2Ki 14:8-12 | ESV | STEP | Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz , son of Jehu , king of Israel , saying , Come , let us look one another in the face .

g[See ver. 8 above]

2 Kings 14:8-12

8 ^aThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash ^{▼▼ Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Jehoahaz) as in 13:9, 12–14; also verses 9, 11–16} the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, ^clet us look one another in the face.” 9 And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, ^d“A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. 10 You have indeed ^estruck down Edom, ^fand your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah ^gfaced one another in battle at ^hBeth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 12 And Judah was defeated by Israel, ⁱand every man fled to his home.