May 3, 2021: Day 58 – II Chronicles 25

King Amaziah starts off strong at a young 25 and he follows the way of the Lord, at least for a short time.  It is interesting that in vs.2 it states that he did what was right in the sight of the Lord but not with his whole heart and then this whole chapter is about him murdering and worshipping other gods,  strange.

He gets ready to go into battle after he has killed those who killed his father.  But he spares the children of those who killed his father because of the mosaic law that states you cannot blame the children for the sins of their fathers.  That seems almost kind even in the face of cold-blooded murder.

As he gets ready to go into battle he listens to the Lord and pears down his soldiers and those he sent home are so angry that they end up invading the home land and killing three thousand people and taking a lot of loot.  For me this is a bit unfair because Amaziah does what God asks him to do.  Okay, granted he comes home from battle with other gods and begins to worship them, but that was after the fact.  

He tries to get nice with the king of Israel, the northern king, but it backfires and as a result they kill him in Lachish and bring him back on horses.  Not a fun way to day.