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Bible Reading for June 25

2Kings 11
[1] And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the seed royal. [2] But Jehosheba, the daughter of
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him
from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and
his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. [3]
And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah
did reign over the land.
[4] And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the
house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them
in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. [5] And he
commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of
you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the
king's house;
[6] And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the
gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be
not broken down.
[7] And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall
keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. [8] And ye shall
compass the king around about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and
he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king
as he goeth out and as he cometh in. [9] And the captains over the hundreds
did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they
took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that
should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
[10] And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's
spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. [11] And the guard
stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from
the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by
the altar and the temple. [12] And he brought forth the king's son, and put
the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and
anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
[13] And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she
came to the people into the temple of the LORD. [14] And when she looked,
behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and
the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and
blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason,
Treason.
[15] But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the
officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the
ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had
said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. [16] And they laid
hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the
king's house: and there was she slain. [17] And Jehoiada made a covenant
between the LORD and the king and the people that they should be the LORD's
people; between the king also and the people.
[18] And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake
it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and
slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed
officers over the house of the LORD. [19] And he took the rulers over
hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land;
and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the
way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne
of the kings. [20] And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city
was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's
house. [21] Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2Kings 12
[1] In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
[2] And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his
days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. [3] But the high places
were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the
high places.
[4] And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things
that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one
that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the
money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
[5] Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let
them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be
found.
[6] But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the
priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. [7] Then king Jehoash
called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests
, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now
therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for
the breaches of the house.
[8] And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house. [9] But Jehoiada the priest
took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the
altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the
priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into
the house of the LORD. [10] And it was so, when they saw that there was
much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came
up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house
of the LORD. [11] And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of
them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD:
and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the
house of the LORD, [12] And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy
timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and
for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
[13] Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver,
snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of
the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: [14] But they gave
that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
[15] Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
[16] The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the
LORD: it was the priests'.
[17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took
it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. [18] And Jehoash king of
Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and
Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed
things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of
the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and
he went away from Jerusalem. [19] And the rest of the acts of Joash, and
all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah? [20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and
slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. [21] For
Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his
servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in
the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2Kings 13
[1] In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seventeen years.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
departed not therefrom.
[3] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad
the son of Hazael, all their days.
[4] And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he
saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. [5]
(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the
hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as
beforetime.
[6] Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam,
who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also
in Samaria.)
[7] Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and
ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed
them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. [8] Now the rest of the
acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[9] And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his stead. [10] In the thirty and seventh year
of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. [11] And he did that which
was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
[12] And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might
wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [13] And Joash slept
with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel. [14] Now Elisha was fallen sick of his
sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him,
and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. [15] And Elisha said unto him, Take bow
and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
[16] And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he
put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. [17]
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said,
Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and
the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in
Aphek, till thou have consumed them. [18] And he said, Take the arrows. And
he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground.
And he smote thrice, and stayed. [19] And the man of God was wroth with
him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst
thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt
smite Syria but thrice. [20] And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. [21]
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a
band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when
the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and
stood up on his feet.
[22] But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
[23] And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and
had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence
as yet.
[24] So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
[25] And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand
of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and
recovered the cities of Israel.

2Kings 14
[1] In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. [2] He was twenty and five years
old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
[3] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
[4] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. [5] And it came to pass, as
soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants
which had slain the king his father. [6] But the children of the murderers
he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of
Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to
death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers;
but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
[7] He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by
war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. [8] Then Amaziah
sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. [9] And Jehoash
the 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. [10] Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for
why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou,
and Judah with thee? [11] But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash
king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another
in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. [12] And Judah was
put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
[13] And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner
gate, four hundred cubits.
[14] And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house,
and hostages, and returned to Samaria. [15] Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of
Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? [16] And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. [17]
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. [18] And the rest of the acts
of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? [19] Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he
fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
[20] And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.

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