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2 Chronicles 25:22

in 2 Chronicles 25

And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.

KJV

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 25

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

So Jehoash king of Israel advanced

on 2 Chronicles 25:21-24

The defeat at Beth-shemesh, the broken wall and the plundered temple follow 2 Kings 14:11-14 closely. Chronicles adds one detail, that the articles taken were “with Obed-edom,” the family David had set as gatekeepers over the ark. Judah is routed before Israel as the prophet’s word had said.

This site's exposition

Judah was routed before Israel

Jehoash had told Amaziah to stay at home. After the rout at Beth-shemesh, every soldier of Judah goes home anyway, in flight. Matthew Henry notes that a man eager for a fight may have his fill of it sooner than he expects.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףand it was defeated

    vaiyinagefH5062 →49 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיָּנֻ֖סוּand they fled

    vaiyanusuH5127 →159 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeach

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃to tents his

    leohalavH168 →345 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 22:36

    As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:12

      And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 12:24

      that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they…

    • 1 Samuel 4:10

      So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

    • Judges 21:24

      And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 4:10

    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 4:2

      The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

    • Leviticus 26:17

      And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    • Deuteronomy 28:25

      The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…

    • Psalms 78:60–64

      He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.