Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: Because they have forsaken me, and they have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.-2 Chronicles 34:18-28***Throughout the years that Moses and his older brother Aaron were leading their fellow Israelites through the desert wilderness, after leading them away from Egyptian slavery and across the divinely parted Red Sea, the Lord God gave Moses, and sometimes Aaron, laws for the Israelites. During the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, 123-year-old Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor, and Moses went upon Mount Nebo. The Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor from the tribe of Ephraim, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. After 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, the Israelites were led by elders, judges, or their own minds. Samuel, the priest and prophet from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Aaron and Moses, was the last judge who worshiped the Lord God and led the Israelites. When Samuel was elderly, and his sons Joel (Vashni) and Abiah were not obeying the commands of the Lord God, and King Nahash and his Ammonite army were preparing to attack, the Israelites elders told Samuel to appoint a king to lead them. After Samuel anointed Saul, from the tribe of Jacob's 12th and last son Benjamin, Saul became the 1st king to reign over the Israelites in the Promised Land, according to the will of the Lord God. After Saul disobeyed the commands of the Lord God, the Lord God tore the kingship from Saul and sent Samuel to anoint David, from the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, to reign as king. After the Philistines killed Saul's sons Jonathan, Malchishua and Abinadab (Ishu?), and Saul's self-inflicted death on the same battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed David, and 30-year-old David began to reign only over the tribe of Judah. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) reigned over the other Israelite tribes. Sometime after Ishbosheth was murdered, the Israelite elders journeyed to David, and David made a covenant with then. The elders anointed David, and 37-year-old David became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. David obeyed the commands of the Lord God and was a man after the Lord God's own heart. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign. During Solomon's latter years, Solomon became an idolater and did not obey the commands of the Lord God. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Jeroboam did not worship the Lord God or obey the commands of the Lord God. The northern nation was always ruled by murderers and idolaters. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. During the 5th year of Rehoboam's 17-year reign in Judah, King Shishak, ruler of Egypt, looted the temple of the Lord. Rehoboam's son and successor King Abijah (Abijam) did not obey the commands of the Lord God. Abijah's son King Asa obeyed the commands of the Lord God and only worshiped the Lord God. However, Asa once sought help from King Ben-hadad, ruler of Syria (Aram). Asa's son King Jehoshaphat obeyed the commands of the Lord God and only worshiped the Lord God. Jehoshaphat sent Levites and priests to teach the Israelites all of the laws in the Book of the Law. Jehoshaphat's son King Jehoram did not obey the commands of the Lord God. Jehoram's son King Ahaziah and Ahaziah's mother Athaliah, who killed to rule Judah after Ahaziah's death, did not obey the commands of the Lord God. When Athaliah had reigned for 6 years, Jehoiada the priest presented Ahaziah's son Joash (Jehoash) as Judah's rightful ruler. Joash obeyed the commands of the Lord God before Jehoiada died. Moreover, Joash repaired the temple previously damaged under Athaliah's reign. After Jehoiada's death, Joash stopped obeying the commands of the Lord God. Joash was responsible for the murder of Jehoiada's son Zechariah, and 2 servants killed Joash. Joash's son Amaziah became an idol worshiper and was murdered. Amaziah's son Uzziah (Azariah), the 9th king to rule Judah, obeyed the commands of the Lord God. However, Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense and was a leper for the rest of his life. Uzziah's son Jotham, the 10th king to rule Judah, obeyed the commands of the Lord God. Jotham's son Ahaz, the 11th king to rule Judah, worshiped idols. Ahaz closed the temple of the Lord God and removed consecrated altars and holy items. Among the kings in Judah, Ahaz's son Hezekiah, the 12th king to rule Judah, was unparalleled in his trust in the Lord God. Hezekiah reopened the temple, and the priests consecrated the temple. Hezekiah's son Manasseh, the 13th king, and Manasseh's son Amon, the 14th king, did not worship the Lord God. Manasseh brought idolatry into the temple of the Lord God and was responsible for innocent bloodshed that the Lord God would not forgive. After Manasseh was taken captive to Assyria, Manasseh prayed to the Lord God and the Lord God brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem. Josiah, the son born to Amon and Adaiah, was the 15th king to rule Judah. Josiah was the last king in Judah who worshiped the Lord God. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Josiah turned to the Lord God with all his heart, soul and might. Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 16th king to rule Judah, and he did not worship the Lord God. Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, was the 17th king to rule Judah. Jehoiakim did not worship the Lord God. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Josiah and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah, and he did not worship the Lord God. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. Zedekiah (Mattaniah), another son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 19th king to rule Judah, and he did not worship the Lord God. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-3:24, 6:1-81, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Jeremiah 39:1-18, 52:1-34, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.-Deuteronomy 17:14-15...And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:-Deuteronomy 17:18-19
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:-Deuteronomy 28:15
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.-2 Chronicles 35:20...And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.-2 Chronicles 35:23-24
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