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.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:2. _HE DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _RIGHT_] He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2 Chronicles 25:14....
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...
2 Chronicles 25:1-4 (2 Kings 14:1-6). Amaziah Succeeds 2. _not with a perfect heart_ In Kings, "yet not like David his father" (because "the high places were not taken away"). The Chronicler has some...
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...
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BUT NOT WITH A PERFECT HEART._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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
XXV. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH. (Comp. 2 Kings 14:1.) DURATION AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERERS OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 25:1). (1, 2) AMAZIAH... THE LORD. — So 2 Kings 14:2
וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
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...
And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. (a) Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his imperfections....
_Heart, and with perseverance._...
This expression of Amaziah's doing right in the Lord's sight, but not with a perfect heart, throws a light upon his whole character. What he did in a way of worship was in mere form and ceremony. He 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...
2 Chronicles 25:1...
_But not with a perfect heart_ He was not an enemy to religion, but a cool and indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety, for his heart was not whole with God. But of this, and the two fol...
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...
THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, in maintaining, the worship of Jehovah, BUT NOT WITH A PERFECT HEART, with undivided loyalty; not only did he tolerate idolatry, but he even e...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 25:2 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068 loyal H8003 heart H3824 but not -...
2 Chronicles 25:2 There were not wanting certain good elements about Amaziah; and had he not given way to a haughty temper and ambitious pride, his career might have been a useful and happy one. He wa...
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...
_And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart._ HALF-HEARTED, AND THEREFORE A FAILURE It was not because Amaziah was not sinless that his life proved such a...
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 25:2 YET NOT WITH A WHOLE HEART. 2 Kings 1:1 14:4 mentions that Amaziah failed to remove the high places....
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 Samuel 16:7; 2 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 26:4;...
But not, &c. — He was not an enemy to religion, but a cool and indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety; for his heart was not whole with God....