2 Chronicles 25:20 — Meaning and Application

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“But Amaziah would not hear; for it {came} of God, that he might deliver them into the hand {of their enemies}, because they sought after the gods of Edom.”

2 Chronicles 25:20

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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. {thistle: or, furze bush, or, thorn} {a wild...: Heb. a beast of the field}

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to {thine} hurt, that thou shouldest fall, {even} thou, and Judah with thee?

But Amaziah would not hear; for it {came} of God, that he might deliver them into the hand {of their enemies}, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, {both} he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which {belongeth} to Judah.

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. {put...: Heb. smitten}

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2 Chronicles 25:1

"Amaziah {was} twenty and five years old {when} he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."

2 Chronicles 25:2

"And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart."

2 Chronicles 25:3

"Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. {established...: Heb. confirmed upon him}"

2 Chronicles 25:4

"But he slew not their children, but {did} as {it is} written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin."

2 Chronicles 25:5

"Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of {their} fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice {men, able} to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield."

2 Chronicles 25:6

"He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver."

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