dominion · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
established
חָזְקָ֥הcha.ze.Kah
H2388
to fasten upon · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
slew
וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙vai.ya.ha.Rog
H2026
to smite with deadly intent · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servants
עֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.Dav
H5650
a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
killed
הַמַּכִּ֖יםha.ma.Kim
H5221
to strike (lightly or severely · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
king
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekh
H4428
a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
father
אָבִֽיו'a.Viv
H1
father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
2 Kings 14:5-22 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
2 Chronicles 24:25-26 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the son…
Genesis 9:5-6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of eve…
Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Numbers 35:31-33 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:1-13
Here is, I. The general character of Amaziah: He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, worshipped the true God, kept the temple service a going, and countenanced religion in his kingdom; but he did not do it with a perfect heart (Ch2 25:2), that is, he was not a man of serious piety or devotion himself, nor had he any zeal for the exercises of religion. He was no enemy to it, but a cool and indifferent friend. Such is the character of too many in this Laodicean age: they do that which is good, but not with the heart, not with a perfect heart.
II. A necessary piece of justice which he did upon the traitors that murdered his father: he put them to death, Ch2 25:3. Though we should…
He did that which was right - He began his reign well, but soon became an idolater, Ch2 25:14, Ch2 25:15.
John Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:1
Amaziah was twenty five years old when he began to reign,.... Of these verses; see Gill on 2 Kings 14:2. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:3. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:5. See Gill on 2 Kings 14:6.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:3-4
Amaziah . . . executed the officials to avenge his father and carry out the justice prescribed in the Law.
Amaziah — Strengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr. 6:45). (2.) The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the separate kingdom of Judah…
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Amaziah — Who reigned over Judah: Amaziah
Zabad · 4. An assassin of King Joash — 4. An assassin of King Joash
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).
