2 Chronicles 18:28-34 NASB
(28)
So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.
(29)
The
king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into
battle, but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised
himself, and they went into battle.
(30)
Now
the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do
not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone."
(31)
So
when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the
king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat
cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.
(32)
When
the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they
turned back from pursuing him.
(33)
A
certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of
the armor. So he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and take
me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded."
(34)
The
battle raged that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot
in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset he died.
The
alliances we make are a reflection of the wisdom in our choices. Jehoshaphat did not enter blindly into this
alliance with Ahab. In fact, his son was
married to Ahab’s daughter.
Here
we see Jehoshaphat going to visit Ahab and Ahab has enticed him to go to
battle. Even in this, Jehoshaphat asked
Ahab to see what the Lord had to say about going into battle with the Syrians.
When
Ahab consults his false prophets, Jehoshaphat asks for a true man of God. The false prophets tell Ahab what he wants to
hear but God’s man tells him that he would not return from this battle.
Even
in this, Jehoshaphat goes with Ahab into battle. He not only goes into battle, we see in verse
29 that he listens and goes along with Ahab’s plan to disguise himself. It almost cost’s Jehoshaphat his life
Why
are we to avoid unholy alliances? They
can take us to places where God does not intend for us be.
We
need to make wise choices about the alliances we make.
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