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2 Chronicles 25:1 open_in_new
Amaziah. Compare 2 Kings 14:1-3. Complementary to Kings (see App-56); verses: 2 Chronicles 25:5-10 and verses: 2 Chronicles 25:13-16 are additional.
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2 Chronicles 25:3 open_in_new
established. confirmed.
killed the king (2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 24:26).
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2 Chronicles 25:4 open_in_new
as it is written. Compare Deuteronomy 24:16.
in the law in the book of Moses. See App-47.
children. sons.
sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
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2 Chronicles 25:7 open_in_new
a man of God. See App-49.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
let not. For similar protests Compare 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:37.
army. host.
Israel. These were mercenaries gathered out of the ten tribes, to be used against Edom (2 Chronicles 25:6).
not with. This is the measure by which our alliances of all kinds should be tried.
all the children of Ephraim. any of the sons of Ephraim. Of these were the kings of Israel.
Ephraim. Put here for the whole northern kingdom.
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2 Chronicles 25:8 open_in_new
be strong. Figure of speech Eironeia. App-6.
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2 Chronicles 25:9 open_in_new
army. troop.
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2 Chronicles 25:11 open_in_new
valley of salt. South of the Dead Sea.
the children of Seir: i.e. the Edomites.
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2 Chronicles 25:13 open_in_new
them: i.e. men, not villages.
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2 Chronicles 25:14 open_in_new
set them up. For. similar action See 2 Chronicles 28:23.
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2 Chronicles 25:15 open_in_new
sent unto him. prophet. When He might have sent. sore judgment.
deliver. rescue.
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2 Chronicles 25:16 open_in_new
Art thou made of, &c.. Have we given thee to be of.
of the king's counsel. for counsellor to the king.
determined. counselled.
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2 Chronicles 25:17 open_in_new
advice. counsel, as in 2 Chronicles 25:16. He took man's counsel, but not God's.
see. look. Idiom for desire to fight.
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2 Chronicles 25:18 open_in_new
thistle. thorn. Compare 2 Kings 14:9.
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2 Chronicles 25:21 open_in_new
saw. See note on "see" (2 Chronicles 25:17)
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2 Chronicles 25:24 open_in_new
Obed-edom. He and his family were the Temple treasurers (1 Chronicles 26:15).
hostages. Hebrew "sons of securities".
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2 Chronicles 25:26 open_in_new
are they not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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2 Chronicles 25:27 open_in_new
made. conspiracy. conspired. great conspiracy. Figure of speech Polyptoton.
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2 Chronicles 25:28 open_in_new
the city of Judah. Jerusalem. The only occurrence of the expression. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac and Vulgate, read "the city of David".