The holy spirit scolds

THE HOLY SPIRIT SCOLDS
EDITED BY GLENN PEASE
2 Chronicles24:20 20Thenthe Spiritof God came on
Zechariah son of Jehoiadathe priest. He stoodbefore
the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do
you disobey the LORD's commands? You will not
prosper. Because you have forsakenthe LORD, he has
forsakenyou.'"
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Sad Successive Stages
2 Chronicles 24:17-25
W. Clarkson
With the seventeenthverse of this chapter there commences a very painful
record. From one who had been so mercifully spared, so admirably trained, so
bountifully blessed, as was King Joash, much better things might have been
expected. It is the melancholy story of rapid degeneracy, and a miserable and
dishonourable end.
I. DEPARTURE FROM THE LIVING GOD. Not being "rootedand
grounded" in reverence and in attachmentto Jehovah, as soonas the
directing and sustaining hand of Jehoiada was missed, Joashgave heedto the

evil counselof the reactionary"princes of Judah" and "left the house of the
Lord." The young may be habituated to sacredservices, and they may be
brought up in the practice of good behaviour, but if they have not fully and
firmly attached themselves to the Divine Lord whose praises they have been
singing and whose will they have been respecting, their piety will not endure.
"Being let go," being released, as they must be in time, from the human
restraints that hold them to the right course, they follow the bent of worldly
inclination; it may be that they yield to the solicitationof unholy passion;but
they decline from the path of Christian worship and godly service. It is a
melancholy sight for the angels of God, and for all earnesthuman souls, to
witness - that of a man who knows whatis best, who has stood face to face
with Christ, who has often worshipped in his house, and perhaps sat at his
table, declining to lower paths, "going after Baal," letting another powerthan
that of his gracious Lord rule his heart and occupy his life.
II. RESENTMENT AT THE DIVINE REBUKE. The true and honoured
servant of the Lord, Jehoiada, was wellsucceededby a faithful son,
Zechariah. He did his work right nobly, and testified againstthe apostasyof
the king and court. But the monarch, in the haughtiness of his heart, resented
the rebuke of the Lord's prophet, and only aggravatedhis offence by
persecutionand even murder (vers. 20, 21). Thus sin slopes down, and at some
points with sad and startling rapidity. When God's rebuke is heard, coming
through the voice of one of his ministers, or coming in his Divine providence;
and when that rebuke, instead of being heeded and obeyed, is resentedby the
rebellious spirit, then there ensues a very rapid spiritual decline. Men go
"from bad to worse," from indifference or forgetfulness to hostility, from
doubt to disbelief, from laxity to licentiousness, fromwrongness of attitude to
iniquity in action. To resentthe rebuke of the Lord is to inflict upon ourselves
the most serious, and too often a mortal, injury.
III. THE PENALTY OF DISOBEDIENCE. In the case ofJoash, it was:
1. Humiliating defeatin battle (vers. 23, 24).
2. Bodily sufferings (ver. 25).
3. A violent and miserable death (ver. 25).

4. Dishonourafter death (ver. 25).
In the case ofthe spiritual transgressornow, the penalty that has to be feared
is:
1. Grave and grievous spiritual decline.
2. The serious displeasure of the Divine Master.
3. The loss of the esteemof the truest and best human friends.
4. Condemnation in the day of judgment. - C.
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And Joashdid that which was right in the sight of the Lord an the days of
Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:2
Goodness as a morning cloud
There are certain characters thatare greatcuriosities. There are also other
characters thatare greatmonstrosities. The ease ofJoashis s very
extraordinary one. From his history learn —
I. THAT IT IS A GREAT BLESSING WHEN PEOPLE YIELD TO GODLY
INFLUENCES.
1. The first six years of Joash's life were spent in the temple.
2. He was started in life's business in a very admirable way.
3. He was outwardly obedient to the law of the Lord in the days of Jehoiada.
4. He was zealous for the externals of religion.
5. He influenced others for good.

II. GOOD AS ALL THIS IS, IT IS NOT ALL THAT IS NEEDED.
1. This is not yielding the heart to God.
2. All this yielding to godly influences may exist without any personal, vital
godliness whatever.
3. An externally pious charactermay even prevent men from being saved at
all. It may lead a man to take for grantedthat he is saved.
4. To be under godly influences year after year, without any greattrial or
temptation, may leave the personalcharacteraltogetherundeveloped.We
must have some kind of test, or else we cannot be sure of the character. You
cannot be sure about principle being in any young man if he has been kept
under a glass case,and if his principles have never been tried. The real
characterof Joashhad never come out at all, because Jehoiada,as it were,
coveredhim. His own disposition was only waiting the opportunity of
developing itself. I have heard of an officer in India who had brought up a
young leopard. It was apparently as tame as a cat. One afternoon, while asleep
in his chair, the leopard lickedhis hand in all tenderness as a catmight have
done; but after licking awhile it licked too hard and a little blood began to
flow. It no sooner tastedblood than the old leopardspirit was up, and his
master was his master no more. So does it happen to many that being shut in,
and tamed, as it were, but not changed, subdued but not renewed, kept in
check but not converted, there has come a time afterwards when the taste of
blood has calledout the old nature, and awaythe man has gone.
III. THIS YIELDING CHARACTER MAY EVEN PROVE A SOURCE OF
MISCHIEF. The princes of Judah came and "made obeisanceto the king."
What followed?
1. Joashwentoff to sin.
2. He refused reproof.
3. He slew his friend's son.
4. Having no faith in God, he robbed the temple, and gave all the gold and
treasures unto Hazael the Syrian.

( C. H. Spurgeon.)
The goodnessofKing Joash
James Randall, M.A.
1. The history of Joashenforces the duty of training ourselves, andthose who
are under our guidance, to stand alone, and not to restupon the support of
others.
2. Notthat we should make small accountof the counselof wise and religious
friends. The perfect use of a wise adviseris not to determine for us what we
shall do in every particular case that day by day arises;but to help us to store
our minds with sound principles, such as we may call up for our own direction
when any emergencyrequires them.
3. There is a greatdifference in the natural constitution of men's minds. Some
are like the creeping plant that grows up rapidly, but must always hang for
support upon some external prop. Others are like the oak, slowlydeveloping
itself from among the meaner underwood, until it rears its head alone above
the trees of the forest. When the trellis or pole decays, the creepermust fall to
the ground; the oak abides seemingly unmovable in its own strength. All the
culture that man could bestow would never give to the creeperthe sturdiness
of the oak.
4. But though man cannot change nature God can. He canimpart strength to
the weakestcharacter. Thereforethe wayto be firm in what is good, is to take
God for your guide and support, and not man (Galatians 6:4, 5; Philippians
2:12, 13).
5. There is no contradictionbetweenthe duty of seeking and in due measure
following the counselof our goodinstructors and the duty of standing fast for
ourselves in the counselof God. Just as the office of the moon is to transmit
the reflectedlight of the sun to the dark side of the earth; but if the moon
comes betweenthe earth and the sun, it does but darkenthe earth, by
intercepting from it the rays that beam from that greatlight which is the

source of light and heatto both; so the parent, the teacher, orthe priest, is to
stand for God towards the child, the pupil, or the private Christian, so far as
their imperfect knowledge ortheir spiritual needs require; but not so as to
eclipse God, or to make them forgetthat to God and not to man they are
answerable in the lastresort for their deeds.
(James Randall, M.A.)
Joash
C. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A.
Men may constrainus to a temporary amendment, but God alone can control
us to a lasting change of characterand heart. Circumstances canmake any
one of you religious for a time, and give you feelings and habits which will
make you appear religious to others, and what is worse still, lead you to
suppose that the outward appearance is the effectof inward principle. But
nothing but the grace of God, and the love of His name and His truth, can
produce that piety of heart which withstands temptation, and lives when all
earthly agenciesare gone which nursed it, because it lives in Him who was
pleasedto make those earthly agencies the means of grace to the soul. We
have in this verse two characters forcontemplation.
I. JEHOIADA, AS AN EXAMPLE OF INFLUENCE EXERTED FOR
GOOD.
1. He had three elements of success withwhich to work.
(1)Power, arising from his priestly office and his marriage relationship.
(2)Piety, which gave him the principles on which to discharge his mission.
(3)Courage, arising from his faith in God.
2. Note here the relative influence of personal piety. "Joashdid that which is
right." The nation prospered in every sense through the faithfulness of one
man. Clearand consistentpersonalpiety is always a persuasive thing. No
treatises upon religion can rival for persuasive powerthe "living epistles

known and read of all men." Our calling as Christians is to win others, as
Jehoiada did, to do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. We have
receivedlight that our faces may shine before men. The designof God in our
salvationis not only our happiness but our usefulness.
II. JOASH AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR WARNING. The religion which
had its life and influence only from a man was soonforgottenwhen the source
of that influence had passedaway. There is a vital difference betweenthe
godliness which is the result of external circumstances andthat which is the
product of internal principle. It is the difference betweenthe galvanised
corpse and the living man; the star and the meteor; the flash of the lightning
and the action of the sunbeam. There is a false godliness current among men.
1. With some piety is dependent upon policy.
2. With others it is a matter of periods.
3. With others it is a religion of place.
4. With others it is dependent upon the personalinfluence of some minister, or
upon the advice and counselof a friend.
(C. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A.)
Life and characterofJoash
J. Wolfendale.
I. THE INSTABILITY OF HIS RELIGION.
1. He was zealous for God under restraint.
2. He degeneratedwhen that restraint was takenaway.
II. THE HONOUR AND THE DISGRACE OF HIS REIGN.
1. Honourable reforms.
2. Disgracefulcrimes. Like Nero after the death of his teacherSeneca, the
philosopher, he was stained with crimes.

III. THE DISASTROUS END OF HIS LIFE. Conclusion:Learn —
1. The responsibility of those to whom the care of young persons is entrusted.
2. Caution those yet under guardianship and tutors and friends.
3. The awful end of those who turn aside from hopeful beginnings.
(J. Wolfendale.)
The Jehoiadas ofsociety
J. Parker, D.D.
It would seemto be about the last thing men do, to estimate properly the value
of subtle and silent influences, the magic and wisardry of noble character. We
may even be ashamedto do certain things in the presence ofthe Jehoiadas of
society. We are not ashamedof the things themselves, nor are we unprepared
to make experiments in regardto them; but wheneverwe would put forth our
hand to begin the experiments we see the observing Jehoiada, and withdraw
from the pernicious attempt. So it is that there are trustees of commercialand
socialhonour, men who would never do the dishonourable deed, speak the
calumnious word, or mislead the sentiment of the market-place in times of
strong temptation and peril. We rely upon them as disinfectants, keeping the
commercialatmosphere pure, and discouraging in the most positive and
decisive manner the spirit and action of men who are low-minded and selfish.
These Jehoiadasdeliver no lectures upon commercialmorality, nor do they in
any manner that can be chargedwith conceitdisplay their own virtues; they
simply go on their straightforward course, doing justice, loving mercy, and
walking humbly with God, and the result of their presence and characteris
that even the worst men are restrained, weak men are confirmed in good
resolutions, and men whose characterneeds inspiration receive it from their
example.
(J. Parker, D.D.)

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Adam Clarke Commentary
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah - "When he saw the transgression
of the king and of the people, burning incense to an idol in the house of the
sanctuary of the Lord, on the day of expiation; and preventing the priests of
the Lord from offering the burnt-offerings, sacrifices,daily oblations, and
services, as written in the book of the law of Moses;he stoodabove the people,
and said." - Targum.
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Albert Barnes'Notes onthe Whole Bible
Stoodabove the people - Zechariah, the high priest, took up an elevated
position, perhaps on the steps of the inner court, which was elevatedabove the
outer court, where the people would be.
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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the
priest,.... The spirit of prophecy, as the Targum; he was moved and influenced
by it to speak whatis after related:
which stood above the people;in a desk, or sortof pulpit, in which the priests
stoodwhen they taught the people, that they might be the better heard, like
that which Ezra used, Nehemiah 8:4.
and said unto them, thus saith God; being moved and directed by his Spirit,
he spake in his name:
why transgress ye the command of the Lord, that ye cannotprosper? by
committing idolatry, than which nothing could more hinder prosperity, both
in things spiritual and temporal, in soul and body:
because ye have forsakenthe Lord, he hath also forsakenyou; because they
had forsakenthe worship of God, as the Targum, God had forsakenthem,
and was about to give them up into the hand of their enemies.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:20". "The New John Gill
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Geneva Study Bible
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
which stood l above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why
transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper?
because ye have forsakenthe LORD, he hath also forsakenyou.
(l) In a place above the people, to the intent that he might be heard.
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chronicles-24.html. 1599-1645.
Wesley's ExplanatoryNotes
which stood above the people, and saidunto them, Thus saith God, Why

Who stood— The people were assembledin the court of the temple, which
they had not quite forsook, whenZechariah stoodup in some of the desks that
were in the court of the priests, and plainly told them their sin, and the
consequencesofit.
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1765.
John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Chronicles 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of
Jehoiada the priest, which stoodabove the people, and said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye
cannot prosper? because ye have forsakenthe LORD, he hath also forsaken
you.
Ver. 20. Zechariah the sonof Jehoiada.]Called, saysome, elsewhere
Barachias, thatis, the blessedof the Lord; which title he might have given
him, as Jedediahwas to Solomon, for honour’s sake.
Which stoodabove the people.]And earnestlyinveighed againstthe evil
manners of king, princes, and people, who thereupon taxed him as a traitor,
likely, and a trumpet of rebellion, as the Papists did Luther, and gave him his
passportout of the world.

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Hawker's PoorMan's Commentary
How lovely in the midst of such degenerate times appears this conduct of
Zechariah. The imagination can hardly furnish a more amiable view than to
behold faithful servants of the Lord daring to be zealous for the cause of God
and of Christ, when the tide of the day is running violently againstthem.
What a glorious evidence of faith this is, when, like Moses,men fear not the
wrath of the king, because they see him who is invisible. Hebrews 11:27. But
Reader!while we pay all due honour to such lovely characters, letus not
overlook the cause. Zechariahwas thus faithful, because the Spirit of the Lord
came upon him. Oh! blessedgift. Lord pour out of thy spirit now, we beseech
thee, for the residue of the Spirit is with thee!
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Matthew Poole's EnglishAnnotations on the Holy Bible
Above the people; in a higher place, that his voice and messagemight be the
better heard.
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1685.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
20. Zechariah the son of Jehoiada — The sonand successorof the agedpriest
nobly stood above the people, (that is, took a bold and elevatedposition before
them,) and rebuked their evil ways, and so became a martyr. The memory of
this dark crime became fixed in Jewishtradition, and according to the
Talmud, the martyrs’ blood continued to bubble, like blood yet warm, upon
the pavement of the court, until the temple was destroyedby Nebuzaradan,
who, it is said, slew eighty thousand young priests to avenge the blood of
Zechariah. This legend shows whata hold the martyrdom of the high priest
took upon the Jewishmind. The “Zacharias, sonofBarachias,”to whom our
Lord referred, is to be identified with this Zechariah. See Matthew 23:35,

note. His blood, crying from the ground like that of Abel, was heard yet in
Messiah’s day, as if repeating, “The Lord look upon it, and require it.” 2
Chronicles 24:22.
The writer proceeds to show that Joashand his people were speedily punished
for their sins by the Syrian invasion, and the king himself soonafter fell by the
hand of assassins. The remainder of the chapteris to be compared with 2
Kings 12:17-21. One writer supplements the other, though both accounts are
brief. The difference in the names of the conspirators (2 Chronicles 24:26)is
doubtless owing to a corruption of the text.
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JosephBenson's Commentaryof the Old and New Testaments
2 Chronicles 24:20. The Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, who stood above
the people — He was moved by the Holy Spirit to address the people publicly,
and to reprove them for their idolatries, and their departure from the worship
of God, which that he might do, so as to be heard by all, he stoodupon a high
place, where they might both see and hear him, and from thence both testified

againsttheir sin, and warned them of the consequencesofit. And said, Why
transgress ye, &c. — It is remarkable, that, though he spake by the spirit of
prophecy, yet he only applied the generalprediction of Moses,Deuteronomy
31:16-17, unto the present time; that they might all learn to pay a greater
regard to Moses,and to make themselves better acquainted with his law; unto
which, if they had attended, they would have easilydiscerned who were true
prophets and who were false. Becauseye have forsakenthe Lord, he also hath
forsakenyou — This, it is likely, he spake with greatvehemence, and even
enlargedupon the subject so long, that it raised their indignation.
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
CHAPTER XXIV.
Priest, refers to Zacharias. Sept. "Azarias." H. --- It is not certainwhether
this was the person whom Jesus Christ speaks,(Matthew xxiii. 35.;C.) as S.
Jerombelieves; (Matthew xxiii. 35.)or our Saviour alludes to one of the minor
prophets, (T.) or to the father of John the Baptist. Baronius)H. --- Sight. Heb.
"above," perhaps on the steps betweenthe two courts. C. --- To make. Heb.
"therefore hath he forsakenyou."
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
came upon = clothed.
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada. In Zechariah 1:1 and Matthew 23:35 a second
name is given, "sonof Barachias".On the use of two or more names see note
on 1 Chronicles 25:11. It is quite needless to assume that there is any error,
when so simple a solution lies on the surface.
saith = hath said. A rare form of the verb.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged
The Spirit of God came upon Zechariahthe sonof Jehoiada - probably a
younger son, because his name does not occurin the list of Aaron's successors,
(1 Chronicles 6:1-81.)[Septuagint, Azarias].
Stoodabove the people. Being of the priestly order, he spoke from the inner
court which was considerablyhigher than that of the people.
And said unto them ... His near relationship to the king might have createda
feeling of delicacyand reluctance to interfere; but at length he, too, was
prompted by an irresistible impulse to protest againstthe prevailing impiety.
The bold freedom and energyof his remonstrance, as wellas his denunciation
of the national calamities that would certainly follow, were most unpalatable
to the king, while they so rousedthe fierce passions of the multitude, that a
band of miscreants, at the secretinstigation of Joash, stonedhim to death (cf.
Matthew 23:35). This deed of violence involved complicatedcriminality on the
part of the king. It was a horrid outrage on a prophet of the Lord-base
ingratitude to a family who had preserved his life-atrocious treatment of a
true Hebrew patriot-an illegal and unrighteous exercise ofhis power and
authority as a king.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(20) And the Spirit of God came upon.—Literally, clothed, invested. (See Note
on 1 Chronicles 12:18.)
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest.—“The priest,” i.e., the high priest, is
an epithet of Jehoiada, not of Zechariah.
Which stoodabove the people.—Probablyon the steps of the inner court of
the Temple, facing the people who were assembledin the outer court.
Why transgress.—Whereforeare ye transgressing?
That ye cannot prosper.—Literally, and will not prosper.
Becauseye have forsaken. . .—Rather, for ye have forsakenthe Lord, and He
hath forsakenyou. (Comp. the similar language ascribedto the prophets
Shemaiah and Azariah ben Oded, 2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 15:2).
Contextual Overview
15ButJehoiada waxedold, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and
thirty years old was he when he died. 16And they buried him in the city of
David among the kings, because he had done goodin Israel, both toward God,
and toward his house. 17Now afterthe death of Jehoiada came the princes of
Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkenedunto them.
18And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalemfor this their
trespass. 19Yethe sent prophets to them, to bring them againunto the LORD;
and they testified againstthem: but they would not give ear. 20And the Spirit
of God came upon Zechariah the sonof Jehoiada the priest, which stood

above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the
commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have
forsakenthe LORD, he hath also forsakenyou. 21And they conspired against
him, and stoned him with stones atthe commandment of the king in the court
of the house of the LORD. 22Thus Joashthe king remembered not the
kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And
when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. 23And it came
to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up againsthim: and
they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyedall the princes of the people
from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of
Damascus. 24Forthe army of the Syrians came with a small company of men,
and the LORD delivered a very greathost into their hand, because they had
forsakenthe LORD God of their fathers. So they executedjudgment against
Joash.
18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and servedgroves
and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalemfor this their trespass.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them againunto the Lord; and they
testified againstthem: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper?
because ye have forsakenthe Lord, he hath also forsakenyou.
21 And they conspiredagainsthim, and stoned him with stones atthe
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Thus Joashthe king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord
look upon it, and require it.

Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamedto request from the king troops and horsemento protect
us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of
our God is favorably disposedto all those who seek Him, but His powerand
His angerare againstall those who forsake Him."
Verse Concepts
Isaiah65:11-15
"But you who forsake the LORD, Who forget My holy mountain, Who seta
table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny, I will
destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter
BecauseI called, but you did not answer;I spoke, but you did not hear. And
you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight." Therefore,
thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be
hungry Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty Behold, My
servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. read more.
Judges 10:11-14
The LORD said to the sons of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the
Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines? "Also when
the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressedyou, you cried out
to Me, and I delivered you from their hands. "Yet you have forsakenMe and
served other gods;therefore I will no longer deliver you. read more.
1 Chronicles 28:9

"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him
with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searchesall hearts, and
understands every intent of the thoughts If you seek Him, He will let you find
Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa and saidto him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all
Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you when you are with Him And if
you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will
forsake you.
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Joshua 24:20
"If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do
you harm and consume you after He has done goodto you."
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2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariahthe son of Jehoiada the priest; and
he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, 'Why do you
transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? Becauseyou
have forsakenthe LORD, He has also forsakenyou.'"
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Jeremiah15:6-7

"You who have forsakenMe," declaresthe LORD, "You keepgoing
backwardSo I will stretchout My hand againstyou and destroy you; I am
tired of relenting! "I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of
the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; They did
not repent of their ways.
Jeremiah17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake Youwill be put to shame Those
who turn awayon earth will be written down, Because theyhave forsakenthe
fountain of living water, even the LORD.
Verse Concepts
Forsaking » Who the lord will forsake
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your
fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of
the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and
break My covenantwhich I have made with them. "ThenMy angerwill be
kindled againstthem in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face
from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come
upon them; so that they will say in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not
among us that these evils have come upon us?'
2 Chronicles 15:2

forsake you.
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2 Chronicles 24:20
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Forsaking God» ProvokesGodto forsake men
2 Chronicles 24:24
Indeed the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet the
LORD delivered a very greatarmy into their hands, because they had
forsakenthe LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executedjudgment on
Joash.
Verse Concepts
2 Chronicles 15:2
forsake you.
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2 Chronicles 24:20
Verse Concepts
Judges 10:13
"Yet you have forsakenMe and served other gods;therefore I will no longer
deliver you.
2 Chronicles 24:20
"Because youhave forsakenthe Lord,
He has also forsakenyou."
As I've told you before, I am reading the Bible (again)from Genesis to
Revelation;only this time it is with a much deeper yearning and a more
discerning heart for God's messageto me, a repentant sinner. I am on the tail
end of the Booksof1 and 2 Kings/1 and 2 Chronicles, and I'm sure you will
understand when I say that it takes some serious study to keepall the kings
and their deeds separate.

First of all, it is important to gleanthat 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings give a
political history of Israeland Judah, while 1 and 2 Chronicles present a
religious history of the Davidic dynasty of Judah. While it is easyto think
that it all runs togetherand the narrative regarding the various kings reads
the same, nothing could be further from the truth. After Solomon died and
the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah came into
existence, there are stark differences in the two kingdom's attitudes toward
worship, the way they ran their governments, and how their rulership affected
the people they served.
There were 19 Kings that ruled the northern kingdom of Israel, beginning
with Jeroboam, an Ephraimite, to Hoshea, the last king of Israel, before it was
captured by Assyria. The history of the nation of Israel, and its subsequent
kings can be summed up in 2 Kings 17:22-23 ... For the children of Israel
walkedin all the sins of Jeroboamwhich he did; they departed not from
them; Until the LORD removed Israelout of his sight, as he had saidby all his
servants the prophets. So was Israelcarried awayout of their own land to
Assyria unto this day.
As hard as it is to believe, there was not one of the 19 kings of the Kingdom
of Israel that was not wicked. As you read their histories in the Bible, it is
noted of eachof them, "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
LORD, and followedthe sins of Jeroboam, whichmade Israelto sin." It is
important that we know exactly what those sins of Jeroboamwere, so great
were they that they infected the entire history of the nation of Israel.
Here's what he did: 1) He urged the people to turn from worshipping at
God's Temple in Jerusalemto temples he establishedin the kingdom of Israel;
2) He made two golden calves and calledthem "gods",leading his people to
worship false gods and idols; 3) He establishedshrines to these false gods; 4)
He appointed priests that were not from the tribe of Levi as God had
commanded; and 5) He proclaimedhis own feastday, and made sacrifices to
false gods on unholy altars, using priests not sanctified by God.
To a Holy God who had made a covenantwith the Israelites in return for
them obeying His statues and commandments for all their generations, this

was obvious rebellion. The consequencesare statedin the chosenScripture
for today ... Because youhave forsakenthe Lord, He has also forsakenyou.
The consequenceswere profound. Jeroboamhad been given the great
commandment to reign over the 10 tribes of Israel. But his idolatry and
apostasycausedhim not only the life of his son, but would result in the
scattering of the 10 tribes of Israelunto this day.
The nation of Judah shares in the sins of Israelwith their own kings who
embracedidolatry and apostasy -- with a striking difference. From
Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, to Zedekiah, there were actually eight good
kings who walkedin the ways of the Lord. From King Asa, who was a
righteous man, and who "took awaythe sodomites out of the land, and
removed all the idols that his fathers had made" -- to goodKing Josiahwho
restoredthe Torahto the Jews, whichresulted in the reinstitution of Covenant
betweenGod and His people, the restorationof Passover, and reforms in how
the people of Judah worshipped the Lord.
But God is a Holy and Righteous God, and the sins of the rest of the kings
of Judah, and the people, outweighedthe attempts to keepthem obedient to
the Lord's commandments and statutes. Time and again, the kings of Judah
were tempted to follow after false gods, and the Lord would send a word by
his prophets and raise up a goodking to return the people of Judah to His
ways. But God, by His Sovereignplan, toleratedonly so much, and as it says
in 2 Chronicles 36:16, "But they mockedthe messengers ofGod, and despised
His words, and misused His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose
againstHis people; till there was no remedy." King Nebuchadnezzarand
captivity in Babylon was their punishment.
What will be ours? Forsurely, we have sinned againstGod as greatly as
the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Our God is the same God they
worshipped, and we know that God is consistentin His commandments and
His justice. History has shown us that the northern kingdom of Israelwas so
rebellious and disobedient that God scatteredthem. The kingdom of Judah
was the only tribe with whom God kept His covenantbecause they humbled
themselves and repented. However, they did not escape discipline and were

often weakenedbefore their enemies and exiled. So how will our history be
written? Will we remain rebellious and break our covenantwith the God of
our fathers? Or will we humble ourselves and repent and turn back toward
the Lord?
The one thing we need to realize is that those scatteredtribes of Israelhave
not been forgottenby God. He will soonsend His Son back to earth to redeem
them. All Israelwill be saved. The question remains ... what about the other
nations of the world, including us?
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