2 Kings 14:7-9
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7 Amaziah killed 10,000 soldiers from Edom in Salt valley.[a] He attacked Sela city and he took it for himself. He gave it a new name, ‘Joktheel’. That is still its name.
8 Then Amaziah sent men with a message to King Jehoash of Israel. He was the son of Jehoahaz and the grandson of Jehu. Amaziah's message said, ‘Come here and meet me.’ 9 But King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah: ‘In Lebanon, a thorn bush sent this message to a cedar tree: “Please give your daughter to my son, to be his wife.” Then a wild animal of Lebanon came and knocked down the thorn bush. It walked all over it!
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- 14:7 Salt valley was south of the Salt Sea.
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