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 [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. Ver. 1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old. See on 2 Kings 14:1,2 . _ And he reigned twenty and nine years._] But above half t... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. Ver. 2. _And he did that which was right._] A hypocrite may do such works as are materially good, which yet may never prove so formally and eventually.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 2Ch 25:4 But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the chil... [ Continue Reading ]
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 numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice [men, able] t... [ Continue Reading ]
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. Ver. 6. _For a hundred talents of silver._] This was no great hire, but the hope of spoil put them on; as it did likewise those thirteen thousand soldiers of Germany, almost all Lutherans, led by... [ Continue Reading ]
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 man of God to him._] This was, say the Hebrews, _a_ Amos, the father of the prophet Isaiah, being bro... [ Continue Reading ]
But if thou wilt go, do [it], be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. Ver. 8. _But if thou wilt go._] If thou hast a mind to wrestle a fall with the Almighty, at thy own peril be it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. Ver. 9. _The Lord is able._] Before he had said, 2 Chronicles 25:8 , _ God hath power to help a... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. Ver. 10. _And they returned home in great anger._] Better that wicked persons be offended than that... [ Continue Reading ]
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. Ver. 11. _And Amaziah strengthened himself._] _Cum coepisset esse animo fortl et fidenti,_ He had a good name; it imported "one strong in the Lord and in the p... [ Continue Reading ]
And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. Ver. 12. _And cast them down from the top._] See 2 Kings 14:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. Ver. 13. _From Samaria even to Bethhoron._] All along the breadth of Judah. Some... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 14. _He brought the gods of the children of Seir._] The old... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?_ Ver. 15. _And he sent unto him a prophet._] When he might have sent him... [ Continue Reading ]
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 cou... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. Ver. 17. Then Amaziah … took advice.] But wanted good counsellors, or else he was too much wedded to his own will: as was Xerxes about h... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. Ver. 18-20, &c., to the end of... [ Continue Reading ]