Today, I am reading and commenting on  2 Chronicles 23-25.

Both Joash and his son Amaziah started out their reigns honoring God, but both turned away from God in their later years.  Joash, in particular, started out enthusiastically serving God.  He went beyond the efforts of his stepfather, Jehoiada the priest, in repairing the Temple and refurnishing it, but once Jehoiada died he fell under the influence of advisors who encouraged him to commit idolatry.  Joash’s son, Amaziah, started out faithfully following the words of God’s prophets, but once he had success he turned to worshiping the idols of those he had defeated.  In both cases, these kings began to think they need not listen to God’s prophets as they got older.  Let us not follow their example and turn from following God.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.