2 Kings 14:7 His gods!

 “He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.”

‭‭II Kings‬ ‭14‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. He killed ten thousand Edomites: This shows the military might of Amaziah, and that he successfully subdued the weaker nations surrounding Judah.

b. And took Sela by war: Some believe this was the ancient rock city in the desert also known as Petra; others believe it was a different place. One way or another, this was a significant victory for Amaziah.

i. 2 Chronicles 25:5-16 gives more background to this event. Amaziah gathered a huge army in Judah to go against Edom – three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, who could handle spear and shield. He also hired 100,000 mercenary soldiers from Israel. But a prophet came and warned him not to use the soldiers from Israel, because God was not with that rebellious and idolatrous kingdom. Amaziah was convinced to trust God, send the mercenaries from Israel away, and accept the loss of the money used to hire them. God blessed this step of faith, and gave them a convincing victory over the Edomites.

ii. Amaziah trusted God for the victory over Edom; but immediately after the victory his heart turned from God: Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them. (2 Chronicles 25:14) (Guzik)

His gods!

After trusting God his heart turned from God! “that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.”(Guzik)

But we are no different! We leave church renewed and refreshed in Jesus and when we get home our hearts turn from God and we turn to our gods and idols! Television, smartphones, news, sports, social media and the like! 

Oh, when we meet Jesus face to face will we see how much time we wasted instead of using it wisely for His kingdom!

I confess that I spend too much time with my gods, my smartphone and with television!

What have become your gods?

Blessings