But Amaziah would not hear. — And Amaziah hearkened not.
For it came of God ... gods of Edom. — This remark is added by the chronicler, accounting for the infatuation of Joash by reference to the divine predetermination of events. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 25:16; and 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Chronicles 10:15; the Syr. and Arab. omit.)
That he might deliver them into the hand. — Heb., into hand; LXX., “into hands;” Vulg., “into the hands of the enemy.” Perhaps the original reading was, into his hand, i.e., the hand of Joash.
Because they sought. — For they had sought.