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.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up,.... Swelled him with pride and vanity on account of the victory he had obtained over the Edomites; which pride was at the bottom of…
Barnes' Notes
Amaziah’s success against Edom had so elated him that he thought himself more than a match for his northern neighbor. The grounds of the quarrel between them were furnished by the conduct of the…
Adam Clarke
Come, let us look one another in the face - This was a real declaration of war; and the ground of it is most evident from this circumstance: that the one hundred thousand men of Israel that had been…
For several successions after the division of the kingdoms that of Judah suffered much by the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, for several successions, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel,…
Cambridge Bible
Amaziah's challenge to Joash king of Israel. Answer of Joash. Defeat of Amaziah. Death of Joash (2Ch 25:17-24)
8. Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash The Chronicler gives a history anterior to the…
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