And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
The verse belongs to the history of Judah in the reign of Amaziah. In the succession of the kings of Judah he followed Joash — who was good only as long as Jehoiada the priest lived — and he was followed by Azariah, also called Uzziah, a great king. The line ran from Jehoshaphat through Jehoram, Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Joash, then to Amaziah, and onward through Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah to the close of the kingdom of Judah in B.C. 586.
Amaziah was a disloyal and unstable king of Judah. The verse records Judah put to the worse before Israel, with its men fleeing every man to his tent, as one instance where departing from God brought strife and great loss. Remembering God would have made things very different.
The verse belongs to the history of Judah in the reign of Amaziah. In the succession of the kings of Judah he followed Joash — who was good only as long as Jehoiada the priest lived — and he was followed by Azariah, also called Uzziah, a great king. The line ran from Jehoshaphat through Jehoram, Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Joash, then to Amaziah, and onward through Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah to the close of the kingdom of Judah in B.C. 586.
Amaziah was a disloyal and unstable king of Judah. The verse records Judah put to the worse before Israel, with its men fleeing every man to his tent, as one instance where departing from God brought strife and great loss. Remembering God would have made things very different.