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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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_HE HIRED ALSO AN HUNDRED THOUSAND MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR OUT OF ISRAEL
FOR AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER._ HE HIRED ALSO AN HUNDRED THOUSAND
... FOR AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER. This sum was paid into...
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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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וַ יִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר מִ יִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֥אָה
אֶ֛לֶף...
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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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He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour (d) out of
Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
(d) That is, out of the ten tribes who had separated themselves before
both from God and the...
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Thousand. Yet "they were so greatly reduced, but a few years before,
that there were....only fifty horsemen," &c. 4 K. xiii. 7. Kennicott
--- That might be true, at one time, when the people fled from...
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See, Reader, how prone man is to look to an arm of flesh, to anything,
rather than the Lord. And spiritually considered, doth not the
believer do this when not living wholly upon Jesus?...
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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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HE HIRED ALSO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR OUT OF
ISRAEL,.... The ten tribes, judging his own army not sufficient for
his expedition against the Edomites he was meditating:
FOR ONE HUNDR...
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He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel
for an hundred talents of silver.
Ver. 6. _For a hundred talents of silver._] This was no great hire,
but the hope of spoil put th...
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_He hired a hundred thousand men out of Israel_ Out of the kingdom of
the ten tribes. If he had advised with any of his prophets before he
did this, or had but considered how little any of his ancesto...
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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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He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel,
the northern kingdom, FOR AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER (about two
hundred thousand dollars). The smallness of Judah's army drove th...
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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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OUT OF ISRAEL; out of the kingdom of the ten tribes....
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2 Chronicles 25:6 hired H7936 (H8799) hundred H3967 thousand H505
mighty H1368 valor H2428 Israel H3478 hundred...
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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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2 Chronicles 13:3; 2 Chronicles 17:13; Exodus 38:25; Judges 6:12...