But Amaziah would not listen. So King Joash of Israel went up; he and King Amaziah of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah — Amaziah's refusal to heed Joash's wise counsel (לֹא שָׁמַע, *lo shama*, "he did not listen") leads inexorably to military disaster. Beth-shemesh (בֵּית־שֶׁמֶשׁ, "House of the Sun"), a Judean city, becomes the site of confrontation, bringing warfare into Judean territory. The phrase "faced one another" (וַיִּשְׁמְרוּ פָנִים, *way-yishmeru panim*) recalls Amaziah's initial taunt, now meeting its answer in battle.

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