Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
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Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
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Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
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Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 25:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 10:31 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
- 2 Kings 14:19 They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. Made a conspiracy] He no doubt became…
Verse 27. Made a conspiracy] He no doubt became very unpopular after having lost the battle with the Israelites; the consequence of which was the dismantling of Jerusalem, and the seizure of the royal treasures, with several other evils. It is likely that the last fifteen years of his reign were greatly embittered: so that, finding the royal city to be no place of safety, he endeavoured to secure himself at Lachish; but all in vain, for thither his murderers pursued him; and he who forsook the Lord was forsaken by every friend, perished in his gainsaying, and came to an untimely end.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain After the time ... - The writer means that…
After the time ... - The writer means that the violent death of Amaziah followed on his apostasy, not closely in point of time - for it must have been at least 15 years after 2Ch 25:25 - nor as, humanly speaking, caused by it; but, in the way of a divine judgment, his death was a complete fulfillment of the prophecy of 2Ch 25:16.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25–28 (= 2Ki_14:17-20). The End of Amaziah
25–28 (= 2Ki_14:17-20). The End of Amaziah
27. after the time] R.V. from the time. The Chronicler characteristically connects the conspiracy with Amaziah’s apostasy; in Kings the fact only of the conspiracy is stated.
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a conspiracy] Athaliah, Joash, Amaziah each fell one after the other before a conspiracy. Jehoiada’s example had far-reaching results.
to Lachish] Perhaps he was trying to reach Egypt.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) Now after the time that Amaziah did turn…
(27) Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord.—This clause is added by the chronicler, not so much with the aim of assigning a date, as of asserting the real connection between Amaziah’s defection from Jehovah, and the calamities that overtook him. Virtually he calls attention to the fulfilment of the prophecy of 2Ch_25:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away…
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord. Let it be particularly noted that the entire of this sentence (which is a strong anachronism sui generis) is wanting in the parallel. It is, of course, in its matter intrinsically true, but none the less misleading in its form. The object of the writer cannot be doubted, as so many a cross-light is thrown upon it, in other places, viz. to connect the rise and the operativeness of the conspiracy with the fact that (though not the exact date at which) the king had turned aside from Jehovah to idols. They made a conspiracy. When every deduction is made, it may be that the conspiracy was one that was long hatching, and one which began in embryo from the date of Amaziah"s ignominious return to Jerusalem. Very certain it is that this would be historic certainty with the Paris of the past century or more. The French would have required a deadly explanation of such an affront, if brought upon them by any ruler of theirs. He fled to Lachish. In the Shefelah of Judah, and a strongly fortified place (2Ch_11:9; Jos_10:3, 32 15:39; 2Ki_14:19 2Ki_18:14; Isa_36:2; Jer_34:7; Mic_1:13) Eusebius places it seven Roman miles south of Eleutheropolis.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 turned away from following Yahweh
turned away from following Yahweh
Here "turn away" is an idiom that means he no longer obeyed Yahweh. AT: "stopped obeying Yahweh" or "started to disobey Yahweh" (See: Idiom)
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they began to make a conspiracy ... they sent ... They brought
The text does not state to whom "they" refers. Retain the generic "they" in your translation if possible.
make a conspiracy against him
The abstract noun "conspiracy" can be stated as an action. AT: "conspire against him" or "plot against him" (See: Abstract Nouns)
Lachish
a city in Judah (See: How to Translate Names)
brought him back
"brought back his body"
city of Judah
This was another name for Jerusalem, which was also called the city of David.
translationWords
Amaziah
turn
Yahweh
horse
bury
Judah
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