2 Chronicles. I was moved by the startling contrast in today's reading. In Chapter 20, we see God intervene in a powerful, miraculous way and save His people under Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram had his own brothers murdered to make sure none of them took the kingdom from him. When Jehoram died, his son Ahaziah was king for just a short time before he was killed as a result of God's judgment. Jehoram's wife Athaliah stole the kingdom and had her own grandchildren slaughtered so she could keep it for herself.
From Jehoshaphat to Athaliah in two generations! But God would have none of it. He spared the life of a boy who was to become king of Judah. Wow!
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