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So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 25:21-23 sits inside this longer paragraph.
But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
Judah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
So Joash 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.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv21–23 21. they saw one another in the face, both…
21. they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah …] R.V. he and Amaziah … looked one another in the face. The historian by a kind of irony takes up Amaziah’s phrase (2Ch_25:17) and gives it a fresh application. Cp. the double application (by a similar irony) of the phrase, ‘lift up the head” in Gen_40:13; Gen_40:19.
at Beth-shemesh] Cp. 1Ch_6:59 [44 Heb.] (note).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv22–23 (22) And Judah was put to the worse.—So 2Ki_14:12.…
(22) And Judah was put to the worse.—So 2Ki_14:12. The Syriac and Arabic omit this verse.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv21, 23 Beth-shemesh. The Beth-shomesh of Judah, on the borders of…
Beth-shemesh. The Beth-shomesh of Judah, on the borders of Judah, Dan, and the Philistines, is to be distinguished from that on the boundary of Issachar, (Jos_19:22) and "the fenced city of Naphtali". (Jos_19:38)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v23 four hundred cubits in distance
four hundred cubits in distance
A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "400 cubits in distance" or "a length of 180 meters" (See: Numbers and Biblical Distance)
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with Obed Edom
Here "Obed Edom" refers to this man's descendants. AT: "under the care of the descendants of Obed Edom" (See: Metonymy and How to Translate Names)
the king's house
"the royal palace"
translationWords
king
Israel
Amaziah
Ahaziah
Beth Shemesh
Jerusalem
Ephraim
gate
gold
house of God
Samaria
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv21, 23 25:21 Beth-shemesh protected the entrance to the Sorek Valley…
25:21 Beth-shemesh protected the entrance to the Sorek Valley and Jerusalem’s access to the coast. Jehoash might have been seeking to cut off Jerusalem’s access to trade, or he might have been trying to increase his own access.
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