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2 Chronicles 25:19

2 Chronicles 25:19
Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 25:17-28

We have here this degenerate prince mortified by his neighbour and murdered by his own subjects.

I. Never was proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah was by Joash king of Israel.

1. This…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thou sayest i.e. to thyself.

meddle tothine hurt R.V. mg., provoke calamity, i.e. by making claims which he could not enforce.