2 Chronicles 25:17 BSB

2 Chronicles 25:17

Then 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.

BSB

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ASV

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 look one another in the face.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Not of the prophet--he was not made of the king's counsel; but of his statesmen that would flatter him and bid him go up and prosper. It is good to take advice, but then it must be of those that are fit to advise us.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ	vai.yi.va.'Atz	and he took counsel	H3289 →
אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙	'a.matz.Ya.hu	Amaziah	H558 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח	Vai.yish.lach	and he sent	H7971 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יוֹאָ֨שׁ	yo.'Ash	Joash	H3101 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְהוֹאָחָ֧ז	ye.ho.'a.Chaz	Jehoahaz	H3059 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יֵה֛וּא	ye.Hu'	Jehu	H3058 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
לְכָ֖ה	le.khah	come !	H1980 →
נִתְרָאֶ֥ה	nit.ra.'Eh	let us look at one another	H7200 →
פָנִֽים׃	fa.Nim	faces	H6440 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:32
  He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 17:14
  To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 19:11
  A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- Proverbs 18:6
  A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Through
2 Samuel 2:14
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 2:17
  The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
Through
2 Chronicles 25:13
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.
leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 9:17
  So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

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