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2 Chronicles 25:15

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Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

KJV

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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Commentary

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This site's exposition

Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people

on 2 Chronicles 25:15-16

The prophet's question in verse 15 states the chapter's whole argument as a question, why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand. Amaziah answers not with repentance but with a threat, forbear, why shouldest thou be smitten, and the prophet obeys and stops speaking, but not before pronouncing the verdict, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee. Silencing a true prophet does not silence the word already spoken; the narrator points back to this verse when the fulfillment comes at verse 27.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

that God has given counsel to destroy you i.e., If you do not hearken to My advice to follow the straight path, you should know, O king, that the Lord has given counsel to destroy you because you have done this, and have not hearkened to the counsel.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 25:16:1, 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

20 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.

  • וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned

    vaiyichar-H2734 →

  • אַ֥ף[the] anger of

    ʾafH639 →276 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּon Amaziah

    baamatzyahuH558 →40 times

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • אֵלָיו֙to him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • נָבִ֔יאa prophet

    navi'H5030 →314 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • ל֗וֹto him

    lo

  • לָ֤מָּה<to> why?

    lamahH4100 →752 times

  • דָרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙have you sought

    darashtaH1875 →164 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] gods of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • הָעָ֔םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֛רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הִצִּ֥ילוּthey delivered

    hitziluH5337 →212 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַמָּ֖םown people their

    ʾamamH5971 →1873 times

  • מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃from hand your

    miyadekhaH3027 →1618 times

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

Related verses

18 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.

Psalms 96:5For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.4 works2 Chronicles 25:11–12Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,3 worksIsaiah 39:3Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”3 worksJeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.2 works2 Samuel 12:1–6Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.2 worksJudges 2:2and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.2 works2 Chronicles 16:7–9At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.2 worksJeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?2 works2 Chronicles 20:37Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.2 works1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.2 works1 Corinthians 10:20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.2 worksIsaiah 44:9–10All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.2 works2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.2 works2 Chronicles 25:7But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.2 worksPsalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.2 works2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”2 worksJeremiah 36:19Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”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

    Psalms 96:5

    For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 115:15

      May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

    • Isaiah 42:5

      This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 10:7

    Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 15:4

      Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

    • Psalms 22:28

      For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

  • Through

    Judges 2:2

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:2–4

      and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

    • Jeremiah 2:36

      How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

    • Deuteronomy 7:16

      You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

    • Jeremiah 2:5

      This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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