SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:11
Mas Amasías no dio oídos; y subió Joás rey de Israel, y se vieron de rostro él y Amasías rey de Judá, en Bet-semes, que es en Judá.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. But Amaziah would not hear , etc.] Being given up to a judicial hardness of heart through pride; for this was of God, and by his overruling providence, that he might be punished for his idolatry, in setting up the gods of Edom to be his gods, and offering to them, ( 2 Chronicles 25:14,20) therefore Jehoash king Israel went up ; from Samaria to the land of Judah, which was higher ground: and he and Amaziah looked one another in the face ; in the field of battle: at Bethshemesh , which belongeth to Judah; which is observed, not merely to distinguish it from another Bethshemesh in Naphtali, but to observe, that the king of Israel waited not for him to give him the challenge, but met his adversary in his own country, whither he carried the war, not suffering him to come into his.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-14 - For some time after the division of the kingdoms, Judah suffered muc from the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel, and by the alliance made with them. Now we mee with hostility between them again. How may a humble man smile to hea two proud and scornful men set their wits on work, to vilify an undervalue one another! Unholy success excites pride; pride excite contentions. The effects of pride in others, are insufferable to thos who are proud themselves. These are the sources of trouble and sin in private life; but when they arise between princes, they become the misery of their whole kingdoms. Jehoash shows Amaziah the folly of his challenge; Thine heart has lifted thee up. The root of all sin is in the heart, thence it flows. It is not Providence, the event, the occasion, whatever it is, that makes men proud, secure, discontented or the like, but their own hearts do it. (2Ki 14:15-22)
Original Hebrew
ולא 3808 שׁמע 8085 אמציהו 558 ויעל 5927 יהואשׁ 3060 מלך 4428 ישׂראל 3478 ויתראו 7200 פנים 6440 הוא 1931 ואמציהו 558 מלך 4428 יהודה 3063 בבית שׁמשׁ 1053 אשׁר 834 ליהודה׃ 3063
