{"id":2604,"date":"2022-09-12T23:25:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T23:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2022-09-12T23:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T23:25:51","slug":"2-kings-3-and-colossians-3-23-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"2 Kings 3 and Colossians 3: 23-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar-container\"><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2 Kings 3 and Colossians 3: 23-24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yuF5NeNU7uA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yuF5NeNU7uA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yuF5NeNU7uA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar\" style=\"color: #ffffff;background-color: #1b1b1b;\">\n\t\t\t<div>Please consider subscribing to my YouTube Channel<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscribe_embed?usegapi=1&amp;channelid=UCAxkC8h9g4fhxldTECUgIsg&amp;layout=default&amp;theme=default&amp;count=default&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftemtube.com%2F\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Kings 3 Joram of Israel 1-3Joram son of Ahab began his rule over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He was king for twelve years. In God\u2019s sight he was a bad king. But he wasn\u2019t as bad as his father and mother\u2014to his credit he destroyed the obscene Baal stone that his father had made. But he hung on to the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat, the ones that had corrupted Israel for so long. He wasn\u2019t about to give them up. 4-7a King Mesha of Moab raised sheep. He was forced to give the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and another 100,000 rams. When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. So King Joram set out from Samaria and prepared Israel for war. His first move was to send a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: \u201cThe king of Moab has rebelled against me. Would you join me and fight him?\u201d 7b-8 \u201cI\u2019m with you all the way,\u201d said Jehoshaphat. \u201cMy troops are your troops, my horses are your horses. Which route shall we take?\u201d \u201cThrough the badlands of Edom.\u201d 9The king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom started out on what proved to be a looping detour. After seven days they had run out of water for both army and animals. 10The king of Israel said, \u201cBad news! God has gotten us three kings out here to dump us into the hand of Moab.\u201d 11But Jehoshaphat said, \u201cIsn\u2019t there a prophet of God anywhere around through whom we can consult God?\u201d One of the servants of the king of Israel said, \u201cElisha son of Shaphat is around somewhere\u2014the one who was Elijah\u2019s right-hand man.\u201d 12Jehoshaphat said, \u201cGood! A man we can trust!\u201d So the three of them\u2014the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom\u2014went to meet him. 13Elisha addressed the king of Israel, \u201cWhat do you and I have in common? Go consult the puppet-prophets of your father and mother.\u201d \u201cNever!\u201d said the king of Israel. \u201cIt\u2019s God who has gotten us into this fix, dumping all three of us kings into the hand of Moab.\u201d 14-15Elisha said, \u201cAs God-of-the-Angel-Armies lives, and before whom I stand ready to serve, if it weren\u2019t for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I wouldn\u2019t give you the time of day. But considering\u2014bring me a minstrel.\u201d (When a minstrel played, the power of God came on Elisha.) 16-19He then said, \u201cGod\u2019s word: Dig ditches all over this valley. Here\u2019s what will happen\u2014you won\u2019t hear the wind, you won\u2019t see the rain, but this valley is going to fill up with water and your army and your animals will drink their fill. This is easy for God to do; he will also hand over Moab to you. You will ravage the country: Knock out its fortifications, level the key villages, clear-cut the orchards, clog the springs, and litter the cultivated fields with stones.\u201d 20In the morning\u2014it was at the hour of morning sacrifice\u2014the water had arrived, water pouring in from the west, from Edom, a flash flood filling the valley with water. 21-22By this time everyone in Moab had heard that the kings had come up to make war against them. Everyone who was able to handle a sword was called into service and took a stand at the border. They were up and ready early in the morning when the sun rose over the water. From where the Moabites stood, the water reflecting the sun looked red, like blood. 23\u201cBlood! Look at the blood!\u201d they said. \u201cThe kings must have fought each other\u2014a bloody massacre! Go for the loot, Moab!\u201d 24-25When Moab entered the camp of Israel, the Israelites were up on their feet killing Moabites right and left, the Moabites running for their lives, Israelites relentless in pursuit\u2014a slaughter. They leveled the towns, littered the cultivated fields with rocks, clogged the springs, and clear-cut the orchards. Only the capital, Kir Hareseth, was left intact, and that not for long; it too was surrounded and attacked with thrown and flung rocks. 26-27When the king of Moab realized that he was fighting a losing battle, he took seven hundred swordsmen to hack a corridor past the king of Edom, but they didn\u2019t make it. Then he took his son, his firstborn who would succeed him as king, and sacrificed him on the city wall. That set off furious anger against Israel. Israel pulled back and returned home. Colossians 3: 23-24 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVRhQmJscV9zSjZBaW03OGo3Q0VpNW4tVzZBQXxBQ3Jtc0tub0RkSVdOM1dGZFNTbWxMd05MMFRDOHYzZUVWbzZ6bFdLM04tYVJWdk5EQlJlbTdMa3BHMFJ1YUVfdFdjUmlaY3htSGV5UTdtS01raGJKMXI0clJmOXg2ZHgtOWZxMEhUX1dZa1duTlNmY3pTWU5NZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftemtube.com%2F&amp;v=yuF5NeNU7uA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/temtube.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Kings 3 Joram of Israel 1-3Joram son of Ahab began his rule over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He was king for twelve years. In God\u2019s sight he was a bad king. 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