2 Chronicles 25:21
Good News Translation
So King Jehoash of Israel went into battle against King Amaziah of Judah. They met at Beth Shemesh in Judah,

New Revised Standard Version
So King Joash of Israel went up; he and King Amaziah of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

Contemporary English Version
so Jehoash led his army to the town of Beth-Shemesh in Judah to attack Amaziah and his troops.

New American Bible
So Joash, king of Israel, advanced, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, met face to face at Beth-shemesh of Judah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Joas king of Israel went up, and they presented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So Joas king of Israel went up, and they presented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda:

2 Chronicles 25:17 Then Amasias king of Juda taking very bad counsel, sent to Joas the son of Joachaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying: Come, let us see one another.

Beth-shemesh

Joshua 21:16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

1 Samuel 6:9,19,20 And you shall look: and if it go up by the way of his own coasts, towards Bethsames, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, we shall know that it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happened by chance. . . .

Context
Amaziah Defeated by Joash
20Amasias would not hearken to him, because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom. 21So Joas king of Israel went up, and they presented themselves to be seen by one another: and Amasias king of Juda was in Bethsames of Juda:22And Juda fell before Israel, and they fled to their dwellings.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:10
And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and passeth by the side of mount Jarim to the north into Cheslon: and goeth down into Bethsames, and passeth into Thamna.

2 Chronicles 25:20
Amasias would not hearken to him, because it was the Lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies, because of the gods of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:22
And Juda fell before Israel, and they fled to their dwellings.

2 Chronicles 25:20
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