Today, I am reading and commenting on  2 Chronicles 19-22.

When Jehoshaphat returned from his ill-fated alliance with Ahab (the one which led to Ahab’s death), he was confronted by a prophet.  The prophet condemned him for allying with Ahab, but also praised him for removing the Asherah poles from Judah.  Jehoshaphat then appointed judges throughout his kingdom and encouraged them to judge honestly and without bias.  He reminded them that they should serve faithfully and with fear of God.  Further when an army of Moabites and Ammonites was raised to wage war against Judah, Jehoshaphat called on the people to fast.  They gathered in Jerusalem and called upon the Lord. Another prophet prophesied that the army of Judah should go forth to face the invading army, but that they would not need to fight them.  So, the army of Judah set up from Jerusalem singing and praising God.  When they came to a place where they could oversee where the invading army would be staged for the invasion, they saw that the Moabites and Ammonites had turned on each other, wiping out the invading army.  Yet despite these good things, Jehoshaphat once more allied with an evil king of Israel, Ahab’s son.  The result of Jehoshaphat’s alliances with the wicked kings of Israel was that almost all of his descendants were killed by his son and later by his son’s widow.

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