Art thou, &c. — Who art thou that presumest to direct my affairs, without my commission? The secure sinner perhaps values himself on having silenced his reprovers and monitors. But what comes of it? It is a plain indication he is marked out for ruin. They that are deaf to reproof, are ripening apace for destruction.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:16. _ART THOU MADE OF THE KING'S COUNSEL?_] How darest _thou_ give advice to, or reprove, a king?...
ART THOU MADE OF THE KING’S COUNSEL? - A subtle irony: “Have I made thee one of my council? If not what entitles thee to offer thy advice?” For the fulfillment of the prophecy, see 2 Chronicles 25:22...
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...
ART THOU MADE OF, &C.. Have we given thee to be of. OF THE KING'S COUNSEL. for counsellor to the king. DETERMINED. counselled....
_Art thou made_ R.V. HAVE WE MADE THEE. _of the king's counsel_ Lit., "counsellor to the king." _hath determined_ Lit., "hath counselled" (with a play on the king's word)....
DISCOURSE: 416 THE SIN AND DANGER OF DESPISING GOD’S COUNSEL 2 Chronicles 25:16. 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;...
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 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 G...
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
AS HE TALKED WITH HIM. — _When he spake unto him._ ART THOU MADE OF THE KING’S COUNSEL? — Literally, _A counsellor to the king have we appointed thee?_ WHY SHOULDEST THOU BE SMITTEN?_ — Wherefore sh...
וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ בְּ דַבְּרֹ֣ו אֵלָ֗יו וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר
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 it came to pass, as he talked with him, that (n) [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be (o) smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I kn...
_Art thou. Heb. adds, "appointed." H. --- The very character of prophet, authorized him to give counsel even to kings. Amasias had perhaps obeyed this prophet, (v. 7) but now his heart was puffed up w...
Wherein did Amaziah differ from his father? Joash did indeed kill Zechariah; but Amaziah would have done the same had not the prophet held his peace. Reader! do not fail to remark the awfulness of suc...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE TALKED WITH HIM, THAT THE KING SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU MADE OF THE KING'S COUNCIL?.... He was not indeed one of his privy council, made so by him, but he was appointed a cou...
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...
_The king said, Art thou made of the king's counsel?_ Who art thou, that presumest to direct my affairs without my commission? _Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?_ Provoke me no further, lest I c...
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...
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? literally, "Have we made thee counselor to the king?" He who would at another time have we...
Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
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...
DETERMINED: _ Heb._ counselled...
14-16 To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If men would consider how unable all those things are to help them...
ART THOU MADE OF THE KING'S COUNSEL? who art thou that presumest to direct and govern my affairs, without my commission? WHY SHOULDEST THOU BE SMITTEN? provoke me no further, lest I cause thee to be k...
2 Chronicles 25:16 talked H1696 (H8763) said H559 (H8799) made H5414 (H8804) kings H4428 counselor H3289
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 Samuel 2:25; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 2 Chronicles 18:20; 2 Chronicles 18:21;...