Tag: kings
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Adding Evil to Evil
17So he [Ahaziah] died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son.–2 Kings 1 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year…
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Divided Kingdom
34“ ‘But I [God] will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees. 35I will take the kingdom from his son’s hands and give you [Jeroboam] ten…
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The David Standard
15David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.–2 Samuel 8 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. (2 Chronicles 17:3) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he…
Joel M Bradshaw 