2 Chronicles 25:21-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:17-28

We have here this degenerate prince mortified by his neighbour and murdered by his own subjects. I. Never was proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah was by Joash king of Israel. 1. This part of the story (which was as fully related 2 Kgs. 14:8-22, as it is here)--embracing the foolish challenge which Amaziah sent to Joash (2 Chron. 25:17), his haughty scornful answer to it (2 Chron. 25:18), with the friendly advice he gave him to sit still and know when he was well off, (2 Chron.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:20-28

But Amaziah would not hear ,.... What the king of Israel advised him to, not to meddle to his hurt: for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies ; Amaziah and his army into the hands of Joash and his; this was the will of God, and was brought about by his providence; and that it might be, Amaziah was given up to blindness and hardness of heart, as a punishment of his idolatry: because they sought after the gods of Edom ; he and his nobles, and many... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 25:24

In the house of God with Obed-edom - From 1 Chronicles 26:15 ; we learn that to Obed-edom and his descendants was allotted the keeping of the house of Asuppim or collections for the Divine treasury. And - the hostages - See on 2 Kings 14:14 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:1-28

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:1-28

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:17-24

Human presumption. In the correspondence between these two kings and the action which ensued we have a very striking illustration of the evil of human presumption. I. IT MAY BE BEGOTTEN OF A SLIGHT SUCCESS . "Thou hast smitten the Edomites and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast" ( 2 Chronicles 25:19 ). Some men are soon inflated; even a little "knowledge puffeth up." And a very slight achievement, in art, or in song, or in speech, or in manufacture, is enough to fill... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:17-24

The battle of Beth-shemesh; or, the downfall of a boaster. I. THE OBJECT OF THE BATTLE . 1 . The object of its promoter, Amaziah. 2 . The object of its Director, God. If Amaziah had an aim in seeking a pitched battle with Joash King of Israel, so had Jehovah an aim in allowing him and Joash to try conclusions on the field of war. If Amaziah meant to punish Joash, Jehovah meant to punish Amaziah: which of the two, the King of Judah or the King of kings, was the more... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:21

Beth-shemesh . The Beth-shomesh of Judah, on the borders of Judah, Dan, and the Philistines, is to be distinguished from that on the boundary of Issachar ( Joshua 19:22 ), and "the fenced city of Naphtali" ( Joshua 19:38 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:23

Joash … took ; Hebrew, תָּפַּשׂ , "seized" (as Genesis 39:12 ), or "caught up" (as Deuteronomy 9:17 ), or "capture" (as Joshua 8:8 ). The gate of Ephraim . It led out on the north or north-west side of the city. There is very little to identify it with the high gate of Benjamin. The corner gate. This is not the translation of our Hebrew text, but of the Hebrew text of the parallel ( חַפִנָּה ); see pp. 343-346 of Conder's 'Handbook to the Bible,' and map facing p. 334, 2nd... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:24

No mention is made in the parallel of that custodian of treasures in the house of God, here called Obed-Edom, and who possibly was a descendant of the Obed-Edom of David's time ( 2 Samuel 6:10 ; 1 Chronicles 13:13 ); or an Obed-Edom "a porter" ( 1 Chronicles 15:18 ; 1 Chronicles 16:38 ; 1 Chronicles 26:4 , S). The present verse is an interesting one for pointing out the exact differences, even to the minutest of them, in what the two writers (of Kings and Chronicles) respectively... read more

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