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II Chronicles Chapter 25

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II Chronicles

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Second Chronicles 25 records the reign of Amaziah, who did right but not with a perfect heart, and who on establishing his kingdom executed his father's assassins while sparing their children according to the law of Moses. He hires Israelite mercenaries but releases them at a prophet's warning, then defeats Edom in the Valley of Salt, but afterward brings back Edom's idols and worships them, provoking a prophet's rebuke. Pride leads Amaziah to challenge Joash king of Israel, whose forces defeat him, break down Jerusalem's wall, and plunder the temple and palace; later a conspiracy drives him to Lachish, where he is killed and brought back for burial.

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(1) Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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II Kings 14:1II Kings 14:2II Kings 14:3

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II Kings 14:2II Kings 18:2II Chronicles 29:1II Chronicles 20:31I Kings 22:42II Chronicles 2:10

(2) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
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II Chronicles 25:14II Chronicles 24:2II Chronicles 26:4I Samuel 16:7II Kings 14:4Psalms 78:37Isaiah 29:13Hosea 10:2Acts 8:21James 1:8James 4:8

(3) Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
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II Kings 14:5II Kings 14:6II Kings 14:7II Kings 14:8II Kings 14:9II Kings 14:10II Kings 14:11II Kings 14:12II Kings 14:13II Kings 14:14II Kings 14:15II Kings 14:16

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II Chronicles 29:22

(4) But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
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Deuteronomy 24:16II Kings 14:5II Kings 14:6Jeremiah 31:29Jeremiah 31:30Ezekiel 18:4Ezekiel 18:20

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II Kings 7:4Romans 14:8Genesis 47:19Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Numbers 35:23

(5) Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, 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 twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
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Exodus 18:25I Samuel 8:12I Chronicles 13:1I Chronicles 27:1Numbers 1:3II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 14:8II Chronicles 17:14II Chronicles 17:15II Chronicles 17:16II Chronicles 17:17II Chronicles 17:18

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Deuteronomy 1:15I Chronicles 28:1II Samuel 18:1Numbers 31:48I Chronicles 27:1I Samuel 8:12

(6) He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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I Chronicles 29:7Ezra 8:26Matthew 25:20Exodus 38:17Exodus 38:27II Kings 5:23

(7) But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
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II Samuel 12:1I Kings 13:1I Timothy 6:11II Timothy 3:17II Chronicles 13:12II Chronicles 19:2I Kings 12:28Isaiah 28:1Isaiah 28:2Isaiah 28:3Hosea 5:13Hosea 5:14

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II Chronicles 25:10Judges 12:4Isaiah 11:13

(8) But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
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II Chronicles 18:14Ecclesiastes 11:9Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10Joel 3:9Joel 3:10Joel 3:11Joel 3:12Joel 3:13Joel 3:14Matthew 26:45II Chronicles 14:11

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II Kings 8:12II Samuel 10:11I Chronicles 19:12II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 26:13Ezra 8:22

(9) And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
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I Chronicles 29:7Matthew 25:20Ezra 8:26Matthew 25:22

(10) Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
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I Kings 12:24II Samuel 19:43Proverbs 29:22

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Isaiah 5:25Numbers 11:10I Samuel 11:6II Samuel 12:5Deuteronomy 32:21II Chronicles 25:15

(11) And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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II Samuel 8:13II Kings 14:7Psalms 60:1

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I Samuel 6:19II Kings 14:7Leviticus 2:13Psalms 60:1Mark 9:50Joshua 11:8

(12) And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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II Samuel 12:31I Chronicles 20:3II Chronicles 20:10II Chronicles 21:8II Chronicles 21:9II Chronicles 21:10

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Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 50:2Exodus 19:20Judges 6:26Judges 15:8Judges 15:11

(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 Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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I Kings 16:24I Kings 16:29II Chronicles 8:5I Kings 9:17

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Judges 5:27II Samuel 2:23II Kings 15:14I Chronicles 20:1I Samuel 17:21II Chronicles 13:3

(14) Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
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II Chronicles 28:23Isaiah 44:19Exodus 20:3Exodus 20:4Exodus 20:5Deuteronomy 7:5Deuteronomy 7:25II Samuel 5:21

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Judges 10:6Numbers 25:2Judges 2:12Exodus 20:23Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16

(15) Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
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II Chronicles 25:7II Chronicles 16:7II Chronicles 16:8II Chronicles 16:9II Chronicles 19:2II Chronicles 20:37II Samuel 12:1II Samuel 12:2II Samuel 12:3II Samuel 12:4II Samuel 12:5II Samuel 12:6

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Judges 10:6II Chronicles 25:20II Chronicles 25:10Deuteronomy 7:4Deuteronomy 18:20Joshua 23:16

(16) And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
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II Chronicles 16:10II Chronicles 18:25II Chronicles 24:21Amos 7:10Amos 7:11Amos 7:12Amos 7:13Matthew 21:23Proverbs 9:7Proverbs 9:8Isaiah 30:10Isaiah 30:11

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II Samuel 17:14II Kings 14:10II Chronicles 25:19Job 10:3Revelation 11:18Esther 3:3

(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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II Chronicles 25:13II Kings 14:8II Kings 14:9II Kings 14:10II Kings 14:11II Kings 14:12II Kings 14:13II Kings 14:14II Samuel 2:14Proverbs 20:3

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II Kings 14:1II Chronicles 25:23II Chronicles 25:25II Kings 13:1II Kings 13:25II Kings 14:17

(18) And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
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Judges 9:8Judges 9:9Judges 9:10Judges 9:11Judges 9:12Judges 9:13Judges 9:14Judges 9:15I Kings 4:33Psalms 80:13

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II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 2:8I Kings 5:14Song of Solomon 4:8I Kings 7:2Revelation 4:7

(19) Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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II Chronicles 26:16II Chronicles 32:25Deuteronomy 8:14Proverbs 13:10Proverbs 16:18Proverbs 28:25Daniel 5:20Daniel 5:21Daniel 5:22Daniel 5:23Habakkuk 2:4James 4:6

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II Kings 14:10Obadiah 1:12II Kings 13:19II Chronicles 25:16Job 7:17Job 10:3

(20) But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
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II Chronicles 25:16II Chronicles 22:7I Kings 12:15Psalms 81:11Psalms 81:12Acts 28:25Acts 28:26Acts 28:27II Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 2:10II Thessalonians 2:11I Peter 2:8

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Judges 10:6II Chronicles 25:15I Samuel 4:8II Chronicles 25:14II Chronicles 32:14II Kings 21:14

(21) So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
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Joshua 21:16I Samuel 6:9I Samuel 6:19I Samuel 6:20

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II Kings 14:11II Chronicles 25:23II Kings 14:1II Kings 14:23II Chronicles 25:25

(22) And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
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II Chronicles 28:5II Chronicles 28:6I Samuel 4:10I Kings 22:36

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Genesis 31:33Numbers 19:14

(23) And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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II Chronicles 33:11II Chronicles 36:6II Chronicles 36:10Proverbs 16:18Proverbs 29:23Daniel 4:37Obadiah 1:3Luke 14:11II Chronicles 21:17II Chronicles 22:1II Chronicles 22:6Nehemiah 8:16

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II Kings 14:13Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 48:32

(24) And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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II Chronicles 12:9II Kings 14:14

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II Kings 14:14II Samuel 8:10I Kings 15:18II Kings 12:13II Chronicles 24:14II Kings 24:13

(25) And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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II Kings 14:17II Kings 14:18II Kings 14:19II Kings 14:20II Kings 14:21II Kings 14:22

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II Kings 14:17II Kings 14:1II Chronicles 25:23II Kings 14:23Judges 8:32II Kings 13:13

(26) Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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II Chronicles 20:34II Kings 14:15

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I Kings 11:41II Kings 13:12II Kings 14:15II Kings 14:18I Chronicles 29:29II Chronicles 20:34

(27) Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
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II Chronicles 15:2II Chronicles 24:25II Kings 14:19Joshua 10:31

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II Kings 14:19II Samuel 2:21Ezekiel 33:11

(28) And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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II Kings 14:20

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Genesis 49:31

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