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25:1 Amaziah <0558> was twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign, and he reigned <04427> for twenty-nine <08672> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Jehoaddan <03086>, who was from Jerusalem <03389>. 25:2 He did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, but <07535> not <03808> with wholehearted devotion <08003> <03824>. 25:3 When <0834> <01961> he had secured <02388> control of the kingdom <04467>, he executed <02026> the servants <05650> who had assassinated <05221> his father <01>. 25:4 However, he did not <03808> execute <04191> their sons <01121>. He obeyed <06680> the Lord’s <03068> commandment <0559> as recorded <03789> in the law <08451> scroll <05612> of Moses <04872>, “Fathers <01> must not <03808> be executed <04191> for <05921> what their sons <01121> do, and sons <01121> must not <03808> be executed <04191> for <05921> what their fathers <01> do. A man <0376> must be executed <04191> only for <03588> his own sin <02399>.” 25:5 Amaziah <0558> assembled <06908> the people of Judah <03063> and assigned <05975> them by families <01> <01004> to the commanders <08269> of units of a thousand <0505> and the commanders <08269> of units of a hundred <03967> for all <03605> Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>. He counted <06485> those twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and up <04605> and discovered <04672> there were 300,000 <0505> <03967> <07969> young men <0970> of fighting age <06635> <03318> equipped <0270> with spears <07420> and shields <06793>. 25:6 He hired <07936> 100,000 <0505> <03967> Israelite <03478> warriors <02428> <01368> for a hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701>. 25:7 But a prophet <0376> visited <0935> him <0413> and said <0559>: “O king <04428>, the Israelite <03478> troops <06635> must not <0408> go <0935> with <05973> you, for <03588> the Lord <03069> is not <0369> with <05973> Israel <03478> or any <03605> of the Ephraimites <0669> <01121>. 25:8 Even <03588> if <0518> you <0859> go <0935> and fight <06213> bravely <02388> in battle <04421>, God <0430> will defeat <03782> you before <06440> the enemy <0341>. God <0430> is <03426> capable <03581> of helping <05826> or defeating <03782>.” 25:9 Amaziah <0558> asked <0559> the prophet <0430> <0376>: “But what <04100> should I do <06213> about the hundred <03967> talents <03603> of <0834> silver I paid <05414> the Israelite <03478> troops <01416>?” The prophet <0430> <0376> replied <0559>, “The Lord <03068> is <03426> capable of giving <05414> you more <07235> than that <02088>.” 25:10 So Amaziah <0558> dismissed <0914> the troops <01416> that <0834> had come <0935> to <0413> him from Ephraim <0669> and sent <01980> them home <04725>. They were very <03966> angry <0639> <02734> at Judah <03063> and returned <07725> home <04725> incensed <0639> <02750>.

• 2Ch 25:1-28 -- Amaziah's Reign

• Amaziah

  [ebd] strengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr. 6:45). (2.) The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began...
  [isbe] AMAZIAH - am-a-zi'-a ('amatsyah, 'amatsyahu, "Yahweh is mighty"; 2 Ki 14:1-20; 2 Ch 25). Son of Jehoash, and tenth king of Judah. Amaziah had a peaceable accession at the age of 25. A depleted treasury, a despoiled palace an...
  [nave] AMAZIAH 1. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. King of Judah. History of, 2 Kin. 14; 2 Chr. 25. 3. An idolatrous priest at Bethel, Amos 7:10-17. 4. Father of Joshah, 1 Chr. 4:34.
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Joktheel

  [ebd] subdued by God. (1.) A city of Judah near Lachish (Josh. 15, 38). Perhaps the ruin Kutlaneh, south of Gezer. (2.) Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against Edom (2 Chr. 25:5-10), which was completely succe...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• Salt, Valley of

  [ebd] a place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam. 8:13). This valley (the' Arabah) is between Judah and Edom on the south of the Dead Sea. Hence some interpreters would insert the words, "and he smote Edom," after the...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• Jehoaddan

  [isbe] JEHOADDAN - je-ho-ad'-an (yeho`addan, meaning unknown): In 2 Ch 25:1; and Qere, the King James Version in 2 Ki 14:2, where Kethibh and the Revised Version (British and American) are "Jehoaddin" (yeho`addin), the mother of Ki...
  [smith] (Whom Jehovah adorns), queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah. (2 Kings 14:2; 2 Chronicles 25:1) (B.C. 862-837.)
  [nave] JEHOADDAN, mother of Amaziah, 2 Kin. 14:2; 2 Chr. 25:1.
  

• ARMY

  [ebd] The Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex. 13:18, "harnessed;" marg., "five in a rank"). Each tribe formed a battalion, with its own banner and leader (Num. 2:2; 10:14). In war the army was divided into thous...
  [isbe] ARMY - ar'-mi (chayil, "army," tsabha', "host," ma`arakhah, "army in battle array" gedhudh, "troop"): 1. The First Campaign of History 2. In the Wilderness 3. The Times after the Conquest 4. In the Early Monarchy 5. From the...
  [smith] I. JEWISH ARMY.--Every man above 20 years of age was a soldier, (Numbers 1:3) each tribe formed a regiment, with its own banner and its own leader (Numbers 2:2; 10:14) their positions in the camp or on the march were accurate...
  

• Ephraim

  [nave] EPHRAIM 1. Second son of Joseph, Gen. 41:52. Adopted by Jacob, Gen. 48:5. Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning, Gen. 48:14-20. Descendants of, Num. 26:35-37; 1 Chr. 7:20-27. Mourns for his sons, 1 Chr. 7:21, 22...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Zabad

  [nave] ZABAD 1. Son of Nathan, 1 Chr. 2:36, 37. 2. An Ephraimite, 1 Chr. 7:21. 3. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 11:41. 4. An assassin of King Joash, 2 Chr. 24:26; 25:3, 4. Called Jozachar in 2 Kin. 12:21. 5. Three Israeli...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Amoz

  [ebd] strong, the father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1; Isa. 1:1; 2:1). As to his personal history little is positively known. He is supposed by some to have been the "man of God" spoken of in 2 Chr. 25:7, 8.
  

• PENTATEUCH, THE

  [smith] is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is derived from "pente",five, and "teucos") which, meaning originally "vessel" "instrument," etc., came In Alexandrine Greek to m...
  

• BLOOD, REVENGER OF

  [smith] He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the authorized avenger of blood. (Numbers 35:19) The law of retaliation was not to extend beyond the immediate offender. (24:16;...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• QUEEN MOTHER

  [isbe] QUEEN MOTHER - (gebhirah, literally, "mistress," then a female ruler, and sometimes simply the wife of a king ("queen," 1 Ki 11:19); in Dan 5:10 the term malketha' "queen," really means the mother of the king): It stands to ...
  

• HOME

  [isbe] HOME - hom (bayith, "house," maqom, "place," 'ohel, "tent" (Jdg 19:9), shubh, "to cause to turn back," tawekh, tokh, "middle," "midst" (Dt 21:12); oikos, "house," "household," endemeo, "to be among one's people," oikos idios...
  

• HIRE

  [isbe] HIRE - hir: Two entirely different words are translated "hire" in the Old Testament: (1) The most frequent one is sakhar, verb sakhar, and verbal adjective sakhir. (a) As a verb it means "to hire" for a wage, either money or...
  

• King Amaziah

  

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