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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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