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Verse 2 Chronicles 25:5. _GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER_] He purposed to
avenge himself of the Syrians, but wished to know his military
strength before he came to a rupture....
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THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND - Asa’s army had been nearly twice as
numerous, amounting to 580, 000 2 Chronicles 14:8. The diminution was
due, in part, to wars 2Ch 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:16;...
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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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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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_MOREOVER AMAZIAH GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER, AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER
THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF
THEIR FATHERS, THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN: AND HE NUMBER...
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MADE THEM CAPTAINS, etc.] better, 'arranged them according to their
fathers' houses under captains.' FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD] Under this age
military service was not required: Numbers 1:3; 1 Chronicles...
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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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AMAZIAH’S MILITARY STRENGTH, AND CONQUEST OF EDOM
(2 Chronicles 25:5).
This section is for the most part peculiar to Chronicles. In Kings the
conquest of Edom is recorded in a single verse (2 Kings...
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וַ יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ֙ אֶת
־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ...
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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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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of
[their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbe...
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_Families. The officers were well acquainted with their soldiers; (C.)
and all were more interested for each other's welfare, (D.) than they
are in the present system. C. --- Young. Prot. "choice men,...
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If we compare the army of Judah as mentioned in this place, with the
army as it stood in the days of Jehoshaphat, we find a sad decrease.
See 2 Chronicles 17:12. The whole of Jehoshaphat's subjects at...
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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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MOREOVER AMAZIAH GATHERED JUDAH TOGETHER,.... The inhabitants thereof:
AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER HUNDREDS,
ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF THEIR FATHERS, THROUGHOUT ALL JUDA...
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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of
[their] fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbe...
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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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Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together, mustering its strength for
service in war, AND MADE THEM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS
OVER HUNDREDS, ACCORDING TO THE HOUSES OF THEIR FATHERS, by the...
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THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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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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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Samuel 8:12; 2 Chronicles
11:1;...