2 Chronicles 25:14-16·~1 min
Amaziah Rebuked for Idolatry
Returning from Edom, Amaziah adopts Edom's gods and bows to them. When a prophet asks why he seeks gods that could not save their own people, the king silences him with a threat.
W14hen Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them. 15Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?” 16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?”
Section summaryAfter defeating Edom, Amaziah does the baffling thing: he brings home the gods of the conquered people and worships them. A prophet exposes the folly, but Amaziah cuts him off with a threat, showing how quickly victory has turned him away from the LORD.
Role in the chapterThis brief section is the chapter's hinge. It names the spiritual betrayal that explains the disaster to come and shows Amaziah closing himself against the word that might have corrected him.