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Jehosephat through Jehu

Steve Rowe

June 24, 2006

I.&n= bsp; = ; Jehosephat [Judah, 873-848]

a.&n= bsp; Asa died after reigning for 41 years. He did right in the eyes of the Lo= rd.

b.&n= bsp; Jehosephat his son became king over Judah in the 4^th y= ear of Ahab

c.&n= bsp; He did righ= t in the eyes of the Lord but didn’t tear down all the idols. The people still worshipped them.<= o:p>

d.&n= bsp; He had the = Law of the Lord taught in all the cities in Judah. He also charged judges to follow t= he Lord (2 Chron 19:6-7)

e.&n= bsp; Jehosephat received tribute from the Philistines and the A= rabians

f.&n= bsp; He married Ahab’s daughter and made peace with <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Israel

g.&n= bsp; Battle for Ramoth-gilead <= o:p>

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Originally = a city of refuge. Near Syria, 25 mil= es east of the Jordan.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Taken by Be= n-hadad (Aram). Promised back to Ahab after he def= eated Ben-hadad the 2^nd time but apparentl= y not retaken

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Ahab asked = Jehosephat to go to battle with him against Aram to= retake Ramoth-gilead

1.&n= bsp; Jehosephat agreed and asked that they inquire of God<= /o:p>

2.&n= bsp; 400 prophet= s said God would give it into their hands (2 Chron 18:= 10-11)

3.&n= bsp; Micaiah prophesied the opposite (2 Chron 18:18-22))

4.&n= bsp; Ahab had Michaiah put in jail for this

5.&n= bsp; Ahab was ki= lled in the ensuing battle

h.&n= bsp; War with Moab an= d Ammon

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Moab and Ammon came to m= ake war with Israel

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; He was afra= id and called upon God (unlike his father) (2 Chron 20= :12)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; God said he= would handle the battle (2 Chron 20:15, 17)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Jehosephat went to battle and had the Levites lead with si= nging

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; v. &nb= sp; The Lord am= bushed them and they fought each other (2 Chron 20:22-= 23)

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; vi. &n= bsp; When Judah got to the battle, all they saw were corpses

i.&n= bsp; After this,= all nations feared God and there was peace for Judah

j.&n= bsp; When he was= old, Jehosephat allied himself with A= haziah of Israel and “acted wickedly in doing so.” They sent ships to Tarshish but the Lord destroyed them.

II.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Ahaziah [Israel, 853-852]

a.&n= bsp; Ahab’= s son Ahaziah ruled after Ahab died. He served Baal and did evil.<= /o:p>

b.&n= bsp; Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber a= nd became ill

c.&n= bsp; He sent messengers to inquire of Baal whether he would recover

d.&n= bsp; God sent El= ijah to intercept them and say Ahaziah would die (2 = Kings 1:3-4)

e.&n= bsp; Ahaziah sent 50 men to get Elijah who called down fire = upon them

f.&n= bsp; Ahaziah sent a 2^nd 50 who were also killed

g.&n= bsp; Ahaziah sent a 3^rd 50 who begged for mercy.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> God told Elijah to go with them

h.&n= bsp; Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord

III.= &nb= sp; Jehoram [Israel, 852-841]

a.&n= bsp; In the 18th year of Jehosephat Ahaziah= died with no sons

b.&n= bsp; His brother= Jehoram (Joram) son of Ah= ab reigned

c.&n= bsp; Jehoram put away the Baals = but did evil like Jereboam before him (golden calves?)<= o:p>

d.&n= bsp; After Ahab’s death, = Moab rebelled

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehosephat agreed to help Ahaziah and the king of Edom against them

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; They took a= trip through the wilderness of Edom and ran out of water

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Jehosephat called upon Elisha

1.&n= bsp; Elisha did = not want to speak to Jehoram (2 Kins 3:13-14)

2.&n= bsp; Elisha instr= ucted them to dig trenches. God sen= t a flood to fill them.

3.&n= bsp; The water l= ooked red and Moab thought the 3 kings had fought among themselves

4.&n= bsp; Moab went to collect the spoils and was attacked and killed

5.&n= bsp; The king of= Moab bu= rned his own son on the walls as a sacrifice to Chemosh.= Israel was frightened and end= ed the battle.

IV.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Joram [Judah, 848-841]

a.&n= bsp; Also called= Jehoram. Same name but different person than the king of = Israel.

b.&n= bsp; After Jehosephat’s death, in the 5^th year = of Jehoram of Israel, Joram = came to power

c.&n= bsp; Joram killed his 6 brothers

d.&n= bsp; He married = the daughter of Ahab and walked in the ways of the kings of Israel

e.&n= bsp; Edom revolted under his reign

f.&n= bsp; Joram tried to put down the revolt but was defeated.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Ed= om was never again subject to Judah.

g.&n= bsp; Joram built high places and caused Judah to forsake the Lord

h.&n= bsp; Elijah pron= ounced judgment (2 Chron 21:12-15)

i.&n= bsp; The Lord ca= used the Philistines and the Arabs to rise against him

j.&n= bsp; They came a= nd took possessions from Joram’s house. They also took or killed his wives= and all but one son.

k.&n= bsp; Joram fell sick and died in pain. His people didn’t burn his b= ody or bury him with his fathers.

V.&n= bsp; = ; Ahaziah [Judah, 841]

a.&n= bsp; Also called= Jehoahaz. Joram’s youngest son.

b.&n= bsp; He also wal= ked in the ways of Ahab as the counsel of his mother.

c.&n= bsp; He went wit= h Jehoram (son of Ahab) to war with Hazael, king of Aram, but Jehoram was wounded.

d.&n= bsp; Remember th= at Hazael was anointed by Elijah in 1 Kings 19:15 to pun= ish Ahab

e.&n= bsp; Jehoram returned to Jezreel= to be healed. = Ahaziah went to visit him.

VI.&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Jehu [Israel, 841-814]

a.&n= bsp; Recall that Elijah had was told to annoint Jehu during the = reign of Ahab

b.&n= bsp; Elisha told= one of his disciples to go to Ramoth-gilead and ano= int Jehu

c.&n= bsp; Jehu was an= ointed in an inner room. When he cam= e out, he announced that he had been anointed king by the Lord. His servants rallied to him.<= /o:p>

d.&n= bsp; Hazael of Aram was attacking Ramo= th-gilead. Jehoram had been defending it but went to Jezreel when he w= as wounded.

e.&n= bsp; Jehoram and Ahaziah were bo= th in Jezreel

f.&n= bsp; Jehu rode a chariot to Jezreel where he gathered the watchm= en to him

g.&n= bsp; Jehoram and Ahaziah went to= meet him and found him on Naboth’s property

h.&n= bsp; Jehu killed= Jehoram with an arrow and had his body placed in the vineyard (2 Kings 9:25-26). J= ehu pursued and killed Ahaziah as well.<= /span>

i.&n= bsp; Jehu came t= o Jezreel and had Jezebel thrown from a window. Dogs ate her.

j.&n= bsp; Ahab had 70 sons.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Jehu told t= he nobles to establish one as king so he might challenge him=

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; They refuse= d so Jehu told them to send him the sons’ heads. They did.

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; All Ahab= 217;s descendents were killed by Jehu

<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; On his way = to Samaria, Jehu met= the relatives of Ahaziah and had them killed.<= /o:p>