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Verse 2 Chronicles 25:2. _HE DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _RIGHT_] He began his
reign well, but soon became an idolater, 2 Chronicles 25:14....
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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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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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_AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BUT NOT
WITH A PERFECT HEART._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י
יְהוָ֑ה
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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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And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, but
not with a perfect heart.
(a) Meaning, in respect to his predecessors, though he had his
imperfections....
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_Heart, and with perseverance._...
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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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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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And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not
with a perfect heart.
Ver. 2. _And he did that which was right._] A hypocrite may do such
works as are materially good, which yet m...
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_But not with a perfect heart_ He was not an enemy to religion, but a
cool and indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety, for
his heart was not whole with God. But of this, and the two fol...
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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 he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, in
maintaining, the worship of Jehovah, BUT NOT WITH A PERFECT HEART,
with undivided loyalty; not only did he tolerate idolatry, but he even
e...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 25:2 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 sight H5869 LORD H3068
loyal H8003 heart H3824
but not -...
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2 Chronicles 25:2
There were not wanting certain good elements about Amaziah; and had he
not given way to a haughty temper and ambitious pride, his career
might have been a useful and happy one. He wa...
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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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_And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not
with a perfect heart._
HALF-HEARTED, AND THEREFORE A FAILURE
It was not because Amaziah was not sinless that his life proved such a...
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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 25:2 YET NOT WITH A WHOLE HEART. 2
Kings 1:1 14:4 mentions that Amaziah failed to remove the high places....
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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 Samuel 16:7; 2 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 2 Chronicles
26:4;...
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But not, &c. — He was not an enemy to religion, but a cool and
indifferent friend. He was not a man of serious piety; for his heart
was not whole with God....