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Today we're in Second Chronicles 19 through 21.

We started talking about King Jehochefort yesterday.

And Scott, yesterday you mentioned that we're going to see the end of his reign today. So walk us through these chapters and what leads up to that. Yeah. And what a fun name, Jehochefort.

Jehochevath. Yeah. Yeah, we said yesterday,

like, Chronicles is honest about his faults. And at the beginning of today's section, he actually

gets called out by a prophet for his alliance with King Ahab, who's the king in the northern kingdom.

Toward the end of his reign, he gets called out by another prophet for making an alliance with

Ahab's son, Ahaziah. But, you know, on the whole, he is a model of the kind of devotion to God

that Chronicles just loves to emphasize. And similar to yesterday, he sends judges throughout

the kingdom to administer justice. He appoints the Levites and priests to help with this.

He's concerned that his people obey the law.

And so he's obeying passages like Deuteronomy 17, 8 or 11.

He just he wants people in his kingdom to be faithful to the Lord.

So that's a great thing.

The highlight of his reign, though, I think is chapter 20,

when you get this huge, huge invasion. And his response, I think, is just so helpful and instructive.

We read that he was afraid and he resolved to seek the Lord. What a good response to fear, first of all.

And then he proclaims this fast and offers an incredible prayer.

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