2 Chronicles 25:16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
The verse belongs to the reign of Amaziah, the unstable and disloyal king of Judah who reigned after Joash and before Azariah, that is Uzziah, in the line of Judah's kings running down to B.C. 586, and he is counted among the evil rulers with Athaliah, weak Joash, and wavering Ahaz. The confrontation came after Amaziah conquered Edom, that is Seir, and brought its gods home and worshiped them, though they had no power to save even their own people.
When rebuked, Amaziah rejected the prophet's counsel, ordered him to stop speaking, and threatened him with being struck if he continued, and the prophet then forbore and stopped warning him. Before falling silent the prophet declared that God had determined to destroy Amaziah because he had done this and had not hearkened to counsel. The episode shows Amaziah accepted the prophet's testimony when it suited him but rejected reproof when it challenged his course, yet the verse shows that a prophet delivered God's warning even when the king rejected it.
The verse teaches that departing from God brings strife and captivity and great loss, while doing duty brings blessing, so that things might have been very different if men had remembered God, yet God was willing to turn to help His people and wrought mightily for them when they sought Him with all the heart. In Amaziah's history, following the prophet's counsel brought victory without Israel, showing that past expenses should not keep anyone on a wrong course and that God's blessing is worth more than earthly riches. The rebuke of worshiping gods that could not save their own people warns against honoring such gods, applied to America honoring papal influence after defeating Spain.