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Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which <i>belongeth</i> to Judah.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_kings/14.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/2_kings/14.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/2_kings/14.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_kings/14.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/2_kings/14.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/2_kings/14.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/14.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/2_kings/14.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/2_kings/14.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/2_kings/14.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_kings/14.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/2_kings/14.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/2_kings/14.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/2_kings/14.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/2_kings/14.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/1_kings/19-11.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/2_kings/14.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_kings/14.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/2_kings/14.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/2_kings/14.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/2_kings/14.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/2_kings/14.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_kings/14.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/2_kings/14.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/2_kings/14.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/2_kings/14.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/14.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/2_kings/14.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/2_kings/14.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/2_kings/14.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/2_kings/14.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Looked one another in the face</span>—<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, encountered one another; joined battle.<p><span class= "bld">Beth</span>-<span class= "bld">shemesh.</span>—The modern <span class= "ital">Ain-shems,</span> north of which is a great plain now called <span class= "ital">Wâdy-es-Surâr,</span> in which the encounter probably happened. Jehoash proposed to attack Jerusalem from the west, as Hazael also had intended (<a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm" title="Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.">2Kings 12:17</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/2_kings/14.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/context/2_kings/14-11.htm" title="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 belongs to Judah....">2 Kings 14:11-12</a></span>. <span class="ital">Amaziah would not hear — </span>Being blinded and hardened by God to his destruction, as a punishment of his abominable and ridiculous idolatry, <a href="/2_chronicles/25-10.htm" title="Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: why their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.">2 Chronicles 25:10</a>. <span class="ital">Therefore Jehoash went up </span>— Namely, into the kingdom of Judah, carrying the war into his enemies’ country. <span class="ital">At Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah — </span>Which is added to distinguish it from Beth-shemesh in Issachar, and another in Naphtali. <span class="ital">And Judah was put to the worse </span>— Their army being routed and dispersed. Josephus says that, when they were to engage, they were struck with such a terror that they did not strike a stroke, but every one made the best of his way home. Probably they were not satisfied as to the ground and manner of the quarrel, were discouraged by the king’s idolatry, and smitten by God with a spirit of fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_kings/14.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>14:8-14 For some time after the division of the kingdoms, Judah suffered much from the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel, and by the alliance made with them. Now we meet with hostility between them again. How may a humble man smile to hear two proud and scornful men set their wits on work, to vilify and undervalue one another! Unholy success excites pride; pride excites contentions. The effects of pride in others, are insufferable to those who are proud themselves. These are the sources of trouble and sin in private life; but when they arise between princes, they become the misery of their whole kingdoms. Jehoash shows Amaziah the folly of his challenge; Thine heart has lifted thee up. The root of all sin is in the heart, thence it flows. It is not Providence, the event, the occasion, whatever it is, that makes men proud, secure, discontented, or the like, but their own hearts do it.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_kings/14.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Jehoash did not wait to be attacked. Invading Judaea from the west, and so ascending out of the low coast tract, he met the army of Amaziah at Beth-shemesh (see <a href="/joshua/19-21.htm">Joshua 19:21</a> note), about 15 miles from Jerusalem. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_kings/14.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>11-14. But Amaziah would not hear—The sarcastic tenor of this reply incited the king of Judah the more; for, being in a state of judicial blindness and infatuation (2Ch 25:20), he was immovably determined on war. But the superior energy of Joash surprised him ere he had completed his military preparations. Pouring a large army into the territory of Judah, he encountered Amaziah in a pitched battle, routed his army, and took him prisoner. Then having marched to Jerusalem [2Ki 14:13], he not only demolished part of the city walls, but plundered the treasures of the palace and temple. Taking hostages to prevent any further molestation from Judah, he terminated the war. Without leaving a garrison in Jerusalem, he returned to his capital with all convenient speed, his presence and all his forces being required to repel the troublesome incursions of the Syrians.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_kings/14.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">Amaziah would not hear, </span> because God blinded and hardened him to his destruction, for his abominable and ridiculous idolatry, <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-20.htm" title="But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.">2 Chronicles 25:20</a></span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Jehoash went up, </span> to wit, into the kingdom of Judah, carrying the war into his enemy’s country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Which belongeth to Judah; </span> which is added to distinguish it from that Beth-shemesh in Issachar, and another in Naphtali, <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/joshua/19-22.htm" title="And the coast reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.">Joshua 19:22</a>,38</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_kings/14.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>But Amaziah would not hear,.... Being given up to a judicial hardness of heart through pride; for this was of God, and by his overruling providence, that he might be punished for his idolatry, in setting up the gods of Edom to be his gods, and offering to them, <a href="/2_chronicles/25-14.htm">2 Chronicles 25:14</a>. <p>therefore Jehoash king Israel went up; from Samaria to the land of Judah, which was higher ground: <p>and he and Amaziah looked one another in the face; in the field of battle: <p>at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah; which is observed, not merely to distinguish it from another Bethshemesh in Naphtali, but to observe, that the king of Israel waited not for him to give him the challenge, but met his adversary in his own country, whither he carried the war, not suffering him to come into his. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_kings/14.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_kings/14.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">11</span>. <span class="ital">But Amaziah would not hear</span>] Bearing out the proverb ‘Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat’.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">Jehoash king of Israel went up</span>] When the king of Israel saw that Amaziah would persist, he apparently made the first movement. For Beth-shemesh, where the engagement took place was in Amaziah’s territory, on the northern boundary of Judah. Jehoash therefore never allowed the army of Judah to enter the land of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">Beth-shemesh</span>] The name signifies ‘house of the sun’ and may contain some allusion to ancient idolatrous worship which prevailed there. (Cf. <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm" title="He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.">Jeremiah 43:13</a>.) The place is mentioned before this time as that to which the ark was brought when it was sent home by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm" title="And see, if it goes up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.">1 Samuel 6:9</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/6-12.htm" title="And the cows took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh.">1 Samuel 6:12</a>). It was one of the cities allotted to the priests, and in <a href="/1_kings/4-9.htm" title="The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:">1 Kings 4:9</a> it is among the places selected for commissariat cities by Solomon. In the later history we find that the Philistines obtained possession of it (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-18.htm" title="The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelled there.">2 Chronicles 28:18</a>).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But Amaziah would not hear.</span> The message of Joash was not conciliatory, but provocative. On hearing it, Amaziah (as Josephus says, 'Ant. Jud.,' 9:9. § 3) was the more spurred on to make his expedition. <span class="cmt_word">Therefore Jehoash King of Israel went up.</span> "Joash," as Bahr says, "did not wait for the attack of Amaziah, but anticipated his movements, and carried the war into the enemy's country." Defensive warfare often requires such an Offensive movement. <span class="cmt_word">And he and Amaziah King of Judah looked one another in the face</span> - e.g., came to an engagement (setup. ver. 8) - <span class="cmt_word">at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.</span> Beth-shemesh was assigned to Judah by Joshua (Joshua 19:38), and lay on its western frontier line. Its position is marked by the modern <span class="accented">Ain-Shems</span>, which lies nearly due west of Jerusalem, on the road from Hebron to Jaffa. Ain-Shems itself is an Arab village, but "just to the west of it are the manifest traces of an ancient site" (Robinson, 'Researches,' vol. 3. p. 17). The position commands the approach from the Philistine plain; and we may suspect that Joash, avoiding the direct line of approach, led his troops to the attack through Philistia, as was so often done by the Syrians in their attacks on the Maccabees (see 1 Macc. 3:40 1 Macc. 13:12, 13 1 Macc. 15:40 1 Macc. 16:4-8, etc.). 2 Kings 14:11<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_kings/14.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>But Amaziah paid not attention to this warning. A battle was fought at Beth-shemesh (Ain-Shems, on the border of Judah and Dan, see at <a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Joshua 15:10</a>); Judah was smitten by Israel, so that every one fled to his home.<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/2_kings/14-11.htm">2 Kings 14:11 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/14-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 14:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 14:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/14-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 14:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 14:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>