2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
2 Kings 14:12 in other translations
| BSB | And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home. |
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| WEB | Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent. |
| ASV | And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. |
| YLT | and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee each to his tent. |
| DARBY | And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. |
| BBE | And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent. |
| Webster | And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. |
What does 2 Kings 14:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:11-14
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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 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…
2 Kings 14:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 14:12
- 2 Samuel 18:17
And 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 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.
- 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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Context
- 2 Kings 14:11
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 Kings 14:12
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
- 2 Kings 14:13
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Kings 14:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Judá cayó delante de Israel, y huyeron cada uno á sus estancias. |
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| 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 | Percussusque est Juda coram Israël, et fugerunt unusquisque in tabernacula sua. |