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2 Chronicles 25:20-22
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 25:20-22
New English Translation
20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning,[a] for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.[b] 21 So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield[c] in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 22 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.[d]
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- 2 Chronicles 25:20 tn Heb “did not listen.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:20 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:21 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.” See the note on the expression “Come on, face me on the battlefield” in v. 17.
- 2 Chronicles 25:22 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”
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