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2 Chronicles 25:14–16, “Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.”
The Edomites were also called the children of Seir. Seir is a mountain range that runs through the entire length of Edom. Amaziah had trusted the Lord and defeated the people from Seir but he decided to bring back their gods and worship them instead of the Lord. The Lord sent a prophet, who told Amaziah that he was doing wrong. After all, Amaziah had defeat Seir and their gods in the Lord’s Name, why on earth would he worship those gods now? Amaziah told the prophet to be silent but the prophet told the king that he would be destroyed because he chose to ignore the Lord’s gracious message.
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