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Jehoash Defeats Amaziah

2 Kings 14:12

In 11 translations

BSB
And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.
KJV
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.put…: Heb. smitten
WEB
Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent.
ASV
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
LSV
and Judah is struck before Israel, and they each flee to his tent.
YLT
and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee each to his tent.
DBY
And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
DRC
And Juda was put to the worst before Israel, and they fled every man to their dwellings.
GNV
And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledde euery man to their tents.
JPS
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
LXXE
And Juda was overthrown before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.Gr. fell.

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Where the editions differ

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  • Written (Ketiv): לְאָהֳלוֹ׃ (“to tent his”). Read aloud (Qere): לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ (“to tents his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads לְאֹהָלָֽו׃; read aloud (Qere) reads לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ (“to tents his”).

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף יְהוּדָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ אִ֥ישׁ לאהלו׃Read aloud as (qere): לְאֹהָלָֽיו
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔπταισεν Ἰούδας ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔφυγεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ.

Who and where

👤 Judah (patriarch)◆ Reign of Amaziah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 18:17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  • 1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
  • 1 Kings 22:36As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

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