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.

12/08/2023

2 Chronicles 21:1-20 After Jehoshaphat’s Death

 

After Jehoshaphat’s Death

2 Chronicles 21:1-20                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Now, Jehoshaphat, [died] & slept with his [forefathers] & was buried with [them] in the city of David. His son, Jehoram, [ruled] in his [place.] 

These were [Jehoram’s brothers,] the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, [a.k.a. Azariahu,] Michael & Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel. 

Their father gave them great gifts of: silver, gold, precious things, with fenced cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

Now, when Jehoram was [established] in his [father’s] kingdom, he strengthened himself & [he killed] all his [brothers & some] other princes of Israel, with the sword. Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 8 years in Jerusalem.

And [Jehoram followed] in the [path] of the kings of Israel, like the [family of king] Ahab did: for [Jehoram’s] wife [was] the daughter of Ahab & he [fasioned what] was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

[1 Kings 16:30-33 And Ahab, [Omri’s] son, did evil in the sight of the Lord above all [who] were before him. And it [happened,] as if it were a [small] thing for [Ahab] to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, that [Ahab married] Jezebel, the daughter of EthBaal, the [Zidonian’s] king.

And [Ahab] went & served Baal & worshiped him. And [Ahab put] up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove & Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.] 

[But] the Lord wouldn’t destroy the house of David, because of the covenant [contract] that He had made with David & promised to give a light to him & to his sons forever. 

[2 Samuel 7:11-13 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over, My people, Israel & have caused you to rest from your enemies. Also, the Lord tells you, [David,] that He will make you a house. *And when your days [are] fulfilled & you shall sleep with your [forefathers,] I will set up your [descendants] after you, [who] shall proceed from your [body] & I will establish his kingdom. *He shall build a house for My Name & I will [establish] the throne of his kingdom forever.]

In [Jehoram’s life] the Edomites [rebelled] from under the [control] of Judah & made themselves a king. Then, Jehoram went [out] with his princes & all his chariots with him. And [Jehoram] rose up [at] night & [attacked] the Edomites, [who had surrounded] him & the captains of his chariots [within.] 

So, the Edomites [have] revolted from under [Judah’s] hand [until] this day. Also, [at] the same time, Libnah [revolted] from under [Jehoram’s] hand, because he had [abandoned] the Lord God of his [forefathers.]

[Additionally, Jehoram] made high places in the mountains of Judah & caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to [to be unfaithful to the Lord God,] and [Jehoram] compelled Judah [to do the same.]

[Jehoram got a letter] from Elijah, the prophet, saying, The Lord God of David, your [forefather says this,] Because you haven’t [followed] in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, [Judah’s] king.

But [you] have walked in the [path] of the kings of Israel & have made Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem to [behave unfaithfully, like] the whoredoms of the house of Ahab & [you have] also slain your [brothers] of your father’s house, which were better [that you are.]

[Watch,] with a great plague, the Lord will [strike] your people, your children, your wives & all your [possessions.] And you shall have great sickness by bowel disease, until your bowels fall out day by day, [because] of your sickness.

[Also] the Lord stirred up against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, Arabians & the Ethiopians [who] were near. And they came up to Judah & [broke] into it & carried away all the [possessions] that [were] found in the king’s house & also his sons & his wives.

So [no] sons [were] left [to] him, [except] Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. And after all this, the Lord [struck Jehoram] with an incurable disease in his bowels. And it [happened,] after the end of 2 years, his bowels fell out [due to] his sickness. So he died of [a terrible disease.]

And his people [didn’t make] a burning for him, like the burning [for] his [forefathers.] [Jehoram] was 32 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 8 years in Jerusalem & departed without being desired. They [still] buried him in the city of David, but not in the [tombs] of the kings.