2 Kings 14:11
in 2 Kings 14But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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ASV
But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
KJV
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Jehoash did not wait to be attacked. Invading Judaea from the west, and so ascending out of the low coast tract, he met the army of Amaziah at Beth-shemesh (see Jos 19:21 note), about 15 miles from Jerusalem.
This site's exposition
which belongeth to Judah
on 2 Kings 14:11-12
Amaziah gets the meeting he asked for at Beth-shemesh, a town in Judah's own territory, and Judah breaks before Israel with every man fleeing to his tent. Josephus adds that panic seized the army before the lines even closed, a detail the commentators pass along without treating it as certain. The king who would not hear Jehoash's parable now looks him in the face exactly as he demanded, and loses.
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 Awakening1 voice
But Amaziah would not hear,....
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמַ֣ע | shama' | he listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ | ʾamatzyahu | Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
| וַיַּ֨עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| יְהוֹאָ֤שׁ | yehoash | Jehoash | H3060 → | 17 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ | vaiyitrau | and they looked at one another | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| פָנִ֔ים | fanim | faces | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ | vaamatzyahu | and Amaziah | H558 → | 40 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בְּבֵ֥ית | beveit | at Beth | H1053 → | 42 times |
| שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ | shemesh | Shemesh | H1053 → | 42 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לִיהוּדָֽה׃ | lihudah | [belonged] to Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמַ֣עhe listened
shama'H8085 →1159 times
אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּAmaziah
ʾamatzyahuH558 →40 times
וַיַּ֨עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
יְהוֹאָ֤שׁJehoash
yehoashH3060 →17 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיִּתְרָא֣וּand they looked at one another
vaiyitrauH7200 →1300 times
פָנִ֔יםfaces
fanimH6440 →2123 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וַאֲמַצְיָ֣הוּand Amaziah
vaamatzyahuH558 →40 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בְּבֵ֥יתat Beth
beveitH1053 →42 times
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁShemesh
shemeshH1053 →42 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לִיהוּדָֽה׃[belonged] to Judah
lihudahH3063 →819 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
Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
it leads to
- Judges 14:1
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- Genesis 38:12–13
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
- Judges 14:5
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
- Judges 14:1
Through
Joshua 21:16Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:59
Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- Joshua 15:10
The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:59
Through
2 Chronicles 25:20But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 22:7
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house…
- 1 Kings 12:15
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the…
- 2 Chronicles 22:7
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This page draws on 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.