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Text -- 2 Chronicles 25:13-28 (NET)
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25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon . They killed 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder .
25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites , he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods . He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices .
25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said , “Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power ?”
25:16 While he was speaking , Amaziah said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor ? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed !” So the prophet stopped , but added , “I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice .”
25:17 After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, he sent this message to the king of Israel , Joash son of Jehoahaz , the son of Jehu , “Come, face me on the battlefield.”
25:18 King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah , “A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon , ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife .’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush .
25:19 You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head . Gloat over your success , but stay in your palace . Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”
25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom .
25:21 So King Joash of Israel attacked . He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh of Judah .
25:22 Judah was defeated by Israel , and each man ran back home .
25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah , son of Joash son of Jehoahaz , in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem . He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet .
25:24 He took away all the gold and silver , all the items found in God’s temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom , the riches in the royal palace , and some hostages . Then he went back to Samaria .
25:25 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel .
25:26 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign, from start to finish , are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel .
25:27 From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord , conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem , so he fled to Lachish . But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there .
25:28 His body was carried back by horses , and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the City of David.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Amaziah |
Israel |
Jehoash |
JEHOASH; JOASH |
Jerusalem |
EDOM, IDUMAEA OR IDUMEA |
Beth-shemesh |
Ahaziah |
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF |
Obed-edom |
EPHRAIM, GATE OF |
Book |
Apostasy |
Sarcasm |
APOSTASY; APOSTATE |
Pride |
Thistle |
Conspiracy |
Ephraim |
Heart |
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NET Notes -> 2Ch 25:13; 2Ch 25:13; 2Ch 25:13; 2Ch 25:13; 2Ch 25:14; 2Ch 25:14; 2Ch 25:15; 2Ch 25:15; 2Ch 25:15; 2Ch 25:16; 2Ch 25:16; 2Ch 25:16; 2Ch 25:17; 2Ch 25:17; 2Ch 25:18; 2Ch 25:19; 2Ch 25:19; 2Ch 25:19; 2Ch 25:19; 2Ch 25:20; 2Ch 25:20; 2Ch 25:21; 2Ch 25:22; 2Ch 25:23; 2Ch 25:26; 2Ch 25:27; 2Ch 25:27; 2Ch 25:28; 2Ch 25:28; 2Ch 25:28; 2Ch 25:28
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:17 Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here not to a visit but to meeting in battle. See v. 21.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:18 The thorn bush in the allegory is Judah. Amaziah’s success had deceived him into thinking he was on the same level as the major powers in the ar...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:20 Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:21 Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:23 Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).
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NET Notes: 2Ch 25:26 Heb “As for the rest of the events of Amaziah, the former and the latter, are they not – behold, they are written on the scroll of the kin...
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