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🗓️ 24 June 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, we covered a lot of the same territory as yesterday, but Chronicles did provide us |
| 0:17.6 | a few new details, so I'm going to focus mainly on those. |
| 0:21.3 | During the time of the divided kingdom, the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom reject |
| 0:25.1 | the Levites as priests. |
| 0:26.9 | So not only did the Levites get fired from their jobs, but they're also evicted from their |
| 0:31.2 | homes. |
| 0:32.2 | So all the Levites leave the tribal lands that have been appointed to serve and they move |
| 0:35.8 | to Judah in the Southern Kingdom. |
| 0:38.2 | These priests have served under the relatively good leadership of David and Solomon, and |
| 0:41.9 | that sticks with them for a while. |
| 0:43.9 | They have set their hearts to seek God, and for three years, they help keep the Southern |
| 0:48.3 | Kingdom on the straight and narrow, but it eventually starts to fall apart as we saw |
| 0:51.9 | yesterday. |
| 0:52.9 | It's unclear whether the hearts of the Levites also turn away from God, or whether King |
| 0:57.8 | Ray just stops caring and disregards God's laws and purposes for the Levites. |
| 1:02.6 | King Ray has a lot of wives and concubines, and as his family grows, he distributes his |
| 1:07.6 | sons throughout the regions, making sure to provide for them and find them wives. |
| 1:12.1 | They seem to serve sort of like governors in the region, helping to make sure his power |
| 1:15.4 | and influence take root in every part of the Southern Kingdom. |
| 1:19.1 | But as his power grows, his heart turns away from God. |
| 1:23.8 | Weakness has a way of reminding us of our needs, whereas strength has a way of prompting |
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