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2 Kings 14:8-14
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8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.”[a] 9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal[b] of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.[c] 10 You thoroughly defeated Edom,[d] and it has gone to your head![e] Gloat over your success,[f] but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”[g] 11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning,[h] so King Jehoash of Israel attacked.[i] He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face[j] in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.[k] 13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He[l] attacked[m] Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—a distance of about 600 feet.[n] 14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages.[o] Then he went back to Samaria.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:8 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.
  2. 2 Kings 14:9 tn Heb “the animal of the field.”
  3. 2 Kings 14:9 sn Judah is the thorn in the allegory. Amaziah’s success has deceived him into thinking he is on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he is not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
  4. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”
  5. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”
  6. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “be glorified.”
  7. 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
  8. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “did not listen.”
  9. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “went up.”
  10. 2 Kings 14:11 tn Heb “looked at each other [in the] face.”
  11. 2 Kings 14:12 tn Heb “and Judah was struck down before Israel and they fled, each to his tent.”
  12. 2 Kings 14:13 tc The MT has the plural form of the verb, but the final vav (ו) is virtually dittographic. The word that immediately follows in the Hebrew text begins with a yod (י). The form should be emended to the singular, which is consistent in number with the verb (“he broke down”) that follows.
  13. 2 Kings 14:13 tn Heb “came to.”
  14. 2 Kings 14:13 tn Heb “400 cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about 18 inches (45 cm) long.
  15. 2 Kings 14:14 tn Heb “the sons of the pledges.”
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2 Kings 14:8-14
Common English Bible

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Israel’s King Joash[a] son of Jehoahaz son of Israel’s King Jehu, saying, “Come on! Let’s go head-to-head.”

9 But Israel’s King Joash responded to Judah’s King Amaziah, “Once upon a time, a thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. 10 You have definitely defeated Edom and have now become conceited. Enjoy the honor, but stay home. Why invite disaster when both you and Judah will fall?”

11 But Amaziah wouldn’t listen, so Israel’s King Joash moved against him, and he and Judah’s King Amaziah went head-to-head in battle at Beth-shemesh in Judah. 12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and everyone ran home. 13 At Beth-shemesh, Israel’s King Joash captured Judah’s King Amaziah, Jehoash’s son and Ahaziah’s grandson. Joash then marched to Jerusalem and broke down six hundred feet of the Jerusalem wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. 14 Joash took all the gold and silver, and all the objects he could find in the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the palace, along with some hostages and returned to Samaria.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:8 Heb Jehoash (also in 14:9, 11, 13, 15, 16-17); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoash or short Joash form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.
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