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 something more serious in his mind; cp. 2 Chronicles 25:14-16.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to him_ R.V. UNTO HIM; LXX., ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ; in Kings, "in his hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he slew not their children_ R.V. HE PUT NOT THEIR CHILDREN TO DEATH. _as it is written_ R.V. ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN; i.e. in Deuteronomy 24:16 (cp. Ezekiel 18:20). _where the Lord_ R.V. AS THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in Kings). Amaziah prepares for War 5. _and made them … and Benjamin_ R.V. AND ORDERED THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES, UNDER CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS, EVEN ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN. _three hundred thousand_ These were _spearmen_and correspond in number with Asa's... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Lord_is _not with Israel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 13:8-12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_do_it] R.V. DO VALIANTLY (spoken ironically). _shall make thee fall_ R.V. SHALL CAST THEE DOWN.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the army_ R.V. mg., THE TROOP (so 2 Chronicles 25:10; 2 Chronicles 25:13). The men in question were freebooters to judge from their conduct (2 Chronicles 25:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
_in great anger_ R.V. IN FIERCE ANGER.... [ Continue Reading ]
(cp. 2 Kings 14:7). Victory over Edom 11. _strengthened himself_ R.V. TOOK COURAGE; cp. 2 Chronicles 1:1 (note). _the valley of salt_ The scene of one of David's victories (1 Chronicles 18:12; see note there). _children of Seir_ The Edomites were so called because "Mount Seir" was part of their t... [ Continue Reading ]
left _alive did the children of Judah carry away captive_ R.V. DID THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH CARRY AWAY ALIVE. The "left alive" of the A.V. is misleading, for it suggests that they were prisoners captured in the same battle in which the first ten thousand were slain; a comparison of Kings however sugges... [ Continue Reading ]
(no parallel in Kings). Outrages of the Ephraimite Mercenaries 13. _the soldiers of the army_ Heb., _the sons of the troop_. _the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon_ This phrase is strange, for we expect the two names given to be names of cities belonging to the Southern Kingdom. P... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in Kings). Amaziah's Idolatry and the Prophet's Rebuke 14. _bowed down … and burned_ The tenses in the Heb. are imperfect and imply that this became Amaziah's practice. The act was according to a policy frequently pursued in ancient times. Solomon affords an instance of it (1 Kings 11:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
_which could not deliver_ R.V. WHICH HAVE NOT DELIVERED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Art thou made_ R.V. HAVE WE MADE THEE. _of the king's counsel_ Lit., "counsellor to the king." _hath determined_ Lit., "hath counselled" (with a play on the king's word).... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 14:8-14). Amaziah Conquered by Joash 17. _took advice_ TOOK COUNSEL with a view to demanding satisfaction from Joash for the ravages of the Israelite mercenaries (2 Chronicles 25:13). The sequel suggests that Joash refused to give satisfaction. _let us see one another_in _the face_ R.V. LE... [ Continue Reading ]
_the thistle_ R.V. mg., THORN; cp. Proverbs 26:9 (same Heb. word).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou sayest_ i.e. to thyself. _meddle to_thine _hurt_ R.V. mg., PROVOKE CALAMITY, i.e. by making claims which he could not enforce.... [ Continue Reading ]
_for it_ WAS _of God_ Not in Kings. This turn is characteristic of the Chronicler; cp. 2Ch 10:15; 2 Chronicles 22:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they saw one another_in _the face_, both _he and Amaziah_ R.V. HE AND AMAZIAH … LOOKED ONE ANOTHER IN THE FACE. The historian by a kind of irony takes up Amaziah's phrase (2 Chronicles 25:17) and gives it a fresh application. Cp. the double application (by a similar irony) of the phrase, -lift up t... [ Continue Reading ]
_to his tent_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 7:10 (note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_the son of Jehoahaz_ i.e. the son of _Ahaziah_, Jehoahaz and Ahaziah being varying forms of the same name; cp. 2 Chronicles 21:17 (note). _brake down the wall_ Rather, MADE A BREACH (or BREACHES) IN THE WALL. The same verb is used in Nehemiah 1:3 ("broken down") and _ibid._Nehemiah 4:7 ("the breac... [ Continue Reading ]
_And_he took] The verb is missing in Chron., and is supplied from Kings. _with Obed-edom_ i.e. with _the family of_Obed-edom which (1 Chronicles 26:4-8; 1 Chronicles 26:15) served as doorkeepers in the House of God. This detail is absent from Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 14:17-20). The End of Amaziah 27. _after the time_ R.V. FROM THE TIME. The Chronicler characteristically connects the conspiracy with Amaziah's apostasy; in Kings the _fact_only of the conspiracy is stated. _a conspiracy_ Athaliah, Joash, Amaziah each fell one after the other before a con... [ Continue Reading ]
_upon horses_ Render, UPON THE HORSES; i.e. upon the horses of some of his pursuers. The conspirators thereby announced the complete success of their conspiracy.... [ Continue Reading ]