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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)
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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_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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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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_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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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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_Let not the army of Israel go with thee_ 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...
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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....