Tag - Ahaziah

When The Leadership Pool Runs Dry

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Chronicles 22:9c So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom. O-bservation: This is a unique and amazing story. Ahaziah was the youngest son of Jehoram, who was the oldest son of the godly King Jehoshaphat. When Jehoshaphat died, Jehoram was made king, and he had all of his brothers killed. He then married the daughter of King Ahab of Israel. Her name was Athaliah, and she was also the daughter of Jezebel! Her son Ahaziah was killed by Jehu, whom the Lord had chosen to...

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The True Man Of God

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Kings 1:8 They replied, “He had a garment of hair and had a leather belt around his waist.” The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.” O-bservation: King Ahaziah had succeeded his father, Ahab, as king of Israel. He had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. Ahaziah sent his men to consult with the god of Baal-Zebub, who was the false god of Ekron. He told them to ask this god of stone if their king would live. The angel of the Lord had dispatched Elijah...

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When The King Is Dead, Look For A Man Of God

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Chronicles 23:1a In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. O-bservation: Jehoiada was the priest of Judah. Judah had been through a living hell with a succession of lousy, ungodly kings, the latest one being King Ahaziah. His mother, Athalia, was a wicked woman in the same category as Ahab and Jezebel. After her son Ahaziah had been killed by Jehu, she proceeded to have all of the royal family in Judah killed save her grandson Joash, who was hidden by his auntie in the temple of God for six years while the little...

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The Future of An Unholy Alliance

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Chronicles 20:35 Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked. O-bservation: Jehoshaphat was a truly great King of Judah and Jerusalem for 25 years. Toward the end of his life, he made an alliance with Ahaziah, the wicked King over Israel. They went into a ship building trade business together, and God destroyed the ships before they could launch their enterprise. A-pplication: The Old Testament prophet Amos said, " Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?" (Amos 3:3). In other words, here...

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