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2 Kings 14:8-10
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2 Kings 14:8-10
New English Translation
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.”[a] 9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, “A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal[b] of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.[c] 10 You thoroughly defeated Edom,[d] and it has gone to your head![e] Gloat over your success,[f] but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”[g]
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- 2 Kings 14:8 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.
- 2 Kings 14:9 tn Heb “the animal of the field.”
- 2 Kings 14:9 sn Judah is the thorn in the allegory. Amaziah’s success has deceived him into thinking he is on the same level as the major powers in the area (symbolized by the cedar). In reality he is not capable of withstanding an attack by a real military power such as Israel (symbolized by the wild animal).
- 2 Kings 14:10 tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”
- 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”
- 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “be glorified.”
- 2 Kings 14:10 tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”
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