- I am one of the kings of Juda mentioned in the Book of Kings and in Chronicles (Paralipomenon).
- I was for the most part zealous for the God of Israel, not so much as David and my father, but I ought to have done better. I was negligent in destroying the idols secretly worshiped in the “high places.”
- I was rebuked by a prophet for making an alliance with an evil king of Israel who “hated the Lord.” The prophet confronted me face to face when I returned to Jerusalem after our meeting. The prophet did, however, encourage me by saying that I had done some “good things.”
- I did not learn my lesson. I attempted an alliance with another evil king of Israel and had to be admonished by another prophet shortly before I died. This king and I had planned on invading by sea a defenseless Edomite kingdom for its gold. My ships were destroyed by the Lord.
- In addition to destroying the pagan idols in Juda, one of the other good things I had done was to remove all the effeminate from my kingdom and destroy their filthy idols.
- My reign was blessed with peace and prosperity for the most part, receiving tribute as well from neighboring pagan kings who feared my God.
- My name is connected with a great event yet to come.
- Unfortunately my name had been used frequently in one asinine TV show as a mild way of swearing. The cluemaster Brian Kelly will not allow me to name the witless program which was geared toward moronic juveniles. The springy “euphemism” I refer to actually originated in America in the nineteenth century in a popular novel. No one uses my name in this way anymore.
