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Count as thou wilt on the strength of thy array, God will give thy enemies the mastery; he alone sends victory and defeat. (2 Chronicles 25, 8)
But meanwhile the army which Amasias had sent home, instead of taking them into battle with him, scattered here and there among the cities of Juda, all the way (from Samaria)✻ to Bethoron, killing three thousand of the inhabitants, and carrying away great store of plunder. (2 Chronicles 25, 13)
After this victory over the Edomites, Amasias brought home with him some of the idols men worshipped there in Seir; and these gods he made his own, worshipping them himself and burning incense before them. (2 Chronicles 25, 14)
At the thought of thy victory over Edom, thy heart is puffed up with pride. Keep thyself at home, do not invite disaster, to thy own and Juda’s ruin. (2 Chronicles 25, 19)
So Joas, king of Israel, marched out, and they faced one another while Amasias, king of Juda, was still in his own territory, at Bethsames; (2 Chronicles 25, 21)
he it was who carried out the designs of his dead father by fortifying the harbour of Ailath and restoring it to the possession of Juda. (2 Chronicles 26, 2)
Such victory God gave him over the Philistines, the Arabs, too, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Ammonites; (2 Chronicles 26, 7)
the Ammonites paid him tribute, and the renown of his many victories reached the very frontiers of Egypt. (2 Chronicles 26, 8)
But there was a prophet of the Lord dwelling there at this time, Oded by name, who went out to meet the army on their way into the city, and expostulated with them. Here are the men of Juda, said he, left at your mercy, only because the Lord, the God of your fathers, is angry with them; and you have made murderous use of your victory; the tale of your cruelties mounts up to heaven. (2 Chronicles 28, 9)
And the four men we have named stood there befriending the captives; those that went naked must be clothed out of the spoils; then, clothed and shod, they must be refreshed with food and drink, must be anointed after their journey. No care was wanting; some, that could not walk, or were of feeble age, must ride on asses. And so they escorted them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, and restored them to their kindred, and themselves went back to Samaria. (2 Chronicles 28, 15)
What else he did, all his history, first and last, may be found in the Record of the kings of Juda and Israel. (2 Chronicles 28, 26)
Thus was the worship of the Lord’s house restored in full. Greatly did Ezechias and all the people rejoice over their duty well done, for all that the resolve was taken so suddenly. (2 Chronicles 29, 36)
