2Chronicles 25-27
Overview of chapter 25
Cross reference 2Kings 14:1-14.
Amaziah became king of Judah at the age of 25, he reigned 29 years, and he half heartedly served the Lord.
King Amaziah gathered a large army and slaughtered the Edomites.
The King took the Edomites gods (how sad that their gods can be captured) and began to worship them.
Amaziah picked a fight with Joash the king of Israel and lost, and Israel destroyed the walls of Jerusalem.
Amaziah died.
Overview of chapter 26
Cross reference 2Kings 14:21-27.
Amaziah’s son Uzziah became king at the age of 16, he reigned 52 years, and did right in the sight of the Lord.
Uzziah fought and defeated the Philistines, Arabs, and Meunites, and was famous all the way to Egypt.
King Uzziah gathered an elite army of 307,500 men and developed new weapons of war.
The king’s success made him prideful, and he decided to burn incense in the temple in place of the priest.
God gave smote him with leprosy, and he lived the rest of his life in solitude while his son judged the people.
His son Jotham became the king of Judah in his place.
Overview of chapter 27
Cross reference 15:32-38.
Jotham was 25 when he became the king of Judah, he reigned 16 years, and did right in the sight of the Lord (unfortunately the people he ruled were corrupt).
King Jotham built fixed up the temple, built cities, fortresses, and towers and defeated the Ammonites.
The king died at the age of 41 and his son became the king in his place.
Reflection
If you were to define your whole life by a few sentences, what would they be? If you had to categorize yourself as evil, half hearted, or good in the sight of the Lord which would it be?
For Further Study
Leprosy: Exodus 4:1-10, Numbers 12: 1-15, Leviticus 13-14, Matthew 8:1-4.
Cross reference 2Kings 14:1-14.
Amaziah became king of Judah at the age of 25, he reigned 29 years, and he half heartedly served the Lord.
King Amaziah gathered a large army and slaughtered the Edomites.
The King took the Edomites gods (how sad that their gods can be captured) and began to worship them.
Amaziah picked a fight with Joash the king of Israel and lost, and Israel destroyed the walls of Jerusalem.
Amaziah died.
Overview of chapter 26
Cross reference 2Kings 14:21-27.
Amaziah’s son Uzziah became king at the age of 16, he reigned 52 years, and did right in the sight of the Lord.
Uzziah fought and defeated the Philistines, Arabs, and Meunites, and was famous all the way to Egypt.
King Uzziah gathered an elite army of 307,500 men and developed new weapons of war.
The king’s success made him prideful, and he decided to burn incense in the temple in place of the priest.
God gave smote him with leprosy, and he lived the rest of his life in solitude while his son judged the people.
His son Jotham became the king of Judah in his place.
Overview of chapter 27
Cross reference 15:32-38.
Jotham was 25 when he became the king of Judah, he reigned 16 years, and did right in the sight of the Lord (unfortunately the people he ruled were corrupt).
King Jotham built fixed up the temple, built cities, fortresses, and towers and defeated the Ammonites.
The king died at the age of 41 and his son became the king in his place.
Reflection
If you were to define your whole life by a few sentences, what would they be? If you had to categorize yourself as evil, half hearted, or good in the sight of the Lord which would it be?
For Further Study
Leprosy: Exodus 4:1-10, Numbers 12: 1-15, Leviticus 13-14, Matthew 8:1-4.
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