2 Kings 14:12 - Exposition

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents ; i.e. "to their homes" (see the comment on 2 Kings 13:5 ). This was the first trial of strength between the two nations of which we have any distinct account. It resulted in the complete discomfiture of Israel. There was another great struggle in the time of Pekah and Ahaz, wherein Judah suffered even more severely (see 2 Chronicles 28:6-8 ).