2 Chronicles 25
McGeeCHAPTERS 2528THEME: The reigns of Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz
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AMAZIAH’S REIGNIguess you could say he was a moderately good king.
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He executed the men who had murdered his father.
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He obeyed the Mosaic Law in this respect. This is an important principle. You will never be judged because of the sins of your mother or the sins of your father. You stand judged on the basis of your own sins. On the other hand you may have a very goodly mother or father, but you will never go to heaven because of godly parents. You will go to heaven because of the faith that you must exercise in Christ. This is a tremendous principle that is put down here.
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He is getting ready for war. Also he hires an enemymercenary soldiers from Israel.
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He warns Amaziah to trust God. After all, he has the example of Jehoshaphat and Asa in the past. He should know that God would not want him to hire men of Israel.
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Amaziah obeyed what the man of God had told him. He separated the army of Israel from his own army and sent them back to Israel. Then God gave him a victory over the children of Seir. The battle was fought down by the Dead Sea.
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It is amazing that this man would do a thing like this, but it reveals the iniquity that is in the human heart.
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Now civil war breaks out again.
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Amaziah said, “Let’s see each other eyeball to eyeball.” He was challenging Israel to go to war. Joash replies to Amaziah with a little parable.
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In other words, the parable was an insulting way of saying, “If you stay home and mind your own business, you won’t get hurt.”
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Amaziah would not listen. Now God judges him.
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Of course it was an easy victory for Israel. It was a fulfillment of the prophet’s warning, “I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.”