Melachim Bais 14:12

12 And Yehudah went down in defeat before Yisroel; and they fled every ish to his ohel.

Melachim Bais 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:12

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel
Could not face them; but, as Josephus ^F4 says, a sudden fear and consternation seized them, and before they joined battle with the Israelites, turned their backs:

and they fled every man to their tents;
to their cities, as the Targum, and left their king alone.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 3.

Melachim Bais 14:12 In-Context

10 Thou hast indeed struck down Edom, and thine lev hath lifted thee up; let thy honor save face, and tarry at home; for why shouldest thou ask for ra’ah, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Yehudah with thee?

11 But Amatzyah would not listen. Therefore Yehoash Melechm Yisroel went up; and he and Amatzyah Melech Yehudah faced off at Beit Shemesh, which belongeth to Yehudah.

12 And Yehudah went down in defeat before Yisroel; and they fled every ish to his ohel.

13 And Yehoash Melech Yisroel took captive Amatzyah Melech Yehudah Ben Yehoash Ben Achazyahu at Beit Shemesh, came to Yerushalayim, broke down the chomat Yerushalayim from the Sha’ar Ephrayim unto the Sha’ar HaPinnah—400 cubits.

14 And he took all the zahav and kesef, and all the kelim (vessels) that were found in the Beis Hashem, and in the otzarot of the Bais HaMelech, and Bnei HaTa’aruvot (Sons of the Hostages), and returned to Shomron.