Verse 8
2 Chronicles 25:8
Bible in Basic English
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But go yourself, and be strong in war; God (Elohim) will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God (Elohim) has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֚י אִם בֹּ֣א אַתָּ֔ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה חֲזַ֣ק לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה יַכְשִֽׁילְ/ךָ֤ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ כֹּ֛חַ בֵּ/אלֹהִ֖ים לַ/עְז֥וֹר וּ/לְ/הַכְשִֽׁיל
English Translation
For if you come, be strong for battle; God will make you stumble before the enemy, for there is strength in God to help and to defeat.
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Chapter 25 Context
1
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nin...
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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
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Now when he became strong in the kingdom, he put to death those men who had taken the life of the ki...
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But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book...
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Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benj...
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6
And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.
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But a man of God (Elohim) came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for t...
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8
But go yourself, and be strong in war; God (Elohim) will not let you go down before those who are fi...
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Then Amaziah said to the man of God (Elohim), But what is to be done about the hundred talents which...
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10
So Amaziah, separating the armed band which had come to him from Ephraim, sent them back again; whic...
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11
Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, wher...
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12
And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock...
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13
But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks...
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14
Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of...
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15
And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why...
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16
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government?...
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17
Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jeh...
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18
And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to...
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19
You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country...
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20
But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God (Elohim), so that he might give them...
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21
And so Joash, king of Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-...
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22
And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.
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23
And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, priso...
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24
And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels which were in the house of the Lord, under t...
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25
Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, went on living for fifteen years after the death of Joash, the...
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26
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not recorded in the book of the kings...
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Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in...
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28
And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.
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