When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father's kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the princes of Israel. Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 21:4-6 NIV
...the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to [Elisha].
Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother."
"No," the king of Israel answered, "because it was Yahweh who called us three kings together to hand us over to Moab."
Elisha said, "As surely as Yahweh Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or even notice you."
2 Kings 3:12b-14 NIV
[Yahweh, may our pastors and priests have courage to speak the truth to the leaders of the nations.]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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