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2 Chronicles 25

2Ch 25:1-4—The reign of Amaziah over Judah (2Ki 14:1, 2).

2Ch 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

a perfect heart

See Scofield 1Ki 8:61, ref.


2Ch 25:5-16—The expedition against Edom.

2Ch 25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

talentof silver

One talent (silver) = £410, or $1,940 [In 1917]; also 2Ch 25:9.

2Ch 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

Ephraim

Used in a collective sense for the northern ten-tribe kingdom, called also "Israel."


2Ch 25:17-25—War between Judah and Israel (2Ki 14:8-14).

2Ch 25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

The thistle that was in Lebanon

Parables (O.T.). Isa 5:1-7. (Jdg 9:7-15; Zec 11:7-14).

2Ch 25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

cubit

One cubit = about 18 inches.


2Ch 25:26-28—Death of Amaziah (2Ki 14:17-20).

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