2Ki 14:8-16, 2Ch 25:17-24 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah. Come.

2 Kings 14:8-16

A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah.

Come.

11; 2Sa 2:14-17; Pr 13:10; 17:14; 18:6; 20:18; 25:8

The thistle.

Jud 9:8-15; 2Sa 12:1-4; 1Ki 4:33; Eze 20:49The word {choach,} which is rendered here, and in 2 Ch 25:18; Job 31:18, thistle, in 1 Sa 13:6, thicket in Isa 34:13, bramble, and in 2 Ch 33:11; Pr 26:9; So 2:2; Ho 9:6 thorn, is probably the black thorn, or sloe tree, the {prunus spinosa} of Linnæus, as the same word signifies in Arabic. There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash; but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. (2 Ch 25:10-13.) The comparatively useless thorn, which may by chance lacerate the incautious passenger, is made the emblem of the house of Judah and David, while the house of Jehu is represented by the stately cedar.

thine heart.

De 8:14; 2Ch 26:16; 32:25; Pr 16:18; Eze 38:2,5,17; Da 5:20-23

Hab 2:4; Jas 4:6

glory of this.

Ex 8:9; Jer 9:23,24; Jas 1:9

home. Heb. thy house. why shouldest.

2Ch 35:21; Pr 3:30; 15:18; 17:14; 20:3; 25:8; 26:17; Lu 14:31,32

Amaziah.

2Ch 25:16,20

Beth-shemesh.

Jos 19:38; 21:16; 1Sa 6:9-19

was put to the worse. Heb. was smitten. they fled.

1Sa 4:10; 2Sa 18:17; 1Ki 22:36

took Amaziah.

25:6; 2Ch 33:11; 36:6,10; Job 40:11,12; Pr 16:18; 29:23

Isa 2:11,12; Da 4:37; Lu 14:11

the gate of Ephraim.

2Ch 25:23,24; Ne 8:16; 12:39

the corner.

Jer 31:38; Zec 14:10

all the gold.

24:13; 25:15; 1Ki 7:51; 14:26; 15:18

and hostages.

18:23; *marg:

A.M. 3163-3179. B.C. 841-825. the rest.

10:34,35; 13:12; 1Ki 14:19,20

A.M. 3179. B.C. 825. Jehoash.

2Sa 7:12; 1Ki 1:21

was buried.

13:9

Jeroboam.

13:13; Ho 1:1; Am 1:1; 7:10,11

2 Chronicles 25:17-24

A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah.

13; 2Ki 14:8-14

let us see.

2Sa 2:14; Pr 20:3

thistle. or, furze-bush, or thorn.

Jud 9:8-15; 1Ki 4:33

a wild beast. Heb. a beast of the field.

Ps 80:13

heart.

26:16; 32:25; De 8:14; Pr 13:10; 16:18; 28:25; Da 5:20-23; Hab 2:4

Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5

to boast.

Jer 9:23; 1Co 1:29

why shouldest.

35:21; Pr 18:6; 20:3; 26:17; Lu 14:31

it came of God.

16; 22:7; 1Ki 12:15; Ps 81:11,12; Ac 28:25-27; 2Th 2:9-11

1Pe 2:8

sought.

they saw one another.That is, "they fought against each other." To face an enemy, or to face one another, is still a common expression. The reason of this war was evidently the injury the army of Joash had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by them were totally unprovoked, base, and cowardly: they fell upon women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood, when all the effective men were gone with their king against the Edomites. The quarrel of Amaziah were certainly just, yet he was put to the rout: he fell, and Judah with him, as Joash had said; and the reason was, because "it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom." This was the reason why the Israelites triumphed.

Beth-shemesh.

Jos 21:16; 1Sa 6:9,19,20

put to the worse. Heb. smitten.

28:5,6

fled.

1Sa 4:10; 1Ki 22:36

took Amaziah.

33:11; 36:6,10; Pr 16:18; 29:23; Da 4:37; Ob 1:3; Lu 14:11

Jehoahaz.

21:17; 22:1

Ahaziah.

22:6