2 Chronicles 25:17–24

AMAZIAH’S WAR WITH ISRAEL’S KING JEHOASH

¹⁷King Amaziah of Judah took counsel^c and sent word to Jehoash^B son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, and challenged him: “Come, let’s meet face to face.”

¹⁸King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.^{d 19}You have said, ‘Look, I^C have defeated Edom,’ and you have become overconfident^De that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?”

²⁰But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom. ²¹So King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face at Beth-shemesh that belonged to Judah. ²²Judah was routed before Israel, and each man fled to his own tent. ²³King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz,^f at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash took him to Jerusalem and broke down two hundred yards^F of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.^{Gg 24}He took all the gold, silver, all the utensils that were found with Obed-edom^h in God’s temple, the treasures of the king’s palace, and the hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.