aCf. 2 Kings 14. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןעשרים
672
וחמש
354
שנה
355
מלך
90
אמציהו
152
ועשרים
626
ותשע
776
שנה
355
מלך
90
בירושלם
588
ושם
346
אמו
47
יהועדן
145
מירושלים
636
II Chronicles 25:2
Gematria: 1806
ויעשהישרבעינייהוהרקלאבלבבשלם
He did what was pleasing to GOD, but not with a whole heart.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויעש
386
הישר
515
בעיני
142
יהוה
26
רק
300
לא
31
בלבב
36
שלם
370
II Chronicles 25:3
Gematria: 2275
ויהיכאשרחזקההממלכהעליוויהרגאתעבדיוהמכיםאתהמלךאביו
Once he had the kingdom firmly under control, he executed the courtiers who had assassinated his father the king.
But he did not put their children to death for [he acted] in accordance with what is written in the Teaching, in the Book of Moses, where GOD commanded, “Parents shall not die for children, nor shall children die for parents, but each shall die only for their own crime.”bParents shall … crime Cf. Deut. 24.16.
Amaziah assembled the men of Judah, and he put all the men of Judah and Benjamin under officers of thousands and officers of hundreds, by clans. He mustered them from the age of twenty upward, and found that there were 300,000 fine soldiers fit for service, able to bear spear and shield.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקבץ
208
אמציהו
152
אתיהודה
431
ויעמידם
180
לביתאבות
851
לשרי
540
האלפים
166
ולשרי
546
המאות
452
לכליהודה
110
ובנימן
158
ויפקדם
240
למבן
122
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
וימצאם
187
שלשמאות
1077
אלף
111
בחור
216
יוצא
107
צבא
93
אחז
16
רמח
248
וצנה
151
II Chronicles 25:6
Gematria: 1981
וישכרמישראלמאהאלףגבורחילבמאהככרכסף
He hired 100,000 warriors from Israel for 100 talents of silver.
But go by yourself and do it; take courage for battle, [else] God will make you fall before the enemy. For in God there is power to help one or make one fall!”
Amaziah said to the agent of God, “And what am I to do about the 100 talents I gave for the Israelite force?” The agent of God replied, “GOD has the means to give you much more than that.”
So Amaziah detached the force that came to him from Ephraim, [ordering them] to go back to their place. They were greatly enraged against Judah and returned to their place in a rage.
another 10,000 the Judahites captured alive and brought to the top of Sela. They threw them down from the top of Sela and every one of them was burst open.
The members of the force that Amaziah had sent back so they would not go with him into battle made forays against the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon. They slew 3,000 of them, and took much booty.
After Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he had the gods of the people of Seir brought, and installed them as his gods; he prostrated himself before them, and to them he made sacrifice.
GOD was enraged at Amaziah, and sent a prophet to him who said to him, “Why are you worshiping the gods of a people who could not save their people from you?”
As he spoke to him, [Amaziah] said to him, “Have we appointed you a counselor to the king? Stop, else you will be killed!” The prophet stopped, saying, “I see God has counseled that you be destroyed, since you act this way and disregard my counsel.”
Then King Amaziah of Judah took counsel and sent this message to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, “Come, let us confront each other!”
King Joash of Israel sent back this message to King Amaziah of Judah, “The thistle in Lebanon sent this message to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
You boast that you have defeated the Edomites and you are ambitious to get more glory. Now stay at home, lest, provoking disaster you fall, dragging Judah down with you.”
King Joash of Israel captured Amaziah son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Judah, in Beth-shemesh. He brought him to Jerusalem and made a breach of 400 cubits in the wall of Jerusalem, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Then, with all the gold and silver and all the utensils that were to be found in the House of God in the custody of Obed-edom, and with the treasuries of the royal palace, and with the hostages, he returned to Samaria.
From the time that Amaziah turned from following GOD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent agents after him to Lachish and they put him to death there.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומעת
516
אשרסר
761
אמציהו
152
מאחרי
259
יהוה
26
ויקשרו
622
עליו
116
קשר
600
בירושלם
588
וינס
126
לכישה
365
וישלחו
360
אחריו
225
לכישה
365
וימיתהו
477
שם
340
II Chronicles 25:28
Gematria: 2181
וישאהועלהסוסיםויקברואתועםאבתיובעיריהודה
They brought his body back on horses and buried him with his ancestors in the city of Judah.