2 Chronicles 25:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

But Amaziah would not heare: for it was of God, that he might deliuer them into his had, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:15 : 15 And the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of the Lorde, that he might perfourme his saying, which the Lorde had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.
  • 2 Chr 22:7 : 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah came of God in that he went to Ioram: for when he was come, he went forth with Iehoram against Iehu the sonne of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And as he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue they made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why should they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I knowe that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsell.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnes of their heart, & they haue walked in their owne cousels.
  • Acts 28:25-27 : 25 Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers, 26 Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Euen him whose comming is by the effectuall working of Satan, with all power, and signes, and lying wonders, 10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued. 11 And therefore God shal send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue lies,
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 25:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13But the men of the armie, which Amaziah sent away, that they should not goe with his people to battell, fell vpon the cities of Iudah fro Samaria vnto Beth-horon, & smote three thousand of them, and tooke much spoyle.

    14Now after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them vp to be his gods, and worshipped them, and burned incense vnto them.

    15Wherefore the Lorde was wroth with Amaziah, and sent vnto him a Prophet, which sayd vnto him, Why hast thou sought the gods of the people, which were not able to deliuer their owne people out of thine hand?

    16And as he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue they made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why should they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I knowe that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsell.

    17Then Amaziah King of Iudah tooke counsell, and sent to Ioash the sonne of Iehoahaz, the sonne of Iehu King of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see one another in the face.

  • 2 Kgs 14:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Because thou hast smitten Edom, thine heart hath made thee proud: bragge of glory, & tary at home. Why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, & Iudah with thee?

    11But Amaziah would not heare: therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp: and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.

  • 2 Chr 25:19
    77%

    19Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee?

  • 2 Chr 25:7-11
    5 verses
    75%

    7But a man of God came to him, saying, O King, let not the armie of Israel goe with thee: for the Lord is not with Israel, neither with all the house of Ephraim.

    8If not, goe thou on, doe it, make thy selfe strong to the battel, but God shall make thee fall before the enemie: for God hath power to helpe, and to cast downe.

    9And Amaziah sayde to the man of God, What shal we doe then for the hundreth talents, which I haue giuen to the hoste of Israel? Then the man of God answered, The Lorde is able to giue thee more then this.

    10So Amaziah separated them, to wit, the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim, to returne to their place: wherefore their wrath was kindled greatly against Iudah, and they returned to their places with great anger.

    11Then Amaziah was encouraged, and led forth his people, and went to the salt valley, and smote of the children of Seir, ten thousand.

  • 2 Chr 25:21
    74%

    21So Ioash the King of Israel went vp: and he, and Amaziah King of Iudah saw one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which is in Iudah.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
    73%

    15So the king hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of God that the Lorde might performe his saying, which hee had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite to Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 25:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah liued after the death of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel, fifteene yeere.

    26Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah first and last, are they not written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel?

    27Nowe after the time that Amaziah did turne away from ye Lord, they wrought treason against him in Ierusalem: and when he was fled to Lachish, they sent to Lachish after him, and slewe him there.

  • Ezek 25:12
    72%

    12Thus sayth the Lorde God, Because that Edom hath done euill by taking vengeance vpon the house of Iudah, and hath committed great offence, and reuenged himselfe vpon them,

  • 2 Chr 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And now beholde, the children of Ammon and Moab, and mount Seir, by whome thou wouldest not let Israel goe, when they came out of the land of Egypt: but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:

    11Behold, I say, they reward vs, in coming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
    70%

    23But Ioash the King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Ioash, the sonne of Iehoahaz in Bethshemesh, and brought him to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
    70%

    15And the King hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinance of the Lorde, that he might perfourme his saying, which the Lorde had spoken by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    70%

    18Because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde, nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites, therefore hath the Lorde done this vnto thee this day.

  • Num 20:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

    21Thus Edom denyed to giue Israel passage through his countrey: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  • Jer 25:21
    70%

    21Edom, and Moab, and the Ammonites,

  • 2 Chr 35:21
    70%

    21But he sent messengers to him, saying, What haue I to doe with thee, thou King of Iudah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house of mine enemie, and God commanded me to make haste: leaue of to come against God, which is with me, least he destroy thee.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    70%

    24Though the armie of Aram came with a small company of men, yet the Lord deliuered a very great armie into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers: and they gaue sentence against Ioash.

  • Amos 7:10
    69%

    10Then Amaziah the Priest of Beth-el sent to Ieroboam King of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the middes of the house of Israel: the lande is not able to beare all his wordes.

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    69%

    19And God sent Prophets amog the, to bring them againe vnto the Lord: & they made protestation among them, but they would not heare.

  • 2 Chr 24:27
    69%

    27But his sonnes, and the summe of the taxe gathered by him, and the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written in the storie of the booke of the Kings; Amaziah his sonne reigned in his steade.

  • 2 Chr 20:15
    69%

    15And he said, Hearken ye, all Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of Ierusalem, and thou, King Iehoshaphat: thus saith the Lord vnto you, Feare you not, neither be afraide for this great multitude: for the battel is not yours, but Gods.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    69%

    20In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer themselues.

  • Ezek 25:3
    69%

    3And say vnto the Ammonites, Heare the word of the Lord God, Thus saith the Lord God, Because thou saydest, Ha, ha, against my Sanctuarie, when it was polluted, and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate, and against the house of Iudah, when they went into captiuitie,

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    69%

    17(For the Edomites came moreouer, & slew of Iudah, and caryed away captiues.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    69%

    2And he did vprightly in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfite heart.

  • Ezek 25:1
    69%

    1The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

  • Zeph 2:10
    69%

    10This shall they haue for their pride, because they haue reproched and magnified themselues against the Lord of hostes people.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    69%

    18But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, The wordes that thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

  • 2 Kgs 14:18
    69%

    18Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

  • 1 Chr 5:22
    68%

    22For many fel downe wounded, because the warre was of God; they dwelt in their steads vntill the captiuitie.

  • Ezek 25:14
    68%

    14And I will execute my vengeance vpon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall doe in Edom according to mine anger, and according to mine indignation, & they shall know my vengeance, sayth the Lord God.

  • Jer 29:19
    68%

    19Because they haue not hearde my words, saith the Lorde, which I sent vnto them by my seruantes the Prophetes, rising vp earely, and sending them, but yee woulde not heare, saith the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    68%

    22And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde God of their fathers, which brought them out of the lande of Egypt, and haue taken holde on other gods, and haue worshipped them, and serued them, therefore hath he brought all this euill vpon them.

  • Judg 11:28
    68%

    28Howbeit the King of the children of Ammon hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iphtah, which he had sent him.

  • Josh 11:20
    68%

    20For it came of the Lorde, to harden their heartes that they shoulde come against Israel in battell to the intent that they shoulde destroye them vtterly, and shewe them no mercie, but that they shoulde bring them to nought: as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.

  • 2 Chr 28:23
    68%

    23For he sacrificed vnto the gods of Damascus, which plagued him, and he sayd, Because the gods of the Kings of Aram helped them, I wil sacrifice vnto them, and they will helpe me: yet they were his ruine, and of all Israel.

  • Jer 44:5
    68%

    5But they would not heare nor incline their eare to turne from their wickednes, and to burne no more incense vnto other gods.