Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 25:14
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:14. The gods of the children of Seir] "The idols of the children of Gebal." - Targum.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:14. The gods of the children of Seir] "The idols of the children of Gebal." - Targum.
The practice of carrying off the images of the gods from a conquered country, or city, as trophies of victory, was common among the nations of the East. Sometimes as with the Romans, the object was wo...
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...
SET THEM UP. For. similar action See 2 Chronicles 28:23....
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...
_NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AFTER THAT AMAZIAH WAS COME FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE EDOMITES, THAT HE BROUGHT THE GODS OF THE CHILDREN OF SEIR, AND SET THEM UP TO BE HIS GODS, AND BOWED DOWN HIMSELF BEFORE TH...
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....
HE BROUGHT THE GODS, etc.] Similarly the Philistines brought away the ark which the Israelites had carried with them into battle at Ebenezer: 1 Samuel 4:11....
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
AMAZIAH ADOPTS THE EDOMITE FORM OF WORSHIP, AND SPURNS A PROPHETIC WARNING (2 Chronicles 25:14). (14) FROM THE SLAUGHTER. — _From smiting._ BROUGHT THE GODS. — The Assyrian inscriptions often refer t...
וַ יְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֨י בֹ֤וא אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ֙ מֵֽ הַ
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...
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and (l) bowed down himself befo...
Was there ever a more glaring instance of wickedness and folly? He is permitted to scourge Edom for idolatry, and then sets up idols himself....
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...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AFTER THAT AMAZIAH WAS COME FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE EDOMITES,.... Instead of returning thanks to God for the victory obtained, and giving him the glory of it: THAT HE BROUGHT T...
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up [to be] his gods, and bowed down himself before t...
_He brought the gods of Seir, and set them up for his gods_ Egregious folly! When Ahaz worshipped the gods of those that had conquered him, (2 Chronicles 28:23,) he had some little colour for it, as h...
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...
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, which, however, gave him no lasting advantages, 2 Chronicles 21:10, THAT HE BROUGHT THE GODS OF THE CHILDREN OF SEI...
Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
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...
14-16 To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If men would consider how unable all those things are to help them...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 25:14 after H310 Amaziah H558 came H935 (H8800) slaughter H5221 (H8687) Edomites H130 brought H935
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...
_Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir._ AMAZIAH’S APOSTACY To act like Amaziah--to go out to battle in...
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 25:5 These verses describe the background and aftermath of the war against Edom (see 2 Kings 14:7)....
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 28:23; 2 Samuel 5:21; Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 7:5;...