Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 25:24
That were found in the house of God with Obed-edom That is, with Obed-edom's posterity, to whom the custody of the sacred treasures was committed.
That were found in the house of God with Obed-edom That is, with Obed-edom's posterity, to whom the custody of the sacred treasures was committed.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:24. _IN THE HOUSE OF GOD WITH OBED-EDOM_] From 1 Chronicles 26:15 we learn that to Obed-edom and his descendants was allotted the keeping of the house of _Asuppim_ or _collection...
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...
OBED-EDOM. He and his family were the Temple treasurers (1 Chronicles 26:15). HOSTAGES. Hebrew "sons of securities"....
_And_he took] The verb is missing in Chron., and is supplied from Kings. _with Obed-edom_ i.e. with _the family of_Obed-edom which (1 Chronicles 26:4-8; 1 Chronicles 26:15) served as doorkeepers in t...
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...
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....
WITH OBEDEDOM] i.e. with the descendants of Obededom, who were porters of the Temple: 1 Chronicles 26:4....
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
AND HE TOOK. — So 2 Kings 14:14. The verb has fallen out here. The omission is ancient, as it appears in the LXX. The Vulg. gives the verb _returned_ at the end of the verse a transitive form, and ren...
וְ כָֽל ־הַ זָּהָ֣ב וְ הַ כֶּ֡סֶף
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 [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with (r) Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria....
_Obededom, whose descendants guarded these treasures, 1 Paralipomenon xxvi. 15. C. --- Hostages. Prot. "the hostages also, and returned to Samaria." H. --- Some think that the kings of Juda had before...
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,...
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...
2 Chronicles 25:20...
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...
Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
And he took all the gold and the silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, who had charge of these treasures, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE, THE HOSTAGES A...
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...
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...
IN THE HOUSE OF GOD WITH OBED-EDOM, i. e. with Obed-edom's posterity, to whom the custody of the sacred treasures was committed. See 1 CHRONICLES 26:15....
2 Chronicles 25:24 gold H2091 silver H3701 articles H3627 found H4672 (H8737) house H1004 God H430 Obed-Edom...
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 25:17 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
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...
2 Chronicles 12:9; 2 Kings 14:14...
Obed — edom — With Obed — edom's posterity, to whom the custody of the sacred treasures was committed....