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To revenge the insult 2 Chronicles 25:10, the troops of Joash
proceeded southward and ravaged all the Jewish towns and villages
between the Israelite frontier and Bethboron. This invasion probably
too...
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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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THEM: i.e. men, not villages....
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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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_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 PI...
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25:13 those (b-2) Heb. 'the sons.'...
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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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FROM SAMARIA] i.e. from the frontier of the kingdom (not from its
capital)....
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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 THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY. — Literally, _Now the sons of the
troop whom Amaziah had caused to return from marching with him to the
war, they fell upon,_ &c.
FELL UPON. — The verb used in 1 Chronicl...
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וּ בְנֵ֣י הַ גְּד֗וּד אֲשֶׁ֨ר
הֵשִׁ֤יב אֲמַצְ
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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 the soldiers of the (k) 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,...
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_Samaria, the capital, where they had made their complaints to king
Joas; and receiving no redress, began to plunder, as far as Bethhoron
the lower, which Solomon had repaired, and his successors had...
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Observe how very gracious the Lord was, to send a message for safety
to such a character as Amaziah. Yes! in the worst of times the Lord
hath an eye to his people. Nevertheless (saith God) I wrought f...
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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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BUT THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY WHICH AMAZIAH SENT BACK, THAT THEY SHOULD
NOT GO WITH HIM TO BATTLE, e.] The 100,000 men hired out of Israel,
whom he dismissed before he went against Edom:
FELL UPON THE...
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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...
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_The army which Amaziah sent back, fell upon the cities of Judah_ Thus
God chastised those cities of Judah for their idolatries, which were
found most in the parts next to Israel. The men of Israel ha...
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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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THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should
not go with him to battle, the members of the host from Ephraim, FELL
UPON THE CITIES OF JUDAH, FROM SAMARIA EVEN UNTO BETH-HORON...
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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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THE SOLDIERS:
_ Heb._ the sons of the band...
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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...
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UNTO BETH-HORON, to wit, Beth-horon the lower, which was in the tribe
of Benjamin; and from thence to Samaria; either,
1. To the city of Samaria; for the kings of Judah had taken divers
places within...
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2 Chronicles 25:13 soldiers H1121 army H1416 Amaziah H558 discharged
H7725 (H8689) go H3212 (H8800) battle H
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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 25:5 These verses describe the
background and aftermath of the war against Edom (see 2 Kings 14:7)....
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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 16:24; 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 9:17; 2 Chronicles 25:9;...
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Cities of Judah — Thus God chastised those cities of Judah for their
idolatries which were found most in the parts next to Israel. The men
of Israel had corrupted them, and now are a plague to them....