Day 131: February 17, 2026 – II Chronicles 11-16

We continue along in the life and times of the kings of the divided kingdom: Judah and Israel. We see what happened immediately after Solomon passes away and it seems like from there things begin to get wonky. I have sympathies for Asa, he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but what was not appreciated by God was that he sought out military alliances from those around him. They were the same nations that his family had sought out as allies for a variety of reasons, primarily to build the temple. But this time he asked a local nation to take out Israel, since they were closer, and they did. God said that since Asa did not seek him out, instead sought out an ally, that he would no longer be with him. That’s too bad.