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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 25 This chapter begins with the reign of Amaziah, and some of the first acts of it, slaying those that killed his father, 2 Chronicles 25:1, raising a large army in his own kingdom, to which he added 100,000 more he hired out of Israel, whom yet he sent home by the advice of a prophet, 2 Chronicles 25:5, and with his own army marched against the Edomites, and obtained...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Amaziah's reign, recorded in this chapter, was not one of the worse and yet for from good. Most of the passages in this chapter we had before more briefly related, 2 Kings xiv. Here we find Amaziah, I. A just revenger of his father's death, ver. 1-4. II. An obedient observer of the command of God, ver. 5-10. III. A cruel conqueror of the Edomites, ver. 11-13. IV. A foolish worshipper of the gods...