2Ki 14:8-16, 2Ch 25:17-24 | 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]

h Josh. 15:10

iSee 1 Sam. 4:10

k Neh. 8:16; 12:39

l 2 Chr. 25:23; 26:9; Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10

m ch. 12:18; 1 Kgs. 7:51

n ch. 13:12, 13

oFor ver. 17-24, see 2 Kgs. 14:8-14

rSee ch. 26:16

2 Kings 14:8-16

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. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} from ^kthe Ephraim Gate to ^lthe Corner Gate. 14 And he seized ^mall the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.

15 ⁿNow the rest of the acts of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 25:17-24

Israel Defeats Amaziah

17 ^oThen Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.” 18 And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, ^p“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. 19 You say, ‘See, I ^{▼▼Hebrew you} have struck down Edom,’ and ^ryour heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, ^sbecause they had sought the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 22 And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 23 And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of ^tAhaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} from ^vthe Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. 24 And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God, in the care of ^wObed-edom. He seized also the treasuries of the king’s house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.