Kings of Judah who did what was Right in the LORD’s eyes
Of the 20 kings of Judah, most were bad guys. Only four did what was right in the LORD’s eyes.
INTRODUCTION
Of the 20 kings of Judah, most were bad guys. They were profoundly self-centered. They were profoundly selfish. They embodied greed and evil.
Only four did what was right in the LORD’s eyes. They embodied holiness. They could unify their people.
BIBLE VERSES
1 Kings 15:11. Asa did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, as David his father did.
2 Kings 18:3. [Hezekiah] did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chronicles 17:3. The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
2 Kings 22:2. [Josiah] did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.
THE KINGS OF JUDAH
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa – did what was right in the LORD’s eyes
Jehoshaphat – did what was right in the LORD’s eyes
Jehoram
Ahaziah
Athaliah
Jehoash
Amaziah
Uzziah
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah – did what was right in the LORD’s eyes
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah – did what was right in the LORD’s eyes
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
SEE ALSO
Selecting a Child as King. A child is almost certainly not qualified to be king. However, the people of Judah anointed three children as their king.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. In the kings of the Old Testament, we see powerful examples that power corrupts. That absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Evil kings who were assassinated by their own staff. Four kings in the Old Testament were assassinated by their own staff. It was because those kings were truly horrible people.
Kings of Judah who did what was Right in the LORD’s eyes. Of the 20 kings of Judah, most were bad guys. Only four did what was right in the LORD’s eyes.
Corrupt Leaders. In the Book of Kings, the leaders exhibit narcissistic behaviors. They demand subservience. They commit idolatry and murder. They disobey sexual laws.
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