2 Chronicles 25:3 - Exposition

Was established to him ; Hebrew, חָזְקָה . This is kal conjugation of the verb, which we found in piel in 2 Chronicles 25:5 of foregoing chapter, and there rendered "repair." The kal force of the word is simply to "be strong" ( Genesis 41:57 ; Joshua 17:13 ; 2 Kings 14:5 ). The hiph; to "make strong," or "confirm," as it is rendered here, is found in 2 Kings 15:19 . Again and again the disorders of the kingdom and the violent deaths of prophets and kings must have greatly contributed to nervous apprehensions, in fact only too just, when a new king ascended the throne. In the parallel and in passage last quoted the words, "in his hand," follow the verb. Amaziah both needed to get his own hand in, according to modern phrase, and to get things well into his hand. His servants . It may be held surprising that they should have been found "in the place, " or should now be his servants at all. The explanation may be either that their guilt had not yet been known, or, if known, had not been fixed upon them.