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Question #4: Both Kings and Chronicles say a {certain} man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel. According to Josephus, who was that certain man?

     Naaman

   "...there was a young nobleman belonging to king Benhadad, whose name was Naaman; he drew his bow against the enemy, and  wounded the king through his breastplate, in his lungs."

 

Part 2. Concerning Jehoshaphat again; how he constituted Judges, and, by God's assistance, overcame his enemies.

Jehu The Prophet Rebukes King Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 19:1-20

Josephus Book 9, Chapter 1, Section 1

(1) And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

(2) And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

(3) Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

(4) And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.

(5) And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

(6) And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who {is} with you in the judgment.

(7) Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do {it}: for {there is} no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

(8) Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and {of} the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

(9) And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

(10) And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and {so} wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

(11) And, behold, Amariah the chief priest {is} over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites {shall be} officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

1. When Jehoshaphat the king was come to Jerusalem, from the assistance he had afforded Ahab, the king of Israel, when he fought with Benhadad, king of Syria, the prophet Jehu met him, and accused him for assisting Ahab, a man both impious and wicked; and said to him, that God was displeased with him for so doing, but that he delivered him from the enemy, notwithstanding he had sinned, because of his own proper disposition, which was good.

Whereupon the king betook himself to thanksgivings and sacrifices to God; after which he presently went over all that country which he ruled round about, and taught the people, as well the laws which God gave them by Moses, as that religious worship was due to him.

He also constituted judges in every one of the cities of his kingdom; and charged them to have regard to nothing so much in judging the multitude as to do justice, and not to be moved by bribes, nor by the dignity of men eminent for either their riches of their high birth, but to distribute justice equally to all, as knowing that God is conscious of every secret action of theirs.

When he had himself instructed them thus, and gone over every city of the two tribes, he returned to Jerusalem.

He there also constituted judges out of the priests and Levites, and principal persons of the multitude, and admonished them to pass all their sentences with care and justice.

And that if any of the people of his country had differences of great consequence, they should send them out of the other cities to these judges, who would be obliged to give righteous sentences concerning such causes; and this with the greater care, because it is proper that the sentences which are given in that city wherein the temple of God is, and wherein the king dwells, be given with great care and the utmost justice.

Now he set over them Amariah the priest, and Zebediah, (both) of the tribe of Judah: and after this manner it was that the king ordered these affairs.

 

 

 

Questions

Question #5: According to 2 Chronicles 19:2, who should you not love?

          (  ) This is a dumb question. Christians are to love everyone.
                Hate the sin but love the sinner!

          (  ) We should not love the ungodly, and them that hate the Lord.

Question #6: In 2 Chronicles 19:4, who brought the people back to the Lord God of their fathers? (The politician or the clergy?)

          (  )  The King.
          (  )  Jehu the prophet.
          (  )  The clergymen of that day.

Question #7: Who had the power to set judges in the land and tell these judges, "ye judge not for man, i.e., by man's laws (humanism), but for the Lord, i.e., by God's Law?"

          (  )  The King.
          (  )  Jehu the prophet.
          (  )  The clergymen of that day.

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