Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 25:7
The Lord is not with Israel; he hath forsaken them, and for their sakes will curse thy forces, if thou joinest thyself with them.
The Lord is not with Israel; he hath forsaken them, and for their sakes will curse thy forces, if thou joinest thyself with them.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:7. _THE LORD_ IS _NOT WITH ISRAEL_] "The WORD of the Lord is not the helper of the Israelites, nor of the kingdom of the tribe of Ephraim." - _Targum_....
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...
A MAN OF GOD. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. LET NOT. For similar protests Compare 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:37. ARMY. host. ISRAEL. These were mercenaries gathered out of the t...
_the Lord_is _not with Israel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 13:8-12....
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...
_BUT THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD TO HIM, SAYING, O KING, LET NOT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; FOR THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL, TO WIT, WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM._ There came a man of God - sen...
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....
_With_ ALL.. EPHRAIM] added to explain the sense in which 'Israel' is used, since ordinarily in Chronicles it is equivalent to Judah: see on 2 Chronicles 12:6. For the protest against an alliance with...
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
THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:37; also 2 Chronicles 16:7. TO WIT, WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM. — Added as an explanation of the term Israel
וְ אִ֣ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים בָּ֤א אֵלָיו֙ לֵ
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...
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not (e) with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim. (e) Therefore to think...
Observe how very gracious the Lord was, to send a message for safety to such a character as Amaziah. Yes! in the worst of times the Lord hath an eye to his people. Nevertheless (saith God) I wrought f...
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...
BUT THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD TO HIM,.... Who the Jews say f was the brother of the king, Amos, the father of Isaiah, but without foundation: SAYING, O KING, LET NOT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; to...
But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim. Ver. 7. _But there came a m...
_Let not the army of Israel go with thee_ It is comfortable to employ those who, we have reason to hope, have an interest in heaven; but dangerous associating with those from whom the Lord is departed...
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...
But there came a man of God, one of the prophets, to him, SAYING, O KING, LET NOT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; FOR THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL, TO WIT, WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, this secti...
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 25:7 man H376 God H430 came H935 (H8804) saying H559 (H8800) king H4428 army H6635 Israel...
EPHRAIM Used in a collective sense for the northern ten-tribe kingdom, called also "Israel....
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 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Chronicles 13:12;...
Let not, &c. — It is comfortable to employ those, who we have reason to hope, have an interest in heaven, but dangerous associating with those from whom the Lord is departed....