KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Judah” | יְהוּדָ֖ה | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
| “was put to the worse” | וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף | To push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease) | put worse |
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֣י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “Israel;” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “and they fled” | וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ | To flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) | fled |
| “every man” | אִ֥ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | every man |
| “to their tents.” | לְאֹֽהָלָֽו׃ | A tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) | tents |
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10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore 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.
12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
13 And 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.
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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