Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
We have here this degenerate prince mortified by his neighbour and murdered by his own subjects. I. Never was proud prince more thoroughly mortified than Amaziah was by Joash king of Israel. 1. This part of the story (which was as fully related Kg2 14:8, etc., as it is here) - embracing the foolish challenge which Amaziah sent to Joash (Ch2 25:17), his haughty scornful...
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 25:17-28
But Amaziah would not hear,.... What the king of Israel advised him to, not to meddle to his hurt: for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies; Amaziah and his army into the hands of Joash and his; this was the will of God, and was brought about by his providence; and that it might be, Amaziah...
HE PROVOKES JOASH TO HIS OVERTHROW. (Ch2 25:17) Then Amaziah . . . sent to Joash . . . Come, let us see one another in the face--(See on Kg2 14:8-20). Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 26