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2 Kings 14:11

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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.

But Amaziah {H558} would not hear {H8085}. Therefore Jehoash {H3060} king {H4428} of Israel {H3478} went up {H5927}; and he and Amaziah {H558} king {H4428} of Judah {H3063} looked {H7200} one another in the face {H6440} at Bethshemesh {H1053}, which belongeth to Judah {H3063}.

But Amatzyah wouldn't listen. So Y'ho'ash king of Isra'el went up; and he and Amatzyah king of Y'hudah had it out face-to-face at Beit-Shemesh, which belongs to Y'hudah.

But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 19:38 (3 votes)

    And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

  • Joshua 21:16 (2 votes)

    And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  • 1 Samuel 6:9 (2 votes)

    And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a chance [that] happened to us.

  • 1 Samuel 6:19 (2 votes)

    ¶ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:20 (2 votes)

    But Amaziah would not hear; for it [came] of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they sought after the gods of Edom.

  • Joshua 15:10 (2 votes)

    And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: