2 Kings 14:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 He slew also of [a]Edom in the valley of salt, ten thousand, and took [b]the city of Sela by war, and called the name thereof Joktheel unto this day.
8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, Come, [c]let us see one another in the face.
9 Then Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the [d]Cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and the wild beast that was in Lebanon, went and trode down the thistle.
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- 2 Kings 14:7 For the Idumeans, whom David had brought to subjection, did rebel in the time of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Kings 14:7 Or, the tower, or rock, 2 Chron. 25:32.
- 2 Kings 14:8 Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another’s cities.
- 2 Kings 14:9 By this parable Jehoash compareth himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes, and Amaziah to a thistle, because he ruled but over two tribes, and the wild beasts are Jehoash’s soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.
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