12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)For several successions after the division of the kingdoms that of Judah suffered much by the enmity of Israel. After Asa’s time, for several successions, it suffered more by the friendship of Israel, and by the alliance and affinity made with them. But now we meet with hostility between them again, which had not been for some ages before. I. Amaziah, upon no provocation, and without showing any c…
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