King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 25:26 Mean?
“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?”
Context
24
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.
25
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26
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?
27
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
28
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. Judah: that is, the city of David
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(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 Arabic read, “Behold, they are written.” But it is possible that *hinnām* (“behold they”) is here a corruption of *hēm* (“they”); and that the reading of Kings should be followed, with other Hebrew MSS. and the Targum.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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