Hey, this is Shelby and Scott.

We're in Second Chronicles 22 through 24.

Scott, we haven't said our favorite phrase yet.

When you and I co-host, I felt like the phrase, there's a lot going on.

And these chapters was coming up a lot but these

feel like appropriate chapters to say that all right a lot going on in these chapters there's a lot

and we need we need to make shirts um yeah we do yeah this is like political intrigue this is like

just a whole bunch of stuff so yesterday yesterday we looked at King Jehoram,

who was a wicked king. He took as his wife a daughter of Ahab, the king in the north, who was awful.

They have a son, Ahaziah, who takes the throne. And his mom has an adverse effect on his upbringing.

He's a wicked king.

We read that his downfall came from God.

His mom, Atholai, does not take his death well at all.

And she proceeds to start wiping out every male child from David's line,

everyone who had a claim to the throne.

So she's trying to essentially end the Davidic covenant. But you've got this priest, Jojahida and his wife, Jehocheba, who take Joach. He's an heir to the throne. He's the only

surviving heir. They hide him from Athaliah, which is so dangerous, first of all. Let's appreciate

that. They put themselves at risk, but they are so loyal. They're devoted

to the Lord. They hide him at the temple. When the time's right, they gather all the Levites

together. They put a crown on him and give him a copy of the law to read and meditate on, and they

declare him king. Shelby, at seven years old. At seven years old, seven year old. My seven year old came home with a library book yesterday,

and it did not resemble a copy of the law that would have been given. And I have to think

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