A 1189 Day Journey Through the Bible

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 18: So a bunch of dudes are sitting around prophesying, which means they are just saying what they think God is saying to them.  Think about all the Christian guys who tell girls that God told him to marry her.  I have a hard time believing in the reliability of these "prophets," but we will go with it. Micaiah does the main prophesying here.  The king of Israel (Ahab) doesn't like him because Micaiah always says bad things will happen, but they ask him anyway.  So basically he says Israel is screwed.  Then a guy slaps him in the face and they send him away to jail. Well wouldn't ya know it, Ahab enters battle in disguise and gets shot by an arrow anyway.  He died the next morning.

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 17: Jehoshaphat takes over as king and God really likes him.  The other areas are afraid of him, so they don't go to war.  They bring him a bunch of stuff and became more and more powerful.  And a ton of people were ready to fight for him.

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 16: Asa makes a treaty with Ben-Hadad.  And in Asa's older years, a seer comes to him and tells him that he hasn't been following God right or something.  Asa gets mad and puts him in jail; also he brutally oppressed some people.  Then he got a foot disease and didn't ask God for help and he died.

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 15: Well Esa seems like an okay guy at first, but this chapter suggests otherwise.  A prophet tells Asa that as long as he's all about God, then he's good.  But if he forsakes God, well then he will be shit on. So everyone is having a great time and doing sacrifices and all that, but those who aren't following God were executed.  Death penalty for the non religious.  It is wild that a few countries still do that today.

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 14: Abijah died and Asa takes over as king of Judah.  He follows God well.  Either these kings do or they don't, this one did.  The most interesting part of this chapter is what he says before a great battle, Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty."

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 13: Abijah takes over as king and there's a war between him and Jeroboam.  Now don't get confused.  Rehoboam is Abijah's father, Jeroboam is another dude.  Jeroboam lost power during Abijah's reign, and then God killed Jeroboam. Oh and Abijah had sixteen wives.  Casual.

I am writing from my desk in Seattle, WA. 2 Chronicles 12: So Rehoboam and his peeps decided to turn away from God once they had their city established.  God didn't like this so Shishak King of Egypt attacked.  Though because Rehoboam humbled himself, he wasn't totally destroyed.  Just medium destroyed I think.  He dies at the end of the chapter.