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.

12/23/2023

2 Chronicles 36:1-23 The Lord God had Compassion on His People & Sent Prophets

 

The Lord God had Compassion on His People & Sent Prophets

2 Chronicles 36:1-23                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Then, the people of the land took Jehoahaz, [Josiah's] son & made him king in his father's [place] in Jerusalem. Jehoahaz, was 23 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months in Jerusalem.

And [Egypt's] king [dethroned] Jehoahaz [in] Jerusalem & [imposed a levy] on Jerusalem of 100 talents of silver & 1 talent of gold. And [Egypt's] king made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah & Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. 

And Necho took [Jehoiakim's] brother, Jehoahaz & carried him [off] to Egypt. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And he did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 

[Jeremiah 21:9 Then, they shall answer, Because they have [abandoned] the Covenant [contract] of the Lord, their God & worshiped other gods & served them.] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against him & bound him in [shackles] to [take] him to Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar also carried [off] the vessels [from the Lord's] house to Babylon & put them in his temple in Babylon. Now, the rest of [Jehoiakim's actions] & his abominations [that] he did & [what] was found in him, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah & Jehoiachin, his son [ruled] in his [place.] 

Jehoiachin was 8 [or 18] years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months & 10 days in Jerusalem: & he did [wht] was evil in the sight of the Lord. [2 Kings 24:8 Johoiachin was 18 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 3 months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.]

And when the year was [over,] king Nebuchadnezzar sent [for] & brought [Jehoiachin] to Babylon, with the [beautiful] vessels [from the Lord's] house & made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah & Jerusalem.

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And he did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God & [he didn't] humble himself before Jeremiah, the prophet, [who spoke by] the mouth of the Lord. 

[Jeremiah 44:4-5 [However] I sent to you all My servants, the prophets, rising early & sending them, saying, Oh [don’t] do this abominable thing that I hate.  But they [didn’t pay attention,] nor [did they lean] their ear, to turn away from their wickedness, to [not] burn incense to other gods.]

And [Zedekiah] also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But he stiffened his neck [a.k.a. stubbornness] & hardened his heart from turning to the Lord God of Israel.

[Also,] all the chief priests & the people [sinned] very much after all the abominations of the heathen & polluted [a.k.a. defiled] the [Lord's] house, which He had [consecrated] in Jerusalem.

And the Lord God of their [forefathers] had compassion on His people & on His dwelling place & sent them His messengers, rising up early, but they mocked the messengers of God & despised His words & [mistreated] His prophets, until the [anger] of the Lord [rose] against His people until there was no remedy. 

[Matthew 23:34 [Because of this, I sent to you prophets, wise men & scribes & some of them you shall kill & crucify. And some of them you shall [whip] in your synagogues & persecute them from city to city.]

Therefore, [God] brought upon them the king of the [Caldeans, a.k.a. Babylonians,] who [killed] their young men with swords in their sanctuary & had no compassion on [a] young man, maiden, old man, or [even] him, [who] stooped [with] age. [God] gave them all into his hand.

And all the vessels & treasures [large] & small of the house of the Lord God & the [king's & prince's] treasures, he brought to Babylon. And they burnt the house of God & [broke] down the [walls] of Jerusalem & burnt [its] palaces with fire. They destroyed all [its desirable] vessels.

[Those who] escaped from the sword, [the king] carried away to Babylon, where they were his & his son’s servants until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the [Lord’s] Word, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed [its] Sabbaths: for as long as [it] lay desolate [a.k.a. fallow,] she kept [its] Sabbaths, to fulfill 70 years. 

Now, in the 1st year of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, to accomplish the Word of the Lord, spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord [moved] the spirit of Cyrus, [Persia’s] king, [so] that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom & also put it in writing. 

[It said,] King Cyrus of Persia [says this,] The Lord God of heaven [has] given me, all the kingdoms of the earth. He has [appointed me in charge of building] Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who among you, is of [the Lord God’s] people? [May] the Lord his God be with him & let him go up.

[Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all His people? [May] his God be with him & let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah & build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (He is the God,) [Who] is in Jerusalem.]