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5. DECLINE AND APOSTASY UNDER AMAZIAH, UZZIAH, JOTHAM AND AHAZ
CHAPTER 25 The Reign of Amaziah
_ 1. The record of Amaziah's reign (2 Chronicles 25:1)_
2. The war against Edom (2 Chronicles 25:5)
3...
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THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH. This section is taken from 2 Kings 14:1 with
some considerable additions and modifications characteristic of the
Chronicler.
2 Chronicles 25:1. See notes on 2 Kings 14:1; the Chr...
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THE CITY OF JUDAH. Jerusalem. The only occurrence of the expression.
Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac and Vulgate, read "the city
of David"....
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_upon horses_ Render, UPON THE HORSES; i.e. upon the horses of some of
his pursuers. The conspirators thereby announced the complete success
of their conspiracy....
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10. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH (Chapter 25)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 25:1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name wa...
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REIGN OF AMAZIAH
This chapter is derived in the main from 2 Kings 14:1, but with two
insertions, 2 Kings 14:5 and 2 Kings 14:13....
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THE CITY OF JUDAH] LXX has 'the city of David,' as in 2 Kings 14:20
and 2 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chron
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 25
AMAZIAH PREPARES FOR WAR – 2 CHRONICLES 25:1-10
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UPON HORSES. — See 2 Kings 14:20.
IN THE CITY OF JUDAH. — A transcriber’s mistake for _city of
David,_ as it is in Kings and all the old versions, as well as some
Heb. MSS....
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וַ יִּשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ עַל ־הַ סּוּסִ֑ים
וַֽ יִּקְב
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JOASH AND AMAZIAH
2 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 25:1
FOR Chronicles, as for the book of Kings, the main interest of the
reign of Joash is the repairing of the Temple; but the later narrative
introd...
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The story of the reign of Amaziah opens with a remarkable statement
which gives us the key to all that follows. "He did that which was
right in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart." The...
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_David. Heb. "of Juda," contrary to the Sept., Syriac, &c. C._...
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REFLECTIONS
WE ought to pause over the view of such characters as Amaziah, and
gather instruction from the very awful representation of the corrupt
and fallen nature they afford. How in direct opposit...
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Much of this history we have 2 Kings 14:1. But we shall do well to
observe in the sad history of the termination of his life, what is
said; it came of God. Yes! when sinners reject the counsel of God,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26.
Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster
upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with
th...
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2 Chronicles 25:20...
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1 Amaziah beginneth to reigne well.
3 Hee executeth iustice on the traitours.
5 Hauing hired an armie of Israelites against the Edomites, at the
word of a Prophet, he loseth the hundred talents, and...
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AMAZIAH BEGINS WELL
(vv.1-4)
The reign of Amaziah was relatively long, ¾ 29 years, because, as his
father Joash, he at first did what was outwardly right in the eyes of
the Lord, though his heart w...
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JUDAH:
that is, the city of David, as it is 2 Kings 14:20...
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17-28 Never was a proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah
by Joash king of Israel. A man's pride will bring him low, Proverbs
29:23; it goes before his destruction, and deservedly brings...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 25:28 brought H5375 (H8799) horses H5483 buried H6912
(H8799) fathers H1 City H5892 Judah H3063
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CONTENTS: Reign of Amaziah over Judah. War between Judah and Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Amaziah, Joash, man of God, Obed-edom.
CONCLUSION: Trust in God means to be willing to venture the loss of
anyth...
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2 Chronicles 25:4. _He slew not their children,_ as noted in 2 Kings
14. Whether the king was justly put to death for the blood of
Zechariah and his brothers, is a question too delicate for human
trib...
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2 CHRONICLES 25:1 Amaziah. Throughout his reign, Amaziah is
halfhearted in his loyalty to God. His final failure comes after a
steady degeneration.
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 25:25 The conspiracy against
Amaziah (see note on 2 Kings 14:19) began WHEN HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE
LORD, perhaps referring to...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] We have succession of A. (2 Chronicles 25:1), his
expedition against Moat (5–13), his idolatry (14–16), his war with
Joash (17–24), and his death and burial (25–28). Parallel 2 Kings...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is filled up with a very graphic account of the entire
career of Amaziah, and its twenty-eight verses are paralleled by the
twenty verses of 2 Kings 14:1, where the narrative r...
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In chapter 25,
Amaziah [the son of Joash] began to reign, he was twenty-five years
old when he began to reign. He reigned for twenty-nine years. And his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And...
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2 Kings 14:20...