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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 14:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 14:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And Judah [03063] was put to the worse [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478]; and they fled [05127] every man [0376] to their tents [0168]. |
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King James |
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The author of Chronicles notes that Amaziah's obstinacy, and his consequent defeat and captivity, were judgments upon him for an idolatry into which he had fallen after his conquest of Edom Ch2 25:14, Ch2 25:20. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Tents - Josephus says, when they were to engage, they were struck with such a terror, that they did not strike a stroke, but every man made the best of his way. |
20 But Amaziah [0558] would not hear [08085]; for it came of God [0430], that he might deliver [05414] them into the hand [03027] of their enemies, because they sought [01875] after the gods [0430] of Edom [0123].
14 Now it came to pass, after [0310] that Amaziah [0558] was come [0935] from the slaughter [05221] of the Edomites [0130], that he brought [0935] the gods [0430] of the children [01121] of Seir [08165], and set them up [05975] to be his gods [0430], and bowed down [07812] himself before [06440] them, and burned incense [06999] unto them.