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II Chronicles 34:1-8 1: Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2: He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. 3: For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Ashe'rim, and the graven and the molten images. 4: And they broke down the altars of the Ba'als in his presence; and he hewed down the incense altars which stood above them; and he broke in pieces the Ashe'rim and the graven and the molten images, and he made dust of them and strewed it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5: He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6: And in the cities of Manas'seh, E'phraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naph'tali, in their ruins round about, 7: he broke down the altars, and beat the Ashe'rim and the images into powder, and hewed down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. 8: Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azali'ah, and Ma-asei'ah the governor of the city, and Jo'ah the son of Jo'ahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. |
David Olshine I want you to stand as I read the word of God to you from II Chronicles 34, beginning in verse 1. Josiah
was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned
in Jerusalem for 31 years. He did what was right in the
eyes of the Lord and he walked in the ways of his
ancestor David. In the eighth year of his reign while he
was still young he began to seek the God of his father.
In the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem
of high places and altars. Under his direction he knocked
down the Baals. He cut to pieces the incense altars that
were with him. Then he burned the bones of the priests on
the altars and he purged Judah and Jerusalem. In the
eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign he began to purify
the land and the temple.You
may be seated.A Story Problem I want to have you help me figure out a problem. I want you to add this up. As I tell you the story, you can do it on paper or you can do it in your head, but hold your answers until the end. Then I’ll try and call on you to get a little bit of participation. I want you to imagine with me that I went out and bought a horse. I paid six dollars to the owner. I brought that horse home and my wife and my child started thinking that I was terrific, but problems started to arise. The horse was too big for the house. All the galloping started to get a little bit ridiculous and the furniture started to get messed up. My
wife finally said, "Honey, you’ve got to take
that horse back." I was pretty depressed about it
and so I took the horse back and sold it for eight
dollars. I started missing that old horse and I started
singing cowboy songs at night and staring at the moon and
my wife just could not stand seeing me so upset. She
said, "Listen, you can go back and get Calico."
So I did. I went back and I bought the horse and I paid
ten dollars. The horse started making messes in the
house, and the kids were horsing around and I could see
the handwriting on the stall. So I sold Calico back for
twelve dollars.The Answer Is...  Now
you math majors, you brilliant calculus people, did I
make money? Did I lose money? Did I break even? If you
have an answer put your hand up. Sir you said I made four
dollars. Anybody else? Yes - I made two dollars? OK.
Anyone else? Is there another answer here in this
incredibly bright crowd? Yes - I lost all my furniture.
OK! Figures that a woman would see that. Any other
answers? Yes - I broke even. So we’ve got one answer
that I lost four, I made four, I made two, and I broke
even. How many of you think I broke even sounds good? Put
your hands up. How many think I lost two dollars? Put
your hands up. How many think I made four dollars? How
many of you don’t know? How many of you don’t
care? I made four dollars. That is the answer. |
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