2 Chronicles 25 · Verse 17

2 Chronicles 25:17

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.
2 Chronicles 25:17, King James Version

2 Chronicles 25:17 in other translations

BSBThen Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
WEBThen Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s look one another in the face.”
ASVThen 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 look one another in the face.
YLTAnd Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,
DARBYAnd Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
BBEThen Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
WebsterThen 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 25:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Then Amaziah ... sent to Joash ... Come, let us see one another in the face--(See on 2Ki 14:8-20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:17-28
Never was a proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah by Joash king of Israel. A man's pride will bring him low, Pr 29:23; it goes before his destruction, and deservedly brings it on. He that exalteth himself shall be abased. He that goes forth hastily to strive, will not know what he shall do in the end thereof, when his neighbour has put him to shame, Pr 25:8. And what are we when we offer to establish our own righteousness, or presume to justify ourselves before the Most High God, but despicable thistles, that fancy themselves stately cedars? And are not various temptations, is not every corruption, a wild beast of the desert, which will trample on the wretched boaster, and tread his haughty pretensions to the dust? A man's pride shall bring him low; his ruin may be dated from his turning from the Lord.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 25:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvai.yi.va.'Atzand he took counselH3289
אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙'a.matz.Ya.huAmaziahH558
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחVai.yish.lachand he sentH7971
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יוֹאָ֨שׁyo.'AshJoashH3101
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְהוֹאָחָ֧זye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יֵה֛וּאye.Hu'JehuH3058
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
לְכָ֖הle.khahcome !H1980
נִתְרָאֶ֥הnit.ra.'Ehlet us look at one anotherH7200
פָנִֽים\׃fa.NimfacesH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 25:17

  • 2 Kings 14:8-14

    Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 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 Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. …

  • 2 Samuel 2:14

    And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:13

    But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

  • Proverbs 20:3

    It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3178. B.C. 826. Amaziah.
13; 2Ki 14:8-14
let us see.
2Sa 2:14; Pr 20:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:17

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:18

    And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

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2 Chronicles 25:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Amasías rey de Judá, habido su consejo, envió á decir á Joas, hijo de Joachâz hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel: Ven, y veámonos cara á cara.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Amatsia, roi de Juda, prit conseil, et envoya vers Joas, fils de Joakhaz, fils de Jéhu, roi d’Israël, disant: Viens, voyons-nous face à face.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Amazja, der König von Juda, beriet sich und sandte zu Joas, dem Sohne Joahas, des Sohnes Jehus, dem König von Israel, und ließ ihm sagen: Komm, laß uns einander ins Angesicht sehen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur Amasias rex Juda inito pessimo consilio, misit ad Joas filium Joachaz filii Jehu regem Israël, dicens: Veni, videamus nos mutuo.