Good morning, everyone!
Today I read 2 Chronicles 13-17.
In today's reading, Rehoboam dies, and his son Abijah becomes king of Judah.
Jeroboam, king of Israel, and Abijah, king of Judah, fight against one another.
However, Abijah seeks God's counsel and serves Him, while Jeroboam has made false gods for himself and his people.
Thus, God favors Abijah, and Abijah drives Israel's armies back.
Soon after, Jeroboam dies.
Abijah, however, becomes powerful, and is known through the land.
His son Asa succeeds him when he dies, and he does what is right in God's sight, and so God prospers him, even helping him to win battles when he asks.
However, after a time, Azaraiah, the prophet, has to warn Asa not to turn from following God, so as not to cause his people to stumble.
Asa takes the words to heart and removes all the idols from the land, and made sacrifices to God, restoring to God's temple things that had been taken.
Later, however, Asa goes to war against Baasha, king of Israel. Asa brings out silver and gold from God's temple and sends it to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, asking for his help in defeating Baasha's armies.
The king agrees, but God is not pleased. Hanani, His prophet, comes to the king to chastise him for relying on King Ben-hadad instead of seeking God.
Asa throws the prophet in prison.
Soon after, Asa became ill. He did not seek God or ask Him for healing, or repent of what he'd done. Rather, he relied on the court physicians only, and he died.
His son, Jehosaphat, succeeds him as king, and he does what is good in the sight of God. He followed David's example, and sought after only God, rather than false gods.
God established his kingdom, and no one wanted to make an enemy of Jehosaphat. All the kingdoms around him sent tribute to him, including the Philistines. And many men served him.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read 2 Chronicles 18-20.
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