They returned home in great anger - They thought they were insulted, and began to meditate revenge. See the notes on 2 Kings 14:1-20 (note), where almost every circumstance in this chapter is examined and explained. read more
Another type of uncertain character. We are at once advised, in refer-once to Amaziah, that he "did right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart." The expression might be supposed to cover the description of a man whose life was in the main right, but who was betrayed by temptation into some serious sins, of which, like David, he bitterly repented, but genuinely repented, and was restored to peace -rod favour. No such interpretation, however, is here possible. And as... read more
This and the following five verses are entirely omitted in the parallel, which contents itself with giving in its 2 Chronicles 25:7 , in fewer words, but with the supplement of other matter, what is contained in our 2 Chronicles 25:11 . Found them three hundred thousand . Compare Asa's "five hundred and eighty thousand" ( 2 Chronicles 14:8 ), and Jehoshaphat's "eleven hundred and sixty thousand" ( 2 Chronicles 17:14-19 ; see note, however, on these verses, and the improbability of... read more
Gold, and the favour of God. There is something which approaches, if it does not amount to, the ludicrous in the question so solemnly proposed by Amaziah, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?" Could it be the right thing and the wise thing to sacrifice all that money? Were a hundred talents to be thrown away? Supposing he defeated the enemy without the help of these mercenaries, would it not be a mortifying thing that he had spent such a... read more
A campaign against the Edomites. I. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS . ( 2 Chronicles 25:5 , 2 Chronicles 25:6 .) 1 . The army mustered. "Amaziah gathered Judah together;" i.e. collected for review, probably in Jerusalem, all in the southern kingdom who were capable of bearing arms. 2 . The army organized. "He made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin." Compare Samuel's prediction ( ... read more
Out of Israel . The next verse tells us that "all the children of Ephraim" (which was strictly the northern Israel's chief tribe) are hereby designated. It is not quite clear that this Israel is exactly conterminous with the Israel of 2 Chronicles 13:3 , the identity of which, however, with Joab's Israel ( 2 Samuel 24:9 ) is very probable. The boundaries of the strict tribe of Ephraim, whose ancestor was Joseph's younger son, are described in Joshua 16:5 . The tribe were located as... read more
(See foregoing chapter, 2 Chronicles 24:19 .) The name of this man of God does not transpire. To wit , with. These three words, all in italic type, if entirely omitted, and not even the preposition adopted, as in the Revised Version, into the ordinary type, will leave the intention of the writer clearer rather than less clear. read more
It is hard to feel satisfied as to the correct rendering of this verse. The drift of the next verse, which shows Amaziah a convert to the strong exhortation of the man of God, makes either alternative allowable under the present text very untimely. and not very much in accord with what we should look for at the lips of the man of God. The very conceivable way out of the difficulty is to read לא , hyphened to אם (all the rather that no vau is present in בּאֹ , as the present text... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 25:9
The Lord is able to give thee much more than this - Better lose the money than keep the men, for they will be a curse unto thee. read more