2 Chronicles 25:16-18
Modern English Version
16 But while the prophet was speaking, the king said, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?”
The prophet refrained, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and not heeded my advice.”
Israel Defeats Judah
17 Then Amaziah king of Judah received advice and sent for Jehoash[a] the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet together.”
18 So Jehoash king of Israel sent a message for Amaziah king of Judah saying, “A thistle in Lebanon sent for a cedar in Lebanon stating, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then an animal of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
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- 2 Chronicles 25:17 Heb. text has Joash, but Jehoash is also given to distinguish between the Judean and Israelite kings.
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