13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 25
Amaziah's reign, recorded in this chapter, was not one of the worse and yet far from good. Most of the passages in this chapter we had before more briefly related, 2 Ki. 14. Here we find Amaziah,
2Ch 25:1-13
Here is,
2Ch 25:14-16
Here is,
2Ch 25:17-28
We have here this degenerate prince mortified by his neighbour and murdered by his own subjects.