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Sunday, May 28, 2023

The 7 Spirits of ABBA Father The Spirit of Wisdom part 5

The 7 Spirits of ABBA Father
The Spirit of Wisdom part 5

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psa 119:169-176 KJV  TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.  (170)  Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.  (171)  My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.  (172)  My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.  (173)  Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.  (174)  I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.  (175)  Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.  (176)  I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Ecc 1:9-11 KJV  The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  (10)  Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.  (11)  There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

Ecc 3:14-15 KJV  I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.  (15)  That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Ecc 3:16-17 KJV  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.  (17)  I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Christ Came to Fulfill the Law

Mat 5:17-20 KJV  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  (18)  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  (19)  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  (20)  For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.


Mat 5:17 KJV  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Rom 15:4 KJV  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Prologue

Rev 1:1-3 KJV  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:  (2)  Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.  (3)  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

Rev 1:4-8 KJV  John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;  (5)  And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,  (6)  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.  (7)  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.  (8)  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

Isa 11:1-5 KJV  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:  (2)  And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;  (3)  And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:  (4)  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.  (5)  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Isa 11:2 KJV  And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Hello again friends. We are moving forward with another look into wisdom. We explored how ABBA Father gave His divine wisdom to people like Joseph and Daniel in our last get together. We briefly looked at how ABBA Father placed the spirit of wisdom upon people to start providing the furnishings for the tabernacle. We will look at a few of these in his journey as well.

Oholiab and Bezalel

Exo 31:1-5 KJV  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  (2)  See, I have called by name BezaleelH1212the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:  (3)  And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,  (4)  To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,  (5)  And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

H1212
בְּצַלְאֵל
betsal'êl
bets-al-ale'
Probably from H6738 and H410 with prepositional prefix; in (the) shadow (that is, protection) of God; Betsalel; the name of two Israelites: - Bezaleel.
Total KJV occurrences: 9

Exo 31:6-11 KJV  And I, behold, I have given with him AholiabH171, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;  (7)  The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,  (8)  And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,  (9)  And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,  (10)  And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,  (11)  And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

H171
אָהֳלִיאָב
'ohŏlı̂y'âb
o''-hol-e-awb'
From H168 and H1; tent of (his) father; Oholiab, an Israelite: - Aholiab.

Exo 35:25-26 KJV  And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.  (26)  And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.

Construction of the Tabernacle

Exo 35:30-35 KJV  And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;  (31)  And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;  (32)  And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,  (33)  And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.  (34)  And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.  (35)  Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.


Moses Commands Obedience

Deu 4:1-14 KJV  Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.  (2)  Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.  (3)  Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.  (4)  But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.  (5)  Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.  (6)  Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.  (7)  For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?  (8)  And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?  (9)  Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;  (10)  Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.  (11)  And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.  (12)  And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.  (13)  And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.  (14)  And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

Idolatry Forbidden

Deu 4:15-20 KJV  Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:  (16)  Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,  (17)  The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,  (18)  The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:  (19)  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.  (20)  But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.


Deu 4:21-24 KJV  Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:  (22)  But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.  (23)  Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.  (24)  For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Deu 4:25-28 KJV  When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:  (26)  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.  (27)  And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.  (28)  And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Deu 4:29-31 KJV  But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.  (30)  When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;  (31)  (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

The Lord Alone Is God

Deu 4:32-40 KJV  For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?  (33)  Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?  (34)  Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?  (35)  Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.  (36)  Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.  (37)  And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;  (38)  To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.  (39)  Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.  (40)  Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Deu 4:6 KJV  Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

As we have brought up before Lord Yeshua tells us the following.

Mat 11:19 KJV  The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

As we have explored over time it is most wise for us to keep the commands of ABBA Father and Lord Yeshua. 

The Death of Moses

Deu 34:1-12 KJV  And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,  (2)  And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,  (3)  And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.  (4)  And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.  (5)  So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.  (6)  And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.  (7)  And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.  (8)  And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.  (9)  And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.  (10)  And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,  (11)  In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,  (12)  And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

Deu 34:9 KJV  And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

As the Bible tells us Joshua obtained the wisdom not only from the laying on of hands but for being faithful and obedient to ABBA Father. He was 1 of only 2 people that were confident in the ability of ABBA Father to defeat the giants that were spied out in the promised land in the book of Numbers.

Spies Sent into Canaan

Num 13:1-15 KJV  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  (2)  Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.  (3)  And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.  (4)  And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.  (5)  Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.  (6)  Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.  (7)  Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.  (8)  Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.  (9)  Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.  (10)  Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.  (11)  Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.  (12)  Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.  (13)  Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.  (14)  Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.  (15)  Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

As we can see Joshua was also known as Oshea. We will use a reference from Fausset’s Bible Dictionary

Oshea
Joshua's original name (Num_13:8). (See JOSHUA.) His faith, in contrast to the unbelieving spies, procured for him the addition of Jehovah's name to his own (Num_14:6-10; Deu_32:44), "Jah his salvation."

H3612
כָּלֵב
kâlêb
kaw-labe'
Perhaps a form of H3611, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites: - Caleb.
Total KJV occurrences: 36

If you are familiar with the history then you realize why we separated these 2 from the rest. It concerns the information from spying out the land.

Report of the Spies

Num 13:25-33 KJV  And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.  (26)  And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.  (27)  And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.  (28)  Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.  (29)  The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.  (30)  And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.  (31)  But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.  (32)  And they brought up an evil reportH1681of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.  (33)  And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

H1681
דִּבָּה
dibbâh
dib-baw'
From H1680 (in the sense of furtive motion); slander: - defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
Total KJV occurrences: 9

This was not a very wise thing to do when it comes to wisdom. We are dealing with the people who saw ABBA Father perform miracles that are only out rivaled by the virgin birth and the work Lord Yeshua did on the cross. 


The People Rebel

Num 14:10-12 KJV  But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.  (11)  And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?  (12)  I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

As we mentioned earlier Joshua and Caleb were the only 2 out of all the tribes people that told the truth about the situation. This was credited to them as righteousness no doubt. The other spies had apparently lost any fear of ABBA Father they may have had. They seemed to fear the giants of the promised land more than the miracles they had witnessed performed by ABBA Father. 

Great Are the Lord's Works

Psa 111:1-10 KJV  Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.  (2)  The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.  (3)  His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.  (4)  He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.  (5)  He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.  (6)  He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.  (7)  The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.  (8)  They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.  (9)  He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.  (10)  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.


Pro 1:1-7 KJV  The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;  (2)  To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;  (3)  To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;  (4)  To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.  (5)  A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:  (6)  To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.  (7)  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

Pro 1:8-19 KJV  My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:  (9)  For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.  (10)  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.  (11)  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:  (12)  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:  (13)  We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:  (14)  Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:  (15)  My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:  (16)  For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.  (17)  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.  (18)  And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.  (19)  So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.


The Call of Wisdom

Pro 1:20-33 KJV  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:  (21)  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,  (22)  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  (23)  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.  (24)  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;  (25)  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:  (26)  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;  (27)  When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.  (28)  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:  (29)  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:  (30)  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.  (31)  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.  (32)  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.  (33)  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

The Value of Wisdom

Pro 2:1-8 KJV  My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;  (2)  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;  (3)  Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;  (4)  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;  (5)  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.  (6)  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.  (7)  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.  (8)  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Pro 2:9-17 KJV  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.  (10)  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;  (11)  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:  (12)  To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;  (13)  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;  (14)  Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;  (15)  Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:  (16)  To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;  (17)  Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Pro 2:18-22 KJV  For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.  (19)  None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.  (20)  That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.  (21)  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.  (22)  But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

Pro 3:1-12 KJV  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:  (2)  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.  (3)  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:  (4)  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.  (5)  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  (6)  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  (7)  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  (8)  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.  (9)  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:  (10)  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.  (11)  My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:  (12)  For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.


Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom

Pro 3:13-25 KJV  Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.  (14)  For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.  (15)  She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.  (16)  Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.  (17)  Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.  (18)  She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.  (19)  The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.  (20)  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.  (21)  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:  (22)  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.  (23)  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.  (24)  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.  (25)  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Pro 3:25-35 KJV  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.  (26)  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.  (27)  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.  (28)  Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.  (29)  Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.  (30)  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.  (31)  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.  (32)  For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.  (33)  The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.  (34)  Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.  (35)  The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

The fear of ABBA Father and Lord Yeshua is the beginning of not only wisdom but all 7 spirits of the Lord we are exploring. The fear of the Lord leads us to keeping a repentant heart. 

The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly

Ecc 7:1-9 KJV  A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.  (2)  It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.  (3)  Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.  (4)  The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.  (5)  It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.  (6)  For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.  (7)  Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.  (8)  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.  (9)  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecc 7:10-18 KJV  Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.  (11)  Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.  (12)  For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.  (13)  Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?  (14)  In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.  (15)  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.  (16)  Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?  (17)  Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?  (18)  It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

Ecc 7:19-29 KJV  Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.  (20)  For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.  (21)  Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:  (22)  For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.  (23)  All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.  (24)  That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?  (25)  I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:  (26)  And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.  (27)  Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:  (28)  Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.  (29)  Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.


Traditions and Commandments

Mar 7:1-13 KJV  Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.  (2)  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.  (3)  For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.  (4)  And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.  (5)  Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?  (6)  He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  (7)  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  (8)  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.  (9)  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.  (10)  For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: (11)  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.  (12)  And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;  (13)  Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Isa 29:10-14 KJV  For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.  (11)  And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:  (12)  And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.  (13)  Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:  (14)  Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Messengers from John the Baptist

Luk 7:18-28 KJV  And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.  (19)  And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?  (20)  When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?  (21)  And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.  (22)  Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.  (23)  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.  (24)  And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?  (25)  But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.  (26)  But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.  (27)  This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.  (28)  For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.


Luk 7:29-35 KJV  And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.  (30)  But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.  (31)  And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?  (32)  They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.  (33)  For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.  (34)  The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!  (35)  But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Wait for the God of Salvation

Mic 7:1-7 KJV  Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.  (2)  The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.  (3)  That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.  (4)  The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.  (5)  Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.  (6)  For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.  (7)  Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.


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Friday, May 26, 2023

The Acharon 9


The Acharon 9
God, Jesus, Ezekiel and the East
Ezekiel 19
Princes Then and Now

Mat 20:17-34 KJV And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, (18) Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, (19) And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. (20) Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. (21) And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. (22) But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. (23) And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (24) And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. (26) But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; (27) And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (28) Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (29) And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. (30) And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (31) And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (32) And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? (33) They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. (34) So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.



Eze 19:1-14 KJV Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, (2) And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. (3) And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. (4) The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. (5) Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. (6) And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. (7) And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. (8) Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. (9) And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. (10) Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (11) And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. (12) But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. (13) And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. (14) And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Chapter 19 also is a continuance of chapters 17 and 18. It starts out addressing the princes of Israel. We must state immediately that this is symbolically addressing the kings of Judah. Judah in the unified kingdom was the ruling province of course being the location of Jerusalem. Jerusalem of course was always the intended spot for God to house his name. The princes of Judah in this case consist of the 3 sons and 1 grandson of Josiah.

Eze 19:1 KJV Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Jehoahaz, Jehoiachim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. Of these 4 there are 3 brothers who are sons of Josiah. Jehoiachin being a grandson by Eliakim or Jehoiakim. Let’s start our journey with Josiah the father of the princes. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh who it is said sawed Isaiah into 2 pieces alive.

Heb 11:36-40 KJV And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: (37) They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (38) (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (39) And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: (40) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Josiah’s father was a king of Judah named Amon. 

2Ki 21:18-26 KJV And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (19) Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (20) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. (21) And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: (22) And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. (23) And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. (24) And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. (25) Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (26) And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 

2Ki 22:1-2 KJV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Let’s see what the names represent in word study. Most of the time God places names in scripture they usually have something interesting in their meanings.
James Strong (1822–1894)
H2977


יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ יֹאשִׁיָּה

yo^'shı^ya^h yo^'shı^ya^hu^

yo-she-yaw', yo-she-yaw'-hoo


From the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites: - Josiah.
Total KJV occurrences: 53
H2977
יאשׁיּהוּ / יאשׁיּה
yo^'shı^ya^h / yo^'shı^ya^hu^
BDB Definition:
Josiah = “whom Jehovah heals”
1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led
2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine


His mother Jedidah  

H3040
יְדִידָה
yedı^yda^h
yed-ee-daw'
Feminine of H3039; beloved; Jedidah, an Israelitess: - Jedidah.
Total KJV occurrences: 1
H3040

ידידה

yedı^yda^h
BDB Definition:
Jedidah = “beloved”
1) the wife of king Amon and mother of king Josiah

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3039


Adaiah the maternal grandfather
H5718



עֲדָיָהוּ עֲדָיָה
‛ăda^ya^h ‛ăda^ya^hu^
ad-aw-yaw', ad-aw-yaw'-hoo
From H5710 and H3050; Jah has adorned; Adajah, the name of eight Israelites: - Adaiah.
Total KJV occurrences: 9
H5718
עדיהוּ / עדיה
‛ăda^ya^h / ‛ăda^ya^hu^
BDB Definition:
Adaiah = “Jehovah has adorned Himself”
1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
2) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
3) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
4) a priest, son of Jehoram
5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

A pretty good lineage we might say. God has supported or healed. God has adorned. God has beloved. It all spelled out great things for Josiah during his reign.

2Ki 22:3-20 KJV And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, (4) Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: (5) And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, (6) Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. (7) Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. (8) And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (9) And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. (10) And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. (11) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. (12) And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, (13) Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. (14) So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (15) And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, (16) Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: (17) Because they have forsaken me, and 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 kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. (18) But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; (19) Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. (20) Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

Isa 57:1-2 KJV The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. (2) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

2Ch 34:1-15 KJV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. (3) For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. (4) And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. (5) And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (6) And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. (7) And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (8) Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. (9) And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. (10) And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: (11) Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. (12) And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. (13) Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. (14) And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. (15) And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

2Ch 35:1-7 KJV Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. (2) And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, (3) And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, (4) And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. (5) And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. (6) So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. (7) And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

As we say pretty often around here we need a revival like this and one like Hezekiah’s in America today.

2Ch 35:19-27 KJV In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. (20) 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. (21) But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. (22) Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. (23) And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. (24) 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. (25) And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. (26) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, (27) And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

1. Jehoahaz (Shallum) king of Judah

 


H3059

יְהוֹאָחָז

yeho^'a^cha^z

yeh-ho-aw-khawz'
From H3068 and H270; Jehovah seized; Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites: - Jehoahaz. Compare H3099.


Total KJV occurrences: 23

Our Brown Driver Briggs gives us a look at the 3 different persons of this name.

H3059
יהואחז
yeho^'a^cha^z
BDB Definition:
Jehoahaz = “Jehovah has seized”
1) a king of Judah and son of Josiah
2) a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu
3) a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3068 and H270

2Ki 23:31-37 KJV Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (32) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. (33) And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. (34) And Pharaohnechoh made EliakimH471 the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to JehoiakimH3079, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. (35) And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. (36) Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (37) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

2Ch 36:1-4 KJV Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. (2) Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. (3) And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (4) And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

Here in verse 1 we read that the people of the land brought Jehoahaz into power. It’s important knowing the difference between what the people want and what God wants. For example just imagine what kind of shape America would be in now if Al Gore were president in the midst of our people dying from terrorist attacks. America would be done for as we know it.

As we see Eliakim- Jehoiakim comes to power at the whim of Pharaoh. It’s interesting when we look at the meaning of his name “Jehovah has seized”. For God most certainly did have him seized by Pharaoh.

2. Eliakim- Jehoiakim
H471
אֶלְיָקִים
'elya^qı^ym

el-yaw-keem'

From H410 and H6965; God of raising; Eljakim, the name of four Israelites: - Eliakim.

Total KJV occurrences: 12

H3079
יְהוֹיָקִים

yeho^ya^qı^ym

yeh-ho-yaw-keem

From H3068 abbreviated and H6965; Jehovah will raise; Jehojakim, a Jewish king: - Jehoiakim. Compare H3113.

Total KJV occurrences: 37

There are some very interesting word studies that accompany the names of the mothers and so forth however we will save those for more detailed studies of these individuals. We also observe a practice common among the captors of Israel and Jerusalem. The practice of reassigning names. Throughout Daniel we explored the names and their meanings at different intervals.

There are some interesting things associated with the politics of the world around Israel as much as within the kingdom Jehoiakim ruled. The following references come from the Easton Bible Dictionary Published in 1897

Jehoiakim

He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (610-599 B.C.). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.).
On the death of his father his younger brother Jehoahaz (= Shallum, Jer_22:11), who favoured the Chaldeans against the Egyptians, was made king by the people; but the king of Egypt, Pharaoh-necho, invaded the land and deposed Jehoahaz (2Ki_23:33, 2Ki_23:34; Jer_22:10-12), setting Eliakim on the throne in his stead, and changing his name to Jehoiakim.

After this the king of Egypt took no part in Jewish politics, having been defeated by the Chaldeans at Carchemish (2Ki_24:7; Jer_46:2). Palestine was now invaded and conquered by Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner and carried captive to Babylon (2Ch_36:6, 2Ch_36:7). It was at this time that Daniel also and his three companions were taken captive to Babylon (Dan_1:1, Dan_1:2).

2Ki 24:1-6 KJV In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. (2) And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. (3) Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; (4) And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. (5) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (6) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Jehoiakim became a puppet of Nebuchadnezzar until he rebelled.

Take notice of the 4 nations that are mentioned. There may be some strange parallels to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse here. Again that’s another study for another time.

Chaldeans are Babylonians but also parts of the Persian Gulf area mostly connected to the northwest parts.

Syrians pretty much the same as we understand the territory today. However the history associated with this nation is another subject altogether. This also for another study but it would appear Ishmael has some history associated here.

Moabites were located in the territory running the span of the dead sea to its eastern side.
Ammonites very closely connected to the Moabites as they are both descendants of Lot.

Gen 19:34-38 KJV And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. (35) And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. (36) Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. (37) And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. (38) And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.


Our 3rd look at the 4 princes of Israel brings us to Jehoiachin.

3. Jehoiachin

2Ki 24:6 KJV So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and JehoiachinH3078his son reigned in his stead.

H3078
יְהוֹיָכִין

yeho^ya^kı^yn
yeh-ho-yaw-keen'
From H3068 and H3559; Jehovah will establish; Jehojakin, a Jewish king: - Jehoiachin. Compare H3112.

H3078

יהויכין

yeho^ya^kı^yn

BDB Definition:

Jehoiachin = “Jehovah establishes”
1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Total KJV occurrences: 10

Once again let’s use the Easton Dictionary.

Jehoiachin
Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (599 B.C.) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days (2Ch_36:9). He is also called Jeconiah (Jer_24:1; Jer_27:20, etc.), and Coniah (Jer_22:24; Jer_37:1). He was succeeded by his uncle, Mattaniah = Zedekiah (q.v.). He was the last direct heir to the Jewish crown. He was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, along with the flower of the nobility, all the leading men in Jerusalem, and a great body of the general population, some thirteen thousand in all (2Ki_24:12-16; Jer_52:28). After an imprisonment of thirty-seven years (Jer_52:31, Jer_52:33), he was liberated by Evil-merodach, and permitted to occupy a place in the king's household and sit at his table, receiving “every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life” (Jer_52:32-34).
Jer 24:1 KJV The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

A very famous passage from Jeremiah is chapter 24. We have looked at it on different occasions. However we are looking at it to today for word study.

 H3204
יְכוֹנְיָה יְכָנְיָהוּ יְכָנְיָהo
yekonya^h yekonya^hu^ yeko^neya^h
From H3559 and H3050; Jah will establish; Jekonjah, a Jewish king: - Jeconiah. Compare H3659.

Total KJV occurrences: 7

2Ki 24:6-20 KJV So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (7) And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. (8) Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. (9) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. (10) At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. (11) And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. (12) And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. (13) And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. (14) And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. (15) And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. (16) And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (17) And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (19) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (20) For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

So thus far we have the Pharaoh deposing and replacing one king of Judah. On the other side of the equation we have the Babylonians doing the same. Of course this brings us to number 4 being Zedekiah. As we have mentioned we looked in depth at him in our last go round.
Zedekiah
 2Ki 24:17 KJV And the king of Babylon made MattaniahH4983his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to ZedekiahH6667.

H4983
מַתַּנְיָהוּ מַתַּנְיָהmattanya^h mattanya^hu^
mat-tan-yaw', mat-tan-yaw'-hoo

From H4976 and H3050; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites: - Mattaniah.
Total KJV occurrences: 16

H4983
מתּניהוּ / מתּניה
mattanya^h / mattanya^hu^
BDB Definition:
Mattaniah = “gift of Jehovah”


1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’
2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David
3) a Levite of the family of Asaph
4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah
5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir
6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat
7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah
8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah
9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
 
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

H6667
צִדְקִיָּהוּ צִדְקִיָּה
tsidqı^ya^h tsidqı^ya^hu^
tsid-kee-yaw', tsid-kee-yaw'-hooFrom H6664 and H3050; right of Jah; Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites: - Zedekiah, Zidkijah.

Total KJV occurrences: 62

2Ki 24:17-20 KJV And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (19) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (20) For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.



2Ki 25:1-3 KJV And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2) And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.



Deu 28:47-52 KJV Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; (48) Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (49) The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; (50) A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: (51) And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (52) And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.


Eze 7:15 KJV The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

2Ki 25:4-12 KJV And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. (5) And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. (6) So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (8) And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: (9) And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. (11) Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. (12) But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
As we read our closing passage we should stress here in America that we have a problem heading this way. It’s coming from east to west. It has severely taken hold in Europe by design and here in America we have a leadership enabling our enemies more than ever. We definitely have worship issues with the Lord. Our “princes of today“ are looking the other way while mangled baby parts are being sold on a black market basis. Here in America we do have freedom of or even from religion if you will. However there was only 1 religion we were dealing with at the time. It was is and shall be Christianity. There were no such things as open gay relationships, killing children or openly blaspheming God. That is in no way saying that it did not take place but our young morals as a nation were in place to the point that there was no open tolerance for these particular sins. Please don’t think yours truly is above all this. Please believe I’m fully aware that my sins are thrown into the mix at all times. Please stay in touch for more to follow soon.


Psa 25:11-14 KJV For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. (12) What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. (13) His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (14) The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Psa 33:8-12 KJV Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. (9) For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (10) The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. (11) The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. (12) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Luk 19:41-44 KJV And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (42) Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. (43) For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, (44) And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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