2 Kings 14:8-14
1599 Geneva Bible
8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, [a]let us see one another in the face.
9 Then Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the [b]Cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and the wild beast that was in Lebanon, went and trode down the thistle.
10 Because thou hast smitten Edom, thine heart hath made thee proud: [c]brag of glory, and tarry at home. Why doest thou provoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Judah with thee?
11 But Amaziah would not hear: therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up: and he and Amaziah king of Judah saw one another in the face at Beth Shemesh which is in Judah.
12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to their tents.
13 But Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Beth Shemesh, and [d]came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children that were in [e]hostage, and returned to Samaria.
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- 2 Kings 14:8 Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another’s cities.
- 2 Kings 14:9 By this parable Jehoash compareth himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes, and Amaziah to a thistle, because he ruled but over two tribes, and the wild beasts are Jehoash’s soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.
- 2 Kings 14:10 Brag of the victory, so that thou tarry at home, and envy me not.
- 2 Kings 14:13 Or, brought him.
- 2 Kings 14:14 That is, which the Israelites had given to them of Judah for an assurance of peace.
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