2 Chronicles 25:17
Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: Come, let us see one another.
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2 Samuel 2:14And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.
2 Chronicles 25:13But that army which Amasias had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves among the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and having killed three thousand took away much spoil.
Luke 2:43And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:15-17
Amaziah's Idolatry. ( b. c. 826.) 14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →