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February 25 - 2 Kings 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday, it's the 25th of
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  February and you have tapped on play because it is time,
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  friends, time for us to sit down, open up God's word and
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  read another chapter together. This is a chapter that, oh,
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  it's, it's not pretty. This is a chapter where God says
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  the reason things don't go well for you kings and your nations
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  is because you continually turn your back on me.
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  And if you open up your Old Testament and read the prophets
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  of Amos and Hosea, this is the situation.
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  This is the part of the history of Israel and Judah that they
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  speak into. So it is a time when God called
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  his prophets to speak up and say, listen, you are not going
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  the way I want you to. And oh, if only history could
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  tell us that things change. And the king said, oh, oh, silly
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  us, I'm sorry, Lord, you've given me everything.
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  Why don't I just follow you? No, alas, it is not to be.
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  And things will go not so well, particularly this week as we
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  read for Israel in the north, as the nation of Assyria will grow
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  in its power. And all will not be well for
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  Israel. But we'll get to that in the
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  next few days. But for now, let us settle back
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  and hear this part of the story as we read together.
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  Second Kings, chapter 14. Amaziah, son of Joash, began to
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  rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King
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  Jehoash of Israel. Amaziah was 25 years old when he
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  became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 29 years.
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  His mother was Jehoidin from Jerusalem.
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  Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight, but not like
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  his ancestor David. Instead, he followed the example
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  of his father Joash. Amaziah did not destroy the
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  Pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and
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  burned incense there. When Amaziah was well
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  established as king, he executed the officials who had
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  assassinated his father. However, he did not kill the
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  children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the
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  Lord as written by Moses in the Book of the Law.
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  Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children,
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  nor children for the sins of their parents.
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  Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own
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  crimes. Amaziah also killed 10,000
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  Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sailor and
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  changed its name to Jokthiel, as it is called to this day.
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  One day Amaziah sent messages with this challenge to Israel's
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  king. Jehoash, the son of Jehovah has
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  and grandson of Jehu. Come and meet me in battle.
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  But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah
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  with this story. Out in the Lebanon mountains, a
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  Thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree.
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  Give your daughter and marriage to my son.
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  But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on
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  the Thistle, crushing it. You have indeed defeated Edom
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  and you are proud of it, but be content with your victory and
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  stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will
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  only Bing disaster on you and the people of Judah?
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  But Amaziah refused to listen. So King Jehoash of Israel
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  mobilised his army against King Amaziah of Judah.
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  The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth Shemesh in
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  Judah. Judah was routed by the army of
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  Israel and it's army scattered and fled for home.
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  King Jehovah of Israel captured Judas King, a Messiah, son of
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  Joash and grandson of Aiziah, at Bethshemesh.
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  Then he marched to Jerusalem and demolished 600 feet of
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  Jerusalem's wall from the Ephraim gate to the corner gate.
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  He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from
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  the temple of the Lord. He also seized the treasures
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  from the royal palace along with hostages, and then returned to
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  Samaria. The rest of the events in
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  Jehoash's reign and everything he did, including the extent of
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  his power and his war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded
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  in the Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
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  When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of
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  Israel, and his son Jeroboam the Second became the next king.
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  King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after the death of King
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  Jehoiah of Israel. The rest of the events of
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  Amaziah's reign are recorded in the Book of the History of the
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  Kings of Judah. There was a conspiracy against
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  Amaziah's life in Jerusalem and he fled to Lakish, but his
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  enemies sent assassins after him and they killed him there.
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  They brought his body back to Jerusalem on a horse and he was
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  buried with his ancestors in the city of David.
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  All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah's 16 year old
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  son Uzziah as king in place of his father Amaziah.
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  After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Ilath and
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  restored it to Judah. Jeroboam the Second, the son of
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  Jehoash, began to rule over Israel in the 15th year of King
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  Amaziah's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria 41 years.
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  He did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
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  He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had
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  LED Israel to commit. Jeroboam the Second recovered
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  the territories of Israel between Libo, Hamath and the
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  Dead Sea, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised
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  through Jonah son of Amitai, the prophet from Gathefa.
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  For the Lord saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel,
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  and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help
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  them. And because the Lord had not
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  said He would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used
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  Jeroboam the Second, the son of Jehoash, to save them.
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  The rest of the events in the reign of Jeroboam the Second and
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  everything he did, including the extent of his power, his wars,
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  and how he recovered for Israel, both Damascus and Hamath which
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  had belonged to Judah are recorded in the Book of the
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  History of the Kings of Israel. When Jeroboam two died, he was
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  buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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  Then his son Zechariah became the next king.
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  Ah Lord, we can get just so tied up in our day to day life that
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  we forget that you walk beside us and that you guide our hands
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  and you have a keen interest not just in the overarching events
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  of the world, but in our daily life and routine.
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  Lord, as we see that you walked with both of those nations, with
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  all your people, we know that you walk with us today.
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  Lord, whatever challenges we face today, help us know that we
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  never face them alone. And as our heart needs to decide
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  to whom it swears allegiance, Lord, may that always be you.
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  And the temptations to place other things above you would be
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  quelled and that we would remain true to you.
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  Our Lord, we love you and we want to continue to place you at
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  the highest place in our lives, purify our hearts, shape our
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  minds, and draw US ever into your warm embrace.
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  Our loving, patient, merciful God, ah, we adore you and we
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  worship you. And we pray all of this in the
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  name of Jesus, Amen.