2nd Chronicles Chapter 25 verse 20 Holy Bible
But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand `of their enemies', because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
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But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.
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But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into [the enemy's] hand, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
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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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But Amaziah would not hear; for it came from God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
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But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
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And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it `is' in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The whole of the religious reflection, with its special post-Captivity significance of this verse, is wanting in the parallel, and finds no suggestion either thence or from common authorities. The parallel shows the statement, But Amaziah would not hear, followed up immediately by "Therefore Jehoash... went up." Our own verse, in the use of the plural pronoun them, and again they, takes some slight amount of the weight of guilt in the matter of the idolatry from the shoulders of the king, that it may be shared by the people, and no doubt chiefly again by the "princes" (2 Chronicles 24:17).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) But Amaziah would not hear.--And Amaziah hearkened not.For it came of God . . . gods of Edom.--This remark is added by the chronicler, accounting for the infatuation of Joash by reference to the divine predetermination of events. (Comp. 2Chronicles 25:16; and 2Chronicles 24:24; 2Chronicles 10:15; the Syr. and Arab. omit.)That he might deliver them into the hand.--Heb., into hand; LXX., "into hands;" Vulg., "into the hands of the enemy." Perhaps the original reading was, into his hand, i.e., the hand of Joash.Because they sought.--For they had sought.
