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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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_for it_ WAS _of God_ Not in Kings. This turn is characteristic of the
Chronicler; cp. 2Ch 10:15; 2 Chronicles 22:7....
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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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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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BUT AMAZIAH WOULD NOT HEAR. — _And Amaziah hearkened not._
FOR IT CAME OF GOD ... GODS OF EDOM. — This remark is added by the
chronicler, accounting for the infatuation of Joash by reference to
the di...
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וְ לֹא ־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ כִּ֤י מֵ
הָֽ
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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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But Amaziah would not hear; for (q) it [came] of God, that he might
deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought
after the gods of Edom.
(q) Thus God often plagues by those mean...
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_It. Prot. "it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand
of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom." H. ---
The king was permitted to give ear to evil counsellors. C. --...
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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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Ver. 20-28. BUT AMAZIAH WOULD NOT HEAR,.... What the king of Israel
advised him to, not to meddle to his hurt;
FOR IT CAME OF GOD, THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER THEM INTO THE HAND [OF THEIR
ENEMIES]; Amaziah...
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_For it came of God_ Who gave him up to his own error and passion, in
order to his ruin....
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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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But Amaziah would not hear, since he was in a state of deliberate
blindness; FOR IT CAME OF GOD, THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER THEM INTO THE
HAND OF THEIR ENEMIES, BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT AFTER THE GODS OF EDOM....
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Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
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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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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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IT CAME OF GOD, who gave him up to his own error and passion, in order
to his ruin....
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2 Chronicles 25:20 Amaziah H558 heed H8085 (H8804) God H430 give H5414
(H8800) hand H3027 sought H1875 ...
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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 25:17 WILD BEAST... TRAMPLED DOWN
THE THISTLE. See note on 2 Kings 14:9–10. The Israelite king Joash
interprets Amaziah’s invitation as a challenge to battle. Ama
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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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1 Kings 12:15; 1 Peter 2:8; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Chronicles 25:14;...
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Of God — Who gave him up to his own error and passion, in order to
his ruin....