2 Chronicles 25:5-16
1599 Geneva Bible
5 ¶ And Amaziah assembled Judah, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from [a]twenty years old and above, and found among them three hundred thousand chosen men, to go forth to the war, and to handle spear and shield.
6 He hired also an hundred thousand valiant men [b]out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee: for the Lord is not [c]with Israel, neither with all the house of Ephraim.
8 If [d]not, go thou on, do it, make thyself strong to the battle, but God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of GOD, What shall we do then for the hundred talents, which I have given to the host of Israel? Then the man of God answered, The Lord is able to [e]give thee more than this.
10 So Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to return to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly against Judah, and they returned to their places with great anger.
11 Then Amaziah was encouraged, and led forth his people, and went to the salt valley, and smote of the children of [f]Seir, ten thousand.
12 And other ten thousand did the children of Judah take alive, and carried them to the top of a [g]rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, and they all burst to pieces.
13 But the men of the [h]army, which Amaziah sent away, that they should not go with his people to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria unto Beth Horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
14 Now after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and [i]worshipped them, and burned incense unto them.
15 Wherefore the Lord was wroth with Amaziah, and sent unto him a Prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought the gods of the people, which were not able to [j]deliver their own people out of thine hand?
16 And as he talked with him, [k]he said unto him, Have they made thee the King’s counselor? cease thou: why should they [l]smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsel.
Read full chapterNotas al pie
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 So many as were able men to bear weapons and go to the war.
- 2 Chronicles 25:6 That is, out of the ten tribes, which had separated themselves before, both from God and their true king.
- 2 Chronicles 25:7 And therefore to think to have help of them, whom the Lord favoreth not, is to cast off the help of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 25:8 If thou wilt not give credit to my words.
- 2 Chronicles 25:9 He showeth that if we depend only upon God, we shall not need to be troubled with these worldly respects, for he will give at all times that which shall be necessary, if we obey his word.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 For the Idumeans whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled under Jehoram Jehoshaphat’s son.
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 In 2 Kings 14:7, this rock is called the city Sela.
- 2 Chronicles 25:13 That is, the hundred thousand of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 25:14 Thus where he should have given the praise to God for his benefits and great victory, he fell from God, and did most vilely dishonor him.
- 2 Chronicles 25:15 He proveth that whatsoever cannot save himself nor his worshippers, is no God but an idol.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 Meaning, the King.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 So hard it is, for the carnal man to be admonished of his fault, that he contemneth, mocketh, and threateneth him that warneth him: yea, imprisoneth him and putteth him to death, 2 Chron. 16:10 and 18:26 and 24:21.
Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts.
Recomendaciones de BibleGateway
