Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel

2 Chronicles 25:1-28

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 C.25.1 - Details

Original Text

בן־ עשרים וחמש שנה מלך אמציהו ועשרים ותשע שנה מלך בירושלם ושם אמו יהועדן מירושלים׃

Morphology

  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עשרים: NUM,card,pl
  • וחמש: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
  • ותשע: NUM
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • בירושלם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אמו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • יהועדן: NOUN,f,sg,prop
  • מירושלים: PREP+NOUN,loc,sg,prop

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:2 (quotation): Direct parallel account of Amaziah: same age at accession (25), same length of reign (29 years) and same mother's name (Jehoaddan/Jehoaddin) — Chronicles and Kings present the same regnal data.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:1 (structural): Uses the same regnal formula (age at accession, years of reign, and mother's name) about King Joash — demonstrates Chronicles' standard way of introducing a king.
  • 1 Kings 15:2 (structural): The regnal formula appears here for Abijam (years of reign and mother's name), showing the common Israelite/Judahite pattern of recording a king's age, reign length and maternal identity.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:1 (structural): Another Chronicle introduction (Manasseh) giving age at accession and years of reign—further example of the standardized regnal summary form used throughout Chronicles.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
  • Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not wholeheartedly.

2 C.25.2 - Details

Original Text

ויעש הישר בעיני יהוה רק לא בלבב שלם׃

Morphology

  • ויעש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • הישר: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • בעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • רק: PRT
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • בלבב: PREP
  • שלם: NOUN,prop,m,sg

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:3 (structural): Parallel historical account of Amaziah in the Deuteronomistic history; uses the same characterization — he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD but was not wholly devoted.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9 (thematic): David's instruction to Solomon to 'serve the LORD with a whole heart' provides a direct thematic contrast to Amaziah's partial devotion.
  • Deuteronomy 6:5 (thematic): The injunction to love the LORD 'with all your heart' sets the biblical standard of wholehearted devotion against which Amaziah's partial obedience is judged.
  • Jeremiah 17:10 (thematic): God's searching of the heart and testing of motives highlights the inner fidelity (or lack thereof) that lies behind outwardly 'doing what is right' as in Amaziah's case.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a whole heart.
  • He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a whole heart.
3 When the kingdom was firmly established for him, he executed the servants who had slain his father the king.

2 C.25.3 - Details

Original Text

ויהי כאשר חזקה הממלכה עליו ויהרג את־ עבדיו המכים את־ המלך אביו׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • חזקה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • הממלכה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • ויהרג: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עבדיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
  • המכים: PART,qal,ptc,act,pl,m,def
  • את: PRT,acc
  • המלך: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אביו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:5 (verbal): Direct parallel account of Amaziah: same event recorded — he killed the servants who had slain his father (near-verbatim correspondence with Chronicles).
  • 2 Samuel 4:5-12 (thematic): David orders the execution of the men who murdered Ish-bosheth — similar theme of a successor punishing the assassins of a king.
  • 1 Kings 2:5-6,31-34 (thematic): Solomon, after securing his reign, orders the killing of Joab and others tied to past murders — comparable pattern of consolidating the kingdom by executing those involved in political killings.
  • 2 Samuel 3:26-30 (thematic): Joab kills Abner in the aftermath of civil conflict; the passage reflects the cycle of retaliatory killings and political violence surrounding the deaths of royal figures, a context shared with Amaziah’s actions.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When the kingdom was firmly established upon him, he put to death the servants who had struck his father the king.
  • When the kingdom was firmly established for him, he executed the servants who had struck his father the king.
4 But he would not put their children to death; as it is written in the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, ‘The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall die for his own sin.’ ”

2 C.25.4 - Details

Original Text

ואת־ בניהם לא המית כי ככתוב בתורה בספר משה אשר־ צוה יהוה לאמר לא־ ימותו אבות על־ בנים ובנים לא־ ימותו על־ אבות כי איש בחטאו ימותו׃

Morphology

  • ואת: CONJ
  • בניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • המית: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • ככתוב: ADV
  • בתורה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+prep_b
  • בספר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • צוה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ימותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • על: PREP
  • בנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ובנים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ימותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • על: PREP
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • כי: CONJ
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בחטאו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ימותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 24:16 (quotation): Direct citation of the law: 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.' — the verse Chronicles explicitly invokes.
  • Ezekiel 18:20 (thematic): Expresses the same principle of individual responsibility: 'The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father... the righteous shall live by his righteousness.' — a later reiteration of the law's logic.
  • Jeremiah 31:29-30 (thematic): Declares that people will no longer say 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge,' echoing the move away from collective punishment toward individual accountability.
  • Exodus 20:5 (cf. Exodus 34:7) (verbal): Presents the related motif that God 'visits the iniquity of the fathers on the children,' which serves as the background contrast to Deuteronomy/Chronicles' insistence on individual punishment rather than familial retribution.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But he did not put their children to death; as it is written in the law of Moses, “Fathers shall not die for their children, nor children die for their fathers; every man shall die for his own sin.”
  • But he would not put their children to death; for he obeyed the law, as it is written in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, 'Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; each will die for his own sin.'
5 Amaziah gathered Judah and appointed them by clans—commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he enrolled them from twenty years old and upward. He found three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, wielding sword, spear, and javelin.

2 C.25.5 - Details

Original Text

ויקבץ אמציהו את־ יהודה ויעמידם לבית־ אבות לשרי האלפים ולשרי המאות לכל־ יהודה ובנימן ויפקדם למבן עשרים שנה ומעלה וימצאם שלש־ מאות אלף בחור יוצא צבא אחז רמח וצנה׃

Morphology

  • ויקבץ: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ויעמידם: VERB,hiph,impf,3,m,sg
  • לבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cns
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • לשרי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האלפים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ולשרי: NOUN,m,pl,cstr
  • המאות: NOUN,f,pl,def
  • לכל: PREP
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ובנימן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויפקדם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • למבן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עשרים: NUM,card,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ומעלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • וימצאם: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • שלש: NUM,card,f,sg
  • מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • אלף: NUM,m,sg
  • בחור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יוצא: VERB,qal,part,ms,sg
  • צבא: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • אחז: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • רמח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וצנה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:6 (structural): Direct parallel account of Amaziah’s mustering of Judah; repeats the numbering from twenty years upward and reports the same military force (corresponding narrative in Kings).
  • Numbers 1:3 (verbal): Same formulaic wording for military conscription—'from twenty years old and upward, every male that is able to go forth to war'—used in Israel’s census for fighting men.
  • Numbers 26:2 (verbal): A later census also uses the 'from twenty years old and upward' formula when numbering men for military service, echoing the same administrative practice.
  • Deuteronomy 20:3–4 (thematic): Gives instructions and encouragement for troops about to go to war; thematically related to mustering and preparing Israelite forces for battle.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He gathered Judah and organized them by ancestral households, appointing captains of thousands and captains of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he enrolled those from twenty years old and upward, and found among them three hundred thousand able-bodied men, ready for war, who grasped spear and shield.
  • Amaziah mustered Judah and stationed them by ancestral households as commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; he numbered them from twenty years old and upward and found three hundred thousand choice men, able-bodied for war, who handled spear and shield.
6 He hired from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for one hundred talents of silver.

2 C.25.6 - Details

Original Text

וישכר מישראל מאה אלף גבור חיל במאה ככר־ כסף׃

Morphology

  • וישכר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • מישראל: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
  • אלף: NUM,m,sg
  • גבור: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • חיל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • במאה: PREP+NUM,card,sg,f
  • ככר: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:7 (verbal): Direct parallel in the Deuteronomistic history: the same report that Amaziah hired 100,000 valiant men of Israel for 100 talents of silver (essentially the same wording and event).
  • 2 Kings 14:8 (structural): Continues the same episode in Kings (dismissal of the hired Israelite troops and the ensuing conflict with Israel), showing the broader narrative parallel and outcome of the hire.
  • 2 Samuel 10:6 (thematic): Another biblical example of a king/people hiring foreign troops (the Ammonites hiring Arameans), thematically comparable as use of mercenaries/foreign forces in Israelite-era warfare and its consequences.
  • Genesis 14:14 (thematic): Abram’s rapid mustering of trained men to fight a foreign coalition parallels the motif of assembling mighty men for military action — a thematic parallel to hiring or raising troops for battle.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He hired of Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for one hundred talents of silver.
  • He hired from Israel a hundred thousand valiant warriors for a hundred talents of silver.
7 A man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not bring the Israelite troops with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—all the house of Ephraim.”

2 C.25.7 - Details

Original Text

ואיש האלהים בא אליו לאמר המלך אל־ יבא עמך צבא ישראל כי אין יהוה עם־ ישראל כל בני אפרים׃

Morphology

  • ואיש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • המלך: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אל: NEG
  • יבא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עמך: NOUN,m,sg,suff-2m
  • צבא: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • אין: PART,neg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • עם: PREP
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כל: DET
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8–9 (quotation): Direct parallel account of Amaziah: a man of God warns him not to hire Israelite soldiers because the LORD is not with Israel (sons of Ephraim). Chronicles here echoes the Kings narrative verbatim.
  • Hosea 5:6 (allusion): Speaks of Israel/Ephraim seeking the LORD and finding that he has withdrawn from them—theological parallel to the statement that ‘the LORD is not with Israel, with all the sons of Ephraim.’
  • Judges 2:14–15 (thematic): Describes Israel’s unfaithfulness leading to the LORD’s anger and withdrawal, resulting in military defeat—a thematic precedent for divine absence determining military outcomes.
  • Deuteronomy 20:1–4 (structural): Instruction for warfare emphasizing that victory depends on the LORD being with Israel; provides the legal/theological background for warning a king not to engage in battle without God’s presence.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not bring the army of Israel with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—all the sons of Ephraim.”
  • But a man of God came to him and said, 'O king, do not bring the army of Israel with you, for the LORD is not with Israel but with the men of Ephraim.'
8 If you go, and you do fight bravely, God can give you into the hand of your enemy; for there is power with God both to help and to overthrow.

2 C.25.8 - Details

Original Text

כי אם־ בא אתה עשה חזק למלחמה יכשילך האלהים לפני אויב כי יש־ כח באלהים לעזור ולהכשיל׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אם: CONJ
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • חזק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • למלחמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יכשילך: VERB,hiph,impf,3,m,sg
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • לפני: PREP
  • אויב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • יש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • באלהים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לעזור: VERB,qal,inf
  • ולהכשיל: CONJ+VERB,hiph,inf

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8-10 (verbal): Parallel narrative of Amaziah’s challenge/defeat; Chronicles’ warning about God causing one to stumble before the enemy is reflected in the Kings account (direct literary parallel).
  • Deuteronomy 20:4 (thematic): Command that the LORD goes with Israel in battle and fights for them — theme that victory or defeat depends on God’s action, not merely human strength.
  • Proverbs 21:31 (thematic): ‘The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the LORD’ — contrasts human military preparations with God’s decisive power to help or to overthrow.
  • Judges 7:22 (thematic): God causes enemy forces to rout one another (Gideon’s victory) — example of God intervening to cast down foes rather than human might producing success.
  • Psalm 20:7 (thematic): ‘Some trust in chariots and some in horses…’ — emphasizes reliance on God rather than military strength, echoing the warning that God, not human valor, determines the outcome.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If you go, be strong for the battle; God will make you fall before your enemies. For there is power with God to help and to cast down.
  • If you go, though you be strong for the battle, God will cause you to stumble before your enemies, for there is power in God to give help and to bring down.
9 Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents that I gave to the commanders of the Israelite troops?” And the man of God said, “The LORD can give you far more than that.”

2 C.25.9 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר אמציהו לאיש האלהים ומה־ לעשות למאת הככר אשר נתתי לגדוד ישראל ויאמר איש האלהים יש ליהוה לתת לך הרבה מזה׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • לאיש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • לעשות: VERB,qal,inf
  • למאת: PREP+NUM,f,sg
  • הככר: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • לגדוד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • יש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • לתת: VERB,qal,inf
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • הרבה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מזה: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:9 (quotation): Direct parallel/quotation — the same exchange appears in the Kings account (Amaziah asks about the hundred talents and the man of God replies that the LORD can give him much more).
  • 2 Chronicles 25:8 (structural): Immediate context — the preceding verse describes Amaziah hiring and then paying the Israelite mercenaries with the hundred talents mentioned in v.9, explaining why he asks the question.
  • Isaiah 31:1 (thematic): The prophet condemns reliance on foreign military help (Egypt/horses); thematically parallels Amaziah’s trust in hired Israelite troops instead of relying on YHWH.
  • Psalm 20:7 (thematic): Contrasts trust in chariots and horses with trust in the name of the LORD; thematically echoes the issue of relying on human military strength rather than God’s provision.
  • Deuteronomy 8:18 (thematic): Affirms that it is the LORD who gives the power to gain wealth; parallels the man of God’s claim that God can give Amaziah far more, emphasizing divine provision rather than human means.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Amaziah said to the man of God, “What then about the hundred talents that I gave to the commanders of the Israelite troops?” And the man of God answered, “The LORD can give you many times as much as that.”
  • Amaziah said to the man of God, 'What shall I do for the hundred talents I gave to the commanders of Israel?' And the man of God answered, 'The LORD has power to give you many times as much.'
10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim to go to their own place. Their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned to their homes in wrath.

2 C.25.10 - Details

Original Text

ויבדילם אמציהו להגדוד אשר־ בא אליו מאפרים ללכת למקומם ויחר אפם מאד ביהודה וישובו למקומם בחרי־ אף׃

Morphology

  • ויבדילם: VERB,hiph,impf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • להגדוד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • מאפרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ללכת: VERB,qal,inf
  • למקומם: PREP
  • ויחר: VERB,qal,imf,3,m,sg
  • אפם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מאד: ADV
  • ביהודה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וישובו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • למקומם: PREP
  • בחרי: PREP
  • אף: ADV

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:10 (verbal): Direct parallel in the Deuteronomistic history; repeats the same incident—Amaziah dismisses the Israelite (Ephraimite) troops and their anger against Judah—using nearly identical wording.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:5 (structural): Immediate background in Chronicles: this verse records Amaziah hiring the 100,000 men of Israel (Ephraim), explaining why those troops were present and later dismissed.
  • 2 Kings 14:8-11 (thematic): Broader account in Kings of Amaziah's dealings with Israel, his challenge to and encounter with Israelite forces, and the political/military fallout connected to his use and dismissal of Israelite troops.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:16-19 (thematic): Later verses in the same chapter showing the consequences of Amaziah's military and political choices (including ignoring counsel and confronting Israel), culminating in confrontation and defeat—continuation of the episode begun by hiring and dismissing the Ephraimite soldiers.

Alternative generated candidates

  • So Amaziah sent the men who had come to him from Ephraim away to their homes. Their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned to their homes in great wrath.
  • So Amaziah dismissed the men whom he had hired from Ephraim to go home; their anger burned greatly against Judah, and they returned to their homes in great indignation.
11 Then Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people; and he went to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand of the sons of Seir.

2 C.25.11 - Details

Original Text

ואמציהו התחזק וינהג את־ עמו וילך גיא המלח ויך את־ בני־ שעיר עשרת אלפים׃

Morphology

  • ואמציהו: CONJ+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • התחזק: VERB,hitpael,impv,2,m,sg
  • וינהג: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עמו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • וילך: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • גיא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • המלח: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ויך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • שעיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עשרת: NUM,card,ten,cons
  • אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:7 (verbal): Parallel account of Amaziah’s campaign against Edom—same event and numbers (ten thousand) in the Valley of Salt; Chronicles here largely echoes the Kings narrative.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:12 (structural): Immediate continuation in Chronicles describing the pursuit, plunder, and treatment of the surviving Edomites—part of the same episode and literary unit.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:14 (thematic): Later verse in the same chapter linking Amaziah’s victory over Seir/Edom to his subsequent religious failings (bringing back the gods of Seir), showing the moral/theological consequences of the campaign.
  • Obadiah 1:10 (thematic): Prophetic denunciation of Edom’s violence against Jacob/Israel; thematically connected to Israel’s conflicts with Seir/Edom and the broader motif of Edom’s hostility and judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Amaziah was strengthened and led his people; he went to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand of the sons of Seir.
  • Then Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people; he marched to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand men of Seir.
12 The ten thousand whom the men of Judah captured alive he brought to the top of a cliff and threw them down from the cliff; and all were dashed in pieces.

2 C.25.12 - Details

Original Text

ועשרת אלפים חיים שבו בני יהודה ויביאום לראש הסלע וישליכום מראש־ הסלע וכלם נבקעו׃

Morphology

  • ועשרת: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl,const
  • אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • חיים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • שבו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ויביאום: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לראש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הסלע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וישליכום: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מראש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הסלע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וכלם: PRON,indef,m,pl
  • נבקעו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8-14 (structural): Parallel account of Amaziah’s campaign against Edom and its aftermath in Kings; the two books narrate the same episode with overlapping details about casualties and the treatment of the defeated.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:11 (verbal): Immediate narrative context in Chronicles: the preceding verse reports Amaziah’s victory over Edom and the capture of people, to which verse 12 describes the fate of those captives (close verbal and narrative link).
  • Judges 9:53 (thematic): Abimelech is mortally wounded when an upper millstone is dropped on his head from a tower; both passages employ the motif of death by crushing/falling from a height as a violent post‑battle execution.
  • 1 Samuel 31:8-10 (thematic): After defeat at Gilboa the Philistines publicly mistreat Saul and his sons (exposure/fastening of bodies), paralleling the theme of humiliating and lethal treatment of defeated enemies in Chronicles 25:12.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The ten thousand who escaped the sword the men of Judah brought to the top of the cliff and cast them down from the top of the cliff, and all were dashed in pieces.
  • The ten thousand whom the men of Judah captured, he brought to the top of a rock and threw them down from the rock; all of them were dashed in pieces.
13 But the troops whom Amaziah had sent back raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and struck three thousand of them and took much plunder.

2 C.25.13 - Details

Original Text

ובני הגדוד אשר השיב אמציהו מלכת עמו למלחמה ויפשטו בערי יהודה משמרון ועד־ בית חורון ויכו מהם שלשת אלפים ויבזו בזה רבה׃

Morphology

  • ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • הגדוד: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • השיב: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מלכת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עמו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • למלחמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויפשטו: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,pl
  • בערי: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,const
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • משמרון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חורון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויכו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • שלשת: NUM,m,pl,abs
  • אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ויבזו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בזה: PREP+DEM
  • רבה: ADJ,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:9 (verbal): Direct parallel account in Kings of the same incident—Israelite mercenaries turned back and raided Judah, killing about 3,000 and carrying off much spoil (same geographic range: from Samaria to Beth‑Horon).
  • 2 Chronicles 25:11 (thematic): Immediate background in Chronicles: Amaziah hired 100,000 men of Israel as mercenaries, which sets up the episode in v.13 when those men later plunder Judah’s cities.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:12 (structural): Contiguous verse in the same chapter describing the prophet’s warning and Amaziah’s decision to send the hired Israelite troops away—explains why the returned troops were able to plunder Judah’s towns.
  • 2 Kings 14:8-14 (structural): Broader Kings narrative covering the whole sequence (hiring mercenaries, prophetic rebuke, the mercenaries’ raid on Judah, and the subsequent conflict between Amaziah and Jehoash), providing the fuller historical context for v.13.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The forces whom Amaziah had set to accompany him to war spread through the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon; they struck out three thousand of them and took much spoil.
  • But the army whom Amaziah had sent back pillaged the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon; they struck three thousand people and carried off great plunder.
14 After Amaziah returned from striking the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the sons of Seir and set them up as his gods; before them he bowed down and burned incense to them.

2 C.25.14 - Details

Original Text

ויהי אחרי בוא אמציהו מהכות את־ אדומים ויבא את־ אלהי בני שעיר ויעמידם לו לאלהים ולפניהם ישתחוה ולהם יקטר׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • אחרי: PREP
  • בוא: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מהכות: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אדומים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ויבא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • שעיר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויעמידם: VERB,hiph,perf,3,m,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאלהים: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולפניהם: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,pl,m
  • ישתחוה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ולהם: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • יקטר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Judges 8:27 (thematic): Gideon fashions cultic objects from spoil (an ephod) that become foci of worship in Israel—parallel to Amaziah bringing back gods/objects from Seir and establishing them for worship.
  • 2 Kings 17:29-33 (thematic): Describes peoples setting up the gods of their native lands and serving them (alongside or instead of YHWH); closely parallels Amaziah’s importation and installation of Seir’s gods.
  • 1 Kings 11:4-8 (thematic): Solomon’s foreign wives lead him to worship other gods and to build high places—an example of royal adoption of foreign deities like Amaziah’s action.
  • Deuteronomy 12:29-31 (allusion): Deuteronomic prohibition against adopting the abominable practices and gods of the nations; Chronicles’ account of Amaziah violates this legal/theological standard.

Alternative generated candidates

  • After Amaziah returned from striking the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and set them up for himself; before them he bowed down and burned incense to them.
  • After Amaziah returned from striking the Edomites, he brought the gods of the people of Seir and set them up as his gods; before them he bowed down and burned incense.
15 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of this people, who could not save their own people from your hand?”

2 C.25.15 - Details

Original Text

ויחר־ אף יהוה באמציהו וישלח אליו נביא ויאמר לו למה דרשת את־ אלהי העם אשר לא־ הצילו את־ עמם מידך׃

Morphology

  • ויחר: VERB,qal,imf,3,m,sg
  • אף: ADV
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • באמציהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • נביא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • למה: ADV
  • דרשת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • העם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • הצילו: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עמם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • מידך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8-14 (structural): Direct parallel account of Amaziah’s victory and the prophet’s rebuke; Kings gives the same episode (Amaziah seeking/being rebuked for turning to the gods of the people).
  • Judges 10:14 (thematic): God’s ironic challenge to Israel—‘go cry to the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you’—echoes the denunciation of turning to impotent foreign gods for help.
  • Isaiah 45:20 (verbal): Isaiah condemns those who call on gods that cannot save (‘to a god that cannot save’), paralleling the critique that the peoples’ gods could not deliver their own people.
  • Psalm 115:4-8 (thematic): A portrayal of idols as powerless (mute, immobile) and those who trust them as like them; thematically parallels the claim that the consulted gods could not save.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of these people, who did not save their own people from your hand?”
  • Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him who said, 'Why have you sought the gods of the people, who did not save their people from your hand?'
16 As the prophet spoke to him, the king said to the prophet, “Have you consulted with your counselors? The matter is settled—do not speak any more to me of this.” So the prophet ceased. But he said, “I know that God has determined to bring ruin upon you, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.”

2 C.25.16 - Details

Original Text

ויהי ׀ בדברו אליו ויאמר לו הליועץ למלך נתנוך חדל־ לך למה יכוך ויחדל הנביא ויאמר ידעתי כי־ יעץ אלהים להשחיתך כי־ עשית זאת ולא שמעת לעצתי׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • בדברו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • הליועץ: DET+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • למלך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נתנוך: VERB,qal,impf,1,pl
  • חדל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • למה: ADV
  • יכוך: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ויחדל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • הנביא: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ידעתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,?,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • יעץ: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • להשחיתך: VERB,hiphil,inf,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • עשית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • שמעת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • לעצתי: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs,1,sg

Parallels

  • 2Chr.25:14-15 (structural): Immediate context: the prophet confronts Amaziah after he brought in foreign gods and hired mercenaries; verse 16 is the prophet's declaration that because the king acted so and ignored counsel, God intends his ruin.
  • 1Sam.13:13-14 (thematic): Samuel rebukes Saul for disobeying divine instruction and pronounces judgment—parallel theme of a prophet telling a king that because he did not heed counsel, God will act against him.
  • 1Kgs.12:13-15 (thematic): Rehoboam rejects the elders' wise counsel and follows ill counsel instead, resulting in disaster (the kingdom's division); similar motif of a ruler refusing counsel and suffering consequences.
  • Prov.1:24-33 (thematic): Wisdom laments those who refuse her reproof and warns that calamity will follow refusal of counsel—echoes the idea that ignoring sound counsel (especially divine) brings destruction.
  • Isa.30:1-2 (thematic): Isaiah condemns those who seek counsel apart from the LORD and warns of shame and ruin—parallels the prophet's charge that Amaziah's actions and failure to heed counsel invite divine judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And as the prophet spoke to him, Amaziah said to him, “The council that advises the king—let it be; cease. Why should you rebuke me?” So the prophet ceased and said, “I know that God has counseled to bring ruin upon you, because you have done this and would not heed my counsel.”
  • As the prophet spoke to him, the king said to the prophet, 'The counsel of the king is mine; be silent—why do you reproach me?' And the prophet ceased and said, 'I know that God has determined your ruin, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.'
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted, and he sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another.”

2 C.25.17 - Details

Original Text

ויועץ אמציהו מלך יהודה וישלח אל־ יואש בן־ יהואחז בן־ יהוא מלך ישראל לאמר לכה נתראה פנים׃

Morphology

  • ויועץ: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהואחז: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהוא: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • לכה: VERB,qal,imp,2,f,sg
  • נתראה: VERB,nip,impf,1,_,pl
  • פנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8 (verbal): Direct parallel account of Amaziah sending to Joash (son of Jehoahaz) and proposing that they meet face to face; many of the same words and the same incident appear in Kings.
  • 2 Kings 14:9 (verbal): Joash’s sharp reply to Amaziah in the Kings account—rejecting the meeting and recounting the murder of Amaziah’s father—continues the same exchange begun in 2 Chronicles 25:17.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:20 (structural): Immediate continuation in Chronicles of the present verse: Jehoash king of Israel’s answer and the ensuing insult and battle explain the purpose and outcome of Amaziah’s summons.
  • 2 Chronicles 13:3-12 (thematic): Abijah’s confrontation with Jeroboam provides a thematic parallel: a southern king challenging a northern rival, invoking past kings’ wrongdoing and appealing to legitimacy in a face‑to‑face confrontation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then Amaziah consulted with his advisers and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet face to face.”
  • Then Amaziah consulted and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 'Come, let us face one another.'
18 Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

2 C.25.18 - Details

Original Text

וישלח יואש מלך־ ישראל אל־ אמציהו מלך־ יהודה לאמר החוח אשר בלבנון שלח אל־ הארז אשר בלבנון לאמר תנה־ את־ בתך לבני לאשה ותעבר חית השדה אשר בלבנון ותרמס את־ החוח׃

Morphology

  • וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • החוח: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בלבנון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שלח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • הארז: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בלבנון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • תנה: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • בתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs,poss:2,m
  • לבני: PREP
  • לאשה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ותעבר: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • חית: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • השדה: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בלבנון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ותרמס: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • החוח: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:9 (quotation): A parallel/duplicate account of the same incident; the taunt about “the thistle in Lebanon” sent to “the cedar in Lebanon” appears in nearly identical wording in the Kings narrative.
  • Judges 9:14-15 (thematic): Jotham’s parable: the bramble/thorn speaks to the trees and presumes equality with cedars—similar imagery of a lowly shrub arrogantly addressing noble trees, used to satirize an unworthy ruler.
  • Ezekiel 31:3-9 (thematic): The cedar of Lebanon is used as a symbol of a great king/nation and described in relation to beasts and downfall; parallels the use of Lebanon’s cedar as emblem of strength and the motif of animals trampling or disturbing lesser plants.
  • Psalm 92:12-13 (thematic): Uses the cedar of Lebanon as an image of strength and flourishing; provides the wider biblical symbolic background for cedar imagery that underlies the insult in 2 Chronicles (cedar = greatness contrasted with a thistle/bramble).

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast of the field passed by and trampled the thorn.
  • Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, 'The thorn that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, "Give your daughter to my son as wife," and a wild beast of the field passed by and trampled the thorn.'
19 You say, ‘I have struck Edom,’ and your heart has become proud; stay at home—why should you meddle to your own hurt, so that you and Judah fall together?”

2 C.25.19 - Details

Original Text

אמרת הנה הכית את־ אדום ונשאך לבך להכביד עתה שבה בביתך למה תתגרה ברעה ונפלת אתה ויהודה עמך׃

Morphology

  • אמרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • הנה: PART
  • הכית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אדום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונשאך: VERB,qal,perf,2,ms
  • לבך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • להכביד: VERB,hif,inf
  • עתה: ADV
  • שבה: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • בביתך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • למה: ADV
  • תתגרה: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms
  • ברעה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ונפלת: VERB,qal,perf,2,ms
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ויהודה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עמך: NOUN,m,sg,suff-2m

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8-14 (structural): Parallel narrative: Kings records Amaziah's victory over Edom, his pride/refusal to heed counsel, the ensuing confrontation with Joash of Israel and his defeat—same sequence retold in Chronicles.
  • Proverbs 16:18 (verbal): Proverbial principle—'Pride goes before destruction'—echoes the warning that Amaziah's lifted heart (נשאך לבך) will bring about his fall.
  • Obadiah 1:3-4 (thematic): Prophecy against Edom: the pride of heart brings downfall—shares the theme of arrogance leading to ruin, relevant to Amaziah's boasting after defeating Edom.
  • Ezekiel 28:17 (allusion): Imagery of a heart lifted up leading to judgment; Ezekiel's language about pride and fall parallels the Chronicle's admonition that Amaziah's exalted heart will cause his overthrow.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You have said, ‘I have struck Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up. Now stay at home; why should you stir up trouble and fall—you and Judah with you?”
  • You said, "You have struck Edom and your heart has become lifted up; stay now at home—why provoke trouble and fall, you and Judah with you?"
20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from the LORD, that he might give them into his hand, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

2 C.25.20 - Details

Original Text

ולא־ שמע אמציהו כי מהאלהים היא למען תתם ביד כי דרשו את אלהי אדום׃

Morphology

  • ולא: CONJ
  • שמע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • מהאלהים: PRON
  • היא: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
  • למען: PREP
  • תתם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ביד: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • דרשו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אדום: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:17 (structural): Parallel account of Amaziah’s conduct in the Deuteronomistic history; Chronicles retells the same episode (refusal to heed warning and the ensuing outcome).
  • Judges 2:14-15 (thematic): Shows the recurring theme that the LORD hands a people over to their enemies as judgment—'gave them into the hands' language and divine causation echo the idea in 2 Chr 25:20.
  • Isaiah 10:5-6 (thematic): God’s use of one nation as an instrument of judgment against another (’I will send him against a godless nation… to take spoil’), paralleling the motif that events occurred because God willed to give them into others’ hands.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 (verbal): Another Chronicles passage where people refuse to heed a prophetic warning; both passages link refusal to listen with divine purpose and ensuing judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But Amaziah would not listen, for the thing was from God, that he might be delivered into his hand, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
  • But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God that they had been given into his hand, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah met at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

2 C.25.21 - Details

Original Text

ויעל יואש מלך־ ישראל ויתראו פנים הוא ואמציהו מלך־ יהודה בבית שמש אשר ליהודה׃

Morphology

  • ויעל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויתראו: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • פנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • ואמציהו: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • בבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • שמש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ליהודה: PREP+PN,masc,sg

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:11 (verbal): Direct parallel account of Joash and Amaziah meeting at Beth‑shemesh; the narrative uses similar language about coming to 'look one another in the face.'
  • 2 Kings 14:12 (structural): Continues the same episode—reports the battle that follows the meeting and Joash's defeat of Amaziah, explaining the immediate military outcome of their encounter.
  • 2 Kings 14:13 (structural): Follows the narrative thread describing Joash's pursuit into Judah, the seizure of spoils, and damage to Jerusalem—material consequences of the face‑to‑face meeting.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:22 (thematic): Chronicles' own continuation of the episode: interprets the outcome theologically (God's judgment/abandonment of Amaziah) and records Joash's taking of plunder, linking directly to verse 21's meeting.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then Joash king of Israel went up; and they met face to face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
  • So Joash king of Israel went up; they met at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22 And Judah was defeated before Israel; and every man fled to his tent.

2 C.25.22 - Details

Original Text

וינגף יהודה לפני ישראל וינסו איש לאהליו׃

Morphology

  • וינגף: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • לפני: PREP
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וינסו: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,pl
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לאהליו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:8-14 (quotation): Direct parallel account of the same battle between Amaziah of Judah and Jehoash (Joash) of Israel — Chronicles 25:22 corresponds to the report in Kings that Judah was defeated before Israel and routed.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:24 (structural): Immediate aftermath in the same chapter: describes the consequences of the defeat (Jehoash's capture of Amaziah, plunder of Jerusalem and breaking of the wall), providing the larger context for the rout in v.22.
  • Judges 7:22 (thematic): Gideon's rout of the Midianite army: like 2 Chr 25:22 it narrates a sudden collapse of an enemy force and a general flight, illustrating the common biblical theme of military rout and pursuit.
  • 1 Chronicles 14:12-14 (thematic): David's victories over the Philistines where the enemy is put to flight; parallels the motif of an Israelite/Judahite army scattering before an opposing force and the concise narrative formula describing flight to homes/tents.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Judah was struck before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.
  • And Judah was defeated before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.
23 Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

2 C.25.23 - Details

Original Text

ואת אמציהו מלך־ יהודה בן־ יואש בן־ יהואחז תפש יואש מלך־ ישראל בבית שמש ויביאהו ירושלם ויפרץ בחומת ירושלם משער אפרים עד־ שער הפונה ארבע מאות אמה׃

Morphology

  • ואת: CONJ
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהואחז: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • תפש: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • שמש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויביאהו: VERB,hiphil,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg+PRON,3,m
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויפרץ: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • בחומת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • משער: PREP
  • אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • שער: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הפונה: ADJ,ptc,qal,ms,sg,def
  • ארבע: NUM,card,f
  • מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:11-14 (verbal): Direct parallel account in the Deuteronomistic history: Joash (Jehoash) captures Amaziah at Beth-shemesh, brings him to Jerusalem, and breaks down the wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate (four hundred cubits).
  • 2 Kings 14:8-10 (thematic): Immediate narrative context in Kings: the challenge between Amaziah and Jehoash that precipitates the battle and Amaziah’s subsequent capture—parallels the lead‑up to the events of 2 Chr 25:23.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:24 (structural): The very next verse in Chronicles continues the same episode (Amaziah taken and the spoils, and further consequences), forming a contiguous account with 25:23.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:27 (thematic): Chronicles’ summary of Amaziah’s reign and fate (including his being slain after his defeat) connects thematically to his capture and the humiliation recorded in 25:23 as the turning point leading to his downfall.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.
  • Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem; he broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and the wages of the army and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages; and he brought them to Samaria.

2 C.25.24 - Details

Original Text

וכל־ הזהב והכסף ואת כל־ הכלים הנמצאים בבית־ האלהים עם־ עבד אדום ואת־ אצרות בית המלך ואת בני התערבות וישב שמרון׃

Morphology

  • וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
  • הזהב: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • והכסף: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ואת: CONJ
  • כל: DET
  • הכלים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • הנמצאים: ADJ,part,m,pl,def
  • בבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • עם: PREP
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אדום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואת: CONJ
  • אצרות: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • המלך: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ואת: CONJ
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • התערבות: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וישב: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • שמרון: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:14 (structural): Parallel account in Kings of Amaziah’s defeat and the taking away of temple/royal valuables to Samaria—Chronicles and Kings narrate the same incident.
  • 2 Samuel 6:10-12 (allusion): Mentions Obed‑Edom as the household where sacred objects/ark were kept and blessed—connects to Obed‑Edom’s role as custodian of holy treasures in Chronicles.
  • 2 Kings 25:13-17 (thematic): Shows the precedent of enemy powers seizing the sacred vessels of the house of the LORD (Babylon’s carrying off of temple articles)—thematic parallel about removal of temple treasures.
  • Ezra 1:7-11 (thematic): Describes return/recovery of items taken from the temple and royal house—themewise related to the movement and custody of temple treasures recorded in Chronicles.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and the Edomite captive, and the treasures of the king's house, and the hostages; and he returned to Samaria.
  • He took all the gold, the silver, and all the vessels found in the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house and hostages; then he returned to Samaria.
25 Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

2 C.25.25 - Details

Original Text

ויחי אמציהו בן־ יואש מלך יהודה אחרי מות יואש בן־ יהואחז מלך ישראל חמש עשרה שנה׃

Morphology

  • ויחי: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • אחרי: PREP
  • מות: VERB,qal,infabs
  • יואש: NOUN,prop,sg,m
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהואחז: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
  • עשרה: NUM,card,m,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:17 (verbal): Direct parallel summary in Kings mentioning Amaziah and the same chronological note (the rest of Amaziah’s acts and the summary of his reign), aligning with Chronicles’ statement about his years after Joash’s death.
  • 2 Kings 14:1-2 (thematic): Kings’ account of Amaziah’s reign (length, evaluation of his faithfulness) parallels the surrounding biographical material in Chronicles that includes the note about him living after Joash’s death.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:26 (structural): Immediate parallel within Chronicles that follows the reign summary—both verses point readers to additional records (the books of the kings/chronicles) for further acts of Amaziah.
  • 2 Kings 13:25 (allusion): Reports the death and burial of Joash (Jehoash) king of Israel and the succession by his son—provides the historical event to which Chronicles’ note (Amaziah lived 15 years after Joash’s death) refers.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
  • Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
26 Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 C.25.26 - Details

Original Text

ויתר דברי אמציהו הראשנים והאחרונים הלא הנם כתובים על־ ספר מלכי־ יהודה וישראל׃

Morphology

  • ויתר: CONJ+ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • דברי: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,1,c,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • הראשנים: ADJ,m,pl,def
  • והאחרונים: CONJ+ADJ,m,pl,def
  • הלא: PART
  • הנם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כתובים: VERB,pual,ptcp,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • ספר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מלכי: NOUN,pl,m,cons
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • וישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • 2 Chronicles 20:34 (verbal): Uses the same closing formula — “the rest of the acts… are written in the book of the kings of Israel” — linking Jehoshaphat’s deeds to the royal annals.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:27 (verbal): A parallel concluding statement for Joash: the remainder of the king’s deeds are recorded in the book of the kings, the same chronicler’s documentary formula.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:22 (verbal): The same wording appears for Uzziah/Azariah — the rest of his acts are said to be written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:27 (verbal): A parallel closing formula about Ahaz: the remaining acts of the king are recorded in the royal books, demonstrating the chronicler’s consistent structural note.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Now the rest of the matters of Amaziah, from first to last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
  • As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 And when Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, conspiracies were formed against him in Jerusalem; he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.

2 C.25.27 - Details

Original Text

ומעת אשר־ סר אמציהו מאחרי יהוה ויקשרו עליו קשר בירושלם וינס לכישה וישלחו אחריו לכישה וימיתהו שם׃

Morphology

  • ומעת: CONJ,NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אמציהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg
  • מאחרי: PREP
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ויקשרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • קשר: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • בירושלם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וינס: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • לכישה: PREP+NOUN,prop,f,sg
  • וישלחו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • אחריו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • לכישה: PREP+NOUN,prop,f,sg
  • וימיתהו: VERB,hif,impf,3,m,sg,clit:3,m,sg
  • שם: ADV

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:17-19 (quotation): Parallel narrative account of Amaziah’s turning away and death—reports conspirators, his flight to Lachish, and his being killed there (direct biblical parallel).
  • 2 Chronicles 24:25 (verbal): Similar wording and theme—'they conspired against him and slew him' describing a king’s violent end at the hands of conspirators after unfaithfulness.
  • 2 Samuel 15:10-14 (structural): Conspiracy in Jerusalem leading the legitimate king to flee (Absalom’s rebellion); structural parallel of palace intrigue, popular support for a challenger, and royal flight.
  • 2 Kings 9:30-37 (thematic): Violent removal of royal authority after apostasy (Jezebel/Ahab’s house judged); thematically similar motif of divine judgment expressed through assassination and palace violence.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When Amaziah had turned away from following the LORD, conspiracies were formed against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish. They sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
  • It was after he had turned away from following the LORD that conspirators formed a plot against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.
28 They carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

2 C.25.28 - Details

Original Text

וישאהו על־ הסוסים ויקברו אתו עם־ אבתיו בעיר יהודה׃

Morphology

  • וישאהו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • הסוסים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ויקברו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • אתו: PRON,3,m,sg,acc
  • עם: PREP
  • אבתיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,3s
  • בעיר: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 14:20 (verbal): Direct parallel account of Amaziah’s death and burial—reports that he was carried on horses and buried with his fathers in the city of Judah.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:27 (structural): Immediate chapter context describing Amaziah’s assassination in the city of Judah; 25:28 functions as the concluding burial note for that episode.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:25 (thematic): Another Judean king (Joash) who was assassinated and described as being buried with his fathers in the city of David—parallels the motif of violent death followed by standard royal burial formula.
  • 1 Kings 2:10 (thematic): Formulaic royal burial language — David ‘slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David’ — illustrating the common biblical closure formula ‘buried with his fathers’ used for kings.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
  • They carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not wholeheartedly.

When the kingdom was firmly established for him, he executed the servants who had slain his father the king. But he would not put their children to death; as it is written in the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, ‘The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall die for his own sin.’ ”

Amaziah gathered Judah and appointed them by clans—commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he enrolled them from twenty years old and upward. He found three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, wielding sword, spear, and javelin.

He hired from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for one hundred talents of silver.

A man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not bring the Israelite troops with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—all the house of Ephraim.”

If you go, and you do fight bravely, God can give you into the hand of your enemy; for there is power with God both to help and to overthrow.

Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents that I gave to the commanders of the Israelite troops?” And the man of God said, “The LORD can give you far more than that.” So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim to go to their own place. Their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned to their homes in wrath.

Then Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people; and he went to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand of the sons of Seir.

The ten thousand whom the men of Judah captured alive he brought to the top of a cliff and threw them down from the cliff; and all were dashed in pieces. But the troops whom Amaziah had sent back raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and struck three thousand of them and took much plunder.

After Amaziah returned from striking the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the sons of Seir and set them up as his gods; before them he bowed down and burned incense to them.

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of this people, who could not save their own people from your hand?”

As the prophet spoke to him, the king said to the prophet, “Have you consulted with your counselors? The matter is settled—do not speak any more to me of this.” So the prophet ceased. But he said, “I know that God has determined to bring ruin upon you, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.”

Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted, and he sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another.”

Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

You say, ‘I have struck Edom,’ and your heart has become proud; stay at home—why should you meddle to your own hurt, so that you and Judah fall together?” But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from the LORD, that he might give them into his hand, because they had sought the gods of Edom. So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah met at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. And Judah was defeated before Israel; and every man fled to his tent.

Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits. And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and the wages of the army and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages; and he brought them to Samaria.

Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. And when Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, conspiracies were formed against him in Jerusalem; he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.

They carried him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.