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2 Chronicles 25
28 verses with commentary
Amaziah's Reign in Judah
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 was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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<strong>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 was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings...
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**XXV.
THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH.** (Comp. 2Kings 14:1-20.)
**DURATION AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERERS OF JOASH** (2Chronicles 25:1-4).
(1, 2) **Amaziah . . . the Lord.**—So 2Kings 14:2.
**But not with a perfect heart.**—This is a brief equivalent of the words of the older text: “only not like David his father: according to all that Joash his father had done, he did.” The referen...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
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<strong>And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. This patt...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. established: Heb. confirmed upon him
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<strong>Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who...
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(3) **The kingdom was established to him.**—Or, *The sovereignty* (power) *was confirmed to him.* Vulg., “cumque roboratum videret sibi imperium.”
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
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<strong>But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's conseq...
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(4) **But he slew not their children.**—The verse coincides almost exactly with 2Kings 14:6. Literally, *And their sons he put not to death; but according to what is written in the Torah, in the book of Moses, which Jehovah commanded,* &c. The reference is evidently to Deuteronomy 24:16, which is more exactly repeated in Kings than here.
**But every man shall die for his own sin.**—Literally, *But...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
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Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
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<strong>Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the...
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**AMAZIAH’S MILITARY STRENGTH, AND CONQUEST OF EDOM**
(2Chronicles 25:5-13).
This section is for the most part peculiar to Chronicles. In Kings the conquest of Edom is recorded in a single verse (2Kings 14:7).
(5) **And made them captains over thousands.**—Rather, *And made them stand* (marshalled them) *according to father houses,* to wit, *according to the captains of thousands and according to ...
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**38. If they return to thee ... in the land of their captivity ... and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers--**These words gave rise to the favorite usage of the ancient as well as modern Jews, of turning in prayer toward Jerusalem, in whatever quarter of the world they might be, and of directing their faces toward the temple when in Jerusalem itself or in any part of the ...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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<strong>He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judg...
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(6) **He hired also . . . out of Israel**—*i.e.,* from the northern kingdom. The number has probably suffered in transmission. Thenius pronounces the fact historical, although not recorded in Kings.
**An hundred talents of silver.**—Worth about £40,000 of our money, reckoning £400 to the talent. What such a sum would represent in the days of Amaziah cannot be determined with certainty.
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—...
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(7) **The Lord is not with Israel.**—Comp. 2Chronicles 19:2; 2Chronicles 20:37; also 2Chronicles 16:7.
**To wit, with all the children of Ephraim.**—Added as an explanation of the term *Israel.* Ephraim was the name of the northern kingdom (Hosea 5:11; Hosea 5:14; Hosea 6:4, and *passim*)*.*
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
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<strong>But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prospe...
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(8) **But if thou wilt go.**—Rather, *But go thyself;* in contrast with the prohibition, “Let not the army of Israel go.”
**Do it, be strong for the battle.**—Compare 1Chronicles 22:16 : “Arise! act!”
**God shall make thee fall.**—Before these words, the expression *wĕlō’,* “and not,” must have dropped out of the text. “Venture on the expedition by thyself. with a good courage,” says the prophet, ...
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**41. arise, O Lord God into thy resting-place--**These words are not found in the record of this prayer in the First Book of Kings; but they occur in Psa 132:8, which is generally believed to have been composed by David, or rather by Solomon, in reference to this occasion. "Arise" is a very suitable expression to be used when the ark was to be removed from the tabernacle in Zion to the temple on ...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. army: Heb. band
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When King Amaziah worried about losing money paid to Israelite mercenaries, the prophet replied: 'The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.' This simple but profound statement addresses the perennial tension between obedience and perceived loss. Amaziah hired troops in disobedience (25:7), and obeying God's corrective word meant financial loss. The prophet's assurance that God can give 'm...
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(9) **What shall we do?**—Literally, *What to do? i.e.,* What is to be done? what must we do?
**The army.**—*The troop* (*gĕdûd*) of mercenaries.
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**42. turn not away the face of thine anointed--**that is, of me, who by Thy promise and appointment have been installed as king and ruler of Israel. The words are equivalent in meaning to this: Do not reject my present petitions; do not send me from Thy throne of grace dejected in countenance and disappointed in heart.
**remember the mercies of David thy servant--**that is, the mercies promised...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. home again: Heb. to their place in great: Heb. in heat of anger
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<strong>Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes ...
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(10) **To wit, the army.**—*The troop* (*le* prefixed, as sign of the accusative).
**To go home again.**—To *go to their own place.*
**Home in great anger.**—To *their own place in a heat of anger* (Isaiah 7:4). Obviously the dismissed force would be incensed at treatment which seemed to indicate distrust of their honour, and robbed them of the possible fruits of victory. On their way home they re...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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<strong>And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, ...
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(11) **And Amaziah strengthened himself.**—*Shewed himself strong* or *courageous, took courage;* as the prophet had bidden him do (2Chronicles 25:8). (Comp. 2Chronicles 15:8.)
**And went to the valley of salt.**—Comp. 2Kings 14:7 : “He it was who smote Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand; and he took Sela in the war, and called its name Joktheel, unto this day.” The valley of salt lay to the ...
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CHAPTER 7
2Ch 7:1-3. God Gives Testimony to Solomon's Prayer; the People Worship.
**1. the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering--**Every act of worship was accompanied by a sacrifice. The preternatural stream of fire kindled the mass of flesh, and was a token of the divine acceptance of Solomon's prayer (see on Le 9:24; 1Ki 18:38).
**the glory of the Lord filled the ho...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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<strong>And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emp...
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(12) **And other ten thousand left alive.**—Rather, *And ten thousand the sons of Judah took alive.* The LXX. renders well: καὶ δέκα χιλιάδας ἐζώγρησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ιουδα*.*
**And brought them unto the top of the rock.**—Or**,** *of Sela.* Sela, “the crag,” was the Edomite capital, known to after ages as Petra, “the rock.” The “Head of Sela” may be the name of a cliff overhanging the town. This savage ...
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**2. the priests could not enter--**Both from awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar and from the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unable for some time to perform their usual functions (see on 1Ki 8:10). But afterwards, their courage and confidence being revived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in the offering of an immense number of sacrifices.
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. the soldiers: Heb. the sons of the band
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<strong>But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological p...
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(13) **But the soldiers of the army.**—Literally, *Now the sons of the troop whom Amaziah had caused to return from marching with him to the war, they fell upon,* &c.
**Fell upon.**—The verb used in 1Chronicles 14:9; 1Chronicles 14:13 : “Spread themselves.” Here it means attacked with a view to plunder (Job 1:17).
**From Samaria even unto Beth-horon.**—“Samaria” is probably corrupt. Otherwise we m...
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**3. all the children of Israel ... bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement--**This form of prostration (that of lying on one's knees with the forehead touching the earth), is the manner in which the Hebrews, and Orientals in general, express the most profound sentiments of reverence and humility. The courts of the temple were densely crowded on the occasion, and the imme...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Amaziah's Idolatry
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 them, and burned incense unto them.
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<strong>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 them, and burned incense unto them.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's...
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**AMAZIAH ADOPTS THE EDOMITE FORM OF WORSHIP, AND SPURNS A PROPHETIC WARNING** (2Chronicles 25:14-16).
(14) **From the slaughter.**—*From smiting.*
**Brought the gods.**—The Assyrian inscriptions often refer to this custom of carrying off the idols of conquered countries. Esarhaddon states that he restored the gods of Hazael, king of Arabia, at that prince’s entreaty, after engraving on them “the ...
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**4. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices--**Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on 1Ki 8:62).
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
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<strong>Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theolog...
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(15) **Could not deliver.**—*Delivered not.* (Comp. the boast of Sennacherib concerning the gods who had failed before him: 2Kings 18:33-35.) The king’s object may have been to win their favour, and so retain his hold on what was regarded as their peculiar territory. One of these gods might be *Hadad* (comp. 1Chronicles 1:46; 1Chronicles 1:50; 2Kings 5:18; 2Kings 6:24); another might have been *Kô...
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**5-6. so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God--**The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduction of the ark into the temple, and in the sacrificial offerings that were made on a scale of magnitude suitable to the extraordinary occasion. All present, the king, the people, and the priests, took part according to their respective stations in the performance o...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. determined: Heb. counselled
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<strong>And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addre...
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(16) **As he talked with him.**—*When he spake unto him.*
**Art thou made of the king’s counsel?**—Literally, *A counsellor to the king have we appointed thee?*
**Why shouldest thou be** **smitten?***—Wherefore should they smite thee?*
**Hath determined.**—*Hath counselled.* The prophet appropriates the king’s own word, and implies his participation in Divine, if not in royal, counsels.
**Because....
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**5-6. so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God--**The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduction of the ark into the temple, and in the sacrificial offerings that were made on a scale of magnitude suitable to the extraordinary occasion. All present, the king, the people, and the priests, took part according to their respective stations in the performance o...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →War Between Judah and Israel
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
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<strong>Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings...
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**AMAZIAH CHALLENGES JOASH OF ISRAEL TO BATTLE, AND SUFFERS DISASTROUS DEFEAT** (2Chronicles 25:17-24). (Comp. 2Kings 14:8-14.)
(17) **Then Amaziah . . . took advice.**—*And Amaziah took counsel* (2Chronicles 10:6). Different from the counsel which the prophet would have tendered him (2Chronicles 25:16).
**And sent to Joash.**—See 2Kings 14:8 : “Sent *messengers.”* The rest of the verse is the sam...
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**7. Solomon hallowed the middle of the court--**On this extraordinary occasion, when a larger number of animals were offered than one altar and the usual place of rings to which the animals were bound would admit, the whole space was taken in that was between the place of rings and the west end of the court to be used as a temporary place for additional altars. On that part of the spacious court ...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn a wild: Heb. a beast of the field
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<strong>And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's c...
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(18) **And Joash king of Israel.**—This verse is the same as 2Kings 14:9. (See Notes there.)
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**8. Solomon kept the feast seven days--**The time chosen for the dedication of the temple was immediately previous to the feast of tabernacles (see on 1Ki 8:1-12). That season, which came after the harvest, corresponding to our September and October, lasted seven days, and during so prolonged a festival there was time afforded for the offering of the immense sacrifices enumerated. A large proport...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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<strong>Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective...
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(19) **Thou sayest.**—Slightly altered from 2Kings 14:10. Thou sayest, or *thou thinkest,* is added here. The word in Hebrew meaning *Lo* (*hinnēh*) is perhaps a corruption of the word meaning *smiting* (*hakkēh*)* :*“Thou hast indeed smitten.”
**To boast.**—To *get glory* (*hakbîd*)*.* Only so used here. Kings, “thine heart lifteth thee up. *Be honoured *(*i.e.,* enjoy thine honours), and abide a...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
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<strong>But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek Go...
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(20) **But Amaziah would not hear.**—*And Amaziah hearkened not.*
**For it came of God** **. . .** **gods of Edom.**—This remark is added by the chronicler, accounting for the infatuation of Joash by reference to the divine predetermination of events. (Comp. 2Chronicles 25:16; and 2Chronicles 24:24; 2Chronicles 10:15; the Syr. and Arab. omit.)
**That he might deliver them into the hand.**—Heb., *i...
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**10. on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month--**This was the last day of the feast of tabernacles.
2Ch 7:12-22. God Appears to Him.
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
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<strong>So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek ...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. put: Heb. smitten
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<strong>And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. This pattern p...
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(22) **And Judah was put to the worse.**—So 2Kings 14:12. The Syriac and Arabic omit this verse.
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**12. the Lord appeared to Solomon by night--**(See on 1Ki 9:1-9). The dedication of the temple must have been an occasion of intense national interest to Solomon and his subjects. Nor was the interest merely temporary or local. The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. The fact that this was the only temple of all nations in which the true...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. the corner: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
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<strong>And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The...
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(23) **Jehoahaz.**—Several Hebrew MSS. *read Ahaziah,* as in 2Kings 14:13, with which the rest of the verse agrees: see the Notes there. (See Note on 2Chronicles 21:17.)
**The corner gate.**—So 2Kings 14:13, rightly. Our Hebrew text has, “gate of the turning one,” or “gate that turneth;” which would require some word indicating the direction of the turning. (Comp. Ezekiel 8:3, “gate that turneth n...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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<strong>And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes i...
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(24) **And he took.**—So 2Kings 14:14. The verb has fallen out here. The omission is ancient, as it appears in the LXX. The Vulg. gives the verb *returned* at the end of the verse a transitive form, and renders “he carried back to Samaria” all the things enumerated. The Syriac reads, “and he took the silver,” &c.
**With Obed-edom.**—Added by the chronicler, in harmony with what he has stated about...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →The Death of Amaziah
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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<strong>And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who fors...
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**END OF THE REIGN** (2Chronicles 25:25-28.)
(Comp. 2Kings 14:17-20.)
(25) **And Amaziah.**—Identical with 2Kings 14:17. (See Notes there.)
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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<strong>Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those ...
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(26) **First and last.**—*The former and the latter.* The chronicler adds his usual formula.
**Behold, are they not written.**—The Hebrew is faulty here. “Behold, they are written” is the customary phrase in the Chronicles (2Chronicles 20:34; 2Chronicles 24:27); “are they not written” being that of Kings. In the Hebrew text here the two phrases are blended. Some- MSS., and the Syriac, Vulg., and A...
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. from: Heb. from after made: Heb. conspired a conspiracy
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<strong>Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasize...
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(27) **Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord.**—This clause is added by the chronicler, not so much with the aim of assigning a date, as of asserting the real connection between Amaziah’s defection from Jehovah, and the calamities that overtook him. Virtually he calls attention to the fulfilment of the prophecy of 2Chronicles 25:16.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
Read full commentary →And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. Judah: that is, the city of David
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<strong>And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Half-hearted obedience and pride's consequences. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. This patt...
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(28) **Upon horses.**—See 2Kings 14:20.
**In the city of Judah.**—A transcriber’s mistake for *city of David,* as it is in Kings and all the old versions, as well as some Heb. MSS.
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Chapter 25
The singers and musicians.
--David put those in order who were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. To prophesy, in this place, means praising God with great earnestness and devout affections, under the influences of the Holy Spirit. In raising these affections, poetry and music were employed. If the Spirit of God do not put life and fervour into our devotions, the...
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