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2 Chronicles 25:13

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Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil.

KJV

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 Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse
To revenge the insult 2Ch 25:10, the troops of Joash proceeded southward and ravaged all the Jewish towns and villages between the Israelite frontier and Bethboron. This invasion probably took place while Amaziah was still in Edom.

This site's exposition

fell upon the cities of Judah

The raid on Judah's own cities has no parallel in Kings at all; the whole verse is material only Chronicles preserves. The dismissed Ephraimites, still angry from verse 10, strike the towns between Samaria and Beth-horon and carry off spoil while Amaziah is away fighting Edom, proof that the man of God's warning in verse 7 named a real danger and not a scruple. Obedience to the prophet cost Amaziah nothing here that his own countrymen did not make him pay anyway.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-Horon after they returned to their place, as above, “they were very angry with Judah and returned to their place.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 25:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
and they were all split open, etc..after [Amaziah] had come, etc. In Lam. Rabbah it says about him, “whether he is angry or he laughs” (Prov.:9).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 25:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַגְּד֗וּדthe troop

    hagedudH1416 →33 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֵשִׁ֤יבhe had turned back

    heshivH7725 →1056 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙Amaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times

  • מִלֶּ֤כֶתfrom going

    milekhetH1980 →1546 times

  • עִמּוֹ֙with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הto the battle

    lamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • וַֽיִּפְשְׁטוּ֙and they made a raid

    vaiyifshetuH6584 →43 times

  • בְּעָרֵ֣יon [the] cities of

    beareiH5892 →1090 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • מִשֹּׁמְר֖וֹןfrom Samaria

    mishomeronH8111 →109 times

  • וְעַד־and to

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • בֵּ֣יתBeth

    beitH1032 →28 times

  • חוֹר֑וֹןHoron

    choronH1032 →28 times

  • וַיַּכּ֤וּand they struck down

    vaiyakuH5221 →499 times

  • מֵהֶם֙of them

    mehem

  • שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתthree

    sheloshetH7969 →432 times

  • אֲלָפִ֔יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּand they plundered

    vaiyavozuH962 →43 times

  • בִּזָּ֥הplunder

    bizahH961 →10 times

  • רַבָּֽה׃ סmuch

    rabahH7227 →454 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.2 works1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.2 works1 Kings 9:17So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,2 works2 Chronicles 8:5He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,2 works1 Kings 13:32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”2 works2 Chronicles 25:17Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Judges 20:48And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 9:17

    So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 16:3

      Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 21:22

      Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

  • Through

    1 Kings 16:24

    He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 13:32

      for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely…

    • 1 Kings 20:1

      Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

    • 2 Kings 17:24

      Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in…

    • 1 Kings 22:37

      So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

    • 1 Kings 16:32

      First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 8:5

    He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 7:24

      His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

About 2 Chronicles

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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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