2 Chronicles 11

June 14, 2022

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Reading along with us in 2 Chronicles? Here’s today’s reading:

2 Chronicles 11 (NIV)

1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered Judah and Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam.
2 But this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God: 3 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, 4 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your fellow Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’ ” So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam..........Continue Reading

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  2. Not the book you want to start reading in the middle. Yikes. Been thinking lately about who Jesus ministered to so many that would be considered outside of our comfort zone. Saw a homeless lady recently. Passed right by her. Wasn’t in the mood. I’ll see her again. Nope!!

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  4. A word came to Shemaiah the man of God to tell Rehoboam this is what the Lord said . Do not fight against your fellow Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’ ” So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam. They strengthened the kingdom of Judah for 3 more years following the ways of David and Solomon.

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  8. It is interesting to me that God protects Rehoboam from this unwise action, but didn’t protect him from the other. As we read here that Rehoboam shouldn’t fight against this because God orchestrated it, another thought came to mind. Maybe God desired for the nation to be divided because He knew how unfaithful the Northern tribes would be and how relatively faithful Judah and Benjamin would be? God didn’t want the Northern kingdom to stray away but they go downhill immediately. It is so evident, that the righteous run for the hills….or for Judah more specifically. Jeroboam was afraid that people would go to the temple in Jerusalem and get swayed to follow David’s line, so he established places of worship and put just about anyone in the position of priest. May we all run to the places of righteousness when the evil just gets too obvious and oppressive…

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