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                        Verse 2 Chronicles 25:7. _THE LORD_ IS _NOT WITH ISRAEL_] "The WORD of
the Lord is not the helper of the Israelites, nor of the kingdom of
the tribe of Ephraim." - _Targum_.... 
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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)
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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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                        A MAN OF GOD. See App-49.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
LET NOT. For similar protests Compare 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles
20:37.
ARMY. host.
ISRAEL. These were mercenaries gathered out of the t... 
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                        _the Lord_is _not with Israel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 13:8-12.... 
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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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                        _BUT THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD TO HIM, SAYING, O KING, LET NOT THE ARMY
OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; FOR THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL, TO WIT, WITH
ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM._
 There came a man of God - sen... 
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                        _With_ ALL.. EPHRAIM] added to explain the sense in which 'Israel' is
used, since ordinarily in Chronicles it is equivalent to Judah: see on
2 Chronicles 12:6. For the protest against an alliance with... 
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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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                        THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles
20:37; also 2 Chronicles 16:7.
TO WIT, WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM. — Added as an explanation
of the term Israel 
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                        וְ אִ֣ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים בָּ֤א אֵלָיו֙
לֵ 
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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 there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army
of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not (e) with Israel, [to
wit, with] all the children of Ephraim.
(e) Therefore to think... 
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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 THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD TO HIM,.... Who the Jews say f was the
brother of the king, Amos, the father of Isaiah, but without
foundation:
SAYING, O KING, LET NOT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; to... 
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                        But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army
of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit,
with] all the children of Ephraim.
Ver. 7. _But there came a m... 
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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 there came a man of God, one of the prophets, to him, SAYING, O
KING, LET NOT THE ARMY OF ISRAEL GO WITH THEE; FOR THE LORD IS NOT
WITH ISRAEL, TO WIT, WITH ALL THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, this secti... 
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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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                        THE LORD IS NOT WITH ISRAEL; he hath forsaken them, and for their
sakes will curse thy forces, if thou joinest thyself with them.... 
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                        2 Chronicles 25:7 man H376 God H430 came H935 (H8804) saying H559
(H8800) king H4428 army H6635 Israel... 
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                        EPHRAIM
Used in a collective sense for the northern ten-tribe kingdom, called
also "Israel.... 
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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 12:28; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Chronicles 13:12;... 
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                        Let not, &c. — It is comfortable to employ those, who we have reason
to hope, have an interest in heaven, but dangerous associating with
those from whom the Lord is departed....