2 Chronicles 25:14 meaning and explanation
When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
2 Chronicles 25:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Amaziah has just won a decisive victory over Edom, the people of Seir, with an army the Lord blessed after he sent the hired Israelites home. The Chronicler, retelling Judah's history for a post-exile community, now reports the king's baffling reversal: he carried the defeated nation's idols back to Jerusalem, installed them as his own, bowed to them, and offered sacrifices.
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