2 Chronicles 25:17

Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ 'a.matz.Ya.hu	H558	Amatsjah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
advice	וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ vai.yi.va.'Atz	H3289	to advise · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sent	וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח Vai.yish.lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Joash	יוֹאָ֨שׁ yo.'Ash	H3101	Joash · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jehoahaz	יְהוֹאָחָ֧ז ye.ho.'a.Chaz	H3059	Jehoachaz · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jehu	יֵה֛וּא ye.Hu'	H3058	Jehu · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
another	נִתְרָאֶ֥ה nit.ra.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, hithpael imperfect, 1st person common plural
face	פָנִֽים fa.Nim	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 14:8-14 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Chronicles 25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samari…
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:17–end

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 Kg2 14:8, etc., as it is here) - embracing the foolish challenge which Amaziah sent to Joash (Ch2 25:17), his haughty scornful answer to it (Ch2 25:18), with the friendly advice he gave him to sit still and know when he was well off, (Ch2 25:19), - his wilfully persisting in his challenge (Ch2 25:20, Ch2 25:21), the defeat that was given him (Ch2 25:22), and the calamity he brought upon himself and his city thereby (Ch2 25:23, Ch2 25:24), - verifies t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 25:17

HE PROVOKES JOASH TO HIS OVERTHROW. (Ch2 25:17) Then Amaziah . . . sent to Joash . . . Come, let us see one another in the face--(See on Kg2 14:8-20). Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 26

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 25:16

Art thou made of the king's counsel? - How darest thou give advice to, or reprove, a king?

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:17

Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice,.... Not of God, nor of his prophets, but of some of his nobles like himself: and sent to Joash--king of Israel; of his message to him here, and his answer in the two following verses, see the following notes: See Gill on 2 Kings 14:8. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:9. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:10.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:14-15

Conquerors sometimes worshiped the gods of a vanquished nation, wrongly believing that the gods of the defeated people had helped them to victory. Amaziah held this pagan mindset; he did not believe that the Lord is the only true God (see Isa 40:18-28; 42:8; Jer 10:1-16).

Dictionary and topics

Jehoash · . — .
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Amaziah — Who reigned over Judah: Amaziah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 25:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 25:16

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:14-15

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 25:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 25:16

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:14-15

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 25:17