Looking at the histories of kings, we know that God hates those who worship the idols and will certainly destroy them, and God will take care who love and fear him.
Some like, Jehoiada, the priest, who against the evil Athaliah, did what was good in God's eyes in his whole life, his life journey is not easy and full of risk and trails, but God gives sufficient strength and power and wisdom for her to go through trails and in God's will he was able to achieve many.
Some like, King Joash, he started off his reign in wonderful way, but in his later years he turned away from the right path, instead follow the people and the wind instead of the unchanging God, he ended up losing all the people who had risked their lives for him and had loved him, turned away from him.
Some, like Jehoiakim, worship the evil power, becomes the vassal of Babylon, and still very prosper in the time being. As the book of Habakkuk mentions, Habakkuk cried out to God: "Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?", but in the end, God will reigns over the nation, and have justice after generation and destroyed the evil one.
There are more examples and stories....and history just repeats itself. The question is which life would you choose to live? "You will certainly carry out God's purpose, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John." - CSL
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