2Ki 14:1,3, … Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king. AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, yet not like his father David; he did everything as his father Joash had done.
Amaziah started out doing what was right in the sight of the LORD, but what counts is how we finish the race!
2Ki 14:8, Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “COME, LET US FACE ONE ANOTHER IN BATTLE.”
This godly king Amaziah fought against Israel yet he lost the battle and was imprisoned?
2Ki 14:13, THEN JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL CAPTURED AMAZIAH KING OF JUDAH
What this chapter doesn’t tell you is that Amaziah turned his back to the LORD!
2Ch 25:14, Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.
HE TRUST THE LORD FOR THE VICTORY OF EDOM, YET TOOK THE gods OF EDOM WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO PROTECT THEM?
Pro 26:12, DO YOU SEE A MAN WISE IN HIS OWN EYES? THERE IS MORE HOPE FOR A FOOL THAN FOR HIM.
HE REJECTED GODLY COUNCIL AND GOD SO HE PAID FOR THE FOOLISHNESS OF HIS HEART! TRUSTING IN IDOLS RATHER THAN THE ONLY TRUE A LIVING GOD!