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.

12/09/2023

2 Chronicles 22:1-12 The Next King of Judah, Ahaziah [a.k.a. Jehoahaz]

 

The Next King of Judah, Ahaziah, [a.k.a. Jehoahaz]

[Because of many similar names, check to see whose son they are.]

2 Chronicles 22:1-12                  2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

[Jerusalem’s] inhabitants made his youngest son, Ahaziah, [a.k.a. Jehoahaz,] king in his [place.] [Because] the band of men [who] came with the Arabians to the camp, had slain all the eldest [sons.]

[2 Chronicles 21:16-17 [Also,] the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, Arabians & Ethiopians [who] were near. 

And they came up into Judah & broke into it & carried away all [Jehoram’s possessions] that [were] found in the king’s house & his sons & also his wives. 

So [no sons] were left [to] him, [except] for Jehoahaz, [a.k.a. Ahaziah,] the youngest of his sons.] So, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, [Judah’s] king [ruled.]

Ahaziah was 42 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 1 year in Jerusalem. Also, his mother’s name was Athaliah, [Omri’s grand-daughter.] [Ahaziah] also [followed] in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. 

[For this reason,] he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for after the death of his father, they were his counselors to his destruction.           [1 Kings 16:30-32 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 had been a [little] thing for him to [follow] in the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, [Ahab married] Jezebel, the daughter of EthBaal, the [Zidonian’s] king, & went & served Baal & worshiped him. And [Ahab put] up an altar for Baal, in the house of Baal, [that] he had built in Samaria.]

[Ahaziah] also [followed] their counsel & went with Jehoram, [a.k.a. Joram,] the son of Ahab, [Israel’s] king, to war against Hazael, [Syria’s] king, at Ramoth Gilead.

And the Syrians [wounded] Joram, [a.k.a. Jehoram.]  [Joram] returned to be healed in Jezreel, because of the wounds [he received] at Ramah, when he fought [against] Hazael, [Syria’s] king.

And Azariah, the son of Jehoram, [Judah’s] king, went down to see Jehoram, [Ahab’s] son, because he was [ill.] And the destruction of Ahaziah, was of God, [for going] to Joram. 

For when [Ahaziah had] come, he went out with Jehoram, against Jehu, [Nimshi’s] son, whom the Lord had anointed to [destroy Ahab’s family.] 

And it [happened,] when Jehu [executed] judgment on the [family] of Ahab & found the princes [a.k.a. officials] of Judah & the [relatives] of Ahaziah [who had] ministered [& counseled] Ahaziah, [Jehu killed] them. 

[Jehu searched for] Ahaziah & caught him, (for he was [hidden] in Samaria,) & [he was] brought to Jehu. And when they had [killed Ahaziah,] they buried him: Because they said, He is the [descendant] of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.

So the [family] of Ahaziah had no power to still keep the kingdom. When Ataliah, [Ahaziah’s] mother, saw that her son was dead, she arose & destroyed all the royal [heirs] of the [family] of Judah. 

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah & [snuck] him [away] from among the king’s sons [who were killed] & put him & his nurse in the [bedroom.] 

So, Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram [& was] the wife of Jehoiada, the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) [she] hid [Joash] from Athaliah, so she [couldn’t kill] him. And [Joash] was [hidden] with them in the house of God, 6 years. And Athaliah, [Ahaziah’s mother, ruled] over the land.