2 Chronicles 25 · Verse 22

2 Chronicles 25:22

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
2 Chronicles 25:22, King James Version

2 Chronicles 25:22 in other translations

BSBAnd Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.
WEBJudah was defeated by Israel; so every man fled to his tent.
ASVAnd Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
YLTand Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee--each to his tents.
DARBYAnd Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
BBEAnd Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.
WebsterAnd Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

What does 2 Chronicles 25:22 mean?

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…

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2 Chronicles 25:22 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּנָּ֥גֶףvai.yi.Na.gefand it was defeatedH5062
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיָּנֻ֖סוּvai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376
לְאֹהָלָֽיו\׃le.'o.ha.Lavto tents hisH168

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 25:22

  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    And 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5-6

    Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

  • 1 Kings 22:36

    And 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put to the worse. Heb. smitten.
28:5,6
fled.
1Sa 4:10; 1Ki 22:36

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 25:21

    So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:22

    And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:23

    And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth–shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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2 Chronicles 25:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pero cayó Judá delante de Israel, y huyó cada uno á su estancia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Juda fut battu devant Israël; et ils s’enfuirent, chacun dans sa tente.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Juda wurde vor Israel geschlagen; und sie flohen, ein jeder nach seinem Zelte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		corruitque Juda coram Israël, et fugit in tabernacula sua.