Right, But Not Wholehearted
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
All sorts of bloody, barbaric action comes the chapters between the death of Ahaziah and the reign of Amaziah, his grandson. There was the dragon queen, who seized the throne after her son Ahaziah's death, and sometimes-good King Joash, who, interestingly, left no record on his heart disposition.
For his son Amaziah, there is this sad legacy. On the good side is the fact that he took God's direction and sent home Israelite soldiers he'd hired, then enjoyed a great victory. Yet his very next act was to take home the gods of Seir and worship them.
He met an odd end, for a king of Judah. After he turned away from God, "they" conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish, but "they" sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there (v. 27). It was said he outlived Jehoash of Israel after the latter had dealt him a humiliating defeat, so when was this turning point? Maybe it was a long-brewing conspiracy. Who was this shadowy "they"?
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
All sorts of bloody, barbaric action comes the chapters between the death of Ahaziah and the reign of Amaziah, his grandson. There was the dragon queen, who seized the throne after her son Ahaziah's death, and sometimes-good King Joash, who, interestingly, left no record on his heart disposition.
For his son Amaziah, there is this sad legacy. On the good side is the fact that he took God's direction and sent home Israelite soldiers he'd hired, then enjoyed a great victory. Yet his very next act was to take home the gods of Seir and worship them.
He met an odd end, for a king of Judah. After he turned away from God, "they" conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish, but "they" sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there (v. 27). It was said he outlived Jehoash of Israel after the latter had dealt him a humiliating defeat, so when was this turning point? Maybe it was a long-brewing conspiracy. Who was this shadowy "they"?
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