Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
I Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
(After I read this, I prayed the same over myself.)
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I Chronicles 5:18-22 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore (44,760), that went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in HIM.
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
50,000 camels
250,000 sheep
100,000 men
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
The captivity: God's penalty where they were taken away into Babylon and served as slaves for 70 years.
The captivity: God's penalty where they were taken away into Babylon and served as slaves for 70 years.
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But there was evil in the land through the 1/2 tribe of Manasseh:
(Today: whoring after the various churches of the people of the land, churches where portions of the Word of God has been omitted and discarded, and doctrines other than the doctrines of the Holy Bible have been set up.)
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
God does not forget those things done against HIM. God stirs up an adversary against the tribe of Israel that departed from His Word.
By this, we see how important it is to "serve" the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, by which we save ourselves from the generations of this present world and keep ourselves to HIS eternal life, thereby choosing life over death by honoring the verses of scriptures.
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The divided kingdom: Judah & Israel
Solomon did evil in the sight of God toward the end of his life.
God had warned Solomon about the "strange wives" he had taken. God told Solomon these women would pull him away from obeying God. And that is exactly what Solomon's wives did.
Therefore God put a penalty upon Solomon. After his death, the kingdom of Israel would be divided into two parts: Judah (one tribe) and Israel (10 tribes)
Solomon's son, Rehoboam would rule over Judah which was at Jerusalem.
Jeroboam would rule over "Israel", the other 10 tribes.
II Chronicles 12:15 And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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Rehoboam (king of Judah)
II Chronicles 12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
So God raised up an adversary to fight against Rehoboam.
2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken ME, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
7 And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and MY wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Concerning king Rehoboam (Judah)
II Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.
Rehoboam reigned as king of Judah 17 years. And he died and his son Abijah reigned in his place.
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Concerning Jeroboam: king of Israel
II Chronicles 13:2 And there was war between Abijah (king of Judah) and Jeroboam (king of Israel).
Jeroboam was one of the most evil kings of all time. He set up golden calves in Bethel and Dan for the children of Israel to worship. And Jeroboam removed the Levites from the service appointed by God and he set up extremely vile men to do the ministries of God.
(This is like they have done today by setting up ministers in the New Testament churches who were not ordained by God.)
II Chronicles 13
3 And Abijah (king of Judah) set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men (400,000 men): Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men (800,000 men) being mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial (the devil), and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial (the devil), and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken HIM; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
11 And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken HIM.
12 And, behold, God Himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (500,000 men of Israel slain)
When they began the battle, Judah had only 400,000 men and Israel had 800,000 men, and yet Judah won because God was on the side of Judah against Israel.
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II Chronicles 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.
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