2 Chronicles 25:8

But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow."

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In The King James Version

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

In Context

7A man of God came to him, saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

9Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?"The man of God answered, "The Lord is able to give you much more than this."

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Cross References

Judges 7:7The Lord said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand; and let all the people go every man to his home."

2 Chronicles 1:12wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like."

2 Chronicles 18:14When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?"He said, "Go up, and prosper. They shall be delivered into your hand."

2 Chronicles 26:7God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.

Job 9:13"God will not withdraw his anger.The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

Psalms 24:1A Psalm by David.The earth is the Lord's, with its fullness;the world, and those who dwell therein.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:2-14

Amaziah's Reign and Victories. ( b. c. 838.) 1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses,… Read the whole commentary →

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