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2 Kings 14:3
Yet not like David his father. — The chronicler paraphrases this reference to the ideal king of Israel: “yet not with a perfect heart.”
Yet not like David his father. — The chronicler paraphrases this reference to the ideal king of Israel: “yet not with a perfect heart.”
HE DID ... AS JOASH - There is a curious parity between the lives of Joash and Amaziah. Both were zealous for Yahweh in the earlier portion of their reigns, but in the latter part fell away; both disr...
6. KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Amaziah's reign over Judah (2 Kings 14:1; 2 Chronicles 25)_ 2. The conflict between Israel and Judah (2 Kings 14:8;...
THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH, SON OF JOASH, KING OF JUDAH. Amaziah was a virtuous king like his father Joash, but not according to the standard of David. This is the judgment of the Deuteronomist, who refers...
THE LORD. Heb Jehovah. AS JOASH HIS FATHER. He began well and ended badly....
_yet not like David his father_ The Chronicler merely gives -but not with a perfect heart", making no mention of Amaziah's resemblance to Joash, nor of his falling short of David. _according to all_th...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE KINGDOMS AT HIGH TIDE 2 Kings 13:10 to 2 Kings 15:7 Help came to Israel in the midst of the Aramean oppression from an unexpected quarter. In 802 B.C. the Assyrian king Adadni...
C. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH IN THE SOUTH 14:1-22 Amaziah the thistle king, is another example of a good start and a tragic end. The account of his reign moves through three stages: (1) his hopeful beginni...
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, YET NOT LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER: HE DID ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS AS JOASH HIS FATHER DID._ He did that which was right ... yet not like David h...
NOT LIKE DAVID] He was not perfectly faithful to the Lord, for late in his reign he worshipped the gods of Edom (2 Chronicles 25:14)....
REIGNS OF AMAZIAH OF JUDAH AND JEROBOAM OF ISRAEL 1. In the second year of Joash.. king of Israel] Joash of Judah reigned 40 years, and as his thirty-seventh year corresponded to the first year of Jo...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 14 AMAZIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Amaziah, Joash’s son, began to rule as the king of *Judah. That happened durin...
וַ יַּ֤עַשׂ הַ יָּשָׁר֙ בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
AMAZIAH OF JUDAH B.C. 796-783 (?) 2 Kings 14:1 "All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matthew 26:52 THE fate of Amaziah ("Jehovah is strong"), son of Joash of Judah, resembles...
THE PENALTY OF PRIDE 2 Kings 14:1 There were good traits in Amaziah's character, such as humanity to the children of his father's murderers, and his willingness to forfeit the aid of the army of Isra...
Turning back to Judah, we find Amaziah on the throne. "He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet...." The constantly repeated story of limitation in loyalty is told again. Success atte...
And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. (a) In the beginning of his reign he seemed to h...
_David. Yet not with a perfect heart, 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 2. --- Father. He imitated his early piety, as well as his miserable end. (Calmet)_...
The twenty five years of Amaziah's reign may be brought into a narrow compass. His history, as is here related, consisted chiefly in restoring order in the temple service, by which it is said he did r...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD,..... At least externally, and at the beginning of his reign: YET NOT LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER; not with a perfect heart, with that sincerity and...
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. Ver. 3. _Yet not like David his father._] Who did al...
_He did right in the sight of the Lord_ In many respects, attending on God's altars, and attending to his word: _yet not like David his father_ Or progenitor: not obeying in the same spirit of faith a...
1 Amaziah his good reigne. 5 His iustice on the murderers of his father. 7 His victory ouer Edom. 8 Amaziah prouoking Iehoash, is ouercome and spoiled. 15 Ieroboam succeedeth Iehoash. 17 Amaziah...
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, be was devoted to the true worship of Jehovah, YET NOT LIKE DAVID, HIS FATHER, not with all his heart, not with all the energy of his nature;...
AMAZIAH KING IN JUDAH...
AMAZIAH RULING IN JUDAH (vv.1-20) Joash had only reigned briefly in Israel before Amaziah the son of the other Joash (or Jehoash) became king in Judah. He was 25 when crowned king and reigned 29 yea...
1-7 Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle o...
RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; that which was in some sort agreeable to God's will. NOT LIKE DAVID HIS FATHER; not sincerely, 2 CHRONICLES 25:2. HE DID ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS AS JOASH HIS FATHER DID...
2 Kings 14:3 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068 yet H7535 father H1 David H1732 did...
THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH C. 796-767 BC (2 KINGS 14:1). As with many kings of Judah Amaziah's reign was seen as ‘right in the eyes of YHWH', although with a decided ‘but'. The ‘but' explains...
CONTENTS: Reign of Amaziah over Judah. War between Israel and Judah. Reign of Jeroboam in Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, Amaziah, Jehoash, Jeroboam, Jonah, Azariah. CONCLUSION: Those who are too eager,...
2 Kings 14:2. _His mother's name was Jehoaddan._ The mothers of the kings of Judah are mostly mentioned by name, but those of the kings of Israel are seldom named so expressly; for the kings of Israel...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 14:1 Amaziah, Jeroboam II, and Azariah. The recovery that began under Jehoash (see note on 13:23–25) continues into ch....
AMAZIAH IN JUDAH AND JEROBOAM II. IN ISRAEL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 14:1. AMAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH—Historian returns to the records concerning _Judah_. 2 Kings 14:3. YET NOT LIKE DAVI...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 14:1 REIGNS OF AMAZIAH, SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH, OVER JUDAH, AND OF JEROBOAM, SON...
Now we're coming again to Amaziah who became the king in Israel at the death of his father, who was assassinated at the end of chapter twelve. Now in the second year that Joash the son of Jehoahaz was...
1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Peter 1:18; 2 Chronicles 24:17;...