2 Kings 14:10
in 2 Kings 14You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
KJV
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseGlory of this, and tarry at home - There is a vast deal of insolent dignity in this remonstrance of Jehoash: but it has nothing conciliatory; no proposal of making amends for the injury his army had done to the unoffending inhabitants of Judah. The ravages committed by the army of Jehoash were totally unprovoked, and they were base and cowardly; they fell upon women, old men, and children, and butchered them in cold blood, for all the effective men were gone off with their king against the Edomites.
This site's exposition
let us meet face to face
on 2 Kings 14:8-10
Flushed with Edom, Amaziah challenges Jehoash of Israel: “Come, let us meet face to face”. Jehoash answers with a fable of a thistle in Lebanon that asks a cedar for its daughter and is trampled by a wild beast. His counsel is blunt, but Amaziah will not hear it.
This site's exposition
your heart has become proud
Albert Barnes rendered the Hebrew of glory in that as be honoured, meaning enjoy the honour already won. Matthew Henry placed the fault in Amaziah's own heart, which the victory over Edom had lifted up. Jehoash warned that Judah would fall with its king.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The Almighty, who cannot possibly will anything unjust, is able to set in motion even the inclinations of their will in people's hearts in order to accomplish through these people whatever he wishes to achieve through their agency. What meaning can these words have that the man of God addressed to King Amaziah: "Do not allow the army of Israel to go out with you, for the Lord is not with Israel and all the children of Ephraim. And if you think to prevail over them, God will put you to flight before your enemies; for it belongs to God both to help and to put to flight"?How does the power of God help some in war by giving them confidence and turns others to flight by instilling them with fear, except for this reason, that he who has made all things as he willed in heaven and on earth, also works in the human hearts? We also read of what Joash, king of Israel, said when he dispatched a messenger to King Amaziah, who had a mind to go to war with him. Having mentioned certain things, he went on to say, "Sit at home. Why do you provoke evil that you should fall and Judah with you?" The Scripture then went on to add, "And Amaziah would not listen to him because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies because he sought after the gods of Edom." There you see how God, wishing to punish the sin of idolatry, influenced the heart of this man with whom he was justly angry, that he would not heed salutary advice but, in his contempt for it, would engage in battle, there to perish together with his army.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Thy heart has lifted thee up. " See where the root of all sin lies; it is in the heart, thence it flows, and that must bear the blame. It is not Providence, the event, the occasion (whatever it is), that makes men proud, or secure, or discontented, or the like, but it is their own heart that does it.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
Glory - Content thyself with that glory, and let not thine ambition betray thee to ruin.
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Glory of this ... - literally, “Be honored;” i. e. “Enjoy thy honor ... be content with it.” “Why wilt thou meddle with misfortune?”
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַכֵּ֤ה | hakeh | certainly <to strike down> | H5221 → | 499 times |
| הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ | hikita | you have struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱד֔וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| וּֽנְשָׂאֲךָ֖ | unesaakha | and it has lifted you | H5375 → | 656 times |
| לִבֶּ֑ךָ | libekha | heart your | H3820 → | 595 times |
| הִכָּבֵד֙ | hikaved | be honored | H3513 → | |
| וְשֵׁ֣ב | veshev | and remain | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ | beveitekha | at home your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְלָ֤מָּה | velamah | and <to> why? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| תִתְגָּרֶה֙ | titgareh | will you engage in strife | H1624 → | |
| בְּרָעָ֔ה | beraah | with harm | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔ה | venafaltah | and you will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וִיהוּדָ֥ה | vihudah | and Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| עִמָּֽךְ׃ | ʾimakh | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
הַכֵּ֤הcertainly <to strike down>
hakehH5221 →499 times
הִכִּ֙יתָ֙you have struck down
hikitaH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֱד֔וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
וּֽנְשָׂאֲךָ֖and it has lifted you
unesaakhaH5375 →656 times
לִבֶּ֑ךָheart your
libekhaH3820 →595 times
הִכָּבֵד֙be honored
hikavedH3513 →
וְשֵׁ֣בand remain
veshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָat home your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
וְלָ֤מָּהand <to> why?
velamahH4100 →752 times
תִתְגָּרֶה֙will you engage in strife
titgarehH1624 →
בְּרָעָ֔הwith harm
beraahH7451 →662 times
וְנָ֣פַלְתָּ֔הand you will fall
venafaltahH5307 →435 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וִיהוּדָ֥הand Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
עִמָּֽךְ׃with you
ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
it leads to
- Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Proverbs 11:2
Through
2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25
Through
2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16
Through
Proverbs 20:3It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
it leads to
- Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 16:32
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceTransjordanEdomThe highland nation descended from Esau that refused Israel passage on the King's Highway, and whose pride the prophets answered.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, ON GRACE AND FREE WILL 21.42; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.