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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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_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...
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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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JEHOAHAZ] i.e. Ahaziah: 2 Chronicles 21:17....
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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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JEHOAHAZ. — Several Hebrew MSS. _read Ahaziah,_ as in 2 Kings 14:13,
with which the rest of the verse agrees: see the Notes there. (See
Note on 2 Chronicles 21:17.)
THE CORNER GATE. — So 2 Kings 14:13
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וְ אֵת֩ אֲמַצְיָ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ
־יְהוּדָ֜ה בֶּן...
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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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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
th...
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2 Chronicles 25:20...
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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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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, a captive in his own capital, AND BRAKE DOWN THE WALL...
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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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THE CORNER GATE:
_ Heb._ the gate of it that looketh...
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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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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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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 25:17 WILD BEAST... TRAMPLED DOWN
THE THISTLE. See note on 2 Kings 14:9–10. The Israelite king Joash
interprets Amaziah’s invitation as a challenge to battle. Ama
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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 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 22:6; 2 Chronicles
26:9;...