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🗓️ 6 July 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 open in the Southern Kingdom of Judah with the new King Amaziah on the throne. |
0:17.9 | You may recall from yesterday that his dad, Joe Ash, who had become King at age 7, was |
0:22.8 | killed by some of his servants, and that's when Amaziah ascended the throne. |
0:27.2 | And one of his first acts was to avenge his father's death by killing the men who killed |
0:31.2 | him. |
0:32.5 | One thing that was really popular back then, even though it wasn't sanctioned by God, was |
0:36.4 | to kill the families of those who threatened the King's reign. |
0:39.7 | But Amaziah doesn't. |
0:41.4 | He obeys God's commands and refuses to punish the children for the sins of the Father. |
0:46.6 | God commanded his people not to carry out justice generationally, even though he sometimes |
0:51.2 | does. |
0:52.2 | He's the decider of what's just. |
0:54.2 | He can be trusted with that kind of thing. |
0:56.8 | In general, Amaziah was a pretty good king, especially at first. |
1:00.7 | But 252 tells us that even his good actions weren't done with a fully yielded heart. |
1:07.0 | And this shows up, and now he handles a few of the things God commands. |
1:10.4 | Initially, that he left the high places of idle worship intact. |
1:14.2 | It's starting to seem like the high places are like the last five pounds. |
1:17.8 | If you've ever been on a diet, you know what I mean. |
1:21.1 | Amaziah decides to go to war against their long-standing enemy, the Edomites. |
1:25.3 | And he hires 100,000 soldiers from Israel to join his army in Judah. |
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