Hanani’s Message to Asa

And at that time (A)Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: (B)“Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

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And Jehu the son of Hanani (A)the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and (B)love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the (C)wrath of the Lord is upon you.

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The Reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab

16 Then the word of the Lord came to (A)Jehu the son of (B)Hanani, against (C)Baasha, saying:

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The Folly of Not Trusting God

31 Woe to those (A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And (B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
(C)Nor seek the Lord!

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(A)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in [a]a son of man, in whom there is no [b]help.
(B)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (C)his plans perish.

(D)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
(E)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 146:3 A human being
  2. Psalm 146:3 salvation

(A)“Be strong and courageous; (B)do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for (C)there are more with us than with him. With him is an (D)arm of flesh; but (E)with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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12 (A)that we (B)who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard (C)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, (D)you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (B)flesh his [a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
For he shall be (C)like a shrub in the desert,
And (D)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
(E)In a salt land which is not inhabited.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm

A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And (A)a [a]cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:2 shelter

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, (A)which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

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18 Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, (A)because they relied on the Lord God of their fathers.

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20 And (A)they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they (B)cried out to God in the battle. He [a]heeded their prayer, because they (C)put their trust in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:20 Lit. was entreated for them

He (A)trusted in the Lord God of Israel, (B)so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.

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