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2 Chronicles 25:10-20

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10 Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger.
11 But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the 1Valley of Salt and struck down 2 10,000 men of Seir.
12 The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.
13 But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, 3from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil.

Amaziah's Idolatry

14 After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, 4he brought the gods 5of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
15 Therefore the LORD was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of a people 6who did not deliver their own people from your hand?"
16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that 7God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

Israel Defeats Amaziah

17 8Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."
18 And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, 9"A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
19 You say, 'See, I[a] have struck down Edom,' and 10your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"
20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, 11because they had sought the gods of Edom.
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2 Chronicles 25:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 25

This chapter begins with the reign of Amaziah, and some of the first acts of it, slaying those that killed his father, 2Ch 25:1-4, raising a large army in his own kingdom, to which he added 100,000 more he hired out of Israel, whom yet he sent home by the advice of a prophet, 2Ch 25:5-10, and with his own army marched against the Edomites, and obtained a victory over them, 2Ch 25:11,12, but the Israelites being displeased with him for dismissing them, fell on some of his cities, and slew many in them, 2Ch 25:13, and such was his stupidity, as to worship the gods of the Edomites he had conquered, for which he was reproved by a prophet, 2Ch 25:14-16 and being elated with his victory, he sent a challenge to the king of Israel, who accepting of it, a battle ensued, in which Judah was worsted, their king taken, and treasuries spoiled, 2Ch 25:17-24, and the chapter is closed with the death and burial of Amaziah, 2Ch 25:25-28.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. 2 Kings 14:7
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 20:10
  • 3. [2 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 19:4]
  • 4. [2 Chronicles 28:23]
  • 5. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 6. [ver. 11]
  • 7. [Joshua 11:20]
  • 8. For ver. 17-24, see 2 Kings 14:8-14
  • 9. [Judges 9:8]
  • 10. See 2 Chronicles 26:16
  • 11. ver. 14, 15

Footnotes 1

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.