2 Kings 14:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8-14

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, and by the alliance and affinity made with them. But now we meet with hostility between them again, which had not been for some ages before. I. Amaziah, upon no provocation, and without showing any cause of quarrel, challenged Joash into the field (2 Kgs. 14:8): ?Come, let us look one another in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel ,.... The occasion of it was this, when Amaziah dismissed the hired soldiers of Israel they were displeased, and fell upon the cities of Judea from Samaria to Bethhoron, slew 3000 men, and took much spoil, 2 Chronicles 25:13 , wherefore, when Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, being elated with his victories, he sent the following message to the king of Israel, in order to revenge... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:8

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 dismissed, though they had the stipulated money, taking the advantage of Amaziah's absence, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and smote three thousand men, and took much spoil, 2 Chronicles 25:10-13 . Amaziah no doubt remonstrated with Jehoash, but to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-20

THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH OVER JUDAH . This chapter takes up the history of the kingdom of Judah from the each of 2 Kings 12:1-21 ; with which it is closely connected. The writer, after a few such general remarks as those with which he commonly opens the history of each reign ( 2 Kings 12:1-4 ), proceeds to relate read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-29

REIGNS OF AMAZIAH , SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH , OVER JUDAH , AND OF JEROBOAM , SON OF JOASH KING OF ISRAEL , OVER ISRAEL . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:1-29

Significant facts in God's government. "In the second year of Joash," etc. In this chapter we have a sketch of a succession of kings both of Judah and Israel. Here are two kings of Judah—Amaziah and Azariah; and Joash, Jeroboam, and his son Zachariah, kings of Israel. The whole chapter suggests certain significant facts in God's government of mankind. I. THE ENORMOUS FREEDOM OF ACTION WHICH HE ALLOWS WICKED MEN . Here we learn: 1. That God allows wicked men to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, King of Israel, saying. Amaziah had a cause of complaint against Jehoash, or at any rate against his subjects, which does not appear in the narrative of Kings. The author of Chronicles tells us that, when Amaziah dismissed his Israelite mercenaries, they were offended, and vented their anger by an inroad into his territories ( 2 Chronicles 25:13 ), where they killed three thousand men and "took much spoil." This was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8-14

Pride goes before a fall. Amaziah's challenge and its result furnish a remarkable illustration of this maxim. The following points should be dwelt upon. I. THE WEAK GROUND OF THE PRIDE . This was military success, which is just as often the result of good fortune, or one's enemies' mistakes, as of any merits of one's own. Amaziah's after-life showed that he did not possess any great military capacity, and so had nothing on which he ought to have prided himself. Men constantly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:8-14

The boastful challenge, and its results. It is in the light of the facts narrated in the Book of Chronicles, but not alluded to here, that we are to read the story of Amaziah's folly in his boastful challenge to Joash of Israel (cf. 2 Chronicles 25:20 ). I. THE BOASTFUL CHALLENGE . 1. Its motives . It is not difficult to conceive the kind of influences which led Amaziah to give this challenge to Joash. 2. Its nature . The challenge took the form of a message to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:8

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 hired, but dismissed, Israelite soldiers (see the marginal reference).Let us look one another in the face - i. e. “let us meet face to face in arms, and try each other’s strength” 2 Kings 14:11-12. read more

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