About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

12/07/2023

2 Chronicles 20:1-37 When Attackers Approached Jehoshaphat & All Judah Returned to the Lord

 

When Attackers Approached Jehoshaphat & All Judah Returned to the Lord

2 Chronicles 20:1-37                    2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

It [happened] after this, that the children [people] of Moab & Ammon, with others [in addition to] the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat. [When] Jehoshaphat was told, A [large] multitude [has come] against you, from beyond the sea on this side of Syria.

[Look, they’re from] Hazazon Tamar, which is in Engedi. Jehoshaphat [was afraid & prepared] himself to seek the Lord & proclaimed a fast thought all [of] Judah. Judah gathered together to ask [for the Lord’s] help. They came to seek the Lord, even out of all the cities of Judah. 

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah & Jerusalem, in the [Lords] house, [in front of] the new court & said, Aren’t you the God in heaven of our [forefathers?] 

[Don’t] You rule over all the kingdoms of the heathen? And in Your hand, isn’t there power & might, so that none [are] able to [stand against] You? Aren’t You our God, Who [drove] out the inhabitants of this land [in front of] Your people, Israel & gave it to [the descendants] of Abraham, Your friend forever? 

They have [lived] in it & have built You a sanctuary for Your Name, saying, When evil comes upon us [like:] the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine, we [will] stand [in front of] this house, in Your presence, (for Your Name is in this house,) & cry [out] to You in our afflictions, then You will hear [us] & help.

[See,] now the [people] of Ammon, Moab & Mount Seir, whom You wouldn’t let Israel invade, when [the Israelites] came out of the land of Egypt, but the [Israelites] turned from them & [didn’t] destroy them.

[Look,] how they reward us. [They’ve] come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit. O our God, won’t You judge them? For we have no [strength] against this [large] company [who] comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.

All Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives & their children. Then, in the midst of the congregation, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, [Zechariah’s] son. [Zechariah was] the son of Jeiel. [Jeiel was] the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the [descendants] of Asaph.

[Jahaziel] said, [Listen,] all you inhabitants of Judah & Jerusalem & king Jehoshaphat. The Lord [says this] to you, [Don’t be afraid or [worried, because] of this [large] multitude; for the battle isn’t yours, but God’s. Tomorrow, go down against them. 

[Look,] they [will] come up the Cliff of Ziz & you shall find them at the end of the brook, [in front of] the Wilderness of Jeruel. You [will] not need to fight this battle. [Position yourselves] & stand still & see the Salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah & Jerusalem. [Don’t be fearful, nor worried.]

Tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head [facing] the ground & all Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord & worshiped the Lord. 

The Levites of the children [people] of the Kohathites, the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high. They rose early in the morning & went into the Wilderness of Tekoa & went [forward.]

Jehoshaphat stood & said, Hear me, O Judah & inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord, your God, so you shall be established. Believe His prophets, so you shall prosper.

When [Jehoshaphat] had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the Lord, [so they could] praise the beauty of [God’s] holiness, [while] they went out, in front of] the army, & [said,] Praise the Lord; for His mercy endures forever.

And when they began to sing & to praise, the Lord set [ambushes] against the [people] of Ammon, Moab & Mount Seir, [who had] come against Judah & they were [defeated.] 

The [people] of Ammon & Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, [totally slaying & destroying] them. And when they had [finished killing] the inhabitants of Mount Seir, they [destroyed each other.] 

When Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked [at] the multitude & [saw] they were [all] dead bodies, fallen to the [ground] & none escaped. 

When Jehoshaphat & his people came to take away the [plunder,] they found among the dead bodies an abundance of riches & precious jewels which they [took] for themselves, more than they could carry.

[There] was so much [plunder,] they were [there] 3 days gathering the [plunder, because] it was so much. And on the 4th day, they assembled themselves in the Valley of Berachah [a.k.a. Blessing;] for they blessed the Lord [God] there. [That’s why] they call the name of the place, The Valley of Berachah, to this day.

Jehoshaphat was [in the front of] them, [when] every man of Judah & Jerusalem returned to Jerusalem with joy. For the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 

[Nehemiah 12:43 also, that day, they offered great sacrifices & rejoiced with great joy. The wives & also the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was even heard [far away.] 

They came to Jerusalem with [lyres,] harps & trumpets into the [Lord’s] house. The fear [respect] of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they heard the Lord [God] had fought against the enemies of Israel.

So, [Jehoshaphat’s kingdom] was quiet: for his God gave him [peace around him.] Jehoshaphat [ruled] over Judah. He was 35 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 25 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shiloh. 

And [Jehoshaphat] walked in the [paths] of his father, Asa & [didn’t] depart from doing [what] was right in the sight of the Lord. [Still] the high places weren’t taken away yet for the people hadn’t prepared their hearts to the God of their [forefathers.]

[2 Kings 21:7 And he [put engraved] images [in] the grove that he had made [at] the [Lord’s] house, of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, I  will put My Name in this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all [the] tribes of Israel forever.]

[Aren’t] the rest of [Jehoshaphat’s actions,] 1st & last, written in the [records] of Jehu, [Hanani’s] son, who is mentioned in the Book of [the] Kings of Israel. And after this, Jehoshaphat, [Judah’s] king, joined with Ahaziah, [Israel’s] king, who did very wickedly. 

[Jehoshaphat] joined himself with [Ahaziah] to make ships go to Tarshish & they made ships in Ezion Gaber [a.k.a. Ezion Geber.] 

[1 Kings 10:22 For the king had a navy at sea of Tharshish [a.k.a. Tarshish] with the navy of Hiram [that came] once [every] 3 years & the navy of [Tarshish] came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes & peacocks.] 

Then, Eliezer, [Dodavah’s] son, [from] Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord will [destroy what you have made] & the ships were broken & weren’t able to go to Tarshish.