Today, I am reading and commenting on  2 Chronicles 26-28.

We have three kings of Judah discussed in today’s passage.  The first of these was Uzziah, the son of Amaziah.  Amaziah had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but after conquering Edom he turned to worshiping the gods of Edom.  Uzziah followed in the footsteps his father laid out in his early life, not those towards the end.  Also, Uzziah apparently had someone who encouraged him in his walk with the Lord and as long as his role model and guide lived Uzziah did what pleased the Lord.  However, after Zechariah, Uzziah’s mentor in the Lord, died, Uzziah became arrogant and usurped the role of priest.  Uzziah’s son Jotham followed in his father’s footsteps without the arrogance of his later years.  Uzziah and Jotham became powerful kings because of their faithfulness to God, but failed to lead the people to abandon their idolatry.  Unfortunately, Jotham’s son, Ahaz, did not follow the example given by his father and grandfather.  The result was that Judah was invaded repeatedly during his reign, suffering terrible losses as a result.  None of these losses caused Ahaz to turn to God, instead he turned ever further from righteousness.  So, despite the efforts of Uzziah and Jotham to do what was right in God’s eyes, Ahaz chose to do what was wicked in God’s sight, which led to hardship and troubles for Judah as the people followed him in his wicked ways.

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