the king his father. [4] But he slew not their
children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the
LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither
shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own
sin. [5] Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their
fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to
go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. [6] He hired also an
hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of
silver.
[7] But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of
Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.
[8] But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee
fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. [9] And
Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents
which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD
is able to give thee much more than this. [10] Then Amaziah separated them, to
wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore
their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great
anger. [11] And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and
went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
[12] And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away
captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the
top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. [13] But the soldiers of
the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle,
fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote
three thousand of them, and took much spoil. [14] Now it came to pass, after
that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the
gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down
himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
[15] Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent
unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of
the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
[16] And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him,
Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?
Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy
thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
[17] Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of
Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another
in the face.
[18] And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give
thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in
Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. [19] Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten
the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why
shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and
Judah with thee? [20] But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he
might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after
the gods of Edom.
[21] So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face,
both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
[22] And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to
his tent.
[23] And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash,
the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake
down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four
hundred cubits.
[24] And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's
house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. [25] And Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years. [26] Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last,
behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? [27]
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made
a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and slew him there. [28] And they brought him upon horses,
and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

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