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                        Verse 2 Chronicles 25:18. _THE THISTLE THAT_ WAS _IN LEBANON_] See
the explanation of this 2 Kings 14:9. After reciting this fable, the
_Targum_ adds, "Thus hast thou done in the time thou didst send... 
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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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                        THISTLE. thorn. Compare 2 Kings 14:9.... 
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                        _the thistle_ R.V. mg., THORN; cp. Proverbs 26:9 (same Heb. word).... 
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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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                        AND JOASH KING OF ISRAEL. — This verse is the same as 2 Kings 14:9.
(See Notes there.)... 
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                        וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח יֹואָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל... 
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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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                        _Thistle. This fable insinuated how much Joas despised the insolence
of his antagonist, (H.) and Amasias had soon reason to repent. T._... 
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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. 18 2 Chronicles 25:17... 
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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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                        And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The
thistle, a low, shrubby thornbush, THAT WAS IN LEBANON SENT TO THE
CEDAR THAT WAS IN LEBANON, SAYING, GIVE THY DAUGHTER TO MY SON... 
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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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                        THISTLE:
Or, furr bush, or thorn
WILD BEAST:
_ Heb._ a beast of the field... 
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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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                        No text from Poole on this verse.... 
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                        2 Chronicles 25:18 Joash H3101 king H4428 Israel H3478 sent H7971
(H8799) Amaziah H558 king H4428 Judah H306 
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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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                        _The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in
Lebanon._
TRUE AND FALSE UNION
Our parable thus distinguishes between true and false union. The true
is inward and real; the false is ou... 
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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...