2 Kings 14:12
What does 2 Kings 14:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 14:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee each to his tent.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Juda was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to their dwellings.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
Context
v.11But 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.
v.12This passage
v.13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 22:36
And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.
- 2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
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