2 Kings 14:11

But Amaziah hearkened not. So then Jehoash king of Israel came up, and they looked one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah,—in Beth-shemesh, which belongeth unto Judah.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

In Context

10Thou hast, smitten, Edom, and, thy heart, would lift thee up,—Glory, and stay at home! Wherefore, then, shouldest thou contend with misfortune, and fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

12Then was Judah defeated before Israel,—and they fled, every man to his own home;

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Cross References

Joshua 19:38and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh,—nineteen cities, with their villages.

Judges 11:28But the king of the sons of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah, which he sent unto him.

2 Kings 13:12Now, the rest of the story of Joash, and all that he did, and his might, wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

2 Chronicles 25:20But Amaziah hearkened not, because, from God, it was, to the end he might deliver them up into [their enemies’] hand,—because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:9-15

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home:… Read the whole commentary →

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