2 Chronicles 25:20 BSB

2 Chronicles 25:20

But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שָׁמַ֣ע	sha.Ma'	he listened	H8085 →
אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ	'a.matz.Ya.hu	Amaziah	H558 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙	me.ha.'E.lo.Him	[was] from <the> God	H430 →
הִ֔יא	Hi'	it	H1931 →
לְמַ֖עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
תִּתָּ֣ם	ti.Tam	to give them	H5414 →
בְּיָ֑ד	be.Yad	in a hand	H3027 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ	da.re.Shu	they had sought	H1875 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] gods of	H430 →
אֱדֽוֹם׃	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →

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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.

Through
1 Peter 2:8
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:14
  And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- 1 Peter 2:7
  To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
- Romans 9:32–33
  Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- Romans 9:22
  What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Through
1 Kings 12:15
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 10:15
  So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:30
  But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…
- 1 Kings 12:24
  that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they…