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CHAPTER XXV
_Amaziah succeeds his father Joash, and begins his reign well_,
1, 2.
_He slays his father's murderers but spares their children_, 3, 4.
_He reviews and remodels the army_, 5;
_and hi...
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This chapter is evidently taken to a large extent from the same
document as Kings (see the marginal reference and the notes). At the
same time it contains large and important additions; e. g. 2
Chroni...
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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 Chr...
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AMAZIAH. Compare 2 Kings 14:1. Complementary to Kings (see App-56);
verses: 2 Chronicles 25:5 and verses: 2 Chronicles 25:13 are
additional....
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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...
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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 wa...
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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
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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
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בֶּן ־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְ חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙
מָלַ֣ךְ א
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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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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...
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CONTENTS
This chapter records the reign of Amaziah: his wars, his idolatry, the
Lord's displeasure against him; his combat with Joash: his death....
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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
th...
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Ver. 1-4. AMAZIAH WAS TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO
REIGN,.... Of these verses,
2 Kings 14:2.
2 Kings 14:3.
2 Kings 14:5....
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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.
Ver. 1. Amaziah was twenty and...
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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 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, one of the wives selected for his fat...
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THE OVERTHROW OF THE EDOMITES...
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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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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...
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2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 25 Amaziah beginneth to reign well; slayeth his
father's murderers, 2 CHRONICLES 25:1. Having hired an army of
Israelites against the Edomites, at the word of a prophet he
dismiss...
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2 Chronicles 25:1 Amaziah H558 twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141 old
H1121 king H4427 (H8804) reigned H4427
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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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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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2 Kings 14:1...