2 Kings 14:12

12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

2 Kings 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:12

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel
Could not face them; but, as Josephus ^F4 says, a sudden fear and consternation seized them, and before they joined battle with the Israelites, turned their backs:

and they fled every man to their tents;
to their cities, as the Targum, and left their king alone.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.

2 Kings 14:12 In-Context

10 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?

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 Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.