2 Chronicles 25:17-2

(2 Kings 14:8-14). Amaziah Conquered by Joash

17. took advice Took counsel with a view to demanding satisfaction from Joash for the ravages of the Israelite mercenaries (2 Chronicles 25:13). The sequel suggests that Joash refused to give satisfaction.

let us see one anotherin the face R.V. let us look one another in the face. The proposal may be either to fight or (better) to discuss Amaziah's claims, the two kings meeting as equals. The latter is probably the right alternative, for the answer of Joash draws a scoffing parallel between Amaziah's proposition and a thorn's proposal of alliance with a cedar. Had Amaziah's words been a challenge to fight, Joash's answer would rather have taken the form in Judges 9:15, "The thorn said, Fire shall come out of the thorn and devour the cedars of Lebanon," etc.