King James Version
2 Kings 14:12 in the King James Version says “And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. put: Heb. smitten” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. put: Heb. smitten”
2 Kings 14:12 · KJV
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? at home: Heb. at thy house
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 Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. put: Heb. smitten
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages , and returned to Samaria.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was put to the worse”
H5062to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
“And Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and they fled”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“every man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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