2 Chronicles 25:14
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
After coming from the slaughter and defeat of the Edomites, Amaziah brought the gods of the children of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them. He was an unstable and disloyal king of Judah, and this act was a departing from God. It was foolish and blind idolatry, a failure to recognize the worthlessness of these gods, for they had no power to save, deliver, or elevate even their own Edomite worshipers. His victory over the people who worshiped those gods did not keep him from turning to them. Although Israel subdued Edom in Amaziah's time, Israel could not exert moral influence on Esau's descendants.
His history teaches the lesson of abandoning a wrong course rather than continuing because money has already been invested, for God gave Amaziah victory after he followed the prophet's counsel, showing God's blessing is worth more than earthly riches. A prophet rebuked Amaziah for seeking these gods. His response to reproof shows he accepted the prophet's testimony only when it pleased him, making his course a warning against following one's own counsel instead of accepting the Lord's prophetic counsel. Departing from God brings strife and captivity and great loss, and things might have been so different for Amaziah if he had remembered God.
The verse reveals a principle that repeats itself in individual as well as national life, of turning after victory from the principles that brought success to the religion of the defeated enemy. It is applied as a warning against a nation that, after overcoming Spain, pays homage to the religious power blamed for Spain's oppression. It is applied as a warning against contemporary papal diplomacy and the growing union of church and state, presented as a threat to religious liberty.