2 Chronicles 25:15-25

15 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the people ¹who have not delivered their own people from your hand?"

16 As he was talking with him, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped and said, "I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

Amaziah Defeated by Joash of Israel

17 ²Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face * each other."

18 Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "³The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush.

19 "You said, 'Behold, you have defeated Edom.' And ⁴your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?"

20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom.

21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced * each other at Beth-shemesh, which belonged to Judah.

22 Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent.

23 Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of ⁵Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 * cubits.

24 He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with ⁶Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

25 ⁷And Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah, lived fifteen * years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 25:15-25 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 7

1. 2 Chronicles 25:11, 12
2. 2 Kings 14:8-14
3. Judges 9:8-15
4. 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 32:25
5. 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1
6. 1 Chronicles 26:15
7. 2 Kings 14:17-22

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "he"
[b]. Lit "smitten"
[c]. Lit "lifted you up to boast"
[d]. Lit "before"
[e]. I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.