Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 25:5
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Verse 2 Chronicles 25:5. _GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER_] He purposed to avenge himself of the Syrians, but wished to know his military strength before he came to a rupture....
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND - Asa’s army had been nearly twice as numerous, amounting to 580, 000 2 Chronicles 14:8. The diminution was due, in part, to wars 2Ch 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:16;...
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...
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...
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...
_MOREOVER AMAZIAH GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER, AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF THEIR FATHERS, THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN: AND HE NUMBER...
MADE THEM CAPTAINS, etc.] better, 'arranged them according to their fathers' houses under captains.' FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD] Under this age military service was not required: Numbers 1:3; 1 Chronicles...
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....
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 V1
AMAZIAH’S MILITARY STRENGTH, AND CONQUEST OF EDOM (2 Chronicles 25:5). This section is for the most part peculiar to Chronicles. In Kings the conquest of Edom is recorded in a single verse (2 Kings...
וַ יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ֙ אֶת ־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ...
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...
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...
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbe...
_Families. The officers were well acquainted with their soldiers; (C.) and all were more interested for each other's welfare, (D.) than they are in the present system. C. --- Young. Prot. "choice men,...
If we compare the army of Judah as mentioned in this place, with the army as it stood in the days of Jehoshaphat, we find a sad decrease. See 2 Chronicles 17:12. The whole of Jehoshaphat's subjects at...
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...
MOREOVER AMAZIAH GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER,.... The inhabitants thereof: AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF THEIR FATHERS, THROUGHOUT ALL JUDA...
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of [their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbe...
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...
Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together, mustering its strength for service in war, AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF THEIR FATHERS, by the...
THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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...
1-13 Amaziah was no enemy to religion, but cool and indifferent friend. Many do what is good, but not with a perfect heart. Rashness makes work for repentance. But Amaziah's obedience to the command...
2 Chronicles 25:5 Amaziah H558 gathered H6908 Judah H3063 together H6908 (H8799) set H5975 (H8686) captains H82
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...
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...
2 CHRONICLES 25:1 Amaziah. Throughout his reign, Amaziah is halfhearted in his loyalty to God. His final failure comes after a steady degeneration. ⇐...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 25:5 These verses describe the background and aftermath of the war against Edom (see 2 Kings 14:7)....
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Chronicles 11:1;...