14 Now after Amaziah came from slaughtering the Edomites , he brought the gods of the sons of Seir , set them up as his gods , bowed down before them and burned incense to them. 15 Then the anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah , and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not delivered their own people from your hand ?" 16 As he was talking with him, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you a royal counselor ? Stop ! Why should you be struck down ?" Then the prophet stopped and said , "I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel ."
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu , the king of Israel , saying , "Come , let us face e each other." 18 Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah , saying , " The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon , saying , 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage .' But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush . 19 "You said , 'Behold , you have defeated Edom .' And your heart has become proud in boasting . Now stay at home ; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?" 20 But Amaziah would not listen , for it was from God , that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom . 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced e each other at Beth-shemesh , which belonged to Judah . 22 Judah was defeated by Israel , and they fled each to his tent . 23 Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah , the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz , at Beth-shemesh , and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate , 400 e cubits . 24 He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with Obed-edom , and the treasures of the king's house , the hostages also, and returned to Samaria . 25 And Amaziah , the son of Joash king of Judah , lived fifteen e years after the death of Joash , son of Jehoahaz , king of Israel . 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah , from first to last , behold , are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel ? 27 From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord they conspired against him in Jerusalem , and he fled to Lachish ; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:14-27
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:14-16
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To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If men would consider how unable all those things are to help them, to which they look whenever they forsake God, they would not be such enemies to themselves. The reproof God sent by a prophet was too just to be answered; themselves. The reproof God sent by a prophet was too just to be answered; but he was bidden not to say a word more. The secure sinner rejoices to have silenced his reprovers and monitors; but what comes of it? Those that are deaf to reproof, are ripening for destruction.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:17-28
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Never was a proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah by Joash king of Israel. A man's pride will bring him low, Proverbs 25:8. And what are we when we offer to establish our own righteousness, or presume to justify ourselves before the Most High God, but despicable thistles, that fancy themselves stately cedars? And are not various temptations, is not every corruption, a wild beast of the desert, which will trample on the wretched boaster, and tread his haughty pretensions to the dust? A man's pride shall bring him low; his ruin may be dated from his turning from the Lord.