December 19, 2013 – 2 Chronicles 28

Ahaz has a pretty bad run here.  First, he is unfaithful.  Then defeated by his own kin.  Then seeks the assistance of another nation and not God.  Then worships a god that he saw others worshipping that others worshipped and thinks it might work for me.  Boom, boom, boom, it is a checklist of wrong things to do towards God.  And his dad wasn’t a bad king.  When you are going through the book of Kings, it seems like bad dads beget bad sons, but here in Chronicles it seems like the apples don’t fall that close to the tree all the time.  I think you also see that there have been several kings that have done well for a portion of their time as king, but always seem to slip and usually towards the end of their reign.  You wonder why that is?  You would think with age comes a deeper trust in God, but maybe it brings on an increase in arrogance.