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2 Chronicles 19:2

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Jehu son of Hanani, a seer, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Why did you help evil people? Why do you love those who hate the Lord? That is the reason the Lord is angry with you.

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Jehu son of Hanani spoke the word of the Lord against King Baasha.

So Zimri destroyed all of Baasha’s family just as the Lord had said it would happen through the prophet Jehu.

The Lord spoke his word against Baasha and his family through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. Baasha had done many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord very angry. He did the same evil deeds that Jeroboam’s family had done before him. The Lord also spoke against Baasha because he killed all of Jeroboam’s family.

There was no one like Ahab who had chosen so often to do what the Lord said was wrong, because his wife Jezebel influenced him to do evil.

Jehoshaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “You depended on the king of Aram to help you and not on the Lord your God. So the king of Aram’s army escaped from you.

Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor, and he made an agreement with King Ahab through marriage.

So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.

Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth in Gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered, “I will go with you, and my soldiers are yours. We will join you in the battle.”

Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but always something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

Jehoshaphat king of Judah came back safely to his palace in Jerusalem.

Your people living in the cities will bring you cases about killing, about the teachings, commands, rules, or some other law. In all these cases you must warn the people not to sin against the Lord. If you don’t, he will be angry with you and your people. But if you warn them, you won’t be guilty.

The other things Jehoshaphat did as king, from the beginning to the end, are written in the records of Jehu son of Hanani, which are in the book of the kings of Israel.

The king and these leaders stopped worshiping in the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Instead, they began to worship the Asherah idols and other idols. Because they did wrong, God was angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

They told him he was wrong and said to him, “You don’t have the right to burn incense to the Lord. Only the priests, Aaron’s descendants, should burn the incense, because they have been made holy. Leave this holy place. You have been unfaithful, and the Lord God will not honor you for this.”

But Hezekiah did not thank God for his kindness, because he was so proud. So the Lord was angry with him and the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

They do not respect hateful people but honor those who honor the Lord. They keep their promises to their neighbors, even when it hurts.

Your hand is against all your enemies; those who hate you will feel your power.

Let God rise up and scatter his enemies; let those who hate him run away from him.

I will tell how you do what is right. I will tell about your salvation all day long, even though it is more than I can tell.

You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. If you hate me, I will punish your children, and even your grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I do not make my living as a prophet, nor am I a member of a group of prophets. I make my living as a shepherd, and I take care of sycamore trees.

“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.

Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

God’s anger is shown from heaven against all the evil and wrong things people do. By their own evil lives they hide the truth.

and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude and conceited and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They do not obey their parents.

They know God’s law says that those who live like this should die. But they themselves not only continue to do these evil things, they applaud others who do them.

When people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, they are against God, because they refuse to obey God’s law and really are not even able to obey God’s law.

Have nothing to do with the things done in darkness, which are not worth anything. But show that they are wrong.

I will sharpen my flashing sword, and I will take it in my hand to judge. I will punish my enemies and pay back those who hate me.

Lord, make them strong; be pleased with the work they do. Defeat those who attack them, and don’t let their enemies rise up again.”

You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. If people sin against me and hate me, I will punish their children, even their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

But he will pay back those people who hate him. He will destroy them, and he will not be slow to pay back those who hate him.

So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy.

(In the past, if someone in Israel wanted to ask something from God, he would say, “Let’s go to the seer.” We call the person a prophet today, but in the past he was called a seer.)




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