17
Then Amaziah, king of Judah, took advice and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another face to face.
18
And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thistle that
was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that
was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And behold, the wild beasts that
were in Lebanon, passed by, and trode down the thistle.
19
Thou sayest, Behold, I have smitten Edom; and
with this thy heart lifts thee up to boast; abide now at home; why should thou meddle to
thy hurt, that thou should fall,
even thou, and Judah with thee?
20
But Amaziah would not hear; for it
came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand
of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another face to face,
both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which is of Judah.