King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 25:22 Mean?
“And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. put: Heb. smitten”
Context
20
But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
21
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
22
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. put: Heb. smitten
23
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. the corner: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
24
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(22) **And Judah was put to the worse.**—So 2Kings 14:12. The Syriac and Arabic omit this verse.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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