2 Chronicles 25:1-14
twenty-five ............. twenty-nine <02568 06242> [twenty and five.]
wholehearted <08003> [but not.]
kingdom <04467> [A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. Now it came.]
secured ....... executed <02388 02026> [established to him. Heb. confirmed upon him. he slew.]
No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God "to whom vengeance belongeth."
recorded <03789> [as it is written.]
commanders ...... thousand .... commanders ........................ 300,000 <0505 08269> [A.M. 3177. B.C. 827. captains over thousands.]
twenty <06242> [from twenty.]
300,000 <07969> [three.]
100,000 ...... hundred talents ... silver <03603 03701 03967> [an hundred talents of silver.]
Estimating the shekel at 2s. 6d., and the talent, being 3,000 shekels, (see Ex 38:25, 26,) at 375Å“., one hundred talents would amount to 37,500Å“.; which, divided among 100,000 men, quotes only 7s. 6d.; hence we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the Edomites.
prophet <0376 0430> [a man of God.]
<03068> [for the Lord.]
bravely <02388> [be strong.]
God ........ God is capable <0430 03426 03581> [God hath power.]
[army. Heb. band.]
[The Lord.]
Amaziah <0558> [Amaziah.]
home .......... home <04725> [home. Heb. to their place. great anger. Heb. heat of anger.]
Valley <01516> [valley.]
10,000 <06235 0505> [And other ten thousand.]
No intimation is given on what account, or on what provocation, this most cruel conduct towards the prisoners of war was adopted. The enmity between Israel and Edom seems to have been reciprocal and deeply malignant. The victorious king and his army considered every individual of Edom as a traitor and rebel; and so adjudged them to death, and acted on this judgment. But their conduct was wholly inexcusable, and could only perpetuate rancour to future generations, and provoke the surviving Edomites to cruel retaliations, whenever they had it in their power.
threw <07993> [cast them.]
fell to ... death <01234> [broken in pieces.]
troops <01416 01121> [soldiers of the army. Heb. sons of the band.]
raided ... cities <06584 05892> [fell upon the cities.]
These Israelites seem to have returned home, when discharged by Amaziah, whose powerful army deterred them from attempting revenge at that time; but when he was engaged in war with the Edomites, they marched from Samaria, and plundered all the cities till they came to Beth-horon, where they slew 3,000 of the inhabitants.
Samaria <08111> [Samaria.]
Beth Horon <01032> [Beth-horon.]
returned ....... brought <0935> [he brought.]
gods ............ gods <0430> [his gods.]
