(A)He killed ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt, and took [a]Sela by war, (C)and called its name Joktheel to this day.

(D)Then Amaziah sent messengers to [b]Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle. And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, (E)“The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the (F)cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:7 Lit. The Rock; the city of Petra
  2. 2 Kings 14:8 Joash, 2 Kin. 13:9, 12–14, 25; 2 Chr. 25:17ff.

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