2 CHRONICLES 25:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.”
The battle — Amaziah's defeat — 'So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced off at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah' (ויעל יואשׁ מלך ישׂראל ויתגרו הוא ואמציה מלך יהודה בבית שׁמשׁ אשׁר ליהודה). The forces meet at Beth-shemesh (בית שׁמשׁ, House of the Sun), a border town on the Israel-Judah boundary. The verb תגרו (faced off, engaged) indicates battle. The note 'which belongs to Judah' asserts Judahite territorial claim, yet Amaziah is defeated on his own soil.
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