2 Chronicles 25:13 soldiers H1121 army H1416 Amaziah H558 discharged H7725 (H8689) go H3212 (H8800) battle H4421 raided H6584 (H8799) cities H5892 Judah H3063 Samaria H8111 Horon H1032 killed H5221 (H8686) three H7969 thousand H505 took H962 (H8799) much H7227 spoil H961
soldiers of the army - Heb. sons of the band, 2 Chronicles 25:9
Samaria - 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:29
Bethhoron - 2 Chronicles 8:5; 1 Kings 9:17
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...
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...
THEM: i.e. men, not villages....
(no parallel in Kings). Outrages of the Ephraimite Mercenaries 13. _the soldiers of the army_ Heb., _the sons of the troop_. _the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon_ This phrase is st...
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 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...
25:13 those (b-2) Heb. 'the sons.'...
FROM SAMARIA] i.e. from the frontier of the kingdom (not from its capital)....
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
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...
וּ בְנֵ֣י הַ גְּד֗וּד אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֤יב אֲמַצְ
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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...
THE SOLDIERS: _ Heb._ the sons of the band...
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...
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...
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 Kings 16:24; 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 9:17; 2 Chronicles 25:9;...
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....