"And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistlef 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."
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Verse 2 Chronicles 25:18. _THE THISTLE THAT_ WAS _IN LEBANON_] See the
explanation of this 2 Kings 14:9. After reciting this fable, the
_Targum_ adds, "Thus hast thou done in the time thou didst send...
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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...
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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 Ch...
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THISTLE. thorn. Compare 2 Kings 14:9....
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_the thistle_ R.V. mg., THORN; cp. Proverbs 26:9 (same Heb. word)....
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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 w...
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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....
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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 was 25 y...
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AND JOASH KING OF ISRAEL. — This verse is the same as 2 Kings 14:9.
(See Notes there.)...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח יֹואָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל ־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ
מֶֽלֶךְ ־יְהוּדָה֮ לֵ אמֹר֒ הַ חֹ֜וחַ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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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...
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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...
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_Thistle. This fable insinuated how much Joas despised the insolence
of his antagonist, (H.) and Amasias had soon reason to repent. T._...
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Much of this history we have 2 Kings 14:1. But we shall do well to
observe in the sad history of the termination of his life, what is
said; it came of God. Yes! when sinners reject the counsel of God,...
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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
t...
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Ver. 18 2 Chronicles 25:17...
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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...
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Amaziah's Idolatry and Defeat by Israel...
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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...
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THISTLE:
Or, furr bush, or thorn
WILD BEAST:
_ Heb._ a beast of the field...
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17-28 Never was a proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah
by Joash king of Israel. A man's pride will bring him low, Proverbs
29:23; it goes before his destruction, and deservedly brings...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 25:18 Joash H3101 king H4428 Israel H3478 sent H7971
(H8799) Amaziah H558 king H4428 Judah H3063 saying H559 (H8800)
thistle H2336 Lebanon H3844 sent H7971 (H8804) cedar H730 Lebanon
H384...
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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...
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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...
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_The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in
Lebanon._
TRUE AND FALSE UNION
Our parable thus distinguishes between true and false union. The true
is inward and real; the false is o...
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2 CHRONICLES 25:1 Amaziah. Throughout his reign, Amaziah is
halfhearted in his loyalty to God. His final failure comes after a
steady degeneration.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 4:33; Judges 9:8; Psalms 80:13...