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[He took] all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king`s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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Pride Leads to Ruin
Matthew Henry's commentary frames this plundering of the temple and palace as the direct consequence of King Amaziah's pride. This humiliating defeat serves as a powerful illustration of the proverb, "A man's pride will bring him low." The takeaway for believers is that ruin and loss can be dated from the moment one turns from the Lord in self-exaltation.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
And he took. —Likewise in 2 Kings 14:14. The verb has fallen out here. The omission is ancient, as it appears in the S…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:20)
Presbyterian
Never was a proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah by Joash king of Israel. A man's pride will bring him low ([Reference Prov…