II Kings 1-3
1. It is sad that although Ahaziah knew about Elijah and the God of Israel, he chose to seek other "gods" instead. When he tried to bring trouble upon Elijah for questioning him, Elijah turned it back around and made it so that the kings trusted soldiers were punished instead. Our country knows about God too, and has experienced His greatness, and yet we still choose to ignore Him and look other places for help.
2. Let's look anyways - It is silly that the prophets, who knew that Elijah was going to be taken from Elisha convinced Elisha that they should send men out to look for him. After all,they already knew about it.
3. I hope that people are fearful around me. After all, I am almost bald. I wonder if I get extra credit in God's eyes, as God doesn't want man to cover his head when worshiping! :-)
4. It is interesting to see that Joram got rid of the sacred stone of Baal. I wonder what the motivation was, as the bible still says that he did evil in God's eyes. It just says not as evil as his father Ahab. I guess you could say that this passage proves that God is a jealous God and wants all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
5. The end of chapter three gives some very interesting pictures. First it talks about one town that men armed with slings surrounded and attacked. (Somehow this just does not seem as terrifying as swords and fire, but maybe I don't understand it all...)
The second picture that I find interesting is that finally the king of Moab sacrifices his son on the wall of the city and the fury against Israel is very great. On one hand it sounds as if they are winning the war, yet on the other hand it seems as if they cannot win. I guess it must've been like the US trying to invade Japan. Japan would've sacrificed all of their people in Kamikazi attacks before they would surrender.
