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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>. 25:11 Amaziah <0558> boldly <02388> led <05090> his army <05971> to the Valley <01516> of Salt <04417>, where he defeated <05221> 10,000 <0505> <06235> Edomites <08165> <01121>. 25:12 The men of Judah <03063> captured <07617> 10,000 <0505> <06235> men <01121> alive <02416>. They took <0935> them to the top <07218> of a cliff <05553> and threw <07993> them over <05553> <07218>. All <03605> the captives fell to <01234> their death <01234>. 25:13 Now the troops <01416> Amaziah <0558> had dismissed <07725> and had <0834> not allowed <01980> to fight in <05973> the battle <04421> raided <06584> the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> from Samaria <08111> to <05704> Beth Horon <01032>. They <01992> killed <05221> 3,000 <0505> <07969> people and carried off <0962> a large amount <07227> of plunder <0961>. 25:14 When Amaziah <0558> returned <0935> from defeating <05221> the Edomites <0130>, he brought <0935> back the gods <0430> of the people <01121> of Seir <08165> and made them his personal gods <0430>. He bowed down <07812> before <06440> them and offered <06999> them sacrifices <06999>. 25:15 The Lord <03068> was angry <0639> <02734> at Amaziah <0558> and sent <07971> a prophet <05030> to <0413> him, who said <0559>, “Why <04100> are you following <01875> these gods <05971> <0430> that could not <03808> deliver <05337> their own people <05971> from your power <03027>?” 25:16 While he was <01961> speaking <01696>, Amaziah said <0559> to <0413> him, “Did we appoint <05414> you to be a royal <04428> counselor <03289>? Stop <02308> prophesying or else you will be killed <05221>!” So the prophet <05030> stopped <02308>, but added <0559>, “I know <03045> that <03588> the Lord <0430> has decided <03289> to destroy <07843> you, because <03588> you have done <06213> this <02063> thing and refused <03808> to listen <08085> to my advice <06098>.” 25:17 After King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> consulted <03289> with his advisers, he sent <07971> this message to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, Joash <03101> son <01121> of Jehoahaz <03059>, the son <01121> of Jehu <03058>, “Come, face <06440> <07200> me on the battlefield.” 25:18 King <04428> Joash <03101> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> this message back <07971> to <0413> King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063>, “A thorn bush <02336> in Lebanon <03844> sent <07971> this message to <0413> a cedar <0730> in Lebanon <03844>, ‘Give <05414> your daughter <01323> to my son <01121> as a wife <0802>.’ Then a wild <07704> animal <02416> of Lebanon <03844> came by <05674> and trampled down <07429> the thorn bush <02336>. 25:19 You defeated <05221> Edom <0123> and it has gone <05375> to your head <03820>. Gloat over <05375> your success <03513>, but stay <03427> in your palace <01004>. Why <04100> bring <01624> calamity <07451> on yourself? Why bring down <05307> yourself <0859> and Judah <03063> along with <05973> you?” 25:20 But Amaziah <0558> did not <03808> heed <08085> the warning, for <03588> God <0430> wanted to hand <05414> them <01931> over <05414> to <04616> Joash because <03588> they followed <01875> the gods <0430> of Edom <0123>. 25:21 So King <04428> Joash <03101> of Israel <03478> attacked <05927>. He <01931> and King <04428> Amaziah <0558> of Judah <03063> faced <06440> <07200> each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh <01053> of Judah <03063>. 25:22 Judah <03063> was defeated <05062> by Israel <03478>, and each man <0376> ran back <05127> home <0168>.

• 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...
  [smith] (subdued by God). A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:38) named next to Lachish. "God-subdued," the title given by Amaziah to the cliff (Authorized Version Selah) --the stronghold of the Edomites-- after he had ca...
  [nave] JOKTHEEL 1. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:38. 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom, 2 Kin. 14:7; 2 Chr. 25:11, 12. Called rock in Judg. 1:36.
  

• 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...
  [isbe] SALT, VALLEY OF - (ge' ha-melach): The scene of battles, firstly, between David or his lieutenant Abishai and the Edomites (2 Sam 8:13; 1 Ch 18:12; Ps 60, title), and later between Amaziah and these same foes (2 Ki 14:7; 2 C...
  [smith] a valley in which occurred two memorable victories of the Israelite arms: That of David over the Edomites. (2 Samuel 8:13; 1 Chronicles 18:12) That of Amaziah. (2 Kings 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11) It is perhaps the...
  

• 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...
  

• Jehoash

  [nave] JEHOASH 1. Called also Joash. Successor of Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 13:10-25. Defeats Amaziah, 2 Kin. 13:12; 14:8-15; 2 Chr. 25:17-24. Death of, 2 Kin. 13:13; 14:16. 2. King of Judah. See: Joash.
  

• 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...
  

• JEHOASH; JOASH

  [isbe] JEHOASH; JOASH - je-ho'-ash, the uncontracted form of (yeho'ash, yo'ash, "Yahweh has bestowed"; compare 2 Ki 11:2,21; 12:1,19; 2 Ch 24:1, etc.; Ioas): (1) The 9th king of Judah; son of Ahaziah and Zibiah, a woman of Beersheb...
  

• 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.
  

• EDOM, IDUMAEA OR IDUMEA

  [smith] (red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which the Lord subsequently gave to Esau was h...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Captive

  [nave] CAPTIVE Prisoner of war, Gen. 14:12; 1 Sam. 30:1, 2. Cruelty to: Putting to death, Num. 31:9-20; Deut. 20:13; 21:10; Josh. 8:29; 10:15-40; 11:11; Judg. 7:25; 8:21; 21:11; 1 Sam. 15:32, 33; 2 Sam. 8:2; 2 Kin. 8:12; Jer. 39:6...
  

• Beth-shemesh

  [nave] BETH-SHEMESH 1. A set apart city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; 1 Chr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9, 12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solomon's commi...
  

• Sarcasm

  [nave] SARCASM. Instances of Cain's self-justifying argument when God asked him where Abel was, Gen. 4:9. Israelites reproaching Moses, Ex. 14:11. God reproaching Israel, Num. 11:20; Judg. 10:14. Balak reproaching Balaam, Num....
  

• 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...
  

• King Amaziah

  

• From Whom Were the Edomites Descended?
  They were descendants of Esau. They inhabited a fertile and rich country specially given to them (Deu. 2:5; Gen. 27:39). Their country was traversed by roads though it was mountainous and rocky (Num. 20:17; Jer. 49:16). They ...

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