And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
Parallel translations
- WEB Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent.
- BSB And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
- NKJV And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent.
- NASB And Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled, every man to his tent.
- NLT Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.
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Judah was defeated by Israel, and the men of Judah fled to their homes.
Overview
Amaziah's presumption ends in humiliating defeat, just as Jehoash had warned. The rout of Judah is presented as the consequence of pride that scorned wise counsel and, beneath it, of Amaziah's unfaithfulness to God. The outcome vindicates the biblical principle that the Lord opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 2 Sam 18:17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
- 1 Sam 4:10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Kgs 22:36And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
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