Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 25:2
And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
(a) Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his imperfections.
And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
(a) Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his imperfections.
Verse 2 Chronicles 25:2. _HE DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _RIGHT_] He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2 Chronicles 25:14....
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...
2 Chronicles 25:1-4 (2 Kings 14:1-6). Amaziah Succeeds 2. _not with a perfect heart_ In Kings, "yet not like David his father" (because "the high places were not taken away"). The Chronicler has some...
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...
_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BUT NOT WITH A PERFECT HEART._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
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
XXV. THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH. (Comp. 2 Kings 14:1.) DURATION AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERERS OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 25:1). (1, 2) AMAZIAH... THE LORD. — So 2 Kings 14:2
וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
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...
_Heart, and with perseverance._...
This expression of Amaziah's doing right in the Lord's sight, but not with a perfect heart, throws a light upon his whole character. What he did in a way of worship was in mere form and ceremony. He f...
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...
2 Chronicles 25:1...
And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. Ver. 2. _And he did that which was right._] A hypocrite may do such works as are materially good, which yet m...
_But not with a perfect heart_ He was not an enemy to religion, but a cool and indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety, for his heart was not whole with God. But of this, and the two fol...
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...
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, in maintaining, the worship of Jehovah, BUT NOT WITH A PERFECT HEART, with undivided loyalty; not only did he tolerate idolatry, but he even e...
THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 25:2 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068 loyal H8003 heart H3824 but not -...
2 Chronicles 25:2 There were not wanting certain good elements about Amaziah; and had he not given way to a haughty temper and ambitious pride, his career might have been a useful and happy one. He wa...
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...
_And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart._ HALF-HEARTED, AND THEREFORE A FAILURE It was not because Amaziah was not sinless that his life proved such a...
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 25:2 YET NOT WITH A WHOLE HEART. 2 Kings 1:1 14:4 mentions that Amaziah failed to remove the high places....
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...
1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles 26:4;...
But not, &c. — He was not an enemy to religion, but a cool and indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety; for his heart was not whole with God....